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Rotary Wing Show – Helicopter News, Safety, Training & Pilot Stories episodes

August 09, 2019 RWS 76 – Funding Helicopter Training Using VET Student Loans (Australia Only)
A bit of change of format for this episode of the Podcast. I’m re-sharing a recording made for the flight school website where I instruct. This one is all about some of the financial assistance that the Australian Government provides that can also be used towards the gaining of a commercial helicopter licence. * This …
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46 min
July 22, 2019 Helicopter Survival and SAR Missions with Mike Atkinson – Real-World Lessons
As an ex-Kiowa helicopter pilot, survival instructor RAAF fixed wing instructor, jet and 737 pilot Mike Atkinson has had opportunities to experience a range of aviation operations. So what does he do in his spare time? in 1932 two German seaplane pilots found themselves off course and out of supplies in the Kimberley region of northern …
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1 hr 17 min
April 21, 2019 RWS 74 – Pete Gillies Talks About Tail Rotor Failures
Pete’s MD500 is in hilly terrain when a passenger’s hoodie departs the cabin and goes straight through the tail rotor. Listen to what happens next in this recording captured by Doug Williams at his house with Pete Gillies. Extra puppy noises included 🙂 In a machine that by design generates significant torque – losing helicopter …
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26 min
April 21, 2019 RWS 73 – Pete Gillies Talks About Teaching Autorotations
In this interview Doug Williams captures a conversation at his house with Pete Gillies about teaching autorotations. Pete shares a story that highlights the differences, especially in turbine helicopters, between touchdown autorotations with the engine idling and with an engine completely off. Have you ever flown an auto with the engine completely off – be …
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22 min
October 22, 2018 RWS 72 – AW609 Tiltrotor with Dan Wells
Tiltrotor technology aims to push the envelope on helicopter top speeds while retaining the ability to land and take-off vertically. The Leonardo AW609 will be the first civilian tiltrotor design to undergo FAA certification and brings with it some unique mission profiles. Dan Wells started his flying career on the AH-1 Cobra before transitioning to …
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1 hr 9 min
October 03, 2018 Aircrew Mental Health & Resilience: Kevin Humphreys on PTSD, Trauma, and Recovery – Part 2
Part 2 of the interview with ex-Australian Army and current Search and Rescue pilot Kevin Humphreys looking at the topic of aircrew mental health. In this episode the focus shifts from Kevin’s military career to his personal experience with mental health challenges, the recovery process and what other aircrew can take away for their own …
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1 hr 16 min
October 01, 2018 Aircrew Mental Health & Resilience: Kevin Humphreys on PTSD, Trauma, and Recovery – Part 1
Kevin Humphreys is a veteran of a number of overseas military deployments on Blackhawk and Chinook, currently a check and training pilot on AW139 helicopters and an ambassador for a number of mental health charities. He joins us in the interview today to share some of his flying experiences and his personal story of struggling …
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1 hr 6 min
September 23, 2018 RWS 69 – Multi-Engine Helicopter Considerations with Jim Vince
Learn about multiengine helicopter operations in this episode. A great primer for those that have only flown single engine machines and hopefully a useful refresher others. Putting this together has been a great refresher for me personally as it is just over 10 years since I last flew anything with a second engine. Thankfully though …
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1 hr 6 min
August 16, 2018 RWS 68 – 2018 World Helicopter Day and Flying the Chinook with Paul Kennard
World Helicopter Day 2018 is this Sunday! Wishing everyone in the industry a fantastic day for it as we celebrate what we do and the machines we love. A big thank you to Mike Young from aircrewinterview.tv for being kind enough to allow the syndication of this interview with RAF pilot Paul Kennard. The audio …
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1 hr 6 min
July 26, 2018 Flying a Wessex in the Falklands War: Harry Benson’s Helicopter Combat Stories
6834 nautical miles south west of London in the South Atlantic some amazing helicopter stories were being lived out during the Falklands War. Many of these were even unknown to the other aircrew flying in the same operational area. Harry Benson was there as a 21 yr old pilot and many years later has interviewed …
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1 hr 14 min