Who founded Metro Helicopters?
A. Metro Helicopters was founded in November of 2000, by Russ Downing, a highly experienced real world pilot and flight simulation enthusiast. Metro’s Co-Founder was Adrian Cholmondelay. Metro has been steadily growing. As of July, 2008, Metro has 33 pilot members, and several additional members holding positions as livery and scenery designers. Some of Metro’s members are real world pilots, or are student pilots. Most Metro pilots have considerable flight experience on the VATSIM network, and several have air traffic controller experience as well.