Carrying the Load
2012/05/16-Story by Brent Bergan | Photos by Brent Bergan & Skip Robinson
Long-time, northern-California utility operator PJ Helicopters specializes in flying just about anything you can think of, carrying on a family tradition in aviation that goes back more than 110 years.

Sunrise in San Diego
2012/05/11-Story by Elan Head | Photos by Dan Megna & Randy Lyle
With 40 helicopters on contract and a complex system of environmental restrictions to negotiate, the Sunrise Powerlink project in Southern California is one of the largest and most challenging helicopter construction jobs ever tackled.

Three's Company
2012/05/09-Story and photos by Skip Robinson
The three members of Care Flight 3?s all-female HEMS crew sat down with Vertical 911 to share details of the diverse professional paths that brought each of them to their current positions in Truckee, Calif.

Inland Patrol
2012/05/04-Story by Elan Head | Photos by Skip Robinson
Through its broad range of missions and fleet of MD 500s, the Riverside Police Department Aviation Unit provides the Inland Empire with an extra layer of safety and security.

Heavy-Lift Helpers
2012/05/02-Story and photos by Gary Watson
With decades of experience maintaining its own substantial fleet of Boeing (Columbia) 107-II and 234 tandem-rotor helicopters, Columbia Helicopters MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) services have become very sought after.

Going for Gold
2012/04/27-Story and photos by Ted Carlson/Fotodynamics.com
As one of only three helicopter training squadrons in the U.S. Navy, HT-28 is responsible for ensuring hundreds of U.S. Navy, Marine and Coast Guard student naval aviators (SNAs) are worthy of receiving their wings of gold.

Being the Enemy
2012/04/25-Story and photos by Skip Robinson
Having recently transitioned to Eurocopter UH-72A Lakotas, the U.S. Army?s B Company, 2916th Aviation Battalion is continuing a proud tradition of playing the bad guys.

Pilot responds to 2008 Carson crash jury verdict
2012/04/24-by Oliver Johnson
Bill Coultas, the surviving pilot of the 2008 Carson Helicopters Inc. (CHI) crash of an S-61, has given his reaction to the recent jury decision that found an engine fault was primarily to blame for the accident that killed seven firefighters and two pilots.

Hind Sight
2012/04/20-Timothy Pruitt
Heli-Expo is a great place for enthusiasts to see the wide variety of helicopter types that are flown in specifically for the show. At Heli-Expo 2012, however, there was something special about the annual fly-in that even regular attendees didn?t expect.

Flying a Varied Patrol
2012/04/18-Story and photos by Skip Robinson
Assigned to cover the largest geographic county in the contiguous United States, the San Bernardino Sheriff Department faces a challenge as vast and varied as the terrain it patrols. But a recent display of the department?s helicopter operations showed how this unit, capable of flying a wide range of missions, is more than up to the task.