Yup. Not only did they make them, they broke records with them. None of the development led to any commercial or military success though unfortunately. A reader sent me a link to this story earlier today and it is a fantastic read. Plenty of great vintage pictures of many aircraft you probably didn’t even know [...]
So you think an AS532 Cougar is a large helicopter? Check out how small it is compared to the massive Mil Mi-26, the largest and most powerful helicopter ever put in to production. The Cougar was damaged in an attack and had made an emergency landing at a US Military camp in Afghanistan. Here is [...]
On October 25th a massive rock slide covered Interstate 40 at the North Carolina – Tennessee border. It had to be closed in both directions as a result and isn’t expected to be reopened until sometime in March. As part of the cleanup effort a helicopter from Construction Helicopters was employed to do tree removal [...]
The USCG has released their videos of the top 11 rescues of 2009. This includes the incredible medevac from a nuclear submarine many of you probably saw earlier this year. 248,000 commercial vessels were screened by the coast guard and 400 people were identified from the persons of interest list. They saved 4,747 lives and [...]
Pinnacle landings are always entertaining and this one has serious pucker factor. That’s N351SL, A 1994 Eurocopter AS350-B2 piloted by Terry Mercer of the Utah Highway Patrol. This is one of twelve landings he did on the 25 foot wide perch where he estimated he had ten to twelve inches of skid room. A hiker [...]
A Bell 407 helicopter operated by AEL (Air Evac Lifeteam) had a hard landing incident in Decatur, Texas yesterday. The aircraft, operating in an HEMS role, was taking off from the Wise Regional Hospital when at an altitude of about 50 feet, it lost power. There have been reports that it was smoking at that [...]
