Hi Mike, thanks very much...glad you like the painting!
In German both terms Hubschrauber and Helikopter do mean the same in General. But the common expression is Hubschrauber and is therefore used the most. HUbschrauber is also used by Military and Police as "official" term.
Both exprssions refers to Leonardo da Vinci`s "Helix" which was the first helicopter design sketched in 1500th cebtury by this great Genius. Helikopter still has the "Helix" included while the Hub(=vertical thrust) Shows the Forces needed the Helix to work.
I can`t speak for the swiss, Air Zermatt is located there, but I believe the swiss use the expression Helikopter for the whirlybirds. I never heard them speaking of Hubschrauber.
Swiss is a Kind of german dialect and it sounds a bit differnt than most other german dialects, but never tell a swiss he`s speaking like a scandinavian....
..I don`t know if he likes that.
The TV-documentation is great. I already know it and I have seen it three or four times already, I believe....
Great helicopter-flying......great helicopter-pilots...and I love the SA315 LAMA, it`s a very nimble bird!!!!
Air Zermatt uses the Bell429 for air rescue since some time...I think it was the first 429 in europe flying rescue missions.