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10.01.2008		Rotorcraft Report: Incidents Around World Raise Maintenance Issues SERVICES In addition to the Aug. 31 Air Evac Lifeteam crash in the U.S., accidents in Sweden and Israel have raised questions about the adequacy of helicopter maintenance. The Swedish Accident Investigation Board reportedly has criticized that Scandinavian...
10.01.2008		Rotorcraft Report: Ulan Ude Gains Certification of Academy TRAINING The Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant has completed certification of its own training center, the company reports. It said the Federal Agency for...
08.01.2008		Feedback 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...
07.01.2008		Rotorcraft Report: Flawed Air Tour Maintenance Cited COMMERCIAL | TOURISM Operators and the FAA should crack down on faulty maintenance practices involved in two recent accidents that are common in air tours, according to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board. That is based on probes into the March 8...
07.01.2008		Rotorcraft Report: Bristow-Cobham Joint Venture Wins Aw Training Contract TRAINING FB Heliservices has won a contract from AgustaWestland to provide training services for pilots outside the United Kingdom. The contract in...
04.18.2008		HAI Opens Membership to Pilots, Mechanics, Students The Helicopter Assn International (HAI) has modified its by-laws to bring more pilots and maintenance technicians into the fold. The new by-laws allow any pilot or technician to join the group provided the individual is “not an officer, director or...
01.01.2008		Company Profile: Flightsafety International: New Training Center Focuses on Offshore Operations FlightSafety, the world’s foremost aviation training company, delivers another first this year with the projected opening in late 2008 of a new Learning Center devoted principally to training for offshore operations. The center, positioned in Lafayette...
11.01.2007		Eye on Maintenance: Bristow Takes on a Big Bias BRISTOW GROUP SEES A LOT OF fertile ground to be plowed in finding new helicopter mechanics. Folks in this industry spend a lot of time talking about the shortage of pilots. In fact, a look back over the 40 years of Rotor & Wing will reveal that the...
10.02.2007		Helicopter Specific Inspection Authorization Seminar to be Taught The annual Helicopter Specific Inspection Authorization renewal seminar will take place October 25 at the AirTel Plaza Hotel in Van Nuys, Calif. The seminar is sponsored by Rotorcraft...
09.07.2007		Era Helicopters Receives Louisiana Grant Era Helicopters, Lake Charles, La. has received a $2.1 million Rapid Response Fund grant from Louisiana to provide a state-of-the-art training facility near Era’s base on the Lake...
08.16.2007		FAA Approves Era Helicopters' Flight Operations Quality Assurance Program The FAA has approved Era Helicopters’ flight quality assurance program. The program is the first approved for FAR Part 135 operations. Era has decided to equip its helicopter...
08.01.2007		On This Month’s Cover TRADITIONALLY, WE TELL YOU WHAT we’ve placed on the monthly issue’s cover in a sentence or two on our Table of Contents page. That would have been a challenge this month, since our cover is made up of a selection of 49 covers that have appeared on...
06.01.2007		Rotorcraft Report: CAE to Build NH90 Maintenance Trainers TRAINING/MAINTENANCE CAE will develop virtual training systems for the instruction of German military maintenance crews on the NH Industries NH90. The Montreal-based company won the contract from Helicopter Training Media International GmBH, a 50/50 joint...
06.01.2007		Safety Update: Critical Links Any effort to boost rotorcraft safety will have to include a close look at the role helicopter mechanics play. OF THE VARIETY OF CAUSES OF HELICOPTER accidents, perhaps one of the most troubling is that of maintenance error. Two recent accidents illustrate...
04.01.2007		Safety Update: Winds of Change HUMAN ERROR. THAT’S THE COMMON EXPLANATION for helicopter accidents. We’ve all heard the statistics. Human error is the cause of 80 percent or more of all accidents. In a way, though, the problem is in the statistic itself. It’s been held as...
03.01.2007		Heli-Expo: Simulators, Safety, Solutions, and Surprises HELI-EXPO HAS GROWN APACE with the industry it represents. Just as operators and manufacturers are hard-pressed to field helicopters to meet all the demand before them, visitors to the annual gathering’s exhibit hall can barely find the time to see all...
03.01.2007		Helicopter Training: From the Field Indian Aviation Academy Orders EC120s, Enstroms The new Apoorva Aviation Academy in Bangalore, India is building its rotorcraft fleet. The flight school, which opened last year offering ground courses to students, on Feb. 11 signed contracts for the...
03.01.2007		Helicopter Training: From the Factories Bell Parent Plans Academy in India Bell Helicopter is looking to set up a training academy in India. The move is part of Bell parent Textron’s effort to strengthen its position in one of the world’s most promising aviation markets. In addition to...
03.01.2007		The Military Spin: It's All in the Training GETTING THE MOST OUT OF training time is a difficult task unless you’ve prepared with flight planning, conducted an instructional flight briefing, performed deliberate flight execution, and accomplished a thorough debriefing. A great training flight...
02.01.2007		Now for the Price of Success Is There No End In Sight? No, there isn’t. At least according to Lynn Tilton. The helicopter industry is in the midst of unprecedented demand for its goods and services nearly across the board — just about everybody agrees on that. But as the...
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