The Editor's Letter

This has not been the best quarter for helicopters and helicopter flying. Helicopter schools are not busy and a lot of people are selling their helicopters. Even manufacturers are not as upbeat as they were at the start of the year, with complaints that if this level of investment continues they will not be able to continue with research and development. And then we have all the blather over the ‘Obama Helicopter’. Will it continue in its present form? Will the contract go back to an American manufacturer? It is, of course, no secret that Sikorsky is waiting to welcome back that sweet Presidential Suite with the open arms of a former lover.

Now there are more rumbles; the Citizens Against Waste recommend going on with the present project. Still, even if nothing else, this debate has got readers of the New York Times talking about helicopters...