Helicopter business ideas

[diginagain]

Originally Posted by Self loading bear

Something like this?
Airbus passenger jet turned into £25k luxury pods for gardens | Daily Mail Online

Like that, but smaller, leakier, less comfortable, you can't stand up to move around and the fire exits wouldn't get certified. That sort of thing.

[Self loading bear]

Originally Posted by diginagain

Like that, but smaller, leakier, less comfortable, you can't stand up to move around and the fire exits wouldn't get certified. That sort of thing.

Then what is the Glam in Glampingish?

[Self loading bear]

Digin,

I think I get the idea.
Glamping

[haihio]

There is work for helicopter pilots out there but It's probably very far from your own country, you must be willing to live in these places and adapt to different cultures.

[Self loading bear]

The helicopters could also be repurposed as roundabout swings and parallel swings.
NASA has done some preliminary investigations but there is room for improvements.

NASA swing test

SLB

[piravlos01]

If you own a helicopter:
1) Sell it
2) Get your fixed wing license

If you don't own a helicopter and you just have a helicopter license:
1) Get your fixed wing license

If you can't, see that by bellsux:
http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/582...ml#post9474271

Originally Posted by haihio

There is work for helicopter pilots out there but It's probably very far from your own country, you must be willing to live in these places and adapt to different cultures.

haihio, give us your lights and let us know where these jobs are. Many colleagues and I have been left without a job for more than a year, and nobody will hire us. We have applied to companies from Newfoundland to Malaysia. We are willing to travel and adapt. Thank you.

[riff_raff]

There are a couple examples where out-of-work pilots took advantage of cheap surplus aircraft to create a successful business. Recall Flying Tigers?

[Agile]

I think its wrong to say that all standing opportunity are filled with people more suitable or hungry than you.


Remember the business school saying " the propensity of the consumer to consume is infinite"


Namely the consumer does not know what it wants until its presented to him.


I can think of many airports where travelers are not considering helicopter transfer, because there is no such service (or is marginal and thus expensive). Once it becomes available the mentality change, the opportunity becomes.


Trying to keep the thread positive and inspiring to dreamers.

[ka26]

Banner towing

I've always wondered why "banner towing" is not used at all in europe. There could be a lot of job if you find a sponsor like Coca Cola or Guinness or something else flying up and down along the turstic coastline destinations in spain, italy or grece during summer season.
An R44 could be enough to sling a banner of big dimentions like 40 meters × 10 meters.
Any thoughs?

[Bravo73]

Originally Posted by ka26

I've always wondered why "banner towing" is not used at all in europe. There could be a lot of job if you find a sponsor like Coca Cola or Guinness or something else flying up and down along the turstic coastline destinations in spain, italy or grece during summer season.
An R44 could be enough to sling a banner of big dimentions like 40 meters × 10 meters.
Any thoughs?

Yes.

Like most times in aviation, aeroplanes are cheaper. You see plenty of those pulling banners up and down European beach resorts.

[Ascend Charlie]

We tried banner towing for a while in the 90s, but the restrictions on overflight and proximity to crowds, plus the noise annoyance factor, let it die a slow death. And big wind days while flopping along at 40kt meant we didn't make it to the end of the desired display area, before having to turn around again.

We also did helicopter RPT between an urban centre and the international airport, the only helo RPT in the country, and the only single-engine. Sadly, the desire for porky passengers to carry massive suitcases, strollers, and even a sewing machine, meant that the weight and bulk space was filled before our wallets. Also, it had taken 5 years to get it approved, and in that time they built a freeway nearby which reduced the travel times to the airport. Lasted for 6 months, another painful death.

[TWT]

Meanwhile,in Western Australia...

$150-200k/year for a drone/UAV pilot in oil,gas,mining.Interesting.....

WA drone pilots earning up to $200,000 in the mining, oil and gas sector