RWS 22 – Kiowa Warrior in Iraq with Robert Mills
Blackdeath 23 was Robert Mill’s callsign in an Air Cavalry Unit operating the Kiowa Warrior in Iraq. Robert has published his journal as a book of the same name covering his two tours in Iraq and the ...
18 Feb 201559min
RWS 21 – V-22 Osprey with Mike McKinney
A battle truck that cruises at 240kts and can land in your supermarket car park – the V-22 Osprey is one of the more unique aircraft kicking around. Ok, technically its a tiltrotor design but we’ll ad...
12 Feb 20151h 5min
RWS 20 – Aerial Firefighting with Gordy Cox
A great example of the utility of helicopters is their use in firefighting support. There is more to it than meets the eye though. [Warning: This is a longer episode, approx 85mins, so you might want ...
1 Feb 20151h 25min
Helicopter Height-Velocity Diagram and Autorotation Safety - Shawn Coyle
Whether you walk away from a landing after an helicopter engine failure or not depends on many things but one good predictor is the Height Velocity(H/V) diagram. The H/V diagram (also known as H/V cur...
15 Jan 20151h 2min
RWS 18 – Around the world solo in 17 days with Simon Oliphant-Hope
A box full of maps, a sat phone, a support crew of 1 in a British hangar, full tanks and off you hop for an around the world record flight in an MD500 helicopter – that’s what Simon Oliphant-Hope did....
23 Dec 201435min
RWS 17 – Helicopter Aircrew Recruiting with Mark Weeden
Its time to dust off your CV and step behind the scenes of a helicopter aircrew recruiting office so you can be better prepared for your next job application. Several times in our flying careers we’ll...
10 Dec 20141h
RWS 16 – Helicopter Instructing Tips with Philip Greenspun
Educating or instructing can be it’s own skill set regardless of the actual content taught. Philip Greenspun is a MIT lecturer and a flight instructor and shares his own approach to flying training. I...
18 Nov 201455min
Helicopter Airshow Flying and Pilot Safety with Dennis Kenyon – Part 2
This is part 2 of the interview with British helicopter display pilot Dennis Kenyon. For part 1, listen to Episode 14 In this episode we delve deeper into the preparation, setup and mindset needed to ...
9 Nov 201451min
