[Mick Vontour]

My name is Mick VonTour. I own a 2013 Safari 400 delivered in November of 2013 by Bobby Baker. I love to fly as I have two fix wing airplanes and now the Safari. I use one of my planes in my business. I am the National Sales Manager for G.A.P. Roofing, Inc. We manufacture underlayment’s for the roofing industry. With four plants and also the paper mill, I travel just about each week. I do however own 1954 Cessna skywagon 180. I fly each year in June up to Johnson Creek, ID to camp out and fly the back country air strips. I use my Safari 400 for pleasure and also use it to help Texas Equui-Search find and locate missing people. More recently, I have used my Safari 400 to help with the floods in the Houston area and the area where I live, which is Magnolia, TX. I keep my helicopter at the airport in Conroe, TX but I also land it at the house and use it to fly out to lunch some days or just plain fly it for fun. I have been flying for 38 years but only received my helicopter rating in the summer of 2006. I got the bug and can’t seem to get rid of that bug. I chose my Safari because of the structural build, integrity and the Lycoming 0-360 reliable engine. I believe in what Bobby and Delane Baker are building and representing in the aviation community. Yes, I have had some problems with my chopper but Bobby and Delane have been very good about taking care of the issues. Megan, Delane, Shaun and Bobby have all taken my calls and worked with me to feel safe and secure in my Safari. In choosing the Safari, I wanted a machine that I could land on a trailer, strap it down, clamp the blades and be gone in about 15 minutes. I also wanted a company that would fix problems, take my suggestions and work with me. The Safari people have done what I asked. I love the machine and love to fly it. It gives me so much pleasure to get in and fly away to a restaurant. I only have a couple hundred hours in helicopters but I hope to fix that deficiency as time goes on.

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