ROTOR DailyIndustry News FlyOver: Huntington Beach, California (ROTOR magazine) - Officers from the Huntington Beach Police Air Support Unit fly the department’s MD 530F over…Mark BennettAugust 3, 2023
2023 JuneROTOR MagazineMember Focus Tech-Tool Plastics (ROTOR) - HAI member Tech-Tool Plastics is the only company that exclusively makes replacement helicopter windows.Mark BennettJune 30, 2023
2023 JuneROTOR MagazineFlyOver FlyOver: Huntington Beach, California (ROTOR) - Mark Bennett takes in an ocean view courtesy of the Huntington Beach (California) Police Air Support…Mark BennettJune 28, 2023
2023 MarchROTOR MagazineFlyOver FlyOver: Los Angeles National Forest (ROTOR) - Mark Bennett shares a unique view of California's Angeles National Forest from an upside-down Bo-105C, courtesy…Mark BennettMarch 7, 2023
2023 MarchROTOR MagazineMember Focus Able Aerospace Services Bell 412 Main Rotor Head Overhaul (ROTOR) - Able Aerospace Services provides component repair, overhaul, and parts solutions for civilian and military rotary-wing operators.Mark BennettMarch 7, 2023
2022 DecemberROTOR MagazineMember Focus Evolution Helmets EVO 252 Flight Helmet (ROTOR) - Founded by Ron Abbott in 2004, Evolution Helmets manufactures fully customizable helmets for aircrew in all…Mark BennettJanuary 25, 2023
2022 DecemberROTOR MagazineFlyOver FlyOver: Broomfield, Colorado (ROTOR) - Mark Bennett shares a view of Broomfield, Colorado, from a Schweizer S333 operated by Rotors of…Mark BennettJanuary 25, 2023
ROTOR DailyTechnology Photo essay: how rotor blades are made (ROTOR magazine) - What goes into designing and manufacturing helicopter blades? A lot more than you might think.Mark BennettNovember 14, 2022
September 2022ROTOR MagazineFlyOver FlyOver: Washington, D.C. (ROTOR) - Mark Bennett shares a view of Washington, D.C., from a Bell 412EP operated by the US…Mark BennettOctober 20, 2022
September 2022ROTOR MagazineMember Focus Croman Corp. Croman SH-3H (ROTOR) - Croman Corp. is more than a helicopter operator; the company develops and certificates products and systems…Mark BennettOctober 20, 2022
September 2022ROTOR MagazineCurrent Issue Features Makin’ the Blade (ROTOR) - What goes into making a rotor blade? A lot more than you might think.Mark BennettOctober 20, 2022
2022 JuneROTOR MagazineMember Focus Helimax Aviation Boeing CH-47D (ROTOR) - Helimax Aviation operates a small fleet of helicopters to serve a narrow range of missions. But…Mark BennettJune 19, 2022
2022 JuneROTOR MagazineCurrent Issue Features Has the Future Already Arrived? (ROTOR) - Photographer/writer Mark Bennett looks at how advanced air mobility is already working today--at the Dallas CBD…Mark BennettJune 19, 2022
2022 JuneROTOR MagazineFlyOver FlyOver: Albuquerque, New Mexico (ROTOR) - Mark Bennett shares a view of Albuquerque, New Mexico, from a Bell UH-1H operated by the…Mark BennettJune 19, 2022
ROTOR DailyPeople FlyOver: Randy Rowles, Fort Worth, Texas (ROTOR magazine) - Helicopter Institute founder and current HAI Chairman Randy Rowles takes in the view over his…Mark BennettMarch 31, 2022
2022 MarchROTOR MagazineFlyOver FlyOver: Fort Worth, Texas (ROTOR) - Mark Bennett shares a view of Fort Worth, Texas, from a Europcopter As350 B2 flown by…Mark BennettMarch 8, 2022
2022 MarchROTOR MagazineMember Focus Anthelion Helicopters Guimbal Cabri G2 & Robinson R44 (ROTOR) - After starting in 2014 as a flight-training company, HAI member Anthelion Helicopters has expanded its services…Mark BennettMarch 6, 2022
2021 DecemberROTOR MagazineMember Focus Children’s Health, Dallas, Texas, Sikorsky S-76C++ (ROTOR) - Children's Health has been operating helicopters as part of its Neonatal and Pediatric Specialty Transport service…Mark BennettJanuary 18, 2022
2021 DecemberROTOR MagazineCurrent Issue Features High Wire Work (ROTOR) - Modern life—brought to you, in part, by helicopters and the pilots and crews who maintain our…Mark BennettJanuary 18, 2022
2021 DecemberROTOR MagazineFlyOver FlyOver: Lynchburg, Tennessee (ROTOR) - Mark Bennett shares the view of Lynchburg, Tennessee, from a Sikorsky EH-60A Black Hawk flown by…Mark BennettJanuary 18, 2022
ROTOR DailyHow We Serve Man vs. Mosquito (ROTOR) - Another case of helicopters saving lives (in this case, human, canine, and equine ones).Mark BennettOctober 12, 2021
2021 SeptemberROTOR MagazineFlyOver FlyOver: St. Petersburg, Florida (ROTOR) - Mark Bennett shares the view from an AS350 B2 flying over St. Petersburg, FL, flown by…Mark BennettSeptember 28, 2021
2021 SeptemberROTOR MagazineMember Focus Vertical Aviation Technologies S-52L Hummingbird (ROTOR) - An S-52L Hummingbird is parked outside the Vertical Aviation Technology hangar at Orlando Sanford International Airport.Mark BennettSeptember 28, 2021
2021 SeptemberROTOR MagazineCurrent Issue Features Man vs. Mosquito (ROTOR) - Another case of helicopters saving lives (in this case, human, canine, and equine ones).Mark BennettSeptember 28, 2021
ROTOR MagazineFlyOver2021 June FlyOver: Phoenix, Arizona (ROTOR) - Mark Bennett shares the view from an R44 flying over Phoenix piloted by Bruce Haffner, the…Mark BennettJuly 12, 2021
ROTOR MagazineMember Focus2021 June ROTAK Helicopter Services Kaman K-Max (ROTOR) - A K-Max rests after nearly a month of heli-logging in central Idaho, the type of operation…Mark BennettJuly 12, 2021
ROTOR Magazine2021 JuneCurrent Issue Features Native Support (ROTOR) - In 2020, with communities around the world reeling from the economic and social disruptions resulting from…Mark BennettJuly 9, 2021
ROTOR MagazineMember Focus2021 March Insite Commercial Robinson R44 (ROTOR) - This Robinson R44 enjoys a brief moment in the sun on an otherwise dreary, windy, chilly…Mark BennettApril 21, 2021
ROTOR MagazineFlyOver2021 March Mount Rushmore National Memorial (ROTOR) - Mark Bennett shares the view from a Bell 407 flying near the Mount Rushmore National Memorial.Mark BennettApril 20, 2021
ROTOR Magazine2020 Q4Features Arizona In Flames Cover Photo: Flames sweep across the Mazatzal Mountains 40 miles northeast of Phoenix. This remnant of the Bush…Mark BennettDecember 3, 2020
ROTOR Magazine2020 Q4FlyOver FlyOver Army Aviation Heritage Foundation | Bell AH-1F Palm Springs, California | Sep. 28, 2019 Pilot: Eric PachecoMark BennettNovember 21, 2020
ROTOR Magazine2020 Q4Member Focus Lazy T Ranch’s Airbus AS350 B3e The Lazy T Ranch is several thousand acres of pasture, hayfields, rolling hills, and dramatic canyons 10 miles…Mark BennettNovember 17, 2020
ROTOR Magazine2020 Q3Member Focus Van Horn Aviation’s Bell 206B Van Horn Aviation, founded in 2001, designs and manufactures tail and main rotor blades for a number of…Mark BennettAugust 20, 2020
ROTOR Magazine2020 Q3FlyOver FlyOver: Bonneville Dam Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Oregon and Washington Aug. 8, 2019 Wilson Construction MD 500E Pilot: Ron Stewart Photo by…Mark BennettAugust 17, 2020
ROTOR Magazine2020 Q3Features Why the H145? PHI is the only offshore helicopter operator flying the Airbus H145 in the Gulf of Mexico. Why add…Mark BennettJuly 26, 2020
ROTOR Magazine2020 Q2Member Focus Kaman K-1200 K-Max Cover Photo by Mark Bennett/HAIRotak Helicopter Services, founded in 2016 to serve the telecommunications sector in Alaska, specializes…Mark BennettJune 4, 2020
ROTOR Magazine2020 WinterFlyOver FlyOver Army Aviation Heritage Foundation | Bell AH-1F Palm Springs, California | Sep. 28, 2019 Pilot: Eric PachecoMark BennettFebruary 7, 2020
ROTOR Magazine2020 WinterMember Focus T&M Aviation’s Bell 206B-3 Ron Wolf founded T&M Aviation in Abbeville, Louisiana, two decades ago, focusing on agricultural aerial applications. The company…Mark BennettDecember 18, 2019
ROTOR Magazine2019 FallFlyOver FlyOver Army Aviation Heritage Foundation | Bell AH-1F Palm Springs, California | Sep. 28, 2019 Pilot: Eric PachecoMark BennettOctober 28, 2019
ROTOR Magazine2019 FallFeatures One Flight at a Time It’s early June in Orem, Utah, 6,000 feet above sea level, 45 miles south of Salt Lake City,…Mark BennettOctober 19, 2019
ROTOR Magazine2019 FallMember Focus Hiller Aviation Group, Inc. After a stint in the US Army, Michael Tragarz made a 44-year career of aviation, eventually retiring from…Mark BennettSeptember 16, 2019
ROTOR Magazine2019 SummerFlyOver FlyOver ROTAK Helicopters | Kaman K-MAX Near Ceiba, Puerto Rico | February 12, 2019 Pilot: Kevin BrasharMark BennettJuly 28, 2019
ROTOR Magazine2019 SummerFeatures Lives on the Line It's called human external cargo, and it attracts a special kind of human.Mark BennettJuly 10, 2019
ROTOR Magazine2019 SpringFlyOver FlyOver Airbus Helicopters | H135; HAI HELI-EXPO 2019 | Atlanta, Georgia | March 6, 2019; AH North America Chief…Mark BennettMay 7, 2019
ROTOR Magazine2019 SpringFeatures HAI Does ATL It takes a city to make a village, and it happens every year. First come the crates. Cubes…Mark BennettApril 29, 2019
2018 FallROTOR MagazineFeatures On the Trail of the Dragon Slayers My plan was to visit commercial helicopter operators fighting wildland fires in the western United States. It seemed…Mark BennettNovember 4, 2018