Heli-Expo returns to Orlando, Fla., March 5 to 8, bringing together more than 17,000 participants, 600 exhibitors and 65 helicopters in the spacious Orange County Convention Center. This year’s Heli-Expo underscores the continuing strength of the helicopter industry relative to fixed-wing aviation and will feature a variety of technological developments, education workshops, Helicopter Association International (HAI) committee meetings, a job fair, award presentations and, as is typical of the tightly knit helicopter world, outstanding networking opportunities.
The Heli-Expo exhibit halls open Sunday, March 6 at 11 a.m., but the show starts a day earlier with committee meetings and the HAI Safety Symposium (8 to 10 a.m.) and the association’s annual welcome reception (everyone is invited) at the Rosen Centre Hotel from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The Helicopter Foundation International’s second annual scholarship fundraising golf tournament is scheduled for March 4 with a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start at the Grande Pines Golf Course in Orlando. The annual membership meeting and breakfast kicks off the main event on Sunday at 8 a.m., followed by the Heli-Expo 2011 Opening Ceremony just before the doors to the exhibit hall open.
