Dennis ‘the Maestro’ Kenyon

Display flying has captured the imagination of the public ever since the very first flights. One the longest performing and well respected helicopter display pilots in the world is UK pilot Dennis Kenyon

Note: This is part 1 of the interview. Look for part 2 in Episode 15

Dennis ‘the maestro’ Kenyon got his flying start in the RAF progressing through Tiger Moths, Chimpmunks, Cheetah, Varsity, Lincoln, Meteor, Canberra, Vampire, Hunter, Pembroke, Hastings and Anson types (58 fixed wing types).

After almost taking up a career in the airlines a chance meeting put Dennis on the path to helicopters. As an employee pilot at a UK helicopter and aeroplane dealership, Dennis was able to fly through Europe establishing Enstrom dealerships along the way.

The display flying came as a natural progression to promote the helicopter sales and the rest as they say is history with 1500+ display flights and a world helicopter championship win (+ several placings) coming from it. The CAA has made Dennis a Display Authority Examiner and he has trained several of the current UK helicopter display pilots.

He has worked on several films and TV shows including Blackhawk Down and Golden Eye. To round things out Dennis is a published author and has contributed articles to many flying publications.

Dennis is as passionate about flying as ever – you’ll hear it in his voice. Never short of a story to tell and with a wicked sense of British humour.

A helicopter scholarship that commemorates the life of Dennis Kenyon Junior, his son, is a current focus of Dennis’ efforts and is the only one of its kind in the UK(world?).

He is known alternatively as ‘The Maestro’, ‘Dennis the Menance’ and ‘Dennisimo’. Its also been said that he put the ‘D’ in display flying.

Its a pleasure to bring you this interview with a living helicopter legend.

You’ll find links to resources and sites mentioned in the show further down the page.

01:05 Podcast length feedback

02:10 Listener email – Arron

03:02 Movember charity fundraiser – http://rotarywingshow.com/mo

03:40 Dennis Kenyon intro

05:40 Early fixed wing experience in RAF

09:55 “600mph fighter jet strapped to a 19yr old’s bum”

11:20 Double flameout at night

14:48 Airline pilot licence but ‘too old’ at 36!

15:40 Learning to fly a helicopter

18:00 Enstrom distributor

19:03 Aviation writing – books and articles

19:30 FAMA helicopter – 2 seater turbine

22:10 Flying around Europe planting Enstrom dealerships

24:32 Reviewing helicopter types and writing them up for magazines

25:42 Blackhawk Down and other film flying

29:40 Helicopter display flying – Mike Meager, Enstrom USA

32:30 Dennis moves into display flying

33:36 Becoming a DAE and training other display pilots

35:00 Clocking over 1500 display flights

36:23 World helicopter championships

39:20 Display helicopter types

40:00 Planning a display routine

42:10 Display maneuvers

45:44 Wingovers – what was that maneuver?

49:21 Top 10 Helicopter Books for Helicopter Aircrew

49:32 Show sponsors trainmorepilots.com

Links from this week’s episode:

Dennis Kenyon – “The Aviation Bureau”

Dennis Kenyon Junior Helicopter Scholarship

Movember charity sponsor page

Do you know a company that would like to partner with Dennis for his scholarship program? If you do, please point them to this episode and they can contact Dennis through the links above. Lets use our network to get behind Dennis

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A page from Dennis’ logbook during the fliming of Blackhawk Down

Dennis Kenyon aka ‘Dennis the Menace’ during his display at Biggin Hill on 14 May 1977. Photo Credit: Peter Nicholson

Georgie seen here with Dennis during her Dennis Kenyon Junior scholarship – imagine getting taught to fly by Dennis!

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