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I’ve never had a squirrel strike, but I did have two bird strikes when flying helicopters. With both of them I got pretty lucky, … the bird not so much… On one I just grazed the bird with the rotor-tip …

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Mike is very busy with this year’s fire season, so I have to write this blog, even though he would be way more qualified to talk about the issue of refueling aircraft. As far as I know, there was quite …

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Over many years in the aviation industry, I have seen many issues and damage due to neglected brakes and/or brake checks. I’ve seen aircraft roll straight into obstacles while everyone is outside, run off the runway, and so on, you …

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