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Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Company Profile: Flightsafety International: New Training Center Focuses on Offshore Operations
FlightSafety, the world’s foremost aviation training company, delivers another first this year with the projected opening in late 2008 of a new Learning Center devoted principally to training for offshore... [read more]
November 1, 2007
From the Field: Embry-Riddle to Open Campus in Berlin
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has opened a campus in Berlin. The campus will offer the master’s degree in aeronautical science and other degree programs, including ones in aviation maintenance management, technical management, professional...
October 12, 2007
Silver State Helicopters' Air Traffic Academy to Graduate Students
Silver State Helicopters’ Air Traffic Control Academy will graduate 15 students Oct. 14, 14 of whom have been hired by the FAA. The company opened its first ATC school in New Braunfels...
August 8, 2007
Helicopter Foundation Takes Professional Education Courses to San Diego
In an effort to continue to improve helicopter education nationwide, Helicopter Foundation International (HFI), a Helicopter Association International (HAI) affiliated organization, is bringing its Professional Education Series to the West...
August 1, 2007
On This Month’s Cover
TRADITIONALLY, WE TELL YOU WHAT we’ve placed on the monthly issue’s cover in a sentence or two on our Table of Contents page. That would have been a challenge this month, since our cover is made up of a selection of 49 covers that have appeared on...
July 23, 2007
Students Sue Silver State Helicopters
Eighteen student pilots in Arizona have sued Silver State Helicopters alleging the flight training school lacked the resources necessary (helicopters, instructors and flight...
July 1, 2007
Helicopter Training: From the Field
U.K. Flight School Takes Two Schweizer 300CBis Cabair Flying Schools, a United Kingdom-based group training pilots for almost four decades, has received its first two Schweizer Aircraft 300CBis. Cabair operates more than 150 aircraft and has seven...
June 1, 2007
Safety Watch: A Gust of Wind
WIND IS DEFINED BY WEBSTER’S dictionary as a strong current of air. Although simple in definition, the effects of wind on an aircraft can be profound. To a pilot wind can be a friend or a foe, depending on its direction. Yet pilots seem to underestimate...
April 1, 2007
Safety Update: Winds of Change
HUMAN ERROR. THAT’S THE COMMON EXPLANATION for helicopter accidents. We’ve all heard the statistics. Human error is the cause of 80 percent or more of all accidents. In a way, though, the problem is in the statistic itself. It’s been held as...
March 1, 2007
Heli-Expo: Simulators, Safety, Solutions, and Surprises
HELI-EXPO HAS GROWN APACE with the industry it represents. Just as operators and manufacturers are hard-pressed to field helicopters to meet all the demand before them, visitors to the annual gathering’s exhibit hall can barely find the time to see all...
March 1, 2007
The Military Spin: It's All in the Training
GETTING THE MOST OUT OF training time is a difficult task unless you’ve prepared with flight planning, conducted an instructional flight briefing, performed deliberate flight execution, and accomplished a thorough debriefing. A great training flight...
February 1, 2007
Now for the Price of Success
Is There No End In Sight? No, there isn’t. At least according to Lynn Tilton. The helicopter industry is in the midst of unprecedented demand for its goods and services nearly across the board — just about everybody agrees on that. But as the...
February 1, 2007
Safety Watch: Loss of Tail Rotor Effectiveness
ACCORDING TO THE NTSB, ON July 11, 2000, the pilot of a Robinson Helicopter R22B said he was flying northeast about 10-20 mph at about 230 ft agl when the helicopter began to rotate to the right and seemed as if it was inverted. He applied full left pedal and...
January 1, 2007
Executive Outlook
"This special report has evolved into a significant reference source for helicopter operators of all types." Welcome to the 2007 edition of the Annual Reports edition of our magazine. During the past few years, this special report has evolved into a...
January 1, 2007
Rotorcraft Report: Coming Events
Jan. 23-25 — International Specialists’ Meeting on Unmanned Rotorcraft, sponsored by the Arizona Chapter of the American Helicopter Society, Phoenix, Ariz. Phone: Scott Swinsick, 480-891-8429; E-mail: scott.swinsick@boeing.com. Jan. 31-Feb. 1...
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