If you don't know who @iflyheli is on Instagram, you better get on the app and look him up ASAP. I always say the one thing I love most about aviation is its ability to bring good people together. York Galland is just one of those people you meet along the way in the industry that shines his love for helicopters through and through, and has a passion for sharing the experience of helicopter flight with others. He joins us today to share his experience with personally owning and operating an R44,  R66, Bell 505, and EC130T2. We get into a pros and cons discussion of owning each of these helicopters, and why he chose to recently upgrade from a Bell 505 to an EC130T2. On this episode we also delve into what happens when your original flight plan and weather brief goes down the tube, and you have to recognize your own hazardous attitudes to put the ego aside in order to deviate from your original plan to land the helicopter safely.

Stick around to the end of the episode for a quick ground lesson on how to obtain a proper weather brief, identifying possible hazardous attitudes and their antidotes, what you should be looking for on a high and low reconnaissance while choosing an off airport landing site in the event of a forced landing.