I’m sorry to say guys that I’ll be on vacation in Costa Rica until 9/12. Well, sorry for you guys, not me. As VTOLblog is a one man not-for-profit website there isn’t going to be anyone around to update the page. I feel bad about the hundreds of you that refresh my page several times [...]
I’m sorry to say guys that I’ll be on vacation in Costa Rica until 9/12. Well, sorry for you guys, not me. As VTOLblog is a one man not-for-profit website there isn’t going to be anyone around to update the page. I feel bad about the hundreds of you that refresh my page several times [...]
A pilot for Wings Air Rescue took off on Monday to pick up a patient but had to abort the mission because of his own medical issue. What started as a feeling of indigestion became worse as the flight continued so he elected to return to base. Once on the ground his health continued to [...]
At around 10 a.m. this morning, a helicopter crashed near downtown Kamiah in Idaho. The sequence of events according to a witness are as follows: He was out on his deck when he saw the aircraft flying at about 1,000 AGL in an easterly direction. It then entered a hover followed by sliding backwards and [...]
At around 4:30 a.m. this morning, a 1978 Bell 206 operated by Air Evac Lifeteam crashed around 80 miles north of Little Rock, Arkansas. The crew were flying to pick up a patient that was injured in a traffic accident when something went wrong. They were flying VFR at the time and were equipped with [...]
Bell 210 autos. Am I the only one that likes to watch some full down autos to cure boredom?
At least three cars were damaged yesterday by a $100,000 infrared camera that fell off a Ohio police helicopter. The incident occurred around noon on Wednesday at 1600 Watermark Drive in Columbus. A witness said they saw the camera “flopping” around before it came off, heavily damaging one car and doing minor damage to the [...]
