Most Modern, Efficient and Productive Amphibious Aircraft As the industry benchmark, the Bombardier 415 amphibious aircraft is the backbone of firefighting missions around the globe. Launched in 1994, this high-wing, all-metal amphibian remains the only aircraft specifically designed for aerial firefighting. Its proven technology and fire-extinguishing power make it the most effective machine for the job. […]

Human-Powered Helicopters: Straight Up Difficult from NPR on Vimeo. By author: Adam Cole at NPR “I grew up wanting to fly,” says Graham Bowen-Davies. “I guess I just settled for being an engineer.” He’s standing on an indoor track in southern Maryland, watching a giant helicopter take flight. At the end of each of its […]

Though the airspace surrounding the world’s larger airports has long been very crowded, an increase of daily flights between Europe, North America and Asia in the early 1970s was a warning sign that airway traffic would one day bulge at the seams. It was the foresight of these unavoidable bottlenecks that bore the concept that […]

In the link below is the latest eddition of the Helicopter Flying Handbook.  It is a free FAA publication released on May 6, 2012.  I have not been able to read it yet to see what changes were made.  http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/media/faa-h-8083-21.pdf