This is a great trip, especially in an R44. It's good if you want to cover some serious miles, and cross some water, without actually going foreign. So quite good practise if you are contemplating a … [Read more...]
Learn the London Helicopter Lanes
http://www.youtube.com/v/TrciPWwNpe0 The London Helicopter Lanes are specified helicopter routes which allow you to fly through London Heathrow's airspace, and allowing quick access to Battersea … [Read more...]
UK to Spain by Helicopter
Going for a long distance, possibly foreign trip in your helicopter for the first time can be daunting, and the further you go, the more planning and preparation you need to do to make a success of … [Read more...]
UK to Australia in a Robinson R44 helicopter
The furthest and most extreme helicopter expedition of my career to date was flying with the late Martin Rutty in an R44 from Cambridge to Adelaide. 14,000 nautical miles across 22 countries, stopping … [Read more...]
By JetRanger to Berlin Tempelhof
Before it closed in 2008 I visited Tempelhof in my JetRanger G-COUR. Clearly, a budget airline would have been quicker and cheaper, but that was never going to be the point. I wanted to see at low … [Read more...]