This week we welcomed the arrival of another Robinson R22 to the Elite Helicopters training school. G-WIZY is a fully-equipped Beta model with VOR Receiver and Night Kit, and the colour scheme is a perfect compliment to G-LYNC our R22 Beta II. G-WIZY made an epic journey from its previous home in Enniskillen via Newtownards [...]

Here at Elite Helicopters we’re always listening to our customers and improving the service we offer – which is why there are some fantastic things happening here at our HQ in Goodwood. You’ll have to watch this space though and keep visiting the site! Why not get social with us and find out the minute [...]

This year’s Goodwood Revival is over for another season, and what a weekend it was! Over 120,000 people visited Goodwood over three days, and were treated to a spectacle of vintage car racing; authentic Spitfire air displays along with a selection of static aircraft, including a Brantley helicopter and a Flying Fortress bomber; a vintage [...]

The latest addition to our fleet of Agusta A109’s is G-WOFM, an A109E model, bringing the Company fleet up to a size of 5 aircraft of this type. Currently based at Oxford, the addition of G-WOFM gives us the ability to quote competitively for much of the South of England. Elite Helicopters – your number [...]

Every two years the helicopter industry gathers at Duxford Aerodrome for the Helitech Exhibition, viewing the latest aircraft and hearing the latest industry news. Once again, we are delighted to be working with the exhibition organisers, Reed Exhibitions, to co-ordinate aircraft and passenger handling for the duration of the event, from Tuesday 27 to Thursday [...]

Our Goodwood-based sightseeing tours are well established, and very popular, trips around the beautiful Sussex countryside and coastline (accept no imitations!). Operated on selected dates throughout the year, the 30 minute “Castles in the Air” flight includes spectacular sights of Goodwood House (naturally!), Petworth House, Amberley Castle and Arundel Castle & Arundel Cathedral on the [...]

We are pleased to announce some significant additions to our helicopter fleet in the last month, which will improve our ability to offer a choice of aircraft to our charter clients and enable us to meet their various requirements for passenger capacity, speed and budget. The first is a new aircraft type for Elite Helicopters. [...]

This last two or three weeks have been some of the busiest and most intensive for some time – with the big events having been the busiest for us in five years! Maybe it is a sign that the economy may finally be recovering, or maybe it is simply a mark of the confidence our [...]

The last couple of weeks has seen a huge variety of helicopter pilot training activities taking place here at Goodwood. Three of our PPL(H) students are now making steady progress towards achieving their licences, with one having completed his first solo flight this week and another flying his qualifying cross-country navigation exercise. We have welcomed [...]

We were delighted to be offered a visit by the very first Robinson R66 to arrive in the UK. Captain Paul Wilkes flew the aircraft to Goodwood and remained with us throughout the day offering demonstration flights to our customers. The R66 is the latest aircraft in the Robinson fleet – and the first with [...]