The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote:

He did finally admit there WAS a helo on the field but it was
privately owned. I asked if the owner was Mark Dalton and he
said (amazingly!) it was.

What's really sad Kevin is that this group is not overwhelmed
by posters, and participants, especially qualified pilots, and owners.

Had Mark come through the front door he would have been welcomed
by everyone.

The more the merrier.

Nobody is knocking him for his accomplishments in obtaining
a helicopter license or for possibly owning a helicopter.

It's his attitude that did it in, plain and simple.

Whether we like it or not... everybody has to live by their words on
usenet, good bad or indifferent. And sometimes when a person starts off
on the wrong foot it becomes very difficult if not impossible for them
to backtrack, make things right, and start over.

Such is the nature of that beast called usenet.

Personally I wish him all the best in the future and hope that all his
flights end safely when the skids touch the ground.

I don't know what he was looking for in this group or what sort of
reception he expected, but it appears that he did not find the response
he was looking for, and if he is to be taken at his word he has made
his goodbyes and hopefully this thread can die it's natural death.

Such is the nature of that beast called usenet.