Spent the day with the Yuma branch of the Border patrol. This person was a suspected “Coyote” who was looking for a back road track into the US while “bypassing” the border checkpoints.
This SA365N2 is operated out of Vigo, Spain doing maritime fisheries patrol as well as SAR. This helo and crew was also the first helo on scene when the big oil tanker Prestige ran aground and all the crew had to be rescued.
The AS350B3 is the latest addition to the Sth African Police Air Wing. Shot this over downtown Pretoria in the first air to air shoot of this new type. Camera ship was a BO-105.
The Huntington Beach PD ASU has been a strong support of the MD products and their helicopters are kept in immaculate condition. This was the end of a three ship fly by for the first anniversary of the 911 attacks.
This is Art Bradbury from Sth California Edison inspecting the damage caused by bark bettles near Lake Arrowhead. This photo shoot was done about one month prior to the major wildfires which basically got rid of everything you see here.
Spent a week in the jungles of PNG with Columbia Helicopters doing a drill rig move. Camera ship was a Heli Niugini Bell 206L and also the place where I had picked up the worst stomach bug I have ever had. Not a place to go for a vacation. Took two and a half hours on a twin otter just to get there.
Seaworld Aviation in Australia traded in their Bell 206Ls for AS350B2s so we did a photo shoot late one afternoon and their paint scheme is gorgeous as you can see here. Aircraft is being flown by John Menzies, Seaworld CEO. Camera ship was an EC120 they were using at the time til their second B2 arrived.
