About Helen Krasner

Helen Krasner holds a Commercial Pilot’s Licence for helicopters. Until recently, she worked as a helicopter flight instructor, instructing for various flying schools on Robinson R22s and R44s. Helen has also flown a large number of other helicopter types, has a private pilot’s licence for aeroplanes, and has tried flying microlights, gliders, and balloons.

Helen has been writing professionally for many years and now contributes regularly to several aviation print publications. She has also written a number of books about flying, both print and ebooks. She was nominated for an Aerospace Journalist of the Year award in 2004, for an article about flying helicopters in Russia. She is also a former Newsletter Editor for the BWPA (British Women Pilots’ Association).

More details of all of the above, plus more of Helen’s aviation articles, can be found on her website, www.must-fly.com.

Helen currently lives in the Peak District in the centre of England, along with her partner and their six cats.