Kenny Keller, the author of Amazon Best Seller Helicopter Check Ride and creator of Helicopter Online Ground School, has a lot of experience with helicopters. But even he was impressed when he visited a former student and got a firsthand look at his job as a helicopter tree saw pilot. With a ...
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The human-powered helicopter probably doesn't look like what you'd expect. It doesn't resemble a typical helicopter at all. In fact, it looks like it's built using K'NEX. They actually used carbon fiber tubing, styrofoam and a lot of superglue — so, it's not too far off. Looking at it, you'd ...
READ MORE +This intense game of chicken between an elephant and a helicopter in Kenya isn't for the faint of heart. We're not completely sure what's going on here, but we'd have to guess they're either trying to track the elephant, relocate it or help it in some way. A dart can be seen in the left side ...
READ MORE +As good as this pilot is, this is one helicopter ride we'd never want to be on! Old footage shows an insanely skilled pilot flying a BO-105 German Anti Tank helicopter while performing some insane maneuvers. Death-defying doesn't even begin to describe it
READ MORE +Not even the things that can kill you are safe from predators in Australia. A helicopter was recording footage at the Ord River in Kununurra, Western Australia when they came across this absolutely massive saltwater croc with something in its mouth. It turns out it was making a meal out of one ...
READ MORE +Who needs a parachute after jumping from a helicopter? Not Gary Connery! During a wingsuit run, the daredevil chose to forgo his parachute and chose to break his fall with a pile of cardboard boxes. Seriously. This guy just fell 2,400 feet out of the sky and only used cardboard boxes to ...
READ MORE +If you're wanting edge of your seat entertainment, look no further than Chuck Aaron defying every law of physics we ever knew existed as he tears through the air.
READ MORE +Two people were injured but able to walk away after an elk brought down their helicopter in Utah. They were attempting to net the elk so they could sedate it and put a collar on it for further study. Unfortunately, the elk caused the crash by jumping into the rear rotor and was killed. ...
READ MORE +Some incredible footage was recently released by the UK Coastguard that shows a daring helicopter rescue of three people stranded on a cliff. A man became stranded by the tide while climbing some cliffs off the coast of Bude, England. Two others attempted to help the man get off, but they were ...
READ MORE +Footage shows an exercise that went horribly wrong for an Apache helicopter as it crashes nose first and flips into the sea in Greece. The helicopter belonged to the Greek army and suffered from engine failure, causing it to plunge into the Aegean Sea only several yards from a beach last ...
READ MORE +If you're looking for a quick and fun way to blow through $35,800, then this Texas company has you covered. HeliBacon is looking to capitalize on people who want to help control the wild hog population in Texas in an over the top way. The company will take you to the sky and let you rain ...
READ MORE +The S-97 Raider Light Tactical Helicopter is Lockheed Martin's newest prototype, and it's being called "the next big thing in Army aviation," according to Business Insider. It's the double-rotor design and back propeller that really set the S-97 apart. These new advances allow for much better ...
READ MORE +Wind can make plane landings very interesting. It turns out they don't even need to be hurricane force winds to create some potentially serious issues. For instance, take Jon bush's recent bizarre landing in his SQ12. He was coming in for a landing in Alaska recently against 20mph winds with ...
READ MORE +When a 16 year old needed immediate medical attention on the training ship "Christian Radich," the ships captain called for a medevac. The helicopter arrived to the ship to 40mph winds and incredibly rough seas. The fact that the ship had three masts only made matters more difficult, but the guys ...
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