FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Michael Hampson
Owner
+1 (858) 413-7074
staff@helicopterlinks.com
HelicopterLinks.com Offering Free Listings to Helicopter Industry
SAN DIEGO—Aug. 4, 2011 – HelicopterLinks.com, a worldwide directory for the helicopter industry, is accepting free listings from helicopter operators, maintenance facilities, suppliers, schools, trade shows, air shows, manufactures, professional organizations, publications and other related businesses.
Although the San Diego-based website also accepts paid advertising, its owner, Michael Hampson, said offering free listings will help to achieve his goal of providing visitors with the most comprehensive, easy-to-use, online directory in the industry.
"With the vast amount of content on the Web, it's often difficult to find quality information quickly and easily," said Hampson. "My site is easy to find and people who use it don't have to click more than once or twice to find what they need."
Helicopter companies and organizations interested in having a free listing must send an email to staff@helicopterlinks.com and include their company name, city, state or province, country, website and listing category (chosen from the sitemap at http://www.helicopterlinks.com/sitemap). Hampson personally approves each listing before it goes live and updates the site regularly to minimize outdated information and broken links.
Hampson, who became fascinated with helicopters as a teenager, launched HelicopterLinks in 2002. Today, the site draws an average of 23,000 hits worldwide per month.
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About HelicopterLinks.com
Based in San Diego, California, USA, HelicopterLinks.com is a comprehensive, easy-to-navigate worldwide directory of helicopter manufactures, operators, suppliers, maintenance facilities, trade shows, air shows, publications, professional organizations, pilot schools, museums and more. For additional information, please visit http://www.helicopterlinks.com.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Helicopter manufacturers' Youtube channels.
AgustaWestland
AugustaWestland Youtube Channel
Bell Helicopter
Bell Helicopter Youtube Channel
Eurocopter
Eurocopter Youtube Channel
Sikorsky
Sikorsky Youtube Channel
We have searched the internet and have found a total of four helicopter manufacture Youtube Channels. If you know of any other helicopter manufacture with a Youtube Channel, please let us know (staff@helicopterlinks.com) or post it on our Facebook Fan page: http://www.facebook.com/helicopterlinks
AugustaWestland Youtube Channel
Bell Helicopter
Bell Helicopter Youtube Channel
Eurocopter
Eurocopter Youtube Channel
Sikorsky
Sikorsky Youtube Channel
We have searched the internet and have found a total of four helicopter manufacture Youtube Channels. If you know of any other helicopter manufacture with a Youtube Channel, please let us know (staff@helicopterlinks.com) or post it on our Facebook Fan page: http://www.facebook.com/helicopterlinks
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Book early for Heli-Expo 2012
HELI-EXPO® is the world's largest helicopter trade show. Heli-Expo® 2012 is being held in Dallas, Texas, United States of America, February 11-14, 2012. The exhibit hall is open February 12-14.
Other Heli-Expo® tidbits
There are also meetings, presentations and special events during the trade show. Remember to lightly pack one suitcase (or bring two suitcases) for the many freebies and giveaways at the show. If you go to your local art store before the trade show, you can pick up a heavy duty storage tube to protect your free posters and large calendars.
Annual Fly-in and Fly-out
If you get to Dallas a day or two early, you can watch the helicopters arriving for the trade show. Also, if you stay a day after, you can watch the helicopters fly away.
Per Rotor Magazine's Spring 2011 issue (page 25), during Heli-Expo® 2011, forty-nine helicopters flew in, the rest were trucked in. Bell Helicopter and Eurocopter flew 90 demo flights from the convention center's own private heliport. It was the first time Helicopter Association International offered a working heliport during the trade show. Helicopter mania! Can it get any better? I don't think so.
Student discount
If you have a valid student ID, did you know you will receive a substantial discounted rate to attend the exhibit hall?
Protecting your free helicopter posters
I like the 25 inch long Alvin Ice Tube. It's a see-through PVC tube with shoulder strap and permanent (anchored) cap on the one end and a removable cap on the other end. This 25 inch long tube fits nicely into your standard suitcase. I usually bring two tubes since there are a lot of free helicopter posters. Here's a link to an art store, with picture and description of the artwork tubes. http://www.dickblick.com/products/alvin-ice-tubes/
Professionally mount your helicopter posters
Now that you have non-tattered and wrinkle free helicopter posters when you get home, you can have your favorite posters laminated and mounted. Go to a local print shop to have this done.
I specify a luster lamination because I like the look (non-glare but not a true matte laminate), it's a cross between the gloss and matte laminate. I specify gatorboard (versus foam core) to mount posters on because it's stronger, has a longer service life and is less susceptible to bending than foam core.
Remember to specify a hanger from the print shop (usually $2 or $3?) and it's well worth the cost, making it easier to attach the poster to the wall. These look nice in the office, hangar or home and also make nice (and inexpensive) gifts.
HELI-EXPO® 2012 website
To make plans to attend the HELI-EXPO® 2012 and for more information see: http://www.rotor.com/events/HELIEXPO2012.
Other Heli-Expo® tidbits
There are also meetings, presentations and special events during the trade show. Remember to lightly pack one suitcase (or bring two suitcases) for the many freebies and giveaways at the show. If you go to your local art store before the trade show, you can pick up a heavy duty storage tube to protect your free posters and large calendars.
Annual Fly-in and Fly-out
If you get to Dallas a day or two early, you can watch the helicopters arriving for the trade show. Also, if you stay a day after, you can watch the helicopters fly away.
Per Rotor Magazine's Spring 2011 issue (page 25), during Heli-Expo® 2011, forty-nine helicopters flew in, the rest were trucked in. Bell Helicopter and Eurocopter flew 90 demo flights from the convention center's own private heliport. It was the first time Helicopter Association International offered a working heliport during the trade show. Helicopter mania! Can it get any better? I don't think so.
Student discount
If you have a valid student ID, did you know you will receive a substantial discounted rate to attend the exhibit hall?
Protecting your free helicopter posters
I like the 25 inch long Alvin Ice Tube. It's a see-through PVC tube with shoulder strap and permanent (anchored) cap on the one end and a removable cap on the other end. This 25 inch long tube fits nicely into your standard suitcase. I usually bring two tubes since there are a lot of free helicopter posters. Here's a link to an art store, with picture and description of the artwork tubes. http://www.dickblick.com/products/alvin-ice-tubes/
Professionally mount your helicopter posters
Now that you have non-tattered and wrinkle free helicopter posters when you get home, you can have your favorite posters laminated and mounted. Go to a local print shop to have this done.
I specify a luster lamination because I like the look (non-glare but not a true matte laminate), it's a cross between the gloss and matte laminate. I specify gatorboard (versus foam core) to mount posters on because it's stronger, has a longer service life and is less susceptible to bending than foam core.
Remember to specify a hanger from the print shop (usually $2 or $3?) and it's well worth the cost, making it easier to attach the poster to the wall. These look nice in the office, hangar or home and also make nice (and inexpensive) gifts.
HELI-EXPO® 2012 website
To make plans to attend the HELI-EXPO® 2012 and for more information see: http://www.rotor.com/events/HELIEXPO2012.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Bell Helicopter has a new site!
Did you see that Bell Helicopter just upgraded their web site? Their site has a fresh new look, it's wider and super easy to use and navigate. Impressive. See: www.bellhelicopter.com
Videos of some helicopters arriving at HeliExo on March 2, 2011 in Orlando, Florida
Hint. Click on each link to view the YouTube view of that particular helicopter making a landing.
The famous original Bell Jet Ranger making a perfect landing at Heli-Expo 2011 in Orlando, Florida.
Agusta 119 Koala arriving at Heli-Expo 2011.
Reach Air Medical EMS arriving at Heli-Expo 2011.
Erickson Air-Crane landing at Orlando Convention Center Heli-Expo 2011.
The famous original Bell Jet Ranger making a perfect landing at Heli-Expo 2011 in Orlando, Florida.
Agusta 119 Koala arriving at Heli-Expo 2011.
Reach Air Medical EMS arriving at Heli-Expo 2011.
Erickson Air-Crane landing at Orlando Convention Center Heli-Expo 2011.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Flat Web Design
If you notice, I have made my helicopter site using flat web design. This means you don't have to drill down and down and down into the site to find information.
All that's needed is to navigate to the site map and click on the helicopter topic you are looking for. Two clicks. One click to find the site map and one click to find the page you want to view. The you can click the back button on your browser (or click on the Site Map link) to get back to the site map.
OR
You might have noticed, if you scroll down to the bottom of each page, the site map is there. The site map is on the bottom of all the HelicopterLinks.com web pages. Actually, depending upon the user, a user might only have to make one click on the site, to find what they are looking for.
Actually, a scroll down first, and then a click.
All that's needed is to navigate to the site map and click on the helicopter topic you are looking for. Two clicks. One click to find the site map and one click to find the page you want to view. The you can click the back button on your browser (or click on the Site Map link) to get back to the site map.
OR
You might have noticed, if you scroll down to the bottom of each page, the site map is there. The site map is on the bottom of all the HelicopterLinks.com web pages. Actually, depending upon the user, a user might only have to make one click on the site, to find what they are looking for.
Actually, a scroll down first, and then a click.
Just added the Google Translate Tool Bar to the site.
Reality. Web statistics. There are visitors from all over the world visiting my helicopter site. Visitors from almost every country. We had visitors from about 172 countries in 2010. According to Answers.com, there are 196 official countries in the world.
(Reminder: Web statistics are not always accurate. Web statistics are more useful to track trends, not exact numbers.)
In the past, I used to list translation sites at the bottom of every page of the site. Talk about making it difficult for the user! The user had to go to the translation site and copy and paste the URL address of my site, into a translation site and then hoped it worked.
I finally added the Google Translation Tool Bar tonight, to the top right-hand corner of the site. This has been something which has been long overdue. My apologies to anyone who needed translation help and was out of luck.
I hope we can regain past visitors and new visitors by trying to make our site as user friendly as possible.
(Reminder: Web statistics are not always accurate. Web statistics are more useful to track trends, not exact numbers.)
In the past, I used to list translation sites at the bottom of every page of the site. Talk about making it difficult for the user! The user had to go to the translation site and copy and paste the URL address of my site, into a translation site and then hoped it worked.
I finally added the Google Translation Tool Bar tonight, to the top right-hand corner of the site. This has been something which has been long overdue. My apologies to anyone who needed translation help and was out of luck.
I hope we can regain past visitors and new visitors by trying to make our site as user friendly as possible.
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