http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2009 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:42:17 EST PRODUCTS/AVIONICS & INSTRUMENTS Helicopter accidents, especially those involving emergency medical services (EMS) flights, have been getting a lot of bad, but well-deserved press recently. The increasing number of helicopter EMS (HEMS) fatalities has also caught the eye of the National Transportation... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/personalcorporate/exectransport/Everything-You-Ever-Wanted-to-Know-About-TAWS_36108.html Sun, 1 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EDT United Technologies Corp. routinely flies its RIPS-equipped S-92A aircraft in known icing conditions in the U.S. CORPORATE/OPERATORS For the past 36 months, I’ve had an exciting and challenging opportunity to fly the Sikorsky S-92A in the northeastern U.S. at the corporate flight department of United... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/personalcorporate/exectransport/Flying-the-Sikorsky-S-92A-With-the-Rotor-Ice-Protection-System_36110.html Sun, 1 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EDT 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 skills to complete the rescues we chose are at a... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/commercial/ems/I-Knew-You-Would-Come_36069.html Sun, 1 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EDT 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. Hosted by the Intl Helicopter Safety Team... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/commercial/ems/Rotorcraft-Report-IHST-Releases-Recommendations-to-Reduce-U-S-Helicopter-Accidents_36082.html Sun, 1 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EDT PRODUCTS/COMPONENTS Kaman Aerospace’s Helicopters division has won a $53-million contract to supply composite helicopter... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/commercial/ems/Rotorcraft-Report-Bell-Taps-Kaman-for-Composites_36089.html Sun, 1 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EDT 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, 45, flight nurse... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/commercial/ems/Rotorcraft-Report-NSTB-Investigates-EMS-Crash_36093.html Sun, 1 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EDT PUBLIC SERVICE/EMS Charlotte, N.C.-based Carolinas Medical Center has ordered three EC135s from American Eurocopter. The helicopters, which... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/commercial/ems/Rotorcraft-Report-MedCenter-Air-Orders-Three-EC135s_36094.html Sun, 1 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EDT 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... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/commercial/ems/Rotorcraft-Report-Study-Points-to-Improved-EMS-Procedures_36096.html Sun, 1 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EDT PUBLIC SERVICE/EMS Omniflight Helicopters of Addison, Texas has selected MissionMode Solutions software to help with... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/commercial/ems/Rotorcraft-Report-MissionMode-to-Serve-Omniflight-Fleet_36099.html Sun, 1 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EDT PUBLIC SERVICE/SAR Two separate search and rescue (SAR) helicopter crews have been given awards in recent weeks. Sikorsky Aircraft has named an S-92 helicopter crew operating on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) the winner of its Winged S Rescue Award. The... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/commercial/ems/Rotorcraft-Report-SAR-Awards-Go-to-UK-Canadian-Crews_36100.html Sun, 1 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EDT