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AIN Blog: Impressions from Heli-Expo 2016
Celebrating the rotary-wing world in Louisville, Ky.
The satisfied author after an hour of dual instruction in a Revolution Aviation Robinson R22. (Photo: Jordy Barrymore)
The satisfied author after an hour of dual instruction in a Revolution Aviation Robinson R22. (Photo: Jordy Barrymore)

Last week the rotary-wing set descended on Louisville, Ky., for the annual HAI Heli-Expo show, to share information, discuss safety issues, learn about and buy and sell products and, in general, celebrate their love of all things helicopter.

As I did last year, I called up my friend Mark Robinson (no relation to the eponymous and prolific helicopter manufacturer) to schedule an hour of flying in a Robinson R22 at his Revolution Aviation flight school in Santa Ana, Calif. I like to charge up my helicopter batteries before Heli-Expo every year, and there’s no better way than an hour at the controls of a helicopter.

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Matt Thurber
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