Many customers prefer to imagine a squeaky blue sky without a cloud in the sky as ideal weather for sightseeing flights. I have to say that as a helicopter pilot I find that rather boring. Clouds have a certain fascination for me because of the shapes and play of light depending on the amount of sunlight. They look even more interesting up close. Of course, I mean only harmless cumulus clouds and less the sometimes dangerous thunderstorms that ..read more

Space copter. A flight out of this world. Reality or fiction? Prepare for a surprise! Your children or grandchildren may be able to use the following offer from us as Mars tourists in the not too distant future: Everything just fiction and a beautiful dream? At least one thing will soon become reality: the first helicopter is scheduled to fly on Mars in 2021. Then without Mars tourists ..read more

This is the 5th part of the series "Why can a helicopter fly at all?" If you want to read in sequence, you will find the previous parts here: Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Bernoulli, pressures, lift in detail Part 3: Reaction principle and conservation of momentum Part 4: The vertical start Part 5: Completely turned away - why a tail rotor Experiment 6 is good: if you turn a colleague away ... turn away yourself. Imagine ..read more

This is the 6th and last part of the series "Why can a helicopter fly at all?" If you would like to read one after the other, you will find the previous parts here: Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Bernoulli, pressures, lift in detail Part 3: Reaction principle and conservation of momentum Part 4: The vertical start Part 5: The tail rotor Part 6: Forward , backwards, sideways and turns We now know why a helicopter can fly the way it does ..read more