Worth Watching #17

A favorite of the Worth Watching series, Brim Aviation, have released another fantastic video. This time they focus on swift water rescue training in N60BK, their 1998 MD600N. I love the all black livery of this aircraft. Check out the rest of the Worth Watching series here. VTOLBLOG HOME

Worth Watching #13

N60BK, a 1998 Mcdonnell Douglas 600N registered to Brim Equipment Leasing LLC doing utility work. Check out the rest of the Worth Watching series here. VTOLBLOG HOME

Worth Watching #4

I really didn’t want to go overboard with this “worth watching” series and was trying to space them out a bit but have failed.  I just can’t do it after seeing the below video. I was checking the Colorado Heli-Ops facebook page today, which I do regularly, and saw mention of some videos from a [...]

Follow Up – MD 600N Border Patrol Hard Landing

There have been some grumblings that the 600N isn’t exactly the best aircraft to perform autorotations in. I haven’t heard any real evidence of why that is though. When one of the Mcdonnel Douglas manufactured helicopters suffered a hard landing in San Diego just over a month ago, I wrote about the story here. From [...]

Homeland Security MD 600N Has Hard Landing

A McDonnell Douglas 600N owned by Homeland Security had a hard landing today in San Diego, CA. The two on board were practicing autos when the incident occurred and neither were injured. The 600N was certified in 1997 and uses the NOTAR (no tail rotor) system developed by McDonnell Douglas. To counter the torque from [...]