Staff and Fleet

Dave Harmon is the president and CEO of Ocean Helicopters. After working as a flight instructor at a leading school in England, he decided to invest in his own business in the United States. With the help and support of his wife Gill and family they moved to Florida and established Ocean Helicopters in November 2000.

Dave is very excited about the future of Ocean Helicopters and is confident that with the continued support of his team at Ocean, the company will go from strength to strength.

Gill Harmon, Dave's wife, is our Operation Director. She worked as an optometrist for 20 years in England before the family made the move to America in 2000. Deciding not to continue work in the optometric field, Gill has thrown herself into her new job and now really enjoys working in the aviation industry.

Gill is the person who will answer all your emails and telephone calls, and will make all the arrangements for your training at Ocean Helicopters.

Pam Landis is our Vice President and Chief Flight Instructor of our FAA approved 141 Flight School. Her main goal is to make sure that each of our students receive the very best training possible. She is proud to be a member of the team and is excited about the future of Ocean Helicopters.

She has been flying since the early 1990's here in the beautiful South Florida area. Pam is a "Florida girl", so feel free to ask her about this great area.

Andy McAllister is Dave and Gill's son, and as a result has been around aviation much of his life. As well as flying many of Ocean's commercial jobs and teaching, Andy also runs Ocean's website.

When Andy is not flying, he's usually writing and recording music and playing guitar in 2 local bands.

Adam Hammond left the US Army in 2009 after 7 years of service as a Chief Warrant Officer 2.

Originally from Ohio, Adam and his family moved to Florida in 2011 to join the Ocean Helicopters family.

When not flying, Adam spends his time with his wife Maranda and young daughter Logan.

Tyler Bell joined the Ocean family after moving down from Ohio in August 2011. Tyler spent the past three years flying in Ohio and is looking forward to continuing his aviation career with Ocean Helicopters in the beautiful South Florida area.

Tyler enjoys being outdoors, working on his car and spending time with family, friends and his German Shepherd named Korsky (named after the Sikorsky Helicopter, of course!)

Brent Uttal loves the outdoors, snowboarding, hiking, camping, paintball and traveling, as well as flying helicopters for the past 2 years! He trained in the Los Angeles, California area as well as Phoenix and Prescott, Arizona.

When not at work, Brent is usually looking for something new and exciting, and is glad to be here in south Florida working with Ocean Helicopters.

Skip retired from the underground Dachshund racing ring in the summer of 2003 after being hit by a car and sustaining injuries severe enough to put an end to his illustrious career. Down on his luck, he joined Ocean Helicopters in November 2003 to start anew. He now works in the Public Relations department, meeting and greeting new students and welcoming them to Ocean Helicopters. He is also head of the Security Department, and is enjoying every second of his new life.

Skip can often be found chasing along side (and in front of) the golf cart, reminiscing about days gone by...