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Monday, March 1, 2010
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 island 20 miles offshore. The flight was intended to take off in the late afternoon, however the VIPs were delayed until after sunset. Weather is reported... [read more]
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: ADS-B Goes Live in Gulf of Mexico
Commercial | ATC Air traffic controllers in Houston have started using automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) to monitor, manage and separate aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood notes the...
January 1, 2010
NVG Conference Calls for Two-Person EMS Crews, NVGs in Cockpit
Products | Night Vision Goggles Want to improve air ambulance safety? Then adopt two-pilot crews, and make sure that they are equipped with night vision goggles (NVGs). That was the message from Night Vision and Electro Optical Conference 2009 (NVEO 2009), a...
January 1, 2010
Aero Dynamix
During the past 15 years, Aero Dynamix (ADI) has become a leader in the night vision modification industry. Currently the company employs more than 60 night vision professionals and is growing rapidly. As an FAA-certified Repair Station (C73R723N), Aero...
January 1, 2010
Carl Zeiss Optronics
Carl Zeiss Optronics designs, develops and produces state-of-the-art optronic instruments for military and civilian applications. They are used to monitor, identify and classify, as well as for precise measurement, evaluation and targeting. As a subsidiary of...
January 1, 2010
Becker Avionics
Becker Avionics International develops, manufactures and distributes the latest communications, navigation, surveillance and search & rescue (SAR) equipment for airborne and ground applications. For more than 50 years, Becker Avionics has provided...
January 1, 2010
REBTECH
REBTECH, a division of REB Technologies, was founded in 1996 by Dick Borkowski. He had firsthand knowledge of night vision goggle (NVG) green filters and the problems associated with light transmission and color rendering. Borkow- ski’s goal was to...
January 1, 2010
Sikorsky Global Helicopters
The Light Helicopter Division of Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a business unit of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., serves many markets in today’s aviation industry with its range of piston- and turbine-powered helicopters and dedication to meeting the changing...
November 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: IHST Releases Recommendations to Reduce U.S. Helicopter Accidents
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...
November 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: CSC Europe Signs KLPD, Motorflug Deals
PUBLIC SERVICE/ENGINES Pratt & Whitney Canada’s Customer Service Center Europe has reached separate agreements to support the Netherlands Police Agency (KLPD) and add Motorflug to its recognized maintenance facility (RMF) network. Under...
November 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: AW139 Tail Boom AD Issued
PRODUCTS/AIRFRAMES FAA has published an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) related to the tail boom of the AgustaWestland AW139 and AB139. According to a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) alert...
November 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Bell Taps Kaman for Composites
PRODUCTS/COMPONENTS Kaman Aerospace’s Helicopters division has won a $53-million contract to supply composite helicopter...
November 1, 2009
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...
November 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: X2 Prototype Tops 100-Knot Barrier
PRODUCTS/AIRFRAME Sikorsky’s X2 Technology demonstrator broke the 100-knot threshold in a recent flight test...
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