I’ve never been apprehensive when it comes to flying, but helicopters are a different story. Thanks to the hours of daytime television I’ve consumed, I’ve mostly associated them with warzones and hospital helipads – neither of which are places I’d like to visit. But when I climbed out of FlexJet’s private jet at Newcastle Airport, I was to be pleasantly surprised.
The helicopter awaiting me on the tarmac just steps from the jet didn’t seem like the turbulent, rickety choppers I’d