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Feb
22
2013
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Flare, level off, pull pitch and cushion the landing. With the low rotor horn blaring, the AS350 came to a sliding stop on the grass runway. We had just completed an autorotation to touch down. Dave Burchill, the American Eurocopter instructor pilot looked at me and said, “Here, why don’t you take the controls and try one?” In my 21-year career, I have never flown a Eurocopter product. My entire pilot life has been spent sitting in Robinson, Bell, Sikorsky and Agusta aircraft. The last 13 years have been in multi-engine helicopters. To say that I am rusty when it comes to autos is an understatement.
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Company Profiles
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Feb
15
2013
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Posted by Admin
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“Positivity” is the word that immediately springs to mind when I think of what my wife, Kaye, and I experienced at the fifth-annual HELISUCCESS conference that took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, in November. Positivity…yep, that’s what it was and the feeling was palpable.
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Career Development
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Feb
07
2013
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Posted by Admin
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35 years ago, the only helicopter simulator training done was in the military and it was used primarily for instrument qualification. At that time, visual systems were in their infancy and the cost and complexity ruled out simulator use for most commercial customers. Today the use of flight simulators in helicopter training is booming.
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Company Profiles
Training
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Jan
31
2013
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Posted by Admin
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RPM: Ray, how did you get your start as an aerodynamicist?
Ray: I really started when I was growing up, building model airplanes. First it was airplane kits and then I wanted to start designing my own! I went to college at Washington State College for mechanical engineering, and then transferred to University of Washington because they had an aerodynamics course.
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Human Interest
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Jan
25
2013
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Posted by Admin
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SALUTE TO MY INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTORSRandolph P. MainsI vividly remember my very first flight in
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Human Interest
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Jan
18
2013
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Posted by Admin
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By Lyn BurksRPMN: What is your current position? I am a test pilot for Sikorsky Aircraft
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Human Interest
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Jan
11
2013
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Posted by Admin
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When I took a job with Abu Dhabi Aviation (ADA) I felt I’d come full circle in my aviation career.
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Human Interest
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Jan
04
2013
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Posted by Admin
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Robotic ResupplyUnmanned K-MAX’s Afghanistan DemonstrationBy David Axe In early 2012, a Sikorsky
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Helicopter Sectors
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Dec
28
2012
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Posted by Admin
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On September 30th three more names were added to the growing number of air medical air crash
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Safety
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Dec
13
2012
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Posted by Admin
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The fuselage was made partly of plywood beams. The tail cone was made of riveted magnesium. The rotor blades were a composite of fir and balsa wood, with a steel reinforcement bar down the leading edge. Powered by a vertically mounted 165-hp Franklin engine, Bell’s first helicopter, the Model 30, first flew in 1942.
Advancing technology is the double-edged sword in aviation. On one hand, technology improvements make us more efficient and situationally aware. On the other hand, just when you thought you were proficient using one technology, it changes. This tension is a boon for training providers, as they are always in demand to provide initial and recurrent training programs.
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Company Profiles