Why isn’t the UH60 welcome in Canada?

Whats going on at MD Helicopters lately? The new branding looks more like a tattoo than a logo and comes without any supporting product launch or new idea to reinvigorate the helicopter market.

The blend of so many individually great ideas was a challenge to understand and at the time we didn’t know where it fitted but in non-binary 2023, it’s fair to say that the 505 identifies as a card-carrying member of the LGBTS community (Longranger, Garmin, BELL, Textron, SAFRAN)

Humans make mistakes. A fellow pilot I once worked with would frequently state; “Don’t like this mistake? Then wait five minutes because there is a fresh one brewing…”

New Zealand has 300 Robinson Helicopters on the register., The USA has 2700. Since 2010, each country has experienced nine accidents in Robinson’s…

A New Zealand helicopter pilot fighting enormous wildfires in Canada says everyone works in an ''apocalyptic twilight'' amid the worst conditions he has experienced in 25 years.

How is it that a tiny and remote country finds itself in the front lines of the biggest issue in Helicopter Aviation?

Tonight’s destination is Vancouver where I’ll be spending a month in command of a Bell 412 supporting the fight against the wildfire season.

Where five blades floated in articulation and two blades once teetered, a rasp of rigidity shredded dense mountain air calling the faithful to worship the virtues of a pure Germanic heritage.

I was pilot spawn and the old man was there to build an aviation career in the most hazardous flying environments on planet earth. What we call tough now, bordered on lunacy then…

Is the AS350FX2 [H125] a bastard child or the rightful heir to the throne?

After three decades flying helicopters, I can testify that every helicopter has room for improvement…

Helicopters are not designed to cut trees. Period.

It was during the winter of 2001 when one of my co-pilots keyed the mic and said “It’s a shame we missed Vietnam…you understand what I mean, right??”

The first helicopter I ever saw do a barrel roll was a Bell 407. It was July 2004…

Twenty years ago the bullet proof Kawasaki KH4 “kwaka” was already vintage spec and as pure a helicopter as a bloke could strap into.