Posts by Rick James

I was outside in the yard the other day when a helicopter with no tail rotor flew over and my 8-year-old son asked my why my helicopter had a propeller at the back and that one didn't? A pretty keen...

I have been looking into getting a small drone recently to add a new perspective to my YouTube videos that accompany this channel. Because drones are not my area of expertise, I needed to find out...

Have you ever glanced into the cockpit when boarding your flight for your trip and seen the pilots sitting there holding a checklist? Why do they use them? Do they not know how to fly that aircraft?...

Have you ever been standing near a heliport or a hospital and looked at the helicopter as it took off and wondered why is it taking off in reverse? I thought the same until I moved into a MedEvac...

Recently a friend asked me why the police helicopter was constantly circling over his house in the middle of the night. He asked why they didn't just fly back and forth or hover up high. As a chopper...

We have all been sat there on the plane getting ready for everyone else to find their seat and the refueling truck pulls up and starts to pump fuel into the wing of the aircraft. We have all heard of...