Moving a Bell 505 on low skids: our Cloud Lift helimover
We tried the Cloud Lift helimover with our low-skid Bell 505, G-LILO. Here is what worked, what needed changing, and how we would compare helicopter moving options.
We tried the Cloud Lift helimover with our low-skid Bell 505, G-LILO. Here is what worked, what needed changing, and how we would compare helicopter moving options.
A practical long-distance VFR comparison after flying G-LILO, our Bell 505, from the UK to Mallorca and back via France.
A pilot-focused Suffolk helicopter guide covering pubs, hotels, coastal stops, helipad options, and practical landing notes before you fly.
Find Air bp Jet A-1 locations worldwide, plus TotalEnergies France card-network sites, on a filterable map for turbine fuel planning.
Compare Air bp and TotalEnergies Jet A-1 card-network locations in France on a filterable map for turbine fuel planning.
If your landing site is already claimed on Helipaddy, you can use the Fly-In tool to invite pilots on selected dates, manage bookings, and promote the event to the Helipaddy pilot community.
Organising a helicopter fly-in is not just a matter of inviting pilots. Slots, site survey information, briefing PDFs, insurance records and pilot acknowledgements can all help create a clearer, more defensible event workflow.
If someone sends you a location in Google Maps, there is a simple way to turn it into a proper Helipaddy site. Copy the Plus Code from Google Maps, paste it into Helipaddy search, and add it from there.
Helipaddy /me is your pilot dashboard on the web, bringing together aircraft, landings, maps, exports, and a new recent-flights panel powered by FlightAware.
Heveningham Concours and the Dojima Sushi Experience headline a refreshed summer fly-in list, with bookings now open on Helipaddy.