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Safety Versus Mission Keith M. Cianfrani only touched the surface of the complexity of carrying out a safe and efficient helicopter medical transport ("Medical Transport: Safety Versus Mission" November 2008, page 60). As an aging Coast Guard aviator with a few too many dark and stormy nights in my... [read more]
January 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Helicopter Dealer Sentenced in Parts Scheme
COMMERCIAL | SERVICES On Dec. 3, Robert A. Schlotzhauer, the 68-year old former owner of Falcon Helicopter Inc and Lee’s Summit Turbine LLC of Lee’s Summit, Mo., was sentenced by a U.S. District Court judge to pay a $500,000 fine, make $63,854 in...
January 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Jury Rules in Honeywell vs Sandel Dispute
PRODUCTS After three court appearances and one jury trial, defendant Sandel Avionics of Vista, Calif. prevailed in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Honeywell International. The $10.6 million suit, which was filed in 2002, alleged that Sandel’s...
January 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: ShandsCair Granted GPS Approaches
PUBLIC SERVICE The FAA has granted the emergency medical service pilots of ShandsCair approval to conduct low-visibility landings at five helipads in north and north central Florida using global positioning system approaches. "We started working on this...
December 19, 2008
Eurocopter's EC135/145 Sim Goes Operational
American Eurocopter now has its first full-motion, full-visual simulator on duty for its popular EC135/145 model helicopters. "This is a tremendous milestone for our training department,” said...
December 17, 2008
Omniflight Ranks 20th in Dallas 100
Omniflight Helicopters Inc of Addison, Tex., a leading national provider of air medical services, announced today that the company has ranked 20th in this year’s Dallas 100, an awards program recognizing the Dallas area’s 100...
December 15, 2008
ShandsCair Granted Special Landing Privileges
The FAA has granted Gainesville, Fla.-based ShandsCair EMS pilots approval to conduct low-visibility landings at five sites in north and north central Florida using only...
December 5, 2008
Penn. Hospital Seeks New Helipad
The Kutztown Airport is closing at the end of January and so will its helipad that is used by the Lehigh...
December 2, 2008
Omniflight Names Rambo VP of Clinical Svcs
Addison, Texas-based Onmiflight, a leading provider of air medical services in the U.S., named Rick Rambo vice president of clinical services...
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...
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 28, 2008
Panel Questions Maryland EMS Helicopter Usage
On Nov. 24, a panel of emergency medical systems experts convened in Linthicum, Md. to explore operation policies that may have contributed to the fatal crash of a Maryland State Police (MSP) helicopter last September. The...
November 17, 2008
St. Johns Hospital Begins Saints Flight
St. Johns Hospital in Springfield, Ill. has begun its own helicopter transport service. Dubbed "Saints Flight," the hospital now has a...
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