Worth Watching #35
Thames Valley Police / Chiltern Air Support Unit – possibly the best looking EC135s in use. An evening in the life of…. Just a nice shot of one of their EC135s taking off:
Osprey Landing Injures 10 (with video)
An MV-22 Bravo Osprey injured 10 people today during a Memorial Day celebration on Staten Island. The Osprey was coming in to land at around 9:10 a.m. when the downwash broke several trees in to pieces, sending people running from the branches and debris. A Marine on board was quoted as saying they were coming [...]
Schweizer 300 Crashes In Massachusetts
At approximately 5 p.m. today a Schweizer 300CBi crashed in Boxborough injuring at least one of the two occupants. That person was taken from the scene by HEMS with unknown injuries. The news outlet, WHDH, is reporting the tail number as N73SJ which would make it a 2008 model registered to SJ Rotorcraft Corp. I’m [...]
500E Hits Powerlines In The UK
G-VICE, a 1989 MD500E (369E) hit power lines while flying over Poundsgate near Newton Abbot on Monday. The pilot was the sole occupant on board and suffered unknown injuries. He was transported by HEMS to the Derriford Hospital in Plymouth. Around 150 people lost power as a result of the accident but it was restored [...]
Worth Watching #34
Choppajock is back with another excellent R22 mustering video out of Australia. This time he is using a camera mounted to sunglasses for a great first person view of the action. Like previous videos, he also has some externally mounted cameras as well. Skip to the 3min mark to see how small of a spot [...]
AIR2 Visits Colorado Heli-Ops
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 [...]
