Fri, Apr 23, 2010
Vertical Challenge 11th Annual Helicopter Air Show Set For June
19
Have you been bitten by the rotor
wing bug? Was it when you started walking and could point to the
sky at that strange thing suspended in the air? Or was it your
retirement present to yourself to become a helicopter pilot? Or are
you somewhere in the middle? Truthfully, it doesn’t matter.
The fact is, you like helicopters and that is exactly what Vertical
Challenge is all about.
Pilots from across the United States will showcase their
helicopters at the 11th Annual Hiller Aviation Museum’s
Vertical Challenge on June 19, 2010. This event illustrates the
many different abilities of the agile aircraft.
“They come in so many different shapes and sizes and have
such a variety of different tasks that they perform. The helicopter
is kind of the unsung hero. They’re the ones that fly in
after the car crash and medivac to the hospital. They’re the
ones that fly head first into the fire that everyone else is
running away from and when someone is stranded at sea in a storm
that even grounds the birds, it is the helicopter that braves they
way for the rescue,” said Willie Turner, Vice President of
Operation for the Hiller Aviation Museum.
Vertical Challenge 2009
Helicopters are used for everything from traffic reports to
cliff rescues to national defense. The Vertical Challenge will
showcase the different functions of the helicopter with various
demonstrations including fire fighting, Search and Rescue and many
other types of helicopter functions. Returning to the show this
year will be Otto the Clown Helicopter along with an appearance
from the only Zeppelin in the United States, flown by Airship
Ventures.
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