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<p>Jim Van Sky, owner of Big Country Helicopters, began flying in 1992 and now offers flight services to tourists, photographers and videographers, engineers who need access to remote communication towers and cherry growers in Central Washington. Farmers utilize helicopters to help dry their cherry orchards after the early summer rains to ensure against a ruined crop due to absorption and splitting of the fruit.</p>

<p>Jim Van Sky, owner of Big Country Helicopters, began flying in 1992 and now offers flight services to tourists, photographers and videographers, engineers who need access to remote communication towers and cherry growers in Central Washington. Farmers utilize helicopters to help dry their cherry orchards after the early summer rains to ensure against a ruined crop due to absorption and splitting of the fruit.</p>

May 14, 2012

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View from the Sky
May 14, 2012 9 p.m.

View from the Sky

Helicopter pilot shows riders the beauty of North Idaho &#151; when he's not drying cherries

The best place in the world is Coeur d'Alene in the summer, says Jim Van Sky, and he knows because he's missed every single one for the last 15 years.