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Monday, December 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Flight Chaplains Take Off
PUBLIC SERVICE October’s annual Air Medical Transport Conference in Minneapolis served as the backdrop for the introduction of the Association of Professional Flight Chaplains (APFC), a non-profit organization designed to offer spiritual and emotional support for air medical flight crews. Pastor Joseph... [read more]
December 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Bell Helicopter Announces Deep Job Cuts
COMMERCIAL | MILITARY In the wake of the Pentagon’s cancellation of a contract with Bell Helicopter to build the new Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) for the Army, the Texas-based helicopter manufacturer announced 500 jobs cuts, mostly in the...
December 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: NTSB to Hold Hearing on EMS Operations
PUBLIC SERVICE The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has scheduled a public hearing to take comments and testimony on the safety of airborne emergency medical service (EMS) operations. The three-day hearing will begin on Feb. 3, 2009 at NTSB...
December 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: AMTC Holds Annual Conference in Minneapolis
TRAINING | PUBLIC SERVICE The Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC), sponsored by the Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS), convened in Minneapolis, Minn. on October 20-22. Approximately 2,400 air medical professionals were on hand at the Minneapolis...
December 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Dart Named Distributor for Spectrolab
PRODUCTS Dart Helicopter Services (DHS) of Piney Flats, Tenn. has been named as an authorized distributor of Spectrolab’s popular line of illumination products. Sylar, Calif.-based Spectrolab, a subsidiary of Boeing, manufactures the Nightsun...
November 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: RotorFest 2008 Draws Large Crowd
COMMERCIAL | MILITARY RotorFest, the annual helicopter open house and air show hosted by the American Helicopter Museum and Education Center in West Chester, Penn. drew a crowd of 3,500 rotorcraft enthusiasts each day of the weekend-long event, which was held...
November 1, 2008
Medevac Heroism in Afghanistan
As the crew neared the landing zone, the number of injured soilders rose. The amazing story of how a night-mission crew, under enemy fire, saved the men they were sent to rescue. For most Rotor & Wing readers, the daunting efforts expended by this...
November 1, 2008
Above and Beyond: R&W Salutes the Winners of the Public Service & Military Operations Awards
The winners of the Military and Public Service 2007 Above And Beyond The Call Awards performed their duties bravely, professionally, safely and with honor. This year, as in past years, the Helicopter Heroism Award judges had a tough time picking the overall...
November 1, 2008
Recycling Helicopters: From Military Service to Public Service
With the obvious exception of Boeing’s AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, many military rotorcraft designs find their way into civilian service. The most common are the OH-58 Kiowa and the OH-6 Cayuse, which often make their way into the hangars of police...
November 1, 2008
Safety Watch
Medical Transport: Safety Versus Mission It’s a foggy, rainy night and you’re the pilot of a life flight helicopter, relaxing, when the phone rings. It’s an auto accident 25 mi away. You check the weather, check the route of flight, check...
October 22, 2008
Flight Safety and Frasca Partner on AS350 Simulator
Flight Safety International has partnered with flight simulator manufacturer Frasca to place light turbine simulators in many of FSI’s training centers...
October 8, 2008
EADS Moves Production to the U.S.
The company delivered a UH-72A as the "first final assembly line aircraft from the production facility at Columbus, Mississippi." EADS is moving to transition the UH-72A's full production to the American Eurocopter facility in Columbus. The company...
October 2, 2008
Huey's Final Flight
The Georgia Army National Guard retired its last UH-1 Huey. In a ceremony yesterday at the Winder Regional Airport, the Huey was flown from Winder to...
October 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: U.S. Military Aviation Marks Centennial
MILITARY U.S. military services on Sept. 6 hosted a celebration in Washington of the celebration of the centennial of military aviation in the nation. Orville Wright left his home in Dayton, Ohio in mid-August 1908 for Washington, where he would conduct...
September 15, 2008
Helicopters Rush to Hurricane Ike Victims
Air Force helicopters from the 23rd Wing were deployed to Galveston, Texas to assist in the massive search, rescue and recover effort that followed in the wake of Hurricane Ike, which struck the area on the morning of September 13. The...
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