"Aviation is one of those industries where the highs and lows are super exaggerated. You can go from hero to zero in the blink of an eye; all it takes is one small mistake or slip-up."
On Chris Groves | HeliOps Magazine


"Aviation is one of those industries where the highs and lows are super exaggerated. You can go from hero to zero in the blink of an eye; all it takes is one small mistake or slip-up."

'Too many hobbies, not enough time!' is one of Mariah Dugan's central ethos – though flying helicopters wasn't one of them until a bit later in life.

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.