http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Sun, 19 May 2013 10:51:29 EDT The opening late afternoon session of the U.S. Army Aviation Association of America (Quad-A) annual convention usually has a vibrant expectation to it. An eclectic mix of fighting men and women all with aviation in common, some shouldering old buddies with the “where the heck did you go”... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/issue/columns/military-insider/Hosting-Industrial-Military-Expositions-Searching-for-the-Middle-Ground_79176.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The surprise resignation of Eurocopter’s CEO, Dr. Lutz Bertling, who sees a better future away from rotorcraft as president and chief operating officer of Berlin-based Bombardier Transportation, is an undisputable loss to the helicopter industry in general. Since his appointment in November... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/issue/columns/military-insider/A-Lesson-in-Media-Engagement_79135.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT “It’s a joy for me because I’m one of those people who loves playing PlayStation and Xbox, so with my thumbs I like to think that I’m probably quite useful.” This observation by the UK’s Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, was made on his return to the UK... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/issue/columns/military-insider/Military-Insider-Console-Killing-Cuts-Conscience-of-Games-Generation_78648.html Fri, 1 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EST After 11 years of getting to know each other on an escalating level of contact and cooperation in the theaters of war that have been Iraq and then Afghanistan, it appears that the integration of contractor with the green-suited fraternity that has been so widely praised by both parties has largely remained... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/issue/columns/military-insider/When-Goodwill-is-Not-Enough_78394.html Fri, 1 Feb 2013 0:00:00 EST In kicking-off this first issue of 2013 in a change to the usual format of this column I now intend to devote it a selection of smaller items that may be pressing, current, historic or that just take my interest—as long as they all have a bearing on military rotorcraft and the people who use them... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/issue/columns/military-insider/A-Happy-New-Year_78169.html Tue, 1 Jan 2013 0:00:00 EST Approaching the beginning of my fifth decade, I look back to those old western movies with high regard, remembering as a boy being thrilled by the arrival (just in the nick of time naturally) of the cavalry with their white hats, yellow neckerchiefs, white gloves and blue uniforms with the distinctive yellow... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/issue/columns/military-insider/Affection-is-One-Thing-Its-Capability-that-Matters_78035.html Sat, 1 Dec 2012 0:00:00 EST One of the amazingly positive results to have come from the war in Afghanistan is the increase in survival rate of battlefield casualties airlifted to in-theater hospitals by helicopter. From the days of extracting casualties from the frontlines by Bell 47/H-13 during the Korean War around 60 years ago, the... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/issue/columns/military-insider/Uplifting-News-for-Combat-Casualties_77800.html Thu, 1 Nov 2012 0:00:00 EDT When Andrew Strachan, chairman of the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Flight Test Group, said that every politician and journalist should hear Society Fellow David Gibbings’ lecture on “The Helicopter Development Process: from Concept to Service,” he was right. People on the outside of... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/issue/columns/military-insider/Reflections-on-a-Career-in-Flight-Testing_77421.html Fri, 5 Oct 2012 0:00:00 EDT   Politicians have allowed good old animosities and pointless diplomatic foot-stamping get in the way of good decision making that is in the long-term interest of the United States. As the Russian government continues its support of the collapsing leadership of Syria’s President Bashar al Assad... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/issue/columns/military-insider/Politicians-Pander-to-the-Past-Fail-Future-Needs_77190.html Mon, 10 Sep 2012 0:00:00 EDT Attending the Farnborough Airshow in early July reconfirmed the increasingly widely held belief that the center of gravity of business, particularly military aerospace, is moving eastward and away from Europe. Everybody knows it, and while the facade was still familiar, the commitment was not there. As a... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/issue/columns/military-insider/Dogs-and-Ponies-Seek-New-Shows_76942.html Wed, 1 Aug 2012 0:00:00 EDT