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| 11.01.2008 |
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The Sniping Continues I couldn’t help but read in amazement Giovanni de Briganti’s recent article concerning helicopter sniper operations as well as his assessment of allied helicopter capabilities ("Heli-Snipers Prove Effective: June 2008...
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| 10.01.2008 |
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Correction, Please Your item on the first flight of the Block 3 variant of the Boeing/U.S. Army AH-64D Apache stated that "Boeing experimental test pilots performed the first flight" on June 27 at the Boeing’s Mesa, Ariz. facility...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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Heli-Snipers Here to Stay Giovanni de Briganti calls on the U.S. military to consider employing a technique he explained is being used by several other forces, particularly the British and French (“Heli-Snipers Prove Effective” June 2008, page...
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| 08.01.2008 |
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CSAR With a CH-47? As a former Vietnam War pilot who flew Hughes OH-6 Cayuses with C Troop, 2nd Sqdn, 17th Cavalry of the 101st Airborne Div and got shot down nine times, I can speak from the downed pilot’s point of view on being rescued in a combat...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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ASU Responds to R&W Too many times, information goes out without having the facts right. Your recent item in Rotorcraft Report on our company is a prime example ("FAA, Vendor, Operators Sort Through NVG Turmoil," June 2008, page 10). It is true...
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| 06.01.2008 |
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New and Improved? Perhaps Mrs. McKenna has a point in her reluctance to use electronic methods of navigation ("New and Improved," January 2008, page 4). In 1989, I was flying in a loose formation of three from Deauville to Ferté Alais...
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| 05.01.2008 |
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Military Outsourcing Regarding Giovanni de Briganti’s comments on military outsourcing, the situation could go a step further: arm all civil aircraft ("Military Outsourcing: How Far to Go?" January 2008, page 23). They could divert at a...
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| 04.01.2008 |
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Flight Training Mistakes In response to your recent Question of the Month about the most troubling or curious flight training mistakes I’ve seen, a curious and somewhat troubling mistake I have both witnessed and committed is what I’d call...
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| 03.01.2008 |
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X-49A Numbers When I saw the X-49A cover, I eagerly looked forward to learning more from your writer, Steve Colby, about the Piasecki Aircraft Corp. design ("Beneficial Bird," December 2007, page 46). I’ve been fascinated with it since I first...
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| 02.01.2008 |
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Maintenance Bias Regarding your recent Eye on Maintenance column, I am one of those airline mechanics ("Bristow Takes on a Big Bias," November 2007, page 58). I have been trying to get a job as a helicopter mechanic for 10 years, to no avail because...
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| 01.01.2008 |
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Rotor & Wing: Feedback
Raising Mechanics Regarding your Eye on Maintenance column, I offer this to qualify my opinion ("Bristow Takes on a Big Bias," November 2007, page 58). Helicopters are my passion. I started receiving Rotor & Wing in 1975. I received my...
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| 12.01.2007 |
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CSAR Chinook Debate I am responding to Mr. Richard Dickson’s comments on the U.S. Air Force choice of the Boeing CH-47 Chinook as its next-generation combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter ("Chinooks for CSAR?," February 2007, page 7). Mr...
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| 11.01.2007 |
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Respect for the Pilot I have the utmost respect for the Vietnam War-era pilot. His ability to get the job done in the face of the worst conditions imaginable is legendary. But is this "mission at any cost" attitude compatible with the needs of...
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| 10.01.2007 |
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Patty Wagon Your August cover really caught my eye, especially the helicopter in the upper left hand corner. As a young mechanic just back from Vietnam, I saw that helicopter parked outside Hollymatic’s Park Forrest, Ill. plant and stopped in to apply...
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| 09.01.2007 |
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Correction After conferring with an Essex Police spokesman, we reported that the police forces of Essex, Cambridgeshire, and Suffolk in the United Kingdom scrapped a plan for a helicopter maintenance consortium ("U.K. Police Drop Maintenance Plan,"...
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| 09.01.2007 |
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Helicopter Training: From the Field
Atlantis Demonstrates Virtual Task Trainer Atlantis Systems International of Brampton, Ontario, gave attendees at the Airborne Law Enforcement Assn.’s 37th Annual Convention a sample of virtual reality with their Helicopter Virtual Task Trainer. Looking...
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| 08.01.2007 |
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Correction Our story on future rotorcraft powerplants included a discussion of Fischer-Tropsch fuels drawn largely from a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fact sheet ("More Efficient, More Sources," May 2007, page 34). Through an editing error...
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| 07.01.2007 |
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Overloaded or Underpowered? Ernie Stephens nailed it ("Overloaded or Underpowered?," May 2007, page 58). The moral of the story is definitely, "Overloaded." It reminds me of the city of Los Angeles’ request for proposals years ago...
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Apples vs. Oranges In reference to Tim McAdam's September column on density altitude ("Watching Your Ps & Qs--and DA," Safety Watch, page 62), helicopters come in two basic flavors--piston engine and turbine engine. The power available from...
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| 08.01.2004 |
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Who's No. 3 in the Gulf? In reading the July issue, I ran across what I believe is a misprint. The Rotorcraft Report, in the item about Rotorcraft Leasing Co. acquiring two new Bell 407s, states that that company "is the third largest operator in the...
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