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| Mickey Remund and the Pay 'n Pak. Photo by Bill Osborne |
It never occurred to me that the new Pay 'n Pak would turn out to be one of the all-time great race boats. By 1973, I had been in multiple helicopters. Setting up a shot from a helicopter wasn't as easy as it sounds. With the door removed, a Jet Ranger or a Hughes 500 C maxed out at about 115 mph, so the challenge was to position the helicopter so the Pak would run underneath at just the right time.
One thing I learned quickly was how the water would turn almost black when looking down on a running boat. What no one knew was that I was suffered from motion sickness most of the time I flew, so I had to learn how to keep my eyes focused on the boat and not allow myself to let the movement affect my work.