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CSAR With a CH-47? As a former Vietnam War pilot who flew Hughes OH-6 Cayuses with C Troop, 2nd Sqdn, 17th Cavalry of the 101st Airborne Div and got shot down nine times, I can speak from the downed pilot’s... [read more]
July 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Flawed Air Tour Maintenance Cited
COMMERCIAL | TOURISM Operators and the FAA should crack down on faulty maintenance practices involved in two recent accidents that are common in air tours, according to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board. That is based on probes into the March 8...
July 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Bristow-Cobham Joint Venture Wins Aw Training Contract
TRAINING FB Heliservices has won a contract from AgustaWestland to provide training services for pilots outside the United Kingdom. The contract in...
April 18, 2008
HAI Opens Membership to Pilots, Mechanics, Students
The Helicopter Assn International (HAI) has modified its by-laws to bring more pilots and maintenance technicians into the fold. The new by-laws allow any pilot or technician to join the group provided the individual is “not an officer, director or...
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 operations. The center, positioned in Lafayette...
November 1, 2007
Eye on Maintenance: Bristow Takes on a Big Bias
BRISTOW GROUP SEES A LOT OF fertile ground to be plowed in finding new helicopter mechanics. Folks in this industry spend a lot of time talking about the shortage of pilots. In fact, a look back over the 40 years of Rotor & Wing will reveal that the...
October 2, 2007
Helicopter Specific Inspection Authorization Seminar to be Taught
The annual Helicopter Specific Inspection Authorization renewal seminar will take place October 25 at the AirTel Plaza Hotel in Van Nuys, Calif. The seminar is sponsored by Rotorcraft...
September 7, 2007
Era Helicopters Receives Louisiana Grant
Era Helicopters, Lake Charles, La. has received a $2.1 million Rapid Response Fund grant from Louisiana to provide a state-of-the-art training facility near Era’s base on the Lake...
August 16, 2007
FAA Approves Era Helicopters' Flight Operations Quality Assurance Program
The FAA has approved Era Helicopters’ flight quality assurance program. The program is the first approved for FAR Part 135 operations. Era has decided to equip its helicopter...
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...
June 1, 2007
Rotorcraft Report: CAE to Build NH90 Maintenance Trainers
TRAINING/MAINTENANCE CAE will develop virtual training systems for the instruction of German military maintenance crews on the NH Industries NH90. The Montreal-based company won the contract from Helicopter Training Media International GmBH, a 50/50 joint...
June 1, 2007
Safety Update: Critical Links
Any effort to boost rotorcraft safety will have to include a close look at the role helicopter mechanics play. OF THE VARIETY OF CAUSES OF HELICOPTER accidents, perhaps one of the most troubling is that of maintenance error. Two recent accidents illustrate...
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
Helicopter Training: From the Field
Indian Aviation Academy Orders EC120s, Enstroms The new Apoorva Aviation Academy in Bangalore, India is building its rotorcraft fleet. The flight school, which opened last year offering ground courses to students, on Feb. 11 signed contracts for the...
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