A Day in the Life of a Helicopter Air Ambulance Pilot at Life Flight Network
When our crew briefing is complete, I gather my equipment and standby for a flight request. Our goal is to launch within 8 minutes during the day and 10 minutes at night.
A Day In The Life…Aerial Saw Pilot!
An Aerial Saw pilot is a year-round position in that there is no busy or slow season. The 500D models we fly are like migratory birds chasing fine weather up and down the Atlantic and Mississippi flyways.
A Day In The Life…Superyacht Pilot!
During the summer of 2018, I was fortunate enough to fly from a 50-meter (164-foot) private yacht …departing Seattle, WA on May 1st to cruise the Inside Passage and Gulf of Alaska…
A Day in the life…Maryland State Police!
We complete a recon and lower our Rescue Tech (RT) to the Ship to assess the patient and get them ready to be hoisted to the aircraft. Once the RT indicates that everything is ready we move back in to pick them both up…
A Day In The Life…Helicopter Flight Paramedic!
…severe skull fractures.. .extensive brain damage…twenty four hours earlier Liam and his parents had been enjoying life, bushwalking in Mt Kosciusko State Forest, hundreds of miles from Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital…
A Day In The Life… An Irish Air Corps Pilot!
A joint services exercise involving artillery, naval vessel guns, fixed-wing rockets and machine guns starts to get complex quick….a job like this is mostly about, what we call, mission management… It doesn’t hurt that its’ fun!
A Day in the Life…S92 over the North Atlantic!
…a look into what motivation and passion look like and why your age should never be a factor if you want to follow your dreams.
A Day In The Life…Offshore Hoisting Pilot!
There are three large windfarms located to the north and our job was to fly the technicians there when sea conditions didn’t allow boat operations.
A Day In The Life…Helicopter Tour Pilot in Alaska!
…the dramatic landscape seemingly pours downward directly from the sky, splashing into the ocean several thousand vertical feet later…
A Day In The Life…Irish Charter Pilot!
…take the mighty H120 down to Shannon Airport to meet a group of four golfers right off their jet from the United States and bring them to the world famous Old Head golf club…
A Day In The Life… Helicopter Flight Instructor!
…I reluctantly hop out of bed and head for the gym. If I don’t take care of myself, how can I take care of my students?
A Day In The Life…Bush Pilot Across Africa!
Deep into the flooded plains of the Delta… amazed at the landscape in front of me…flying under 500 feet and sharing the airspace with fixed-wing planes
A Day In The Life…Female EMS Pilot in Italy!
You never know what the day will bring when working in HEMS but there are definitely some calls that stay with you long after the shift is over…
A Day In The Life… Drying Cherries!
It was 0430, sunrise was about 30 minutes away, and I checked the DarkSky app for the sixth time since I got up 20 minutes prior. “On contract” with a cherry farmer in central Washington state…this looked like the first day I would be called on to fly…
A Day In The Life…Tour Pilot, UK!
Got a shiny new CPL and want to cut your teeth at something other than instructing? Try getting involved with pleasure flying and you’ll find your skills and understanding of flying developing in no time.
A Day in the Life…Safety Management Systems!
After 9 years and just under 2300 hours flying US Coast Guard SAR, Air Security, and Training missions …I found myself looking for a new role, outside the military.
A Day In The Life…Vertical Reference In Africa!
…I had to re-teach myself how to hover with my neck extended outside the door and all my usual steady reference points gone…
A Day In The Life…Military SAR Contractor In Africa!
I still didn’t know how bad the situation was… all I knew for sure, was that if I decided not to land, no one would ever come to their rescue
A Day In The Life…An Anti-Poaching Helicopter Pilot!
…hopefully I can make a difference to the survival of wild areas… dropping off the ranger teams to keep this vast area protected from poachers…
A Day In The Life…Chief Aircrewman!
…I one hundred percent practice the ‘dress to egress’ principle, students who have not paid heed to this, will now suffer…facing the harsh realities of a post-crash jungle survival scenario…
A Day in the Life…Kmax over Camp Bastion!
The K-1200 sits in our hangar… among the bigger, fatter and unsightly 61s and Hueys. An insect like profile stares back as I approach, looking more like a truck sized dragon fly than a helicopter…
A Day in the Life…Offshore VFR Captain!
…there may be no “typical day” in the Gulf but if you’re considering a position as a VFR pilot in the Gulf of Mexico, you’ll find we all share “typical experiences”…
A Day in the Life…Offshore in the Gulf of Mexico!
The week begins with the long drive to work on Tuesday evening…for the past thirteen years, I’ve driven back and forth one day each week from Houston to report to a base located somewhere in Louisiana or Mississippi.
A Day in the Life…The International Ferry Flight!
As part of our “Day in the Life” series, the following is a day in the life like no other! An account of an international ferry flight from West Africa to Eastern Poland, provided by, Author and Pilot, Darcy Hoover. Leaving Africa The sweet song of African voices swell in harmony through the open windows […]