South African investigators have determined that the pilot of a Robinson R44 helicopter did not assess the risk of transporting a live penguin in the cockpit before the aircraft crashed just after ...

Mark Robinson takes 16-year-old Dominic Puntoriero on a training flight in an R44. Becoming a “den leader ... Aviation has been since opening his helicopter flight school in 2013.

Robinson Helicopter has underwritten a portion on an R44 to Operation Helo to support the organization’s relief efforts and will provide increased flight safety training for their pilots.

After completing the survey, the helicopter landed safely on the island, where the researcher requested that a penguin be transported back to the airport. The pilot of the Robinson R44 Raven II ...