Surprise Proposal - An aviation love story

update: We are now married! She talked me into helping with her with real estate. Here is a link to our family business: myhomequarters.com
Here is an airpark hangar home video we shot together. Let us know what you think!
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Covid-19 rocked my world and punched me straight back to the helicopter industry days before I was about to start a career at a major airline. Most of you know that I had one foot in each sector anyhow. I moonlight as a Chief Flight Instructor at a fantastic flight school in Texas, where they hired Leah, a brilliant Aviation Business Developer, last year. Leah and I were assigned to host a "Covid-19 Webinar" together and have been pretty much talking ever since.
Time to re-route my favorite helicopter to Texas, so I can bend a knee where Leah fell in love with aviation - at a grass airstrip near her multi-generational family town where she used to watch airplanes take off and land as a little girl. With the help (and approval) from her entire family and a real plane ticket for her to come and visit me in NC to keep her scent off my trail, I'll sneak into Texas undetected.
It was a race against the sun doing maintenance track and balance flights for most of the day in Ft. Worth. Leah is an ultra-productive woman and and her family all had a pretty tough time keeping her pinned down to her Grandparent's house for the day.
When she started to wax her eyebrows, Layne, her younger 21-year-old brother - being a welder and man's man - jumped in and asked her to wax his eyebrows first since I had just text him that I was departing Ft. Worth toward the house. She finished up his brows in record time and started on her own just as I began to circle overhead. The silver lining for me? At least I knew for sure that she didn't see this coming. I had told her that I was in Tennessee doing maintenance runs on a helicopter, so at least this little white-lie was partially true.
The timing couldn't have been better; just enough sunlight at golden hour to get her to the famous airpark so the ring will sparkle when I open the box. A little fun fact about Leah and I is that we never spend time on devices during golden-hour and the sunset because we spend that time enjoying the moment every day (usually apart because of our long-distance relationship). Also, this will be our first time flying in a helicopter together.
Leah, you are simply the best - for me, thank you for saying "yes”. ;)

[@tommaher5249]

Congratulations Ian, you've come so far since "Bahama Blades". Wishing you many years of happiness together

[@IanLeaRobinson]

That is hilarious you remember that! What a great memory. How are you? Message me, let's catch up. I use your barney suit metaphor from time to time.

[@paulhyde1834]

How beautiful!! XXX

[@phoebelee55]

Beautiful

[@stevewarner9527]

Congratulations........Well done! Wishing you both a wonderful journey through life. (hopefully, you'll get that foot back in the door!)

[@matios6013]

Congratulacion👍🎈🎈🎈🥰

[@peggymiller3045]

Thank you for adding captions for your deaf and hard of hearing viewers! Very creative and original video! May your marriage be blessed (on land, air and water) forever!

[@IanLeaRobinson]

Thanks Peggy! We moved in together after this in NC, then to FL and now have a baby on the way!

[@peggymiller3045]

​@@IanLeaRobinson Just like in a fairytale, your prince or princess will grow up with a legacy of love. They will watch this video and understand how their essence was crafted in romance. And, when they arrive, they'll already be esteemed and exceptional like no other human on earth. What a gift, Mom & Dad!

[@TimWhiteRailProductions]

Congratulations

[@BlueLineChop]

Congrats! I fly the same ship and I plan on proposing to my girlfriend soon! (Maybe a fake autorotation or something) haha.

[@anthonychapman6208]

You are good 👍

[@bigbear3332]

Let Kaye and I be the first (on CZcams anyway) to send you both our hearty congratulations. We couldn't be more pleased.

[@IanLeaRobinson]

Randy, I miss you and Kaye! I'll be buying and bedtime reading ALL of your kid books. Our baby is due on May 30 :)

[@sydneybaker4163]

Congrats 🎉

[@metalman69201]

Leah is beautiful!! What kind of helicopter is that? I really like the beautiful paint job and I am looking to buy the Airbus H160 for my ranch. Great video. These always make me cry...

[@IanLeaRobinson]

Hey, thanks! The H160 is a good machine. I have a good connection on whatever machine you need. Reach out to me, I am happy to help with the acquisition or the training: [e-mail]

[@peterochi1112]

Wow very nice congratulations ❤❤❤❤

[@IanLeaRobinson]

Thanks Peter! We have a baby on the way now :) Launch date May 30!