Learning from and flying with the manufacturer adds an irreplaceable piece to the rotary wing picture.

Part three in a special three-part series

An airplane rating would make learning this machine a breeze. Or so it seemed on the first date

The first step in learning to fly helicopters, a lifelong dream of one pilot, was learning to hover. But would that first step also be his last?

When comfort becomes a life or death issue

A longtime pilot discovers the joys of backcountry flying

Even when everything seems to be going fine, is it really?

It was a desolate and alien place, looking more like a photo from Mars than any place that could be on this Earth. The vista stretched for miles in every direction, a rock-strewn blanket of baking, undulating tan, brown and bone white scree. As desolate as this vista was, so too appeared the lives of […]

“A moment changes everything.” Lyrics by David Gray

It’s one of aviation’s key concepts, but a deeper version of ’€œattitude’€ is a part of us who learned to fly.