Helio Courier

Aircraft modelWikipedia

7

MENTIONS

5

EPISODES

4

PODCASTS

Oct 30, 2026

Celebrity Interviews

Celebrity Interviews

Pete Hegseth, Frank Lutz, and Dr. Gilda Carle

Oct 30 · 1 Mention

Frank LutzGUEST

30:18

And we saw a special type of aircraft called a heliocourier.

Frank LutzGUEST

30:24

And the Helio Courier was actually a short takeoff and landing aircraft designed by the German Luftwaffe in the 1930s.

Frank LutzGUEST

30:33

And it was such a great airplane.

Neil HaleyHOST

30:37

You want to be an actor when you first moved to LA, right?

The Neil Haley Show

The Neil Haley Show

Pete Hegseth, Frank Lutz, and Dr. Gilda Carle

Oct 30 · 1 Mention

Frank LutzGUEST

30:18

And we saw a special type of aircraft called a heliocourier.

Frank LutzGUEST

30:24

And the Helio Courier was actually a short takeoff and landing aircraft designed by the German Luftwaffe in the 1930s.

Frank LutzGUEST

30:33

And it was such a great airplane.

Neil HaleyHOST

30:37

You want to be an actor when you first moved to LA, right?

Dumb Stuff That Pilots (Sometimes) Do - The FLYER Show - 29th October 2026

Oct 29 · 3 Mentions

Ian SeagerHOST

48:42

Yeah, in thrust we trust.

Ian SeagerHOST

48:45

Can you beat Dave's Helio Courier? I mean, yeah, I think I can.

Ian SeagerHOST

48:49

And I think I can with something that you're not going to expect.

Ian SeagerHOST

48:53

I think, because Dave's gone for the Helio Courier, and it's a fantastic aircraft.

Ian SeagerHOST

48:56

I'd love to fly one.

Ian SeagerHOST

48:57

I've not done it yet.

Unknown podcast

Don Sheldon, the Ruth Glacier Mountain House, and the Wyoming Kid Who Spent Twenty-Seven Years Making the Impossible Routine in the Alaska Range

Oct 14 · 1 Mention

Tail DraggerHOST

9:17

He flew the Super Cub and the Cessna 180 for most of his career.

Tail DraggerHOST

9:21

Later, he added a Helio Courier to the fleet.

Tail DraggerHOST

9:24

If you're not familiar with the Helio, it was designed specifically for extreme short-field work in demanding terrain.

Tail DraggerHOST

9:30

Leading-edge slats, a robust airframe, a powerplant optimized for getting in and out of confined spaces in thin air.

Unknown podcast

Bob Reeve, the Valdez Mudflats, and the Glacier Landings That Built Alaska's Backcountry

Oct 5 · 1 Mention

Tail DraggerHOST

11:39

The Cessna Caravans on floats pulling into remote lake camps.

Tail DraggerHOST

11:43

The Helio Couriers that opened up terrain nobody else could reach.

Tail DraggerHOST

11:47

All of it runs in a direct line back to what Reeve figured out on those flats.

Tail DraggerHOST

11:51

The airplanes are different.