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Pro Jim McCoy
WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT POSITION?
Being the owner of a small business, I ask myself that question every day! My Helicopters LLC in San Diego. That means that my responsibilities range from washing the helicopter and scheduling reservations for charters to sitting in the middle of Mexico watching motorcycles and trucks race across the desert, and the fun paperwork and administrative duties that come with owning a business. I never know what I will be doing on any given day. Obviously, my favorite days are
When I was in high school I went to Hawaii with my parents and we chartered a helicopter to go out to some waterfalls for swimming and lunch. By the luck of the draw I was picked to sit in front with the began. It turns out that the pilot was from San Diego and my mom was his brother’s driver’s ed. teacher in high school. It’s a small world!
How did you get your start in helicopters?
I took a few lessons, and after a month of 12 August 2015
Jim celebrates his birthday with his wife, daughter (and helicopter) on the deck of the USS Midway.
training I knew I needed a helicopter of my own. I started looking for a used one, and two weeks later I was the proud owner of asked her what she thought while we were that I had purchased the helicopter and was going to start a helicopter company.
helicopters? Or did they choose you?
A friend of mine, Steve Wright, took me for a ride in a Jet Ranger about 11 years ago. That’s when I told myself that I was going to take lessons and learn how to do this. Two-and-a-half months later, with 40.1 hours under my belt, I received my private pilot’s license.
Dunes (Southern California) for a TV show called The Great Ride Open, which featured freestyle motocross riders. This helicopter and it was amazing. The aerial last-minute idea, but after seeing what we had captured they knew that for the second season they had to have the chopper the entire trip. The next year it was an 18-day Colorado, and Nevada.
Since that show aired, my phone has not stopped ringing. I have become a go-to racing, and now have the CBS Sports contract for all the SCORE International Cameron Steel: Rip to Cabo and Trail of Missions. It’s a cool marriage of my two think ahead and see the best line to get the ideal shot. I think that ability sets me apart from some pilots that don’t have an
If you were not in the helicopter industry, what else would you see yourself doing?
I have owned a boat rental company on Mission Bay in San Diego for the last 21 the bay renting boats and WaveRunners to people enjoying the San Diego sun. Also, my degree is in environmental design. While I didn’t pursue a career in architecture, I was able to use that knowledge to design and build a home for I think that’s a direction I could have gone in.
What do you enjoy doing on your days
Having two successful businesses, it’s and wakeboarding out on the bay with my
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