Host: Fortescue Helicopters Written by Weldon Percy – Owner & Chief Pilot, Fortescue Helicopters. The need for an Aerial Mustering Association or representative body was recently identified through a sector risk analysis by CASA (Civil Aviation Safety Authority). On consultation with several industry leading operators CASA identified this as the number one need of our […]
Host: Fortescue Helicopters Written by Lisa Jeffrey – Office & Hangar Manager, Fortescue Helicopters. Welcome to the third post of the year for Fortescue Helicopters. Today it’s starring me, Lisa. This is my first blog post, so I may be a little rusty. I work at Fortescue Helicopters alongside my partner Weldon. My job title […]
Host: Fortescue Helicopters Written by Weldon Percy – Owner & Chief Pilot, Fortescue Helicopters. Juna Downs is the newly added operational base of Fortescue Helicopters. Juna Downs is a currently de-stocked WA Pastoral lease owned by Rio Tinto. It would have to be one of the most picturesque properties in the Pilbara, surrounded by the […]
Host: Fortescue Helicopters Written by Weldon Percy – Owner & Chief Pilot, Fortescue Helicopters. G’day and welcome back to Fortescue Helicopters week for hosting Central Station. 2016 has been a challenging and rewarding year for us and our team and we will share more with you throughout our posts this week. The Pilbara and north west […]
Host: Fortescue Helicopters Written by Weldon Percy – Owner and Chief Pilot, Fortescue Helicopters. Last year I wrote a post about wanting to be a helicopter pilot. This year, I have now had almost two years of being Chief Pilot and a shareholder of an aerial mustering company; I thought I’d share some of my […]
Host: Fortescue Helicopters Written by Weldon Percy – Owner and Chief Pilot, Fortescue Helicopters. On the 29th of July 2015 the pastoral and helicopter industry alike lost an iconic figure. Mr Ross McDowell from Rossy Rotor Aviation, a fellow mustering pilot and company in the Pilbara, was reported missing and later found to have passed […]
Host: Fortescue Helicopters Written by Weldon Percy – Owner and Chief Pilot, Fortescue Helicopters. I often find that I get asked what we do outside of mustering season, some people asking as if they think we can’t or wouldn’t do anything else. Well, really the only answer to the question, “what do we do” is […]
Host: Fortescue Helicopters Written by Weldon Percy – Owner and Chief Pilot, Fortescue Helicopters. G’Day and welcome back to Fortescue Helicopters for our first post as hosts for 2015. A lake system at Mulga Downs Station which is near the dry stretch of the Fortescue River. Photo: Weldon Percy. Thank you to all our loyal […]
Host: Fortescue Helicopters Written by Weldon Percy – Operations Manager, Fortescue Helicopters. As mustering pilots we often get asked a lot of questions about how to get a job, so I’ve written a few of them down with some answers that might help anyone out there who wants to become a mustering pilot learn more […]
Host: Fortescue Helicopters Written by Weldon Percy – Operations Manager, Fortescue Helicopters. Heading to work at sunrise with Jennifer “Niffy” Paul from Williambury Helicopters (Photo Weldon Percy). A day in the life of a mustering pilot generally starts the day before. Most of our work is a long way from home, at least over an […]
Host: Fortescue Helicopters Written by Weldon Percy – Operations Manager, Fortescue Helicopters. G’Day my names Weldon Percy, co-owner and Operations manager for our business here’s a little bit about how I ended up doing what I do. I was born and raised on my family’s cattle and sheep property at Hawkes Bay on the north […]
