Agree with ya all the way there my friend. I actually teared up when Evergreens ex-HH-3F departed Alaska since they couldn’t find enough work for it (it had yet to get the new blades and was severely restricted concerning sling loads).
Man if I had a buttload of cash…wait a minute…just remembered what I do for a living…scratch that idea. But a man CAN dream can’t he? I remember seeing a guy down at Kisimee FL who had turned an SH-3 fuselage into a trailer that he lived in. Man was that cool. Got a picture around here somewhere of it…I’ll post it sometime if I find it.