ROBBIE II - Further adventures with Robinson Helicopters
Jon Davison - photographer & Jude Brazendale - writer

My wife Jude and I have been commissioned by Robyn Eagles of Robinson Helicopter in the US, to develop and publish an exciting new book portraying operators of Robinson helicopters around the world (R22, R44 and R66). The aim is to cover as many different continents and environments as possible, and to show the capability of the Robinson brand.
We will be gathering the material for the book from March through to August 2025, with a release date for Christmas 2025.
We want to showcase the scope of what you do and the world you do it in.

The only requirement is that you give us some of your time (air and ground using your machines), or as long as it takes to portray your
operation in the best possible light. In return you will get ten pages in this high quality coffee-table book. I will photograph your operation, whilst Jude will do the interview and create your story. Of course you will be given the chance to edit the text, until we arrive at a story that we all agree upon.

We look forward to hearing back from you and seeing your operation!

Kind regards
Jon Davison (photographer/publisher) and Jude Brazendale (writer)
June 2025.

PROJECT PARTICIPANTS AND TIMINGS

Please click highlighted text to see completed images

ONE.
March 4 - 11. VERACITY AVIATION - Huber Field, Seguin, Texas
Contact: Derrick Smith

TRANSIT - March 12.

TWO.
March 13 - 17. CHINOOK HELICOPTERS - Abbotsford, BC, Canada
Contact: Kathy Press, Angie Payne
Email: angie.p@chinookhelicopters.com

TRANSIT - March 18

THREE.
March 19 - 23. OPERATION HELO - North Carolina
Contact: Matt McSwain and Natasha Rodriguez.
Email: matt@operationhelo.org. natasha@operationhelo.org

TRANSIT - March 24

FOUR.
March 25 - 28. HBR AVIATION - São Paulo, Brazil
Contact: Raphael Audi
Email: raphael.audi@yahoo.com

TRANSIT - March 29

FIVE.
March 30 - April 5. AEROTOSCANA - Vina del Mar & Patagonia, Chile
Contact: Felipe Reitz & Maria Jesús Ardura.
Email: reservas@aerotoscana.com

TRANSIT - April 6 (break NZ)

SIX.
April 19. ROTOR WORK - Rangitiki / Manawatu, New Zealand
Contact: Wade, Jason & Malcolm Dellow

TRANSIT - April 22

SEVEN.
April 23 - 27. JOYCE AVIATION GROUP - Feb - Nadi, Fiji
Contact: Tim Joyce / Kini Saukuru
Email: ceo@sunfloweraviation.com / karishma@helitoursfiji.com

TRANSIT - April 28

EIGHT.
April 29 - 4 May. HELISPIRIT HELICOPTERS - Western Australia (The Kimberley)
Contact: Paul Cripps
Email: paul.cripps@helispirit.com.au

TRANSIT May 5

NINE.
May 6 - 11. HELIBIZ - Queensland, Australia
Contact: Des Davey / Troy Holloway
Email: sales@helibiz.com

TRANSIT - May 12

TEN.
May 13 - 20. ALPHA HELICOPTERS - Shimotsuma, Minobo, Fujiyama, Tokyo - Japan
Contact: Shizuka & Kenji Saito
Email: ksaito@alphaaviation.jp

BREAK
Stay 3 nights Tokyo
Stay 4 nights Istanbul.

TRANSIT - May 28th

ELEVEN.
May 29 - June 4. MARA ELEPHANT PROJECT - Kenya, Africa
Contact: Claire Bolles, Executive Director / Marc Goss
Email: claire@maraelephantproject.org / marcgoss@maraelephantproject.org

TRANSIT June 5

TWELVE.
June 6 - 12. MOYA AVIATION - Capetown, South Africa
Contact: Andrew George
Email: ops@moyaaviation.com

TRANSIT to TOULOUSE / HOME June 13

THIRTEEN.
July 8 - 10. Kulusuk, Greenland
With Quentin Smith.

TRANSIT July 11 - 12
Home: Cordes-sur-Ciel, France.

FOURTEEN.
July 14 - 20. Albi, France
AEROCOPTER
Contact: Benjamin Marchand 
Email: albiaerocopter@gmail.com

TRANSIT - July 21

FIFTEEN
July 22 - 26. Palma, Mallorca, Spain
BALAERIC HELICOPTERS
Contact: Jonny Greenall
Email: jonny@balearic-helicopters.com

TRANSIT - July 27

SIXTEEN.
July 28 - Aug 2. Tallinn, Estonia
NORDIC AIRCRAFT SERVICES
Contact: Lauri Linntamm
Email: lauri@nas.ee

TRANSIT Aug 3

SEVENTEEN.
Aug 4 - 9. Åre Östersund, Sweden
STORM HELIWORKS AB
Contact: Stefan Larsson
Email: stefan@stormheli.se

TRANSIT Aug 10

EIGHTEEN.
August 11 - 16. Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
HELI CZECH s.r.o.
Contact: Kamil Podolský
Email: Kamil.Podolsky@heliczech.cz

TRANSIT Aug 17

NINETEEN
Aug 18 - 23. Kilb, Austria
P&B HELITRADE GMBH
Contact: Wolfgang Pitterle
Email: sales@helitrade.at

TRANSIT Aug 24

TWENTY.
Aug 25 - 30. Londonderry, Northern Ireland
CUTTING EDGE HELICOPTERS
Contact: Jason Porter / Robert Cummings
Email: robert@cuttingedgehelicopters.com

TRANSIT Aug 31

TWENTY ONE.
Sept 1 - 5. Denham, UK
HQ AVIATION
Contact: Quentin Smith
Email: Q@hqaviation.com

TRANSIT Sept 6

If time permits

TWENTY TWO.
Jaipur, India
MAHARAJA AVIATION
Contact: Santosh Ojha
Email: info@maharajaaviation.com

THE TEAM

EYE IN THE SKY PRODUCTIONS, FRANCE
Jon Davison photographer / book developer. jonwarddavison@icloud.com

Jude Brazendale writer / editor. judithbrazendale@icloud.com

Sample gallery of locations covered as of June 2025

ROBINSON HELICOPTER, TORRANCE USA
Robyn Eagles / VP of Global Marketing and Communications. Robyn.Eagles@RobinsonHeli.com

Loretta Conley / Manager of Creative and Advertising. loretta.conley@robinsonheli.com

GALLERY (AUTHORS)

The planned travel route for Jon &b Jude, March to August 2025.
India will be put back to August as it will be too hot in May.

ROBBIE 1

I produced a similar book ‘Robbie’ back in 2007. http://www.eyeinthesky.com.au/robbie