Official HAI HELI-EXPO 2023 Fly-in Video
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- It’s probably the coolest annual air show to occur in a space just a bit smaller than a city block. And this year’s event took place during HAI HELI-EXPO 2023, Mar. 6-9 (exhibits open Mar. 7-9) at the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) in Atlanta, Georgia.
During the 2023 Fly-In/Fly-Out, 42 helicopters arrived at the GWCC immediately before the show opened. The event is a dream for aviation photographers and helicopter aficionados who gather at a safe distance, and it’s the exciting result of significant amounts of work.
Planning and coordination efforts for HAI HELI-EXPO flight operations begin months in advance, with the HAI staff working closely with representatives from the local Flight Standards District Office (FSDO), convention center staff, and even local emergency services agencies. The overarching goal is always to establish appropriate routes and procedures that ensure safe flight operations both into and out of the Expo convention center.
In most cases, the vertiport is a parking lot or truck staging area. Representatives from each organization and other stakeholders conduct inspections to ensure the vertiport is safe to land the smallest and largest rotorcraft. Lighting systems may require temporary modifications, and shrubs or trees may need pruning. The space is also cleaned of FOD (foreign object debris) and other trash. One of the final steps is applying the giant “H” to indicate the center of the landing area.
HAI also works with representatives from a fixed-base operator (FBO) at a nearby airport for the fly-in/fly-out. Since the landing area is comparatively small, aircraft arriving at and departing from the show usually stage from a local airport. The team from HAI also arranges for tow vehicles and cranes to assist in removing rotor blades from and replacing them on large aircraft that might not otherwise fit through convention-center doors. If required, HAI also secures the services of a portable control tower and flight manager.
Safety is always paramount during the fly-in/fly-out, so mandatory pilot briefings are held each arrival day. Only pilots who have attended the briefing are permitted to fly an aircraft to the site, and no passengers aside from essential crew are permitted on board.
As show floor-ready aircraft arrive, the pilot makes radio contact with the landing zone coordinator, HAI’s director of flight operations and maintenance, Zac Noble. Zac provides updated wind and landing conditions, then provides final landing directions through standard arm signals.
Once an aircraft lands, crews quickly secure it, prepare it for towing, and move it out of the landing area. Depending on a variety of conditions, aircraft land about every 10 to 15 minutes, providing a true air show experience.
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I like helicopter very much.
Thank you for showing all the cool helicopters. I really appreciate it what you guys did for the viewers like us.
My favorite the MD-530 which I would love to afford to purchase
I agree! It’s like a sports car.
Yep, even though there’s some very impressive hardware on that tarmac, the 500 series always steals the show.
ultimate spotting vid, awesome work
Spectacular Camera Work, I could watch this all day. 🤙
I liked the one with the bike. 🚲
I haven’t watched your videos for over 3 years now! Last time I watched was the 2017 (I watched it in 2018). First one I watched was 2012
My favorite helicopter to this day is the Bell206 jetranger
Awesome!
I love the Huey and your two blades family.
11:28/17:44/35:38.
The Bell 407 seems to be popular.
My favourite is h160
Amazing birds :)
C-GKUY isn't a 212, it's a 210 Huey II, you can tell by the single engine.
You noticed that to, eh??? lol🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Amazing helicopters thanks 👍
Beautiful! is there also a fly out vid?
Thanks for your question, Janet. Due to inclement weather, we felt the fly-in video offered the best representation of the aircraft. Thanks for watching and we hope to see you in Anaheim for #haiexpo24!
God, I’d almost be embarrassed to show up with an Enstrom or Robinson helicopter compared to the big dogs.
I agree!! I HATE ALL of the ugly assed robbies, their tall rotor mast, ugly fuselage design, the EXTREME dangers of mast bumping, high crash rate, & the stupid design of the "T"- bar cyclic flight control! I would never fly one nor ride in one. . . . .NOPE. . . .UH-UH. . . .SCREW THAT!!!
The only thing I dont like about the Enstrom is the rotor head design with the pitch tube rods being inside of the main rotor shaft tube instead of being visible on the outside!
I do not like the design of the ugly Bell 505 fuselage!
A aviaçao de asas rotativas e uma paichao sem igual
Me gustaría saber de una heliexpo en dónde habrá otra
Nice video! 🚁
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I love Huey sound
Was in Atlanta that week and totally missed this. I saw the unusual helicopters traffic on Flightradar24 but didn't realize WHY they were there. Total loss of situational awareness.
oh my... I'm coming from the UK to the HAI Expo in Anaheim later this month... does anyone know where to go so I can watch this for the 2024 show?
If I could do life over again, I’d train to be a helicopter pilot, no doubt…Maybe as a Warrant Officer
They should have used 2 (or more) Marshalls with each directing the pilot to proceed to the next marshaller, rather than running backwards, that’s just an accident waiting to happen.
Agreed! In the Navy, we used multiple ground flight directors to maneuver our aircraft from one to another . . . .outbound & inbound!!! Here in the video, i do not care for the guy's . . . . what I call. . . . "sloppy hand signals"!!! But at least all these helos made a safe touchdown👍🏻
The Helicopter of the minute 11:30 is a Bell 205 , isn't Bell 212
Who owns that all gray Black Hawk with a side mounted dirt bike? That aircraft has no markings on it, from what I could see.
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Heli bikini show😅❤
🧡🧡🧡🧡🙏
Listen how quiet that AH-1 was…
Well, I’ll be damned Polk county sheriff is from my neck of the woods.
33:40, WTF tail rotor was way too close to cameraman, where’s the safety officer?
busy strapping the bikes 38:40 :)
God I so wish money grew on trees... 60 hours of PPL H time and I still never got the license cause da money run out!
Black hawk
Us military helicopter
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Thank you for showing all the cool helicopters. I really appreciate it what you guys did for the viewers like us.