Four people were injured around 7:30 a.m. this morning near the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado. All four were on board an Aerospatiale manufactured helicopter when something went wrong. The aircraft crashed and rolled over on its side while filming a commercial for Audi. They were apparently filming the driver-less Audi TTS car known [...]
Go for a ride with the Icelandic Coast Guard in LF-TIF, an Aerospatiale AS332-L1 Super Puma. According to wikipedia this is one of three helicopters they operate and the only one they own. The other two aircraft are rented, a Eurocopter AS332-L1 and an SA-365N Dauphin. Check out the rest of the Worth Watching series [...]
According to a new FAA preliminary report, a 1991 Aerospatiale AS365 N2 Dauphin operated by Air Methods hit a wire with its tail boom during landing. The damage is reported as minor and there were no injuries to the three people on board at the time. The incident occurred yesterday in Edgerton, Ohio. The aircraft’s [...]
An FAA inspector and the pilot he was with were injured today in a crash near Hana, Hawaii. It isn’t clear what type of helicopter they were in but it was a tour pilot from Sunshine Helicopters. That outfit has several A-stars and some EC130s though so it was probably one of those. Reportedly, the [...]
Update: It could be an SA332L Super Puma owned by Bristow, but I’m still waiting on confirmation of that. If anyone knows and wants to share more info, tips@vtolblog.com. Update 2: A vtolblog reader sent pictures taken by a contact on the Siem Marlin. It is indeed one of the Bristow birds. Update 3: I’ve [...]
Early Saturday morning after dropping off a patient at Renown Medical Center in Reno, Nevada, an Aerospatiale AS350 went down while returning to Susanville, California. All three on board were killed in the crash and subsequent fire which destroyed the aircraft. The incident site is roughly 29 miles northwest of Reno and NTSB officials will [...]
