A Snowball Fight from Hell – The summer was over, with all the local fairs ending, “What’s next?” was the question shooting around the office. As the new Sales Manager I was tasked to fill the coming slow winter months. With Christmas coming, I focused on delivery of Santa Claus. “Old stuff,” most all shopping center […]
Helicopters to triple in China by 2020 – Not since days of the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 has there been such an opportunity to grab space … until now. As air space opens up for private use across China forecasters estimate their helicopter fleet will more than triple by 2020. “China has around 300 […]
Electric Helicopter – “Quiet Mode” | The JetAv Blog by Jack Schweibold Hitting the Aviation Show Circuit at Tech Expo in Nagoya Japan is Hirobo’s Electric Helicopter. Touted to be capable of speeds up to 100 kph (60 mph) it could have scaled nearby Nagoya Castle with ease, cutting our ladder climbing tour time. Scheduled […]
FAA Certifies Robinson R66 Police Helicopter It has been over fifty years since I was flying one of the first police news helicopters for WGN in Chicago. I then slipped south to Indianapolis to make the first test flights with Allison’s Model 250 Turbine Engine. This week Robinson Helicopter Company announced beautifully marrying the two […]
World’s Largest Snow Cone Machine | The JetAv Blog by Jack Schweibold. During this record breaking heat wave in the Midwest it is easy to long for return to what was one of the two World’s Largest Ice Test Rigs. This one was located in Ottawa Canada, the other in Russia. Consisting of 761 spray […]
Bell Receives 429 Increased Weight Approval in Argentina | The JetAv Blog by Paul Pitts | Premier Jet Aviation Bell Helicopter recently announced another country has approved the increase of the aircraft operational gross weight to 7500 pounds. The Administración Nacional de Aviación Civil in Argentina has joined the growing number of countries who have […]
Interational Space Station Rendezvous | The JetAv Blog by Jack Schweibold | Premier Jet Aviation Last week a trio of astronauts traveling onboard a Russian-made Soyuz capsule reached the International Space Station, two days after launching from the Baikonur cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan. As aviators we tend to focus our interest on the Soyuz capsule, […]
New OH-58D Warrior Delivered | The JetAv Blog by Jack Schweibold. Last month the Army increased its helicopter muscle by delivering the first totally rebuilt OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter to the 6th Cav Regiment at Corpus Christi. I never would have imagined its eventual role moving from “Observation” to “Attack” when I demonstrated new OH-58 […]
The Eurocopter X3 Begins its US Tour by Paul Pitts. | The JetAv Blog | Premier Jet Aviation Earlier this month I wrote about the helicopter industry’s search for higher horizontal speeds and the aerodynamic and economic challenges in both. This week I had the privilege of seeing the Eurocopter X3 (“X-cube”) in flight as […]
New Human Powered Helicopter Record by Jack Schweibold | The JetAv Blog | Premier Jet Aviation As promised this week we are reporting the breaking of Judith Wexler’s last year’s 11.4 second flight record for a Human Powered Helicopter. Yesterday, June 21st, Colin Gore, a PhD student in materials science at the University of Maryland […]