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Rotary Wing Show - Interviews from the Helicopter Industry

Capturing stories of helicopter pilots and crew from around the world. Find out about different helicopter career paths, pick up some tips and learn more about what life as helicopter aircrew has to o... Read more

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RWS 46 – Chickenhawk with Robert Mason

RWS 46 – Chickenhawk with Robert Mason

The Vietnam war has been called the helicopter war. They were used as troop carriers, gunships, medevac, heavy lift, obs... Read more

7 May 2016

1hr 14mins

Ranked #2

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RWS 41 – ‘Cyclic Back’ in an Autorotation Entry with Pete Gillies

RWS 41 – ‘Cyclic Back’ in an Autorotation Entry with Pete Gillies

Pete Gillies is a legendary, 18,000-hour helicopter pilot who has previously been honored as the Helicopter Association ... Read more

21 Feb 2016

1hr 10mins

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RWS 34 – Special Operations Aviation with Mike Durant

RWS 34 – Special Operations Aviation with Mike Durant

Flying long range assault missions at extremely low altitudes on NVGs with a cabin full of special forces soldiers is al... Read more

11 Aug 2015

1hr 20mins

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RWS 53 – Huey Gunships with Jack Lynch

RWS 53 – Huey Gunships with Jack Lynch

Wing Commander(Ret.) Jack Lynch flew Iroquois Gunships with 9 SQN RAAF in Vietnam Jack Lynch was a ‘Bushranger’ pilot in... Read more

16 Dec 2016

36mins

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RWS 72 – AW609 Tiltrotor with Dan Wells

RWS 72 – AW609 Tiltrotor with Dan Wells

Dan Wells is an experimental test pilot at Leonardo who has been on the AW609 program since 2011. Tiltrotor technology a... Read more

22 Oct 2018

1hr 8mins

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RWS 62 – Snohomish County Helicopter Rescue Team

RWS 62 – Snohomish County Helicopter Rescue Team

HRT’s UH-1 helicopter at 8,000 feet and litter with patient on the wire after a 500ft fall on mountain side. Nestled in ... Read more

22 Feb 2018

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RWS 73 – Pete Gillies Talks About Teaching Autorotations

RWS 73 – Pete Gillies Talks About Teaching Autorotations

Pete Gillies is a legendary, 18,000-hour helicopter pilot who has previously been honored as the Helicopter Association ... Read more

21 Apr 2019

21mins

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RWS 16 – Helicopter Instructing Tips with Philip Greenspun

RWS 16 – Helicopter Instructing Tips with Philip Greenspun

Philip Greenspun is a helicopter instructor in Boston, USA Photo Credit:Ellis Vener Educating or instructing can be it’s... Read more

18 Nov 2014

55mins

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RWS 65 – Night Aerial Firefighting with Richard Butterworth

RWS 65 – Night Aerial Firefighting with Richard Butterworth

Richard Butterworth spent time in the military, instructing and EMS before taking up a role at Kestrel Aviation in suppo... Read more

7 Jun 2018

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RWS 26 – US Forest Service Helicopter Ops with John Harris

RWS 26 – US Forest Service Helicopter Ops with John Harris

John Harris is one of 12 helicopter inspector pilots employed by the US Forest Service Helicopters are uniquely suited t... Read more

3 Apr 2015

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RWS 54 – Huey Gunships with Jack Lynch Part 2

RWS 54 – Huey Gunships with Jack Lynch Part 2

Wing Commander(Ret.) Jack Lynch flew Iroquois Gunships with 9 SQN RAAF in Vietnam Jack Lynch was a ‘Bushranger’ pilot in... Read more

22 Dec 2016

41mins

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RWS 20 – Aerial Firefighting with Gordy Cox

RWS 20 – Aerial Firefighting with Gordy Cox

Gordy Cox is the Director of Operations at Redding Air Service and knows a thing or two about helicopter firefighting. ... Read more

1 Feb 2015

1hr 25mins

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RWS 60 – 20 Crew Resource Management Diamonds with Randy Mains

RWS 60 – 20 Crew Resource Management Diamonds with Randy Mains

Randy Mains has operated across many parts of the helicopter industry (military, mustering, instructing, EMS, VIP and mo... Read more

17 Oct 2017

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RWS 13 – Helicopter Longlining with Andre Hutchings

RWS 13 – Helicopter Longlining with Andre Hutchings

Andre Hutchings is an experienced helicopter longline pilot and instructor Photo:LA Helicopters Do you remember how humb... Read more

27 Oct 2014

1hr 4mins

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RWS 78 – Military to Civilian Transition for Helicopter Pilots with Tarryn Ryan

RWS 78 – Military to Civilian Transition for Helicopter Pilots with Tarryn Ryan

After gaining her Wings in South Africa Tarryn Ryan build up experience over a range of different roles both in the civi... Read more

29 Oct 2019

43mins

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RWS 22 – Kiowa Warrior in Iraq with Robert Mills

RWS 22 – Kiowa Warrior in Iraq with Robert Mills

CWO2 Robert Mills did two deployments to Iraq flying the Kiowa Warrior. Blackdeath 23 was Robert Mill’s callsign in an A... Read more

18 Feb 2015

59mins

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RWS 49 – Toronto Traffic Helicopter with Dini Petty

RWS 49 – Toronto Traffic Helicopter with Dini Petty

Dini Petty was tapped on the shoulder in a diner to train as a helicopter traffic reporter and pilot in Toronto. Dini Pe... Read more

13 Jun 2016

53mins

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RWS 50 – The God Machine with James Chiles (Helicopter History)

RWS 50 – The God Machine with James Chiles (Helicopter History)

James R. Chiles has been writing about science and history since 1979. The God Machine: From Boomerangs to Blackhawks, T... Read more

25 Oct 2016

1hr 2mins

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RWS 80 – Influencing a Positive Aviation Culture with Natalee Johnston

RWS 80 – Influencing a Positive Aviation Culture with Natalee Johnston

There are differing and some very academic definitions for what culture is. I like – “the way we do things around here”.... Read more

22 Dec 2019

1hr 19mins

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RWS 67 – Falklands War from a Wessex Cockpit with Harry Benson

RWS 67 – Falklands War from a Wessex Cockpit with Harry Benson

As a 21 yr old Harry Benson experienced the Falklands War from the cockpit of a Wessex helicopter. Years later he has ca... Read more

26 Jul 2018

1hr 14mins

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