![]() ![]() Jessy had tried her best and had genuinely thought we were booking a helicopter tour, but somehow, I don’t know what happened, but it ended up being a regular plane instead. What a way to turn 24! Taking to the skies with these beautiful birds ?❤️Ī post shared by Ricky Zhang on at 6:26pm PDT You can therefore imagine the emotions I went through when we showed up at FlyGTA at Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport, and were escorted out onto the tarmac to board… I was giddy with excitement in the build-up to my first helicopter ride, and I talked to Jessy about it all the time in the months leading up to my birthday. The chaos of the rotors disappearing from view as they gain speed, the roar of the spinning blades, and indeed, the element of danger in the fact that whereas a fixed-wing aircraft can still glide to safety in the case of critical engine failure, the same occurrence onboard a helicopter would most likely spell certain death. ![]() I was so excited to finally be stepping onboard a helicopter and experiencing the sensation of a vertical lift-off. I told my girlfriend Jessy that I’d love to do a helicopter tour around Toronto for my birthday, and she was happy to make all the arrangements. That was all supposed to change on my birthday a few years ago. Like any kid who played action video games in his youth, I had always been somewhat fascinated by helicopters and wondered what it would be to ride on one.īut somehow, the right occasion never seemed to come around – for example, helicopter tours at popular destinations would strike me as far too expensive, and I’d always shrug my shoulders and think “next time”. ![]() If you follow me on Instagram you’ll know that I visited New York on an impromptu trip earlier this week, and along the way, I booked an even more impromptu airport transfer experience with BLADE Helicopters. ![]()
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