Helicopters
Polish Helicopter Cup 2013
  15 November 2013

Details

Operator
SALT Aviation
Place
Modlin
Photo equipment
Canon EOS 50D, Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS UMS, Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM, Nikon D300s, Nikkor ED AF-S 24-70 mm f2.8 G, Nikkor ED AF-S VR 70-200 mm f2.8G

On 12-14 September 2013 at the airport in Modlin held Helicopter Polish Cup 2013 , which was organized by SALT Aviation , Helicopter and National Leaders Polish Aero Club . Thanks to the courtesy of the organizers , as well as our cooperation with the program Top Wings , we had the opportunity to participate in this event during practice on Sept. 12, 2013 .
Competitions PHC 2013 consists of four stages:

  • Navigation – flight into terrain along the route and finding predetermined characteristic points ,
  • Precision – flight of the square of the length of two chains 2 and 3 meters , comprising maintaining a height such that a longer chain touch the ground at all times , while the time was shorter in the air,
  • Fender rigging – dipping sinker in barrels of water during the helicopter flight from different heights ,
  • Slalom – Slalom between the goals of holding the rope bucket filled with water .

The tournament Teams from Polish , Russian and Belarus, and all flights were performed on Robinson R44 helicopters .
Weather during the competition at the beginning of August did not look optimistic – heavy morning clouds and heavy rainfall . In the afternoon completely changed , and the sky zagościło warm autumn sun . With a great atmosphere and pleasantly spędzonemu time with the participants of the competition , as well as implementers Top Wings trip was as successful and resulted sehr interesting photos .