Hello and welcome to the Sky8 Blog. I am Brian Sonnier and I have been flying for KGW for just over 4 years now. I am looking forward to sharing fun and interesting information about Sky 8 and the different missions of the aircraft. Soon I will be adding a picture with my entrees to show our great views in Sky 8 as well as pictures of the neat places we get to land such as Mt St Helens or other cool places.

I will start by telling you a little about the aircraft we have here at KGW. It is a Bell 407 and it has lots of power and abilities that are great for a News Helicopter. Having the extra power helps with stories like the Pave Hawk helicopter crash we covered live on top of Mt Hood and other great shots we get from 12000 feet over Mt St Helens. Speed is also a plus with our aircraft and we take advantage of that to get you great shots to tell the News story as fast, complete and accurate as we can. I will go into more details about Sky 8 and explain how we do our mission starting Tuesday 13 December so please check back then. I will be posting Tuesdays through Fridays starting next week. I also welcome your questions and comments so please write me at bsonnier@kgw.com or Sky8@kgw.com I will be looking forward to hearing from you. Talk again on Tuesday.