Heli ops in Ireland
Ok, here's the thing - I'm part of a team that are putting together a major festival in the south of Ireland next year with aviation as the anchor to the whole event. Now, in line with this I want to have some sky-diving, ideally using helis as a platform, yet I can't seem to find any Irish heli-operator prepared to do the job. I've seen it done throughout the world but nobody here wants to know!!! Anyone out there know of any operator who might, or an overseas operator that might have an AOC to cover Ireland (if such is required since it's non-fare paying passengers...and while they might take-off in the heli, they don't come back down in it!). The offer to any heli-operator is quite substantial - the Irish Aviation Authority tells me they do allow it but the operators don't!!! Any help would be appreciated.