Stephen M.'s photos with the keyword: helicopter

A Leonardo AW-189 searching the River Wear after a call-out.

Owned by Starspeed, this helicopter is unique in that it is the only publicly charterable S-92 helicopter. The company has a nice brochure showing the luxurious interior: www.starspeed.co.uk/assets/media/documents/G-LAWX-S92.pdf Interestingly, one of the first search results that appears when researching this helicopter is an Air Accident Investigation in a near miss this aircraft had in 2021: www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aaib-investigation-to-sikorsky-s-92a-g-lawx PIP #1: Screenshot showing the flight course from Birmingham International north, eventually landing in Aberdeen.

One of two AW-159 Wildcats that flew over Sunderland. As the screenshot in the PIP shows, the helicopters flew in from some distance offshore, possibly from a ship? The flight returned eastwards out to sea about half an hour later. The AW-159 is an upgraded version of the famous Lynx helicopter and is used by the British Army Air Corps and Royal Navy.