A Washington, DC elementary school was evacuated Thursday after a Prince George’s County, Maryland police MD520N made an emergency landing. Davis Elementary School on G Street served as a landing zone after the crew reported a mechanical problem with Air 1’s systems. No one was injured in the incident, and the school was evacuated as a precaution. Details have not yet emerged about what went wrong with the helicopter. For related news
PZL Completes First S-70i Assembly
Sikorsky’s first S-70i, an international version of the Black Hawk, is now fully assembled at PZL Mielec in Poland. The helicopter will undergo ground and qualification checks at Sikorsky’s Flight Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. before flight tests begin later this year at PZL Mielec. The companies expect to produce around 20 S-70i Black Hawks annually starting in 2012. For related news
Cover Story Safety Board Chairman Advocates“Raising the Bar"
The Chairman We were joined in the chairman’s office by NTSB Executive Officer Thom Zoeller, Deputy Director of Aviation Safety for Regional Operations Jeff Guzzetti, the Chairman’s Confidential Assistant Cresence Stafford, and NTSB Public Affairs...
By Brian F. Finnegan
Flying Into the Abyss
Imagine for a moment that a single-piloted, passenger-carrying helicopter leaves on a VFR flight plan from its airport-based helipad, enroute to a remote... More »
The Extra Mile
It requires no great leap of faith to accept that the business of flying offshore oil & gas operations can be safer in some parts of the world than in... More »
Like An Angel Came Down to Get Me
Korean War helicopter pilot, World War II fighter pilot, author, artist, great-grandfather. Many people would relish in accomplishing just one of these goals... More »
From Mozart to Huey
Fellow aviators (not shown) saluted Gerry Ventrella as he disembarked from his last mission flight at Camp Speicher in Iraq on Dec. 30, 2007. U.S. Army/SFC... More »
View of the show floor from Heli-Expo 2010, held Feb. 20-23 in Houston, Texas. The show featured 595 exhibitors and more than 16,000 attendees, according to estimates. Photo credit: Ernie Stephens, Editor-at-Large
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