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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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| 11.01.2009 |
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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: 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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| 11.01.2009 |
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Hot Products for the Month of November
FASTTrack Gets First Customer Calgary, Canada-based Absolute Fire Solutions has delivered its first FASTTrack system to Helicorp of Melbourne, Australia. The FASTTrack technology measures, records and transmits bucket and tank data, including the amount of...
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| 11.01.2009 |
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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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| 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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| 09.01.2009 |
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Meet the Contributors
CHARLOTTE ADAMS covers aviation and defense technology. She has written for Aviation Maintenance and was the editor-in-chief of Avionics . She also writes for the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics...
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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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| 09.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: Five AW139s Join Agusta Order Book
PUBLIC SERVICE Italian manufacturer AgustaWestland (AW) has received orders for five AW139s — four from the government of Trinidad and Tobago and one from the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD). The LAFD...
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| 08.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: New MD500E for Hawaii County
PUBLIC SERVICE Hawaii County is getting a new MD500E to replace its aging Chopper One. The new helicopter, which the Hawaii County Fire Department will operate, will handle rescue services and be based at...
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| 08.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: EMS Helicopter Cuts Lines
PUBLIC SERVICE An EMS helicopter operated by Air Evac EMS unintentionally shut down traffic on Route 50 in Greenwood, W.V. on June 17, 2009, after clipping some power lines. The Bell 206B helicopter...
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| 08.01.2009 |
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Paris Air Show Report
This year’s show gave rotorcraft a rare opportunity to shine in its own right. One welcome by-product of the global recession is that this year’s Paris Air Show was largely free of the boring succession of...
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| 07.01.2009 |
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Two Industry Giants: EC vs. Bell (According to the Cops)
Law enforcement officers are creatures of contradiction. They believe in routine, but got into the business of public safety because they don’t want a nine-to-five job doing the same old thing day after day...
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| 06.25.2009 |
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Hawaii County to Purchase SAR Helo
Chief Darryl Oliveria of the Hawaii County Fire Department has announced that his agency will be buying a new light helicopter for search and rescue duty. The...
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| 06.03.2009 |
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Lebanon's First Firefighting Helicopter
The Sikorsky is the first of two for the county, which, according to the Interior Ministry's Forever Green fundraising...
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| 06.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: Columbia Fights Fires
PUBLIC SERVICE | FIREFIGHTING One of Columbia Helicopters’ Model 234 Chinooks continues to fight forest fires in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, despite the cases of swine flu in that region. "Our people are taking the precautions recommended by...
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| 04.20.2009 |
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Columbia Creates Fire Ops Post
Portland, Ore.-based Columbia Helicopters has appointed Command Pilot Keith Saylor to a brand new position, Fire Operations Manager. The post was...
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| 03.27.2009 |
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Stateline Has a New Helicopter
The Winnebago County area of Illinois is referred to as the Stateline, because it borders Wisconsin. The Stateline area...
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| 03.03.2009 |
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Nine Deaths, Many Lawsuits
An Aug. 5, 2008 crash of a Carson Helicopters S-61N killed nine firefighters. Four of 13 aboard survived. Now, a California woman has joined the relatives of those that died in another way; she is suing Carson (and its parent United Technologies Corp), engine...
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| 03.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: 14 Killed in Chilean Crash
PUBLIC | GOVENMENT AGENCIES On February 15, 2009, a helicopter crew of two had retrieved 12 firefighters who were battling a...
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