So jealous. That's one of my lifetime goals... to learn to fly a helicopter. One of my girlfriend in high school's father was a model helicopter nut. I begged him to teach me.. but he just handed me a controller plugged up to a computer and said "once you can hover in the sim for 5 minutes, i'll consider teaching you." I gave up after 30 of the most frustrating minutes of my life. hahah. Then i got to watch Rob Vreeland fly his model out on the lake beds last year with precision. Afterwards he was visibly drained and sort of shakey. He said EVERY time he flys it it's so nerve racking that he doesn't even want to do it anymore. Which reminds me... he's selling it... really nice carbon fiber everything piece of kit. =]

anyhow.... congrats!