ch-aviation.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ch-aviation.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
ch-aviation.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ch-aviation.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
features
A day in the life of a helicopter pilot in the offshore wind turbine sector
Offshore wind farm support is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the helicopter industry. Particularly common in Europe, many of these operations require flights to wind farms in the unpredictable North Sea. By James Donald | April 14, 2021
Estimated reading time
Photos by Florian Hoelzel
Life has a funny way of working itself out. From a very young age, I always wanted to be an aviator; my first inspirational moment was a primary school trip to what was then Bond Offshore Helicopters, now Babcock, in Aberdeen, Scotland. This fueled my desire to fly.