Pictures From Richard Swartzendruber

My wife LaVonne relaxing on a cruise ship

The helicopter we owned for 15 years

Several thousand people waiting in the park below our house for a speech from President George W. Bush
President Bush motorcade arriving by a side entrance because demonstrators were at the main gate.

December 2004 snowfall remains

Yes we do get snow in Reno, but usually not 8 feet in two weekends. This picture was two weeks after the snowfall.

My wife LaVonne during a road trip of southwestern states.

Arches National Park during the southwestern states trip

Inside the mobile command center are 8 radios, 1 satellite phone, 3 cell phones, 2 TVs, 2 VCR sets, 1 computer, 1 copy machine and hundreds of maps.
I also transport and operate this command center when needed for searches, hostage cases or wild fires.
A view of the city of Reno fireworks on the 4th of July just below our house in the park. Reno casinos are in the background.
Our home from the highway below. We built it in 1986. The shop was built in 2005. It is large enough for the helicopter and a 29 ft travel trailer

Our home. A view from the driveway

Everyone raised on a farm should have a tractor. This one is used to plow snow.

It is time to go on patrol. Another pilot picks me up at my house and delivers me home again

Alaska Glacier

An excellent day trip on the Klondike Express out of Whittier, Alaska. Approximately a 4 and a half hour trip. A meal was served and 26 glaciers were seen up close.

On the Alaska cruise. Left to right Retired Dr. David Serviss, LaVonne, Richard, Patty Serviss.

Just me!

A nice day for flying. Big county budget cuts are making for a lot less flying.
I constructed this 32 ft tall cross in 1987. It has red neon lighting up the pole and on the 19 ft cross arm. In 22 years it has become a landmark in Reno plus it serves as a night landing light for my FFA approved helicopter landing area to the right of the cross on the black top.