MAGGIE

Maggie climbs into Weeds and checks the throttle is closed by opening it and then closing it to the idle stop, then depressing the idle release to close the throttle fully. 
She then checks that the TOT is below 150ºC before she proceeds. She goes through the final procedures with her co pilot Miguel.

[B]We've got one patrol heading out so we need to shake the bushes an put eyes along North 22. Time out 615 hours.[/B] says Maggie to base comms. 

Weeds is the only bird on base so she doesn't need to clear with flight control just to let Command know that she's going to go airborne. Soon after she receives conformation Weeds leaps into the sky her turbine spinning at high rpm as her four blades chop the air with pulsing sonic booms. As her nose dips down and the vicious little bird heads up the valley at 120mph.

Maggie's head is on a swivel almost as soon as she's airborne because she knows that just like the ground pounders she's in danger as soon as she's outside the fence.
Weeds dips an zigzags randomly flying as if Maggie an Miguel were drinking tequila an flying under the influence.