Jon Duke

Vertical Magazine — Bellavia has set the trend for Greek helicopter operations since 1992, and has navigated turbulent economic waters by diversifying its operation.

Vertical Magazine — Formed to take its existing corporate jet customers the final mile, SaxonAir’s helicopter division has used its heritage to take the corporate sector in new directions.

Vertical Magazine — Acquiring new aircraft and a new CEO, Proflight Nordic is gearing up for change in everything but its core mission

Vertical Magazine — If California were a country, the UN estimates it would have the fifth largest economy in the world. Building and protecting its infrastructure and industry is a vital task, and Capitol Helicopters has thrown itself into this work.

Vertical Magazine — When Martin Varley returned to private flying in 2019, he was dismayed with what he found. So he decided to build the flying school that he wished he’d had.

Vertical Magazine — Heli Rezia has over 30 years of experience moving the trappings of modern living into Switzerland’s unforgiving mountain wilderness.

Skies Magazine — Air Race 1 first electrified global audiences in 2013 with a formula that had been around since 1947. Now, the organizers aim to build on that success by electrifying the aircraft, with Air Race E.

Vertical Magazine — HeliAir Sweden has grown every year in the decade it has been operating commercially, a feat its founder says is all down to team spirit.

Vertical Magazine — Estimated reading time 14 minutes, 29 seconds. Despite a relatively shallow seabed, oil production 120 miles (190 kilometers) from the coast in the infamously treacherous North Sea has always required a technological approach to make it profitable. Right from the beginning of production in the 1960s, helicopters were a part of making it possible.

Vertical Magazine — Since its launch in 1978, Starspeed has firmly established itself in the global VVIP helicopter market, now operating the largest luxury helicopter in the U.K.

Vertical Magazine — Estimated reading time 15 minutes, 33 seconds. As night fell over the Ore mountains in Eastern Europe, two Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters lifted off from a small airport on the Slovak-Hungarian border and slipped into the fading winter twilight.

Vertical Magazine — Twelve months ago, Airbus Helicopters trumpeted the latest upgrade to its workhorse H145. We went to Germany to see whether the benefits of a fifth rotor blade are worthy of the fanfare.

Vertical Magazine — For the helicopter crews charged with rescuing thrill-seekers and tourists in the scenic Canary Islands, the W-3 Sokół is the utilitarian performer they need.

Vertical Magazine — Airbus Helicopters has teamed its proprietary Helionix cockpit with the staple H135. We evaluated the package at the manufacturer’s facility in Donauwörth, Germany, to see if the whole really is greater than the sum of its parts.