Helitech to move away from Duxford???
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I also agree a Helicopter Show you can't fly in and is not even easily travelled to, is a complete waste.
Coupled with the fact that if you wanted to find out about the products on offer and couldn't....
Is NPAS running this as well
Coupled with the fact that if you wanted to find out about the products on offer and couldn't....
Is NPAS running this as well
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Hmmmm with the 'International' emphasised on the tittle, the location in Excel (Reed's not exactly excelling in this case 
) I'm wondering if its for the benefit of those flying into any of the London Airports all bar the Kiddies one.
Does anyone know / heard of anyone flying in from abroad moaning about the hassle to come up to my old neck of the woods in Cambridge from LHR, LGW LCY in recent years and somehow the organisers might have heard a moan or two, then felt compelled that it to be London or bust to make it more convenient for anywhere outside UK?
Agreed with PAN, Heli Expos been runnning damn near 6 deacdes every year, so why rival it. Plus every other year, pre term time, theres either Paris or Farnborough organise half if not a year earlier not to mention the Berlin Airshow
I'm also hoping this will continue to be a free event as my gut instinct is telling me,
that with the cost of hiring exhibition halls, it may not be a free lunch for long.
Cheers
) I'm wondering if its for the benefit of those flying into any of the London Airports all bar the Kiddies one. Does anyone know / heard of anyone flying in from abroad moaning about the hassle to come up to my old neck of the woods in Cambridge from LHR, LGW LCY in recent years and somehow the organisers might have heard a moan or two, then felt compelled that it to be London or bust to make it more convenient for anywhere outside UK?
Agreed with PAN, Heli Expos been runnning damn near 6 deacdes every year, so why rival it. Plus every other year, pre term time, theres either Paris or Farnborough organise half if not a year earlier not to mention the Berlin Airshow
I'm also hoping this will continue to be a free event as my gut instinct is telling me,
that with the cost of hiring exhibition halls, it may not be a free lunch for long.
Cheers
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Helicopter movements at London City Airport
I very much doubt that ANY helicopters will be allowed to land at LCY during Helitech 2013. There is a Section 52 Agreement which specifically prohibits helicopter movements at LCY.
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Interesting feedback !I have been attending HeliTech since the very first one in Aberdeen...indoors with a conference timetable and no helipad equalled disaster.
The move to Redhill and fly in arrangements worked well,amd that continued at Duxford where exhibitors and visitors by my conversations appreciated the difference and more relaxed setting compared with HeliExpo.
The latter works because it is the American way to have big Conventions .Not so sure in UK and Europe with different languages,customs and approach to shows.Portugal failed..so did Geneva and the Helicentre at ILA Berlin this year and previously was poorly attended too.
Furthermore the hassle for many to travel to east London ,not to mention hotel costs for the smaller exhibitors is bound to impact on numbers.
Will be interesting to watch the progress over the coming months.
The move to Redhill and fly in arrangements worked well,amd that continued at Duxford where exhibitors and visitors by my conversations appreciated the difference and more relaxed setting compared with HeliExpo.
The latter works because it is the American way to have big Conventions .Not so sure in UK and Europe with different languages,customs and approach to shows.Portugal failed..so did Geneva and the Helicentre at ILA Berlin this year and previously was poorly attended too.
Furthermore the hassle for many to travel to east London ,not to mention hotel costs for the smaller exhibitors is bound to impact on numbers.
Will be interesting to watch the progress over the coming months.
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Silverstone
All is not lost; we will relaunch The Helicopter Show at Silverstone for 2014. It’s 30% less expensive than Helitech, no landing fees, central UK location, in a purpose-built exhibition and conference centre overlooking the static park, and promises a really good day out. Our organising team was involved in – iand for several years owned – Helitech from its launch in 1986 in the days of Captain Eric Brown & Jan Willem Sturman up until 2005 so we have a bit of an understanding of our role as organisers
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Couldn't agree more 9A+ 
And suggest San Nicolň airport (aka Venice-Lido "Giovanni Nicelli").
Elidolomiti's A109K2 I-AGKL ay San Nicolň (Giovanni Nicelli) on 20th July 2008 (Photo: Julian Lekner)
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And suggest San Nicolň airport (aka Venice-Lido "Giovanni Nicelli").
Elidolomiti's A109K2 I-AGKL ay San Nicolň (Giovanni Nicelli) on 20th July 2008 (Photo: Julian Lekner)
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Helitech 2013 organisers confirm no day visitors by air
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23 October 2012
In an interview with HeliHub.com, the exhibition Director of Helitech International 2013 confirmed to us that there is no space at the ExCeL conference centre in London for daily visitors to the event in September 2013. John Hyde confirmed that three or four sites are under consideration, and they would soon decide on one and set up a shuttle bus service between that location and the Helitech event. The furthest of these venues is Biggin Hill Airport which is 15 miles away.
In an interview with HeliHub.com, the exhibition Director of Helitech International 2013 confirmed to us that there is no space at the ExCeL conference centre in London for daily visitors to the event in September 2013. John Hyde confirmed that three or four sites are under consideration, and they would soon decide on one and set up a shuttle bus service between that location and the Helitech event. The furthest of these venues is Biggin Hill Airport which is 15 miles away.
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Helitech 2013 - an embuggerance?
I don't know about anyone else but this whole thing appears not to have been thought through. At all, it seems to me. What's the 'no space for daily visitors to the event' mean? So we cannot come out of the City to the event (assuming we are there in teh first place), but are required to congregate at unspecified 'consolidation points' for transportation to Excel. On a personal yardstick I shall be thinking very hard about whether I attend - East Anglia to Duxford is a relatively easy run by car, not expensive, no hassle and an enjoyable day or two; with the prospect of witnessing flying 'machinery' of all kinds. London, by contrast, does not tick any of those boxes - VFR
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EHA behind this?
In an interview with HeliHub.com, the exhibition Director of Helitech International 2013 confirmed to us that there is no space at the ExCeL conference centre in London for daily visitors to the event in September 2013.
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C’mon and stop the wining, this could actually turn helitech into proper “heli-expo like” expedition in up to date facilities not just some sheds build out in a field the week before.
There must be plenty of other “fly-in” events for you guys to show off
You can’t fly your private bird to Heli-Expo and there’s been no problems with that.
It must be that Helitech is answering demands from the big exhibitors, the ones who pay the most.
There must be plenty of other “fly-in” events for you guys to show off
You can’t fly your private bird to Heli-Expo and there’s been no problems with that.
It must be that Helitech is answering demands from the big exhibitors, the ones who pay the most.
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From: Waltham Abbey, Essex, UK
The great unknown in this debate is whether it is those on Rotorheads that are right or Reed.
With the best will in the world I doubt very much that the majority of the buying attendees of the Helitech we know [as opposed to the one in the future] are going to be in this forum giving a view. The important figures in the industry - the executives who sign off on the Billion pound deals - are probably largely missing and the call is whether the debate here has enough representation of the people that matter to what Helitech now is about.
So we, the pilots, enthusiasts and coal face workers [that I assume are the main attendees of Rotorheads] voting against the Reed decision mean nothing sensible. We all know that the main footfall of both Helitech and Heli-Expo relates to those that might be labelled 'spotters' to a greater or lesser degree.
The other call is whether those flying in aboard a mix of machines fall into the category of those that buy one second hand machine every 5 years or ten brand new super-copters every year.
Now if behind all those secretive handles here on Rotorheads there is a 'Mr Bond' [or even two] there may well be a need for a declaration of their identities!
With the best will in the world I doubt very much that the majority of the buying attendees of the Helitech we know [as opposed to the one in the future] are going to be in this forum giving a view. The important figures in the industry - the executives who sign off on the Billion pound deals - are probably largely missing and the call is whether the debate here has enough representation of the people that matter to what Helitech now is about.
So we, the pilots, enthusiasts and coal face workers [that I assume are the main attendees of Rotorheads] voting against the Reed decision mean nothing sensible. We all know that the main footfall of both Helitech and Heli-Expo relates to those that might be labelled 'spotters' to a greater or lesser degree.
The other call is whether those flying in aboard a mix of machines fall into the category of those that buy one second hand machine every 5 years or ten brand new super-copters every year.
Now if behind all those secretive handles here on Rotorheads there is a 'Mr Bond' [or even two] there may well be a need for a declaration of their identities!
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Not sure that is true, I dont think Mr Bond waits for Helitech or HeliExpo to go and have a look then decide to buy ! The show is more around the small to medium operator with small companies show casing their wares. I think the big boys are only there as the other big boys are there, but only showing their smaller wares. After all what company is going to turn away Mr X who likes the look of a new 350 and has cash to spend and has just flown in in his R44 !!
Not sure that is true, I dont think Mr Bond waits for Helitech or HeliExpo to go and have a look then decide to buy ! The show is more around the small to medium operator with small companies show casing their wares. I think the big boys are only there as the other big boys are there, but only showing their smaller wares. After all what company is going to turn away Mr X who likes the look of a new 350 and has cash to spend and has just flown in in his R44 !!