All this week I have been in Dallas for HAI 2017 so on the Tuesday, Bell Helicopters unveiled the future - their FCX001 concept. It will use VR technology for both pilot and passengers so here are my photos below cheers http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/IMG_1702_zpswsy3i9sa.jpg http:...

Back in Jan - I had the pleasure of going up outside Birmingham to see Rotex Helikopter Kaman K-MAX. This is the first time the K-MAX has been in UK and to carry out aerial work, so here are my photos, cheers http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/IMG_4585_zpsy0dd2obg.jpg http://i57.photo...

Also from my adventures last week at Heli Expo 2016 here are my photos of Bell 505 Jet Ranger X - Flight Test Vehicle 3, cheers http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/longranger030/IMG_8040_zpsa9rjvvch.jpg http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/longranger030/IMG_8029_zpskpmqgwx...

Hi all, just came back from business at Heli Expo 2016 in Louisville so here are my photos of Bell 525 Flight Test Vehicle 2, but cheers http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/longranger031/IMG_7592_zpscld49lz5.jpg http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/longranger031/IMG_7600_z...

Well today marks the start of UK SAR....anyway a month back, when I was at HAI convention in Orlando and witnessed the handing over the sixth or seventh airframe to Bristow and MCGA with Igor Sikorsky's son Sergei presiding over the ceremony which Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today recognized Bristow Hel...

Good evening from sunny hot 27 degs Orlando, I am attending Heli Expo 2015 here in Orange County and had the delight of being present at the Airbus Helicopters X4 now known officially as H160 unveiled, this morning at 11:00 am local time, Cheers http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/IMG_...

Greetings from wet Amsterdam lol Am attending Helitech 2014 exhibition here and one highlight of the first day today was formal acceptance and handover of the Bell 429 to the Wiltshire Air Ambulance Trust. The A/C as supplied and maintained by Heli-Charter UK (authorised Bell Helicopter Service Cent...

Went down with my folks to Parkers Piece here in Cambridge to see the start- and apart from the BBC News G-TAKE (belonging to Arena Aviation), had Helicopteres de France AS355N F-GMBA and F-GMBL http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/Cambridge_Tour_de_France_BBC_G_TAKE_0_zpsa0f784f1.jpg h...

Nice one, and I see the Kuwaiti AF C-17A in the background

Cheers

Having attended HAI Convention in Las Vegas last year, the highlight of the show was F-WMXB on its US tour. It was primarily based and demonstrated to the offshore customers from Bristows New Iberia base in Louisiana, which is also one of Bristow Academy's (formerly Helicopter Adventures Inc.) campu...

Also from HAI a fortnight ago in Anaheim - 429 WLG and another 429 doing demo flights at the Angels Stadium, Cheers http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/IMG_7956_zps81b26cef.jpg http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/IMG_0712_zps49c00edd.jpg http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/...

Nice to hear your opinion, :grr: though I find it quite sleek as with many of Bell current and potential customers. Bearing in mind it's making history as in being the first Bell product to be powered by Turbomeca engine :) TBH most rotorcraft in this day are not bad looking, though be interested to...

Again at Heli Expo 2014 a fortnight ago at Anaheim, I was fortunate enough to participate in the flight demo tests from the Angels Sports Stadium. Here are also some preliminary flight demos before I took my place, Cheers http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/IMG_8750_zpsbdc93402.jpg htt...

Attended the Heli Expo 2014 a fortnight ago, and went to the flightline at the Angels Sports Stadium down the road from the exhibition http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/IMG_8299_zps1ad338d8.jpg http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/IMG_8624_zps789dfda1.jpg http://i57.phot...

Hi all, I made my annual pilgrimage to stateside to the Heli Expo Convention in Anaheim, a fortnight ago and here are my photos of the unveiling of the Bell Short Light Single (SLS) which is the 505 Jet Ranger X :) One of the trio of mockups is for the parapublic http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...