Matt Otto was born with the desire to get into the air. "When I was 13, Rotor Work's Hughes 300C came to our farm in New Zealand to do some topdressing, and my younger brother Tom and I got a ride." Today, Tom and Matt both work in the industry, a direct result of their initial encounter with Hughes 300C.
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Dylan grew up in the world of aviation; his father was a helicopter pilot in the French Air Force for 27 years and is now an aerial work and firefighting pilot. "I remember going to air meets, seeing my dad up there showing thousands of amazed people what a helicopter can do, and dreaming about being that guy in the sky.
Leigh Coate's first flight was in southern California at age 15, when her stepdad, a private pilot, took her up for a spin in a Cessna 172. "That feeling, when we were 1000 feet up looking down at all the cars on the freeway stuck in slow-moving traffic, was mind-blowing. It was absolute freedom – up above it all."
All Mylène Marionvalle ever wanted was to be able to help people from the sky. As a child growing up in northern France, she dreamt of joining the Service d’aide médicale urgente (Urgent Medical Aid Service) as a helicopter pilot.
To those who know Taylor Chism, a quick look at the way her life has unfolded is not surprising at all; to others, it's an enviable, intriguing, and sometimes confronting combination of everything outdoorsy, adventurous, and exciting. She possesses the zest of a confident kid who hasn't yet been taught how to fear, but she's a frank, steadily spoken young woman with the quiet self-assuredness of one who knows her personal limits.
Kingsley Moore's daily life is a streaming montage of chopper blades, Brahman bulls, red dust, and dirt bikes. He settles so comfortably in the seat of the Robbinson 22, dust on his jeans and his face, you'd think he was born doing this. But Kingsley grew up on Australia's metropolitan east coast, where skyscrapers press [...]
The sun's heat reflects off a mottled grey tarmac, glancing back up onto the Fire Boss AT802F faithfully waiting there for me alongside Riley Payne's red-shirted form.
Let me introduce you to the Helipod girls, Annelie Pompe and Catrin Nilsson – a pair of inspiring and articulate Swedish women who push the boundaries of life in pretty much all its adventurous forms. On an average day, Annelie is a helicopter pilot, free diver, mountain climber, and speaker, while Catrin is a CFO [...]
"As a kid, I would always look to the sky when aircraft passed over, and I loved airshows. When it came time to decide what to do for a career, I knew it needed to be hands-on and dynamic. Initially, I thought about going into corporate aviation flying business jets, but then I took an [...]
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