What's New
14 April 2010
Added Michaeline Mister as new contact for Wings Insurance in Insurance section.
11 February 2010
Added Gary Goldsberry as parts provider in Resources section.
02 May 2009
Added new service provider in PA in Resources section.
Added new Examiner in Georgia in Resources section.
07 March 2009
Added picture of Paul Salmon's B-2B in Owners Photos section.
05 March 2009
Added Paul Salmon as an instructor in Missouri to the Flight Training section.
04 March 2009
Alpha Aviation added to Flight Training section.
Numerous new photos added o the Owners Photos section.
23 March 2008
Interesting article about the Brantly B-1 submitted by Ron Hall and posted in the Brantly Articles section.
17 February 2008
CFI Trey Manning added as a contact in the Resources section.
05 February 2008
Due to extensive downtime, the brantly.info forum has been moved to a new hosting provider. Hopefully the up-time will dramatically improve!
12 January 2008
Ronald Hall showed Harold Jenkins the photos in the Brantly Historical Photos section and got some great updates. Please check them out!
25 June 2007
New CFI (Ron Spiker) added to Flight Training section.
New Insurance Agency (Wings Insurance) added to Insurance section.
15 October 2006
New photos added to the Owners Photos section. Look at the beautiful paint job on Thomas Gregory's Brantly!
07 May 2006
Pictures of newer helicopters that are now using the Brantly hinged blade design in Photo Gallery section.
03 February 2006
Video of 1962 B2 submitted by Joel Gooch in Video section.
20 December 2005
Newby Brantly patents posted in Historical Articles and Patents section.
21 August 2005
New picture of B-2B from record album cover added to Historical Photos section.
08 April 2005
New pictures of Brett Sullivan's B-2B added to Owners Photos section.
12 December 2004
Video of N888CF (Steve Chenoweth) taking off in Video section.
09 December 2004
Photo of Michael Cardinale and Joseph McClure's B-2B added to Owners Photos section.
02 November 2004
The Brantly Factory has issued a revised Owner's Survey. Please complete this survey and return it to the factory as soon as possible.
06 October 2004
Important information posted in Servicing and Maintaining topic of the Info Forum. The FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin for the inspection of tail rotor vertical drive shafts.
25 July 2004
Don Lewellen's photos from Homer Bell's 2004 Fly-In posted. See Photo's section. There is also a link to Ron Spiker's photos.
14 July 2004
Travelogue started for Homer Bell's 2004 Fly-In. See Photo's section. We will keep posting pictures from all of our Brantly Information Forum members as they provide them.
29 April 2004
New contact added in the Resources section. Thomas D. Callahan is a Brantly owner and CFI.
07 March 2004
New Photos added from Goldsberry Brantly gathering in Indiana during the last weekend of February.
26 February 2004
Congratulations to two new rotorcraft rated pilots. Trey Manning, B2 owner, received his commercial rating. Rene Hebert, future Brantly owner, received his private rotorcraft rating.
See the Photos and Videos sections to see Trey, Rene, and Kevin Hynes in Wichita Falls, Texas.
See the Owners Photos section for pictures of Trey Manning's B2.
07 January 2004
New photos were contributed by Jason Goodwin of the Brantly at the Ft. Rucker museum. See the Photos section
21 November 2003
Updated Weight and Balance spreadsheet for B-2B to include graph. See Downloads section.
18 November 2003
New posting under Flying topic of Information Forum discussing ground school training.
26 October 2003
New photos of Don Lewellen's adventures added to Owners Photos section.
01 October 2003
Videos and pictures of RDRickster's trip to East Carolina Helicopters added to the Videos section..
09 September 2003
More pictures of Steve Chenoweth's B-2B posted in the Owner's Photos section..
01 September 2003
The first on-line chat session has been scheduled for September 20, 2003 at 15:00 UTC. Please see the Chat section for instructions.
30 August 2003
At last, Steve Chenoweth's B-2B is out of the paint shop and flying again. A picture of the new, blue N888CF has been posted in the Owner's Photos section..
10 August 2003
Type Rating Examiner in the UK added to Resources section.
Photo of Barry Freeman's B-2B added to Owner's Photos section.
21 July 2003
Pictures from Homer Bell's Fly-In
Video's from Homer Bell's Fly-In
10 July 2003
Updated weight and balance spreadsheet in Downloads section to easily enter the empty weight and arm rather than just using the defaults.
9 July 2003
Check out Ron Spiker's cross country log in the "Brantlys at Play" section of the Information Forum.
27 June 2003
There are many unanswered posts in the Information Forum. For example, a poll is being conducted regarding a scheduled chat session. Also, feedback is being requested regarding a fly-in at the Brantly factory. All members are encouraged to take a look through the various topics and contribute where we can. Much thanks!.
21 June 2003
A document has been placed in the Downloads section from the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority that goes into helicopter performance issues and pilot techniques.
18 June 2003
Please see the "News" topic in the Information Forum. A poll has been set up to see if the members are interested in scheduling on-line chat sessions.
17 June 2003
New postings on the Information Forum. See the "Servicing and Maintaining", "Flying", and the "Accessories" topics.
Information Forum back up and running. For anyone who asked for a ...@brantly.info email address, a minor change is required if you are downloading or sending your email from an email program like Outlook or Outlook Express. Instead of using just the portion of the ID before @brantly.info, use the whole email address including the @brantly.info extension.
The site has been moved to the new service provider. Access to the Information Forum is temporarily down, but should be enabled shortly.
12 June 2003
The site is being moved to a new service provider due to the frequent downtime with the existing provider. Hopefully, it will be "seamless" but please be patient during the transition.
10 June 2003
New discussion topic added in News forum regarding Diesel engines.
8 June 2003
New photos added to Owner's Photos section, pictures of Steve Chenoweth's Brantly and neighborhood, courtesy of fellow Brantly owner Steve Brouillette (Captain Cosmic).
14 May 2003
New section added for Videos. If you have video clips you'd like to post, please contact the Web administrator at admin@brantly.info.
New photo added to Historical Photos section.
13 May 2003
Articles regarding Brantlys from Janes Aircraft books posted.
10 May 2003
Picture of Steve Chenoweth's B-2B added to Owners Photos section.
07 May 2003
Cross country checklist and considerations added to Downloads section..
Your Web Administrator (Steve Chenoweth) received his Private Pilot Certificate and Rotorcraft-Helicopter rating (I guess Kevin Hynes really can teach anyone to fly!).
24 April 2003
New Article added on history of Newby Brantly and the company.
New picture of a Chinese Brantly in Owners Photos section.
New postings from Ron, Kevin, and Steve.
21 April 2003
New photos added to Historical Photos section.
Link to a French Web site added to Links section.
15 April 2003
New photos added to Owner's Photos section and Articles section.
Gary Jones added as a CFI for North Texas in the Resources section.
10 April 2003
Lawrence Latimer added as a CFI in the Resources section. Lawrence teaches in Vernon, Texas, where the Brantly factory is located.
06 April 2003
New photos submitted by Brantly owners Nigel Minchin and Don Lewellen.
05 April 2003
Historical Articles page created.
04 April 2003
More new pictures added to the Brantly Historical Photos Section.
02 April 2003
Many new pictures added to the Brantly Historical Photos Section.
New posts and great dialogue in the Information Forum.
28 March 2003
Photos of Don Lewellen's Brantly were added to the Owners Photo Gallery.
New downloads of pre-flight and check list added to the Downloads Section.
Users Guide for the Information Forum Bulletin Board software added to the Downloads Section.
New pictures added to the Brantly Historical Photos Section.
27 March 2003
Welcome to all of the new members! A number of new posts have been made in the Information Forum. Please send pictures of your Brantlys when you have the chance.
23 March 2003
Photos of the Brantly 305 were added to the Historical Photos section
22 March 2003
Contacts were added to the Resources section for Blades Aviation located in Vancouver, Canada. They are the newest Brantly dealer.
A picture of Ron Spiker's B-2B has been posted in the Owners Photo Gallery.
21 March 2003
Posting in the Servicing and Maintaining section of the Information Forum regarding replacement starters.
13 March 2003
Biography of Newby Odell Brantly in Links section.
Postings in Accessories section of Information Forum giving links to a company that sells Brantly replicas and to a company that sells bubble covers for the Brantly.
Photo of Brantly loader and backhoe in Brantly Historical Photos section.
10 March 2003
New postings from Kevin Hynes.
New link from Owners Photos to http://bcma.rcclubs.com/brantly_b2b.htm .
04 March 2003
FAA Designated Examiners for Brantly helicopters added to Resources section.
Sources for Brantly Parts added to Resources section.
Steve Payne-Roberts added as a contact for Servicing in the U.K.
Harold Jenkins added as a contact for Servicing in Oklahoma.
03 March 2003
New pictures added to Brantly Photo Gallery. Check out the paint schemes!
Main rotor balance chart worksheets added under downloads.
Gary Goldsberry added as a CFI contact for Indiana.
24 February 2003
New photos added to Brantly Gallery.
Thrust bearing maintenance explained by Kevin Hynes (See Forum)