Category: Inside Enstrom

Employee Spotlight: Heather Witt

Menominee, Michigan | January 26, 2025

My name is Heather Witt, and I’m the Purchasing Manager for Enstrom Helicopter. When a department needs a guarantee they’ll receive a requested part, I’m the one they call. I oversee the purchasing process, and if there’s ever a problem with a vendor, I do my research and seek to find a solution quickly as… Read more »

Enstrom Helicopter Corporation Celebrates a Successful 2024

Menominee, Michigan | January 26, 2025

As we begin a new calendar year, Enstrom looks back at the many successes of 2024. Enstrom began the year by celebrating the opening of its brand-new FAA-approved repair station in Menominee, which now provides helicopter maintenance, damage repairs upgrades, and component overhauls – all at the hands of Enstrom’s premier repair experts. A few… Read more »

Safety Check: Second-Level Safety Drivers

Menominee, Michigan | January 26, 2025

I used to ask my university students if they believed it was possible to make flying 100% safe. They had plenty of ideas, but the inevitable conclusion was always this: the only way to remove all risk was not to fly at all. Flight is all about risk management. So, if safety isn’t about eliminating… Read more »

Join Enstrom Helicopter Corporation at VAI VERTICON 2025

Menominee, Michigan | January 26, 2025

Enstrom is poised to make its return to VERTICON 2025, the world’s largest vertical aviation conference and trade show, hosted this March in Dallas, Texas. This is the first major VAI exhibition since rebranding from HAI after last year’s HELI-EXPO. From March 11-13, Enstrom will join more than 600 exhibitors and 15,000 attendees from 85… Read more »

Employee Spotlight: Lyonel Jean-Baptiste

Menominee, Michigan | December 16, 2024

My name is Lyonel Jean-Baptiste, and I’m a liaison engineer for Enstrom Helicopter. Since I was a kid, I always had a natural love for aircraft. I loved to draw them and build models with LEGO bricks, so for me, working in the aerospace industry is more than just a job, it’s the fulfillment of… Read more »

Enstrom Owner’s Insurance Program: Celebrating a Successful Year

Menominee, Michigan | December 16, 2024

It’s hard to believe we’re already approaching the first renewals for policyholders in the newly resurrected Enstrom Owner’s Insurance Program. Around this time last year, Aviation Specialty Insurance, in coordination with Allianz Global, Roger Sharkey, and many others at Enstrom, brought the renowned insurance program back to life, adding yet another benefit to Enstrom ownership.… Read more »

Enstrom Celebrates Major JGSDF Milestone in Japan

Menominee, Michigan | December 10, 2024

Enstrom Helicopter Corporation representatives traveled across the Pacific to celebrate the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) reaching 100,000 flight hours in their fleet of TH-480Bs. The JGSDF focuses on disaster relief, civil protection, and the promotion of international cooperation. It is also Enstrom’s largest customer to date with 30 turbine helicopters purchased. Enstrom President Todd… Read more »

Employee Spotlight: Phil Heiner

Menominee, Michigan | November 24, 2024

Hi, my name is Phil Heiner (aka Jay), and I have been a design engineer for Enstrom for just over a year now. I have always been fascinated with rockets, planes, and helicopters. The thought of defying gravity – watching the world shrink below me from inside an aircraft – is and always will be… Read more »

10-Year-Old’s First Helicopter Flight Lesson in an Enstrom 480B

Menominee, Michigan | October 27, 2024

Enstrom CCO Dennis Martin spent his flight home from the Oconto Fly-In teaching his son Joey helicopter flying basics. The 10-year-old boy picked it up pretty quick! Watch this great father-son bonding experience.