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| 11.01.2009 |
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‘I Knew You Would Come’
In this issue you will find the winners of the 2009 Rotor & Wing Helicopter Heroism Awards. Being new to the rotor world, I have to say that reading these submissions and learning about the events for which our winners were chosen, left me awestruck. The...
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Rotorcraft Report: IHST Releases Recommendations to Reduce U.S. Helicopter Accidents
TRAINING/ACCIDENT PREVENTION U.S. helicopter accidents can be drastically reduced, and we have the fact-based recommendations to do it: That was the message at the International Helicopter Safety Symposium, held from Sept. 29-Oct. 2 in Montreal, Canada...
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| 11.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: FAA Grants Production Certificate to Columbia
In front of a Model 107-II are (left to right) Chris Hankland, Columbia’s director of quality, FAA Inspector Aaron Kathman and Tim Vranna, manager of FAA’s Seattle Manufacturing and Inspection District Office with Columbia director of materials...
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Rotorcraft Report: Sikorsky System to Assist Oil Platform Landings
COMMERCIAL/OFFSHORE Sikorsky will be making life easier for S-92A pilots by giving them the capability to make hands-free IFR approaches towards offshore oil platforms. Scheduled for FAA/Transport Canada certification by year-end, the flight control computer...
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Rotorcraft Report: AW139 Tail Boom AD Issued
PRODUCTS/AIRFRAMES FAA has published an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) related to the tail boom of the AgustaWestland AW139 and AB139. According to a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) alert...
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Rotorcraft Report: X2 Prototype Tops 100-Knot Barrier
PRODUCTS/AIRFRAME Sikorsky’s X2 Technology demonstrator broke the 100-knot threshold in a recent flight test...
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| 11.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: Coming Events
November 15–19: Dubai Airshow, Dubai, UAE. Contact Fairs & Exhibitions, phone +9714-286-7755 or visit http://www.dubaiairshow.aero November 30–December 1: Human Factors in Aviation Safety, Los Angeles, Calif. Contact USC Viterbi School of...
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Heroes: Defined
Cool composure in the midst of chaos. Presenting the winners of the 2009 Rotor & Wing Helicopter Herosim Awards, who personify the meaning of the word heros. PUBLIC SERVICE/SAR U.S. Coast Guard 2008 Alaska Ranger One of the Largest Coldwater Rescues in...
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| 11.01.2009 |
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About TAWS
PRODUCTS/AVIONICS & INSTRUMENTS Helicopter accidents, especially those involving emergency medical services (EMS) flights, have been getting a lot of bad, but well-deserved press recently. The increasing number of helicopter EMS (HEMS) fatalities has also...
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| 10.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: Helicopters Play Crucial Role in LA Firefighting Efforts
Waterbombing aircraft and helicopters continued to battle wildfires in southern California into September. According to the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), the fires were around 90...
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| 10.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: Macau’s Sky Shuttle Sets High Standards
Scheduled commercial helicopter services have been tried in many markets around the world, but few have succeeded. One major exception is found in Hong Kong, the former British Crown colony that...
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| 10.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: Korea’s Police Agency Orders AW119Ke
AgustaWestland and UI International have received an order for an eight-seat AW119Ke from the Korea National Police Agency (NPA). The agreement, awarded through Korean Public Procurement...
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| 10.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: SRT Approved for Student Exchange
Bakersfield, Calif.-based SRT Helicopters has achieved approval under the M-1 Visa student and exchange visitor program. SRT becomes the first non-Part 141 flight training school in the U.S. to...
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| 10.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: Coming Events
October 19 – 20: 2nd International Forum on Rotorcraft Multidisciplinary Technology , Seoul, Korea. Contact AHS Intl, phone 1-703-684-6877 or visit www.vtol.org October 20 – 22: National Business Aviation...
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| 09.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: EADS LUH Platform Meets Key U.S. Army Armed Aerial Scout Profile
MILITARY A standard, commercial EC145, the platform that serves as the baseline for the UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter (LUH), has completed a series of successful high/hot flight demonstrations. These...
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| 09.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: Quick Thinking Beats Fire
PUBLIC SAFETY A rapid response and quick thinking by Ultra Helicopters pilot Wayne Norris saved his life and that of a passenger, following a fast-spreading engine fire in a Bell 204C helicopter (the 204C is...
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Rotorcraft Report: AW139 Begins Service with Bel Air
COMMERCIAL Denmark’s Bel Air has taken delivery of its first AgustaWestland AW139. The 12-seat aircraft will be used for offshore transport services. At a handover ceremony that included Prince Henrik of...
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| 09.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: Sikorsky Delivers Training S-300C to UND Aerospace
TRAINING Stratford, Conn.-based Sikorsky’s Global Helicopters unit in Horseheads, N.Y. has handed over an S-300C to the University of North Dakota’s John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences (UND...
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| 09.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: American Eurocopter Achieves ODA
COMMERCIAL FAA has granted organization designation authorization (ODA) to American Eurocopter, Grand Prairie, Texas. The approval enables the helicopter manufacturer to act on behalf of the U.S. regulatory...
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| 09.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: People
Textron Inc. has appointed John L. Garrison, Jr. as president and CEO of its Bell Helicopter subsidiary. He takes over from Richard "Dick" Millman , who worked in various roles for Textron for 43...
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