Choppers zero in with 'friendly' GPS

The antenna is mounted on the unit in the cockpit, is light and can be removed by undoing two bolts. Helicopters Otago is a family-operated business based at Taieri and Balclutha and covers Otago and Southland. They have a fleet of 12 machines with seven in mainly agriculture work. Father Graeme Gale is a pilot, owner of the firm and managing director, Rosslyn a director and generally referred to as the boss and sons David is a pilot and Kevin is the operations manager. The machines for agricultural work are five Jet Rangers, one Long Ranger and a Robinson 44. The agricultural work includes spraying brush weeds, seeding, liquid fertiliser, pest eradication and spreading solid fertiliser using buckets. They have recently installed Tracmap flight GPS systems in their helicopters. ‘Having had considerable experience with other... [read full story]