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| 09.01.2008 |
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Making the Call
As I write this, a panel of distinguished judges is reviewing nominations for Rotor & Wing’s Helicopter Heroism Award and other honors. Their recommendations will help the staff of the magazine decide the winners of those awards. We will present the...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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Rotorcraft Report: Summit Draws Civil, Military, Government SAR Leaders
SERVICES Civilian, military and public service leaders will discuss and debate the challenges and benefits of helicopter use in emergency operations at Rotor & Wing’s Search and Rescue Summit 2008, Slated for Sept. 18 in Reston, Va., the event will...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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Rotorcraft Report: German Air Rescue’s Program Targets Crew Post-Mission Stress
COMMERCIAL Deutsche Rettungsflugwacht, or German Air Rescue, has set up what it says is a comprehensive program to help crewmembers manage post-mission stress. Early this year, the DRF introduced the project for mission review and stress management...
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| 08.28.2008 |
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Ornge Buying AW139s
Ontario-based Ornge, a Canadian company that provides transport medicine to the rural corners of the province, announced it is...
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| 08.27.2008 |
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Sikorsky X2 Flies
Sikorsky Aircraft today completed the first flight of its X2 technology demonstrator. Lifting the aircraft off from the Schweizer Aircraft subsidiary in Horseheads, N.Y., Sikorsky Chief Test Pilot Kevin Bredenbeck maneuvered the...
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| 08.19.2008 |
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Indian Gov’t to Boost Helo EMS
Included in the steps is the government’s encouragement of insurance firms to cover air evacuation in their policies; and requests to have state governments to have helicopter fleets in case of...
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| 08.15.2008 |
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N.Y. Air Staff Granted a Continuance
The Colonie, N.Y. Town Board voted unanimously to continue, through the end of the year, allowing local paramedics and emergency staff to provide services using...
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| 08.14.2008 |
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NOTAR Failure Grounds Explorers
Specialist Aviation Services recalled all 18 of its MD Helicopters MD-902s from police and emergency medical service lessees while it investigated the control system failure. On Aug. 8, an SAS Explorer on lease to Great North Air Ambulance of Durham, England...
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| 08.13.2008 |
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U.K. Kicks Off Rotor Research Project
The Rotor Embedded Actuator Control Technology, or React, project is a three-year effort to develop active surfaces in helicopter rotor blades and active...
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| 08.06.2008 |
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Private Pilot Helps Crash Victims
A grandfather and grandson were injured yesterday when their amateur-built, single-engine, fixed-wing aircraft crashed in a field soon after takeoff from Erie Airpark in Erie, Colo. Gui Cipriani, a certified pilot was training Jake Harmon when the pair saw...
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| 08.05.2008 |
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EMS Helo Loses Engine Power
A Bell 222 flying a patient from western Minnesota to the Twin Cities lost power in one of its two engines and made an emergency landing about 35 mi short of its destination. Fargo-based MeritCare helicopter began its flight in Fergus...
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| 08.04.2008 |
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Md. State Police Receive $ Upgrades
The $33.6 million will help to upgrade or replace some of aviation command’s fleet. Nine of the 12 Dauphins are nearing the end of two decades and are used to fly aerial law...
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| 08.01.2008 |
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Rotorcraft Report: EMS Midair Stuns U.S. Industry Leaders
NEWS U.S. industry leaders, accident investigators and regulators are debating whether additional steps should be taken to improve air ambulance safety in the wake of a midair collision that killed five crewmembers and two patients. The June 29 collision of...
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| 08.01.2008 |
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Rotorcraft Report: Safety Inspection Teams "Sweep" Northern Australia
COMMERCIAL Australian regulators in late June launched a first-ever, month-long review of the safety of helicopter and other operations in the northern part of that country. Two teams of Civil Aviation Safety Authority inspectors, investigators and safety...
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| 08.01.2008 |
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Rotorcraft Report: Air Methods Weighs Stock Buyback
COMMERCIAL | EMS With strong revenue projections and a depressed stock price, Air Methods may soon be looking to buy back some of its stock. CEO Aaron Todd told a June investors and financial analysts’ meeting in New York that the...
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| 08.01.2008 |
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Life Lessons for Completions and Refurbs
Well thought-out requirements and good planning are essential to getting an end product that is a pleasing, perfect helicopter, whether the aircraft is new or used. Primer Definitions: Completions and Refurbishments or Refurbs: While not defined in...
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| 08.01.2008 |
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Helicopter Training: From the Factories
Interest Rises in India In Helicopter Work As commercial airlines cut workforces and fleet sizes to counter rising fuel costs and falling traffic, aspiring pilots in India may be turning their attention to rotary-wing flight decks. The Rotary Wing Academy...
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| 08.01.2008 |
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Latin America Notebook
Southern Helicopter Land Southern Cone is the unofficial and curious designation for the southernmost region of Latin America. It includes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, sometimes Paraguay and finally Brazil. Given its size (both territorial and...
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| 07.30.2008 |
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Survey Sees Need for More EMS CRM Training
More than seven in 10 survey respondents say the air medical industry should engage in more crew resource management training, according to a training and management services vendor. ThinkThroughTools conducted the 10-question survey earlier this...
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| 07.28.2008 |
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Helicopter Heroism
This Friday, August 1, is the deadline to submit your nominations for the Rotor & Wing Helicopter Heroism Awards. Winners...
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