newsSeptember 29, 2020Kopter CEO Lowenstein steps down
Andreas Lowenstein has left his position as CEO of Kopter "to pursue further opportunities," the manufacturer of the upcoming light single SH09 has confirmed.
featuresSeptember 28, 2020How helicopters give rice growers a helping hand
If you’re in the neighborhood of Danbury, Texas, on a hot day in early summer, you might see an unusual sight: two dozen helicopters, almost all of them Robinson R22s,
postSeptember 8, 2020Vertical September 2020 issue now available!
We find out what it's like to fight wildfires during a pandemic, look at 10 years and 1,000 deliveries of the Robinson R66, learn about helicopters on rice pollination ops, and get the lowdown on 5 State Helicopters and Heli Connections.
news September 30, 2020 Bell flies APT 70 cargo drone through DFW airspace in successful NASA demo
Bell has completed a landmark demo of its APT 70 eVTOL cargo drone, part of NASA’s Systems Integration and Operationalization activity.
news September 30, 2020 Airbus celebrates first five-bladed H145 delivery
Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first of its new five-bladed H145s, with the Norwegian Air Ambulance receiving the aircraft Sept. 30 at the manufacturer's facility in Donauworth, Germany.
news September 30, 2020 Bell aims to complete 525 Relentless tests ‘sometime in the upcoming year’ says chief test pilot
The Bell 525 will be the world’s first commercial fly-by-wire helicopter.
news September 30, 2020 Norwegian S-92 suffers oil leak in ‘serious aviation incident’
Norwegian authorities are investigating what they describe as a “serious aviation incident,” after a Sikorsky S-92A suffered an oil leak that forced the crew to declare mayday before landing safely.
news September 29, 2020 Germany cancels heavy-lift helicopter competition
Germany has canceled the most recent effort to replace its aging heavy-lift CH-53G helicopters, claiming the current offers are too expensive.
news September 29, 2020 Kopter CEO Lowenstein steps down
Andreas Lowenstein has left his position as CEO of Kopter "to pursue further opportunities," the manufacturer of the upcoming light single SH09 has confirmed.
Bell 412EP operated by Air Center Helicopters in support of the National Science Foundation in Antarctica. This gorgeous shot by Bryan Minnear is an entry in our 2020 Photo Contest, closing Friday at photocontest.verticalmag.com!
With jobs for low-time helicopter pilots being hard to come by, rice pollination has given many pilots their start.
How helicopters give rice growers a helping hand - Vertical Mag
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For a month or two each summer, dozens of helicopters hover over rice fields in south Texas to help pollinate hybrid seed rice.A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom lands to pick up a simulated casualty. This shot by Matt Hecht is an entry in the Military category of our 2020 Photo Contest. See all of the submissions and upload your own photos at photocontest.verticalmag.com — deadline is this Friday, October 2!
Congratulations to last week’s photo contest winner, Instagram user @picture_this_21! Here's our next round of finalists; to vote, just “like” your favorite by Monday, September 28.
Photographers, don’t forget to also enter our annual photo contest, open for just one more week at photocontest.verticalmag.com!
You had questions about the V-280 tiltrotor. Bell Flight's Don Grove and Frank Lazzara have answers.
Rotor Radio: A V-280 experimental test pilot answers your questions - Vertical Magazine
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We asked our social media followers what they would ask a V-280 tiltrotor experimental test pilot. Then, we put those questions to Bell's Don Grove.
