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Monday, March 1, 2010
Focused on Safety
Our focus in this issue is safety. Five of our features this month are related to this theme. Before telling you about the safety features in this issue, I want to let you know that we will be conducting our Rotor & Wing Safety & Training Summit again this year in Denver, Colo. on June 8 and 9... [read more]
March 1, 2010
EMS Safety Awareness Up But Wave of Regs Expected
Flight nurse Jackie Turcotte (left) and flight paramedic Bob Johnson move a patient from LifeFlight of Maine’s AgustaWestland AW109 to the emergency department at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. After a horrible year in 2008, when HEMS...
March 1, 2010
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...
March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: EastCare Medical Incorporates EC135
This Eurocopter EC135 has joined the fleet of the EastCare air medical program, which Pitt County Memorial Hospital runs. Pitt County Memorial Hospital has taken delivery of a new...
March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: SRT Instructs San Antonio Med Unit
Military | Search & Rescue San Antonio Fire Department’s Medical Special Operations Unit (MSOU) recently completed two training courses with SRT Helicopters...
March 1, 2010
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. For Richard C. Kirkland, that’s just where his story begins. Among his honors are the...
March 1, 2010
European Helo Industry Strives to Improve Safety
Initiatives from various parts of the world were discussed at the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)’s third rotorcraft symposium in Cologne, Germany in December. Offshore operations are still a major focus, but some speakers warned that real...
March 1, 2010
Currency vs. Proficiency
Vacations are great. They give you a chance to put the stresses of work and daily chores aside for awhile and decompress. Occupying your mind with something other than flying can sometimes be a good thing, but once you get back in the cockpit, you may find...
March 1, 2010
Safety Watch: Stay with the Wreckage!
The business of developing strategies for actions following aviation mishaps is not usually a favorite topic for helicopter operators, but it does represent an area of flight planning, and mission execution, that can prove to be absolutely pivotal where...
February 1, 2010
Stay Proficient
The following was adapted from an NTSB preliminary accident report: “On Sept. 25, 2009, at approximately 11:30 p.m., a Eurocopter AS350B2 was substantially damaged when it crashed near Georgetown County Airport (GGE), Georgetown, S.C. The certificated...
February 1, 2010
Helicopter Financing Tight But Not Terminal
Services | Financing Although helicopter financing is in the doldrums compared to the boom years, some experts predict a recovery beginning in the second half of this year. The current chill followed a prolonged period of hot and heady days from 2004 through...
February 1, 2010
Helicopter HUMS update 2K10
Way back some 35 years ago, with the ignorance of youth and a bank account unhindered by responsibility, I decided to learn to fly a helicopter. It wasn’t like I was planning on a career as a helicopter pilot, I just wanted to experience what it was...
February 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: Sikorsky Starts S-76D Assembly
Products | Airframes Assembly of the initial Sikorsky S-76D airframe—s/n 761004—has begun at Aero Vodochody in the Czech Republic. The first production unit is scheduled for an April 2010 transfer to Sikorsky Global Helicopters’ facility in...
February 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: NASA Drop-Tests Helicopter Landing Cushion
Products | Technology Researchers at NASA Langley have tested a “deployable energy absorber,” by dropping a helicopter from 35 feet above the ground. The device, which features an expandable honeycomb-design cushion, was tested with the help of a...
February 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: Sky Connect Chosen
Public Service | EMS Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) has selected EMS Sky Connect’s Fleet satcom system...
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