Nominate Your Helicopter Heroes

Nominations are open for Rotor & Wing’s Helicopter Heroism Award. For more than 40 years, the award has honored crews who tested the limits of their skill and courage and the performance of their aircraft to save others. This year, R&W will present four awards. Three will honor rescue crews from each of three operation types: public service, military and commercial/corporate/private. The top award, the Helicopter Heroism Award, will honor the crew that performed the most remarkable rescue, regardless of the type of operation involved. All the awards cover rescues performed in calendar year 2007. Nominations are due by Aug. 1, 2008. The awards will be presented at the 2008 Search and Rescue Summit Sept. 18 in Reston, Va. For more information.

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Several years ago, I lost a very dear friend through a medevac helicopter accident. His helicopter went down during a treacherous rainy night, in route to pick up an automobile accident (reported as a DUI) victim. All aboard were killed, including the accident victim. The cause of the crash was not pilot error but fuel contamination to the engine aboard his BO105. He was a seasoned pilot and good friend and loved helicopters. His death was a great loss to the medevac aviation community. I hope that his crash opened up new avenues for organizations like the NTSB and other agencies to press forward in their pursuit that pilot error is not always the cause of most of the air crashes. Who knew that water in fuel (aftr a fuel fill-up) could contribute to an engine failure? Thank you
Christopher Michaels
Friend and fellow aviator

Posted by Christopher Michaels on Thursday, June 5, 2008 @ 11:45 AM

Nominate Your Helicopter Heroes

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