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Monday, 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 Officer Keith Holloway. We began by discussing... [read more]
March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: Soteria Wins SAR-H Battle to Civilianize UK’s SAR Helicopter Force
Military | Search & Rescue Made up of CHC, Thales, Sikorsky and the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Soteria Consortium has chosen the S-92A to replace UK-operated Sea Kings.Sikorsky The Soteria Consortium (comprising CHC, Thales, Sikorsky and the Royal Bank...
March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: Erickson Receives Oregon OSHA Award
Commercial | Safety Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has designated...
March 1, 2010
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 others. Developing new energy resources is an ever-more challenging task and, to get the stuff out of...
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
CSAR – Not Just a ‘Spur of the Moment’ Thing
Military | Combat SAR There were at least two factors behind last year’s decision to terminate the funding for the U.S. Air Force’s Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR-X) aircraft. The first was the obvious one that it saved money by an incoming...
March 1, 2010
Suspension of Disbelief
I recently attended an aerial firefighting conference in Rome, Italy. The food was great, the people are wonderful, but I managed somehow. Conference attendees came from all aspects of aerial firefighting. Great discussions were held in the conference itself...
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
Rotorcraft Report: Gates Loves Helicopters
Military | Government Agencies It’s nice to have friends in high places, and helicopters have one in the Pentagon, the chief of the Army Department’s aviation division assured the annual Association of the United States Army aviation symposium...
February 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: FAA Issues Icing Recommendations
Training | Icing The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) SW-08-03R1 on Jan. 11. The alert describes practices intended to help reduce the chances of an in-flight engine shutdown related to a...
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...
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: DARPA Seeks Car with Helicopter Capability
Military | Technology The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) hosted a Jan. 14 workshop in Arlington, Va. related to a broad agency announcement (BAA) for the Transformer (TX) program. Government representatives explained the vision and...
January 1, 2010
NASA’s ASRS Program is for Helicopter Pilots, Too
Since 1976 the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS), a voluntary program that encourages reports from aviation personnel including helicopter pilots and mechanics, has received hundreds of thousands of submissions. The ASRS receives the reports, processes...
January 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: ANAAC Receives Four Mi-17s
Military | Airframes The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)’s Tactical Airlift, Adversary and Support Programs (PMA-207) handed over four new Mi-17 helicopters to the...
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