The Helicopter Podcast

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Episode #183: The Importance of Quality Maintenance | Joe LaRue

Send us Fan MailWelcome to The Helicopter Podcast, brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS!In this episode, Halsey Schider sits down with Joe LaRue of Prairie Air, recorded at Verticon 2026, to talk about how the rotorcraft industry is evolving at the operator level.Joe shares his p ... Show more

. 1h 5min

Episode #182: How Heli Austria Built a Global Helicopter Operation | Roy Knaus

Send us Fan MailWelcome to The Helicopter Podcast, brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS!In this episode, Halsey Schider sits down with Roy Knaus of Heli Austria to discuss the company's journey from a small family operation to one of Europe's most established helicopter operators ... Show more

. 53min 1sec

Episode #181: 65 Years of Enstrom Helicopters | Todd Tetzlaff

Send us Fan MailWelcome to The Helicopter Podcast, brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS!In this episode, host Halsey Schider sits down with Todd Tetzlaff, senior vice-president of regulatory affairs and global relations at Enstrom Helicopter, to talk about how a legacy manufactur ... Show more

. 51min 39sec

Episode #180: From Army Rangers to 160th SOAR | Ryan Walters

Send us Fan MailWelcome to The Helicopter Podcast, brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS!In this episode of The Helicopter Podcast, Halsey Schider sits down with Ryan Walters to talk about his path from Army Ranger to pilot in the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.Ryan sh ... Show more

. 1h 22min

Episode #179: Guest #1 Returns! | Sean Moretz on Networking and Memorable Flights

Send us Fan MailWelcome to The Helicopter Podcast, brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS!In this episode of The Helicopter Podcast, Halsey Schider sits down with Sean Moretz—returning as the show’s very first guest more than 170 episodes later.Sean talks through how his role as a ... Show more

. 1h 1min