Articles for category Helicopter Sectors
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Apr
27
2015
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RPMN: What is your current position?
I am the aviation standardization officer for 97th Aviation Troop Command (similar to a brigade) and the senior standardization instructor pilot (SIP) in the AH-64D Apache Longbow for the Utah National Guard. I have been in the Army for over 35 years, flying the Apache for nearly 30 years. In my position, I oversee the flight training of all Apache pilots in Utah. Prior to joining the Guard, I was on active duty for 12 years and also have experience flying the AH-1 Cobra (as an IP), OH-58 Kiowa Scout, UH-1 Huey, and UH-60 Blackhawk.
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Human Interest
Helicopter Sectors
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Apr
22
2015
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In the 1989 movie Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner hears ghostly voices coming from his Iowa cornfield telling him, “If you build it they will come,” meaning he should build a baseball diamond and former members from the Chicago Black Sox would come. Each day for the two months that I worked building a crew resource management instructor’s course, a similar line kept replaying in my head: What if I build it and no one comes?
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Training
Safety
Helicopter Sectors
“The doctor told me I’d never walk again,” former Utah flight nurse Stein Rosqvist told the group with obvious emotion. “I saw that wheelchair being pushed towards me down the corridor and said, ‘That’s definitely not for me.’”
Through months of physical therapy by a nurse that would not permit him to say, “I can’t,” Stein walks today. His is just one of the stories I heard during the three-day digital story workshop I attended recently in Denver, Colorado.
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Training
Safety
Helicopter Sectors
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Mar
30
2015
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In 1995, former U.S. Army helicopter pilot Greg Rochna, along with his wife Brenda, made a decision to try and build a better helicopter tour company in a very competitive market. It was a bold mission, considering that the Las Vegas/Grand Canyon helicopter tour market was well established and dominated by several mature players. As it turns out, the couple’s decision to start Maverick Helicopters was one of the best business decisions of their lives.
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Career Development
Company Profiles
Helicopter Sectors
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Mar
09
2015
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Posted by Admin
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As an AH-64 Apache orbits overhead, the radio crackles to life as someone shouts, "Incoming!" A half second later, a rocket-propelled grenade impacts within yards of a military convoy. Fortunately, personnel on the ground have just enough time to dive for cover. The majority of shrapnel hits sand, with the rest spraying into rocks scattered along the far side of the road.
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Training
Safety
Helicopter Sectors
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Feb
16
2015
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Posted by Admin
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Naval aviation has a long and rich history. But it was not until nearly 40 years after its birth
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Helicopter Sectors
Company Profiles
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Jan
05
2015
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Posted by Admin
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Around the world, the baby boomers are headed to retirement. Many are on the verge of retiring, or
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Helicopter Sectors
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Dec
12
2014
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Posted by Admin
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It was not what I was expecting. When I showed up at Spectrum Aeromed’s 17,000 sq. ft.
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Company Profiles
Helicopter Sectors
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Dec
04
2014
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Blue and orange whizzing by is a familiar site in Gainesville, Florida. On a fall Saturday, it can
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Categories:
Training
Company Profiles
Helicopter Sectors
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Nov
21
2014
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RPMN: What is your current position?I am an assistant chief flight instructor for HeliStream, Inc.
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Categories:
Training
Career Development
Helicopter Sectors
Human Interest