Nice story. Speaking of helicopters, I stumbled across this article yesterday about a New York Times photographer who likes to shoot from helicopters. The work is amazing, but just imagine trying to keep down your lunch.

"And you can rarely hover at those altitudes. You're usually looping around something, and when you're looking through a four to six hundred millimeter lens, it really gets you. I'm really good with heights. I never get sick. But when I shoot with those long lenses, I do generally want to hurl."