Hubschrauber sind aus der heutigen Luftfahrt nicht mehr wegzudenken - sei es im militärischen Bereich als Kampf- oder Transporthubschrauber oder bei der Küstenwache, oder im zivilen Bereich als Feuerlösch-, Polizei- oder Rettungshubschrauber oder zum Transport von Personen oder Gütern. Alle unsere Berichte zur vielseitigen Welt der Drehflügler befinden sich auf dieser Seite.
Helicopters are a key element of todays' aviation world - be it in the military area as attack- or transporthelicopter or in service with coastguards, or ine the civil world as firefighter, police or rescue helicopter or to transport people or goods. All our reports on this divers world of helicopters can be found on this page.
July 2022: Wucher and HeliSwiss in Action supporting the construction of a powerplant in the mountains.
By Alexander Schwarz
July 2022: German Federal Police Aero Division (Bundespolizei Flugdienst) during G7-Summit 2022 at Elmau, Germany
By Tom Ziegler
January 2022: CAL Fire Vina Helitack is one of the first stations equipped with the new Firehawk helicopter.
By Florian Szczepanek & Tom Ziegler
December 2021: Upgrade for Gallus 1 in Vorarlberg - now operating with an Airbus Helicopters H135 T3 provided by Wucher Helicopter GmbH.
By Tom Ziegler
September 2021: Several SAR crews and their helicopters met at Koksijde for the 2021 edition of SAR meet.
By Florian Szczepanek & Tom Ziegler
September 2021: US Army Chinooks operated in September in the scenic landscape south of Munich for parachutist training.
By Florian Szczepanek
February 2020: Kitz Air in Action with Heli Logging at Weihenstephan close to Munich.
By Florian Szczepanek and Alexander Nieder
November 2020: Heavy lift operation for a Heli-Swiss Kamov Ka-32 supporting the creation of the new automotive experience location Motorworld.
By Florian Szczepanek
October 2020: Every year, the German Police Helicopter Training concludes with a mountain training exercise.
By Tom Ziegler
August 2020: The Bundespolizei and Lifeguard performed a river rescue exercise on the Danube.
By Tom Ziegler
August 2020: South Tyrol and its fantastic mountain enviornment is home to several rescue helicopters.
By Alexander Nieder
August 2020: Heli Austria in action in Flachau for the construction of a wind measurement tower.
By Florian Szczepanek
August 2020: Heli Austria performed another transport mission at Tauernalm with their Bell 212HP.
By Florian Szczepanek
August 2020: The replacement of lamps on poles at the Olympic area in Munich saw a Heli Austria Squirrel operate in front of the famous architecture.
By Florian Szczepanek
June 2020: Helicopter operations in the Alps – Wucher Helicopters at work for the overhaul of Tölzer Hütte.
By Florian Szczepanek
May 2020: Construction works in the Liechtenstein Gorge in Austria – strongly supported by helicopters of Heli Austria.
By Alexander Schwarz
March 2020: This report reviews the history and current situation of the two rescue helicopters stationed in Munich.
By Alex Nieder and Tom Ziegler
October 2019: The helicopter pilots of the German police have to attend regularly a training on mountain flying and rescue. This report reviews the 39th course.
By Tom Ziegler
July 2019: The HM Coastguard attended RIAT with two helicopters and one aircraft. We were invited to an extensive visit of the two helicopters and got details on missions and equipment.
By Florian Szczepanek and Alex Nieder
January 2019: Retirement photo shoot in the night - a remarkable event to commemorate the end of service for the Belgian Sea Kings.
By Florian Szczepanek
October 2018: The Skycrane is a former military transport helicopter, now solely in use for firefighting and considered as one of the most useful assets in that mission.
By Florian Szczepanek
September 2018: The Heli Days 2018 at Gmunden brought together various helicopters from civil, governmental and military providers in a relaxed atmosphere.
By Florian Szczepanek
September 2018: The new Bell 505 helicopter was presented to potential customers and operators in a demo tour in Europe.
By Tom Ziegler
June 2018: Firefighting in the mountainous area where Germany, Austria and Czech Republic share common boarders needs to be trained - this reports looks on a common exercise between the firefighting services of the three countries.
By Florian Szczepanek and Tom Ziegler
March 2018: Salzburg is located in a mountain valley - this requires sometimes the removal of trees by helicopter in dangerous positions to avoid risk to inhabitants and damage of houses.
By Alexander Schwarz
May 2017: Austria with its diverse landscape holds regular exercises for the rescue of people out of various terrains - mountains, lakes, rivers. This report gives an overview on a training exercise in 2015 in Adnet.
By Alexander Schwarz
April 2017: Air2Air Report on the new Airbus Helicopters H145M helicopter in use by the German Army special forces.
By Tom Ziegler
March 2017: The Sea Lynx from the Germany Navy returning home from the Aero Friedrichshafen - photographed in the air.
By Tom Ziegler
May 2016: This report covers a fire fighting exercise between civil firefighters and the German Army helicopters.
By Tom Ziegler
April 2016: The Sikorsky CH-53 84+06 in special colours of HSG64 on its last flight.
By Alexander Schwarz and Tom Ziegler
March 2016: A visit with the LA County Sherrifs and their helicopters above the city and the surrounding mountains.
By Alexander Schwarz and Tom Ziegler
November 2011: Due to a forest fire at Sylvenstein resvoir, many helicopters from various operators where on firefighting duty.
By Tom Ziegler