Wings Over Wairarapa 2011: Post 3 - Helicopter demonstration

There was an interesting demonstration of helicopter operations during the show. The following four helicopters performed a synchronised display, particularly [and understandably] highlighting their ability for slow and hovering flight.

Unfortunately, the pictures are not great, but do highlight some of the contrast problems I was having during the day... Anyhow, helicopters in this demonstration were:

Eurocopter AS350 Ecureuil [Squirrel], ZK-HWF, registered to Anatoki Helicopters
Hughes 500D, ZK-HRI, rgeistered to Wairarapa Helicopters
Robinson R44, ZK-IZA, registered to Izard Aviation
Schweizer 269C, ZK-HEU, registered to Wairarapa Helicopters

Helicopter support for a luxury motor yacht...

Here is a picture of a US-registered Eurocopter AS-350B-2 Ecureuil, N801KF, seen at Wellington earlier today. The photo is pretty poor - the result of humid atmospheric conditions and the distance to the aircraft... What is interesting is that this AS350 is a support helicopter for a luxury motor yacht called the SuRi. The SuRi in turn is a support vessel for a superyacht called the JeMaSa.

In case you're interested in chartering this vessel [presumably including the helicopter... or you just want more details...]... click here :-)