After shipping the Dynamic F-JATP from New Caledonia, the moment has come: rolling the aircraft out of its California hangar and assembling the wings at Whiteman Airport (KWJF), north of Los Angeles. A careful operation carried out at night under the hangar lights.

In the afternoon, a visit to the Robinson Helicopter factory in Torrance — some twenty R44s and R66s lined up in the delivery hangar, brand-new machines from around the world. The journey truly begins here. Heading south toward South America.