Flying with Mother Nature

Our Favorite Photos from Flying in Weather

Usually when you have a desk job, it becomes easy to predict your day-to-day activities. Things vary and wrenches may be thrown into your plans, but if nothing else, your environment remains comfortable and familiar throughout the days, weeks, and months. You may look out the window to see that it is snowing, raining, windy or sunny, but unless it is extreme, it becomes easy to forget what is going on outside. For pilots, the weather is everything. Even the slightest breeze requires adaptation and vigilance. It is part of what makes being a pilot so exciting: no two days are the same. If you're tired of the same routine in your everyday work life, becoming a pilot is a great alternative to invest in a career that is filled with adventure and stimulation. Check out some of our favorite pictures from flying with Mother Nature.

Snow melts on the ramp following a brief storm.

It's a little cooler in the mountains still.

Summer is approaching and causing the snow in the mountains to melt.

Helicopters Abound

Helicopters as far as the eye can see at +Upper Limit Aviation - Cedar City.

Photo by: Benjamin Mylnek

Best of 2014: Part 4

Eric posted this photo of his Spring Break! Can anyone top this? | April 2, 2014

Crystal took this shot during her flight to Sedona! | March 28, 2014

Upper Limit Aviation grad Donovan took this shot while flying up in Alaska. | March 1, 2014

Heli Expo 2014 is all about bring your A game. At Upper Limit Aviation, we brought our A-star. | February 26, 2014

Upper Limit Aviation students meeting with the +University of Utah AirMed crew! | February 7, 2014

Best of 2014: Part 3

Our commercial students flying HX, a Bell 206 LongRanger. Great photo by Ben! | October 29, 2014

Star trails last night at +Upper Limit Aviation - Cedar City. Thanks Ben! | September 3, 2014

CFII Nicholas Soto takes a photo of our Super Hulk Bell 407 helicopter! | July 29, 2014

Upper Limit Aviation now owns two Bell 407s! | June 10, 2014

Sunset last night at Upper Limit Aviation! Thanks, Ryan, for the pic! | June 5, 2014

6 Times We Were Thankful for Throwback Thursday

When Craig showed us how he was spending his afternoon in 2013

How I'm spending my Sunday afternoon at +Upper Limit Aviation - Memphis.

When Jared reminded us where all the real action takes place: the pilot's seat

Morning sunrise at +Upper Limit Aviation - Cedar City 

This pilot showing off his work from Easter

Throwback Thursday: Snow in the Wasatch Mountains

Throwback Thursday to this breathtaking shot in the mountains back in 2012. Who's ready for snow at +Upper Limit Aviation - Salt Lake City?

Upper Limit Proves How Air Shows Are Done

In the industry, air shows can be kind of a big deal. To future pilots or those who just love to watch incredible machines in the air, these shows across the country draw huge crowds. Upper Limit has had the opportunity to participate in a few, and we've rounded up the best pictures we could find to show other flight schools how it's done.

OK, so maybe it wasn't an air show, but parades are still a great way to show off the ULA fleet.

When Upper Limit came to the air show in St. George, Utah, we brought a helicopter and a fixed wing plane for people to see up close and personal.

Maybe Upper Limit wasn't the star of the show, but sometimes it couldn't help but feel like we were.

Sometimes we don't even make our fans come to us; we go to them. This time we show students just how awesome it is to be a pilot.

Who can forget the Memphis Air Show, when Upper Limit had one of the best booths and even rolled out a red carpet for our future students.

We give a lot of love to our helicopters, but sometimes the fixed-wing program steals the show.

At some events, it isn't about what's on the ground but what's in the sky.

Throwback Thursday: The Boy Scouts

Today we're throwing it back to when we had some special guests at +Upper Limit Aviation - Salt Lake City a few months ago. These boy scouts took some time to come check out our program as well as get a few feet off the ground. Thanks for the visit, boys!

Total Eclipse of the Chopper

It's not everyday that you can capture an awesome shot in the sky. But for our photographer, everything came into place for this picture-perfect evening flight. In Southern Utah, we experience dramatic sunsets on a regular basis, with deep oranges and yellows filling the sky as the sun sinks below the horizon. But as awesome as the view is from the ground, one can only imagine how spectacular it is from the sky itself. So when we went for a flight, we saw the perfect opportunity to blend together a beautiful sunset with one of our favorite Upper Limit helicopters.

Caught in the Moment

Our commercial students flying HX, a Bell 206 LongRanger at +Upper Limit Aviation - Cedar City.

You know that feeling you get as a student when you first take off and you're hovering just above the ground? And how intense it is the first few times and after a while you get used to it, but it's still there in the pit of your gut every time you take off? It's like a kid on Christmas, it isn't as overwhelming as when you were young, but it's still something that you look forward to and can't wait to experience again. Don't you just wish that you could freeze that moment sometimes; and that when it is finally time to come back down to reality that it all feels like it went by way too fast? Well, that's why  we're lucky to capture moments like this. When students are still new to flying and we can freeze that moment forever as they lift off from the ground and begin to soar towards their dreams. Thanks, Ben, for the photo!

Watching Dad Fly

Watching dad fly at +Upper Limit Aviation - Cedar City.

Photo by: Jessica Mlynek

Dare to Dream

People are doing loops to see our aircraft!

A great day for the Memphis Airshow! Come see our new Upper Limit aircraft at Millington Regional Jetport!

Visiting Some Kids

The kids loved seeing the helicopter land at their school from +Upper Limit Aviation - Cedar City.

Photo by: Jaclyn Windsor

Mississippi Bound

Mississippi bound in the R22 from +Upper Limit Aviation - Memphis.

Photo by: Craig McComsey

Homecoming Game Ball

Dropping the game ball at the +Southern Utah University Homecoming Football Game from +Upper Limit Aviation - Cedar City.

Photo by: Benjamin Mlynek

Day Break

Day break at +Upper Limit Aviation - Cedar City.

Photo by: Jared Britt

From Last Fall

Throwing it back to last fall at +Upper Limit Aviation - Memphis.

Photo by: Craig McComsey

Long Lining

Long lining... Just another day at school at +Upper Limit Aviation - Memphis.

Photo by: Craig McComsey

Breaking Through the Clouds

Sun breaking through the clouds at +Upper Limit Aviation - Cedar City.

Photo by: Jared Britt.

Helicopters Don't Fly

Helicopters don't fly. They beat the air into submission at +Upper Limit Aviation - Memphis.

Photo by: Craig McComsey