I’ll be in Chicago over the next couple of days and will be visiting Bachman Aero for some time in their 300. As a result, it isn’t likely I’ll be able to update the site until Tuesday. Any tip submissions I get go straight to my phone so I won’t be ignoring you guys, I [...]
Hanging around Colorado Heli-Ops is like visiting a free air show these days. Their list of friends is long, distinguished and apparently includes the MD500 eye candy that is AIR2. For this visit they brought N503SH, a 1980 500D that is one of their many great looking 500 series helicopters. You can check out more [...]
Lake Ozark Helicopters has opened for business at their new location in the Paul’s Supermarket Complex. They’ll be operating a Robinson R44 (with an excellent livery I might add) for tour flights and the usual extras such as photography and real-estate surveys. The Lake Area Chamber of Commerce was on hand for a traditional ribbon [...]
Vertolety Rossii (Russian Helicopter) made an interesting announcement recently in Moscow. They plan to spend $1 billion on researching what they are calling a fifth-generation helicopter. What are the requirements? It must be radar invisible, have extended range (no specifics on what that means,) be equipped with an intellectual arms system, be able to combat [...]
The kind people over at Guidance Helicopters will be having a benefit to raise money for an injured Marine on May 29th. They plan to offer rides for $40 at the Prescott Airport from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on that Saturday. Michael Martinez, the beneficiary of this event, was injured in Afghanistan when an [...]
Erickson Air-Crane, maker of the enormous S-64 heavy lift helicopter has filed with the SEC the raise up to $75 million through an ipo (initial public offering.) The Portland, Oregon based company will be traded on NASDAQ under the symbol EAC with the initial timing and pricing still to be disclosed. Last year they had [...]
