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| 11.01.2009 |
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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: EASA Approves Bell Academy
TRAINING/CERTIFICATION Textron subsidiary Bell Helicopter has received European Aviation Safety Agency...
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Rotorcraft Report: NSTB Investigates EMS Crash
PUBLIC SERVICE/EMS U.S. National Transportation Safety Board investigators are saying that an air medical helicopter that crashed in South Carolina on Sept. 25 did not have safety features recommended by experts. Three people—pilot Patrick Walters...
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Rotorcraft Report: Columbus PD Accepts MD500E
Officer/pilot David Weirick (left) accepts the helicopter from MD director Don Bridgers with officer/pilot David Eubanks at right. PUBLIC SERVICE/POLICE MD...
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Rotorcraft Report: Study Points to Improved EMS Procedures
TRAINING/EMS A MedEvac Foundation International study has found that five percent of urgent care patients experience a life-threatening event or, in rare cases, death while on air medical transport flights. Dr. Jeff Singh and co-author Dr. Russell MacDonald of...
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| 11.01.2009 |
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The Different Faces of SAR Training
Priority 1 considers cross training, crew interoperability and teamwork as fundamental to its Class D basic hoist rescue course. TRAINING/SEARCH & RESCUE Search and rescue (SAR) is a crowded arena with many players—from the U.S. military...
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| 11.01.2009 |
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Crew Coordination, a Hallmark of Professional Aviation
MILITARY/TRAINING One of the most admirable aspects of military flying is the crew discipline and inter/intra-flight coordination employed day-to-day. Very early in a crew member’s training, certain fundamentals are drilled in. Among the most important...
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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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Rotorcraft Report: Frasca Trainer Achieves Level 7
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted Level 7 qualification for Urbana, Ill.-based Frasca International’s AS350B2 flight training device (FTD). The simulator, which features a 200 x...
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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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NVGs Made Simple
If you ask pilots about Night Vision Goggles (NVGs), you will normally get one of two responses: I wouldn’t fly at night without them or I have no interest in flying with them, period! Perhaps you are...
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Night Vision Goggle Training: Civilian vs. Military
Options abound for training in the use of night vision goggles. Similarities and stark differences exist between the civilian and military approaches. Rotor & Wing takes a comprehensive look at those...
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| 08.01.2009 |
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Meet the Contributors
CHRIS BAUR is a dual-rated ATP with more than 11,000 hours, a certified aircraft dispatcher and flight instructor. He is a retired military pilot, who served in the U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Air...
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Rotorcraft Report: Test Pilot Becomes Astronaut
PUBLIC SERVICE | TRAINING The European Space Agency has selected AgustaWestland Senior Test Pilot Tim Peake to be an astronaut. Peake will be the first-ever British astronaut to join the European Astronaut...
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Program Insider: Contracts
Tyonek Fabrication Corp. , Madison, Ala., was awarded a $5.7-million contract for the OH-58 Kiowa airframe for 340 each, control box, part number 635107M100. Work is to be performed in Madison, with an...
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| 08.01.2009 |
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Water Birds: Safety & Training for Offshore Operators
Weather, mechanical failure, airspace congestion, crowded helidecks, fuel issues, crane operations, take your pick. Constant vigilance and anticipation of dire consequences are your companions for all offshore flights....
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| 08.01.2009 |
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Technology Today: GBAS
Ground Based Augmentation Systems What good is a technology if it only has one name? Ground based augmentation systems (GBAS) is one such technology that is part of the FAA’s NextGen roadmap. It resides...
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| 07.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: Bell 412EPs to Mexico
PUBLIC SERVICE | POLICE The U.S. Army awarded Bell Helicopter Textron a $51.5 million fixed-price contract on June 1 for five Bell 412EPs. The Army is providing the helicopters to Mexico’s air force under...
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Rotorcraft Report: Atlanta Police Buying NVG
PUBLIC SERVICE | POLICE The City of Atlanta Police Department is equipping its MD-500 police helicopter with night vision technology. The equipment and training will be supplied by Night Flight Concepts. NFC...
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| 07.01.2009 |
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Long Line Course: Vertical Reference
Flying without using the natural horizon is...well...unnatural. It seems pretty simple to the average helicopter pilot. But hauling a load under a helicopter isn’t something that can be done the first time...
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