Helicopters, Helicopters and more helicopters

I have shot aerials for most of my career.  Starting off in the early eighties, I shot aerials from a Piper Cub for a National Geographic story, quickly switched over to helicopters and now shoot a mix of drone and helo shoots.

Helicopter list (so far) of all the ships I have flown in for aerial photography. (29 and counting)

• AStar B350 (Ethiopia, NYC)

• AStar B350 FX (British Columbia, Alberta)

• AStar Twin-Star (Squirrel) (NYC, London, New Zealand)

• Eurocopter 120 (Denmark)

• Bell 47 (Florida, Delaware, Texas)

• Bell Jet Ranger (USA, UK, Canada, Jamaica)

• Bell Long Ranger (USA, Canada, UK)

• UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) (Missouri Flood - US Army Guard)

• Bell 47 with Soloy Turbine conversion (Florida)

• Bell 407 (New York City, New Jersey)

• Boeing CH-47 Chinook (Washington DC-Maryland - US Army)

• Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight (Florida - Hurricane Andrew - US Navy)

• Airbus MH-65 Dolphin (Missouri - Mississippi River Flood - US Coast Guard)

• Bolkow BK-105 (Gulf of Mexico)

• Mil Mi-8 (Wrangel Island - Russian Arctic)

• Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 (Alabama)

• Enstrom F-28 (Tennessee, Virginia, Texas)

• Enstrom 280 (Tennessee, Arkansas)

• Enstrom 480 (Chicago)

• MD 500 C (Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Chicago, NYC)

• MD 500 D (California)

• MH-6 Little Bird (Chicago, Missouri)

• Robinson R-22 (East Coast USA - no longer use for aerials)

• R-44 (USA, Canada, UK)

• R-66 (Virginia, Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, California)

• Rotorway Exec 90 (Arkansas - home-built helo - never again)

• Schweitzer 300/269 (Idaho, Virginia, New Jersey, New York City)

• Sikorsky S-76 (Gulf of Mexico)

• UH-60 Blackhawk (Virginia)

Schweitzer 300/Hughes 269

Drones flown/owned so far:

Inspire 2 with five lenses

Inspire 1 with four lenses (sold)

Phantom P4 Pro

Phantom P3 Pro (sold)

Phantom P2 with GoPro Hero 3 (sold)

Phantom P1 with GoPro Hero 1 (Crashed in Virginia - resting in the branches of a national forest)

3DR Solo (Sold)