Aerial fire fighting in Africa - Leading Edge Aviation - saving lives & property Huey & Blackhawk.

Owners Mark and Charmaine Jackson established Leading Edge Aviation in 1996.
They have been operating the fleet of Huey and Black Hawk in a full-time fire-fighting mode, in the Africa bush environment, since 2006.

Flying helicopters has been Mark's dream ever since he can remember.

In this series of short episodes, we explore more of the Leading Edge operations, it's fleet of aircraft, and their community outreach initiatives, uplifting local communities in the region.

Helicopter fire-fighting is a very hazardous operation, and this team works very hard to maintain a safety-first approach, wherever they operate in the Africa bush. The operations take them to high density altitude locations all over Southern Africa.

Leading Edge Aviation also introduced the QRF - Quick Response Force (a methodology which is deployed in others regions such as California and CalFire) into the region.


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00:00 Introduction
0:25 Mark Jackson - How it started
01:37 The fleet - Huey and Black Hawk
04:01 The team : Peter Jackson - UH60 Pilot
06:55 The team : Steve Jackson - UH-1 Pilot
11:00 QRF : Quick Response Force
12:20Advice for new pilots
13:18 A Passionate team - Mark reflects on the team