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Jul
13
2010
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After the cowardly attack on the United States on September 11, 2001, law enforcements roles have changed dramatically. With the advent of Homeland Security grants and other special requirements, more law enforcement agencies are now tasking their aircrews to perform SAR duties as well.
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Company Profiles
Training
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Jul
06
2010
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Posted by Admin
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It wasn’t too many years ago that most helicopter operators in the US conducting EMS operations would hire a pilot, then in company training validate that pilot to commercial standards per the Federal Aviation Regulations, and quickly send him to a field base to conduct EMS operations for a customer without so much as telling him what the EMS mission he was about to perform was all about. It wasn’t a FAA requirement to train to the mission, but it was a requirement to train the pilot to operate the aircraft safely while conducting the mission, whatever that mission might be. That is where a major problem lied and many operators didn’t realize it was an issue that needed to be dealt with.
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Training
Safety
Helicopter Sectors
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Jun
15
2010
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By Brad McNally, Contributing Editor - Arthur Young grew up outside of Philadelphia, PA. His father was a landscape painter and his mother was also an artist. As a child he was very interested in science and understanding how things worked but had no specific interest in aviation. After graduating with a mathematics degree from Princeton in 1927, his curiosity led him in search of a complex problem that he could apply science and math to in the hope of developing a better understanding of the world around him. He traveled to several large cities and visited their libraries looking for problems that he could use for his endeavor. On one such visit to Washington, D.C. he found his challenge. While doing research in the Library of Congress, he came across a book by Anton Flettner called, “The Story of the Rotor.”
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Human Interest
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Jun
08
2010
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By Brad McNally, Contributing Editor - In the early 1940s the American Helicopter Industry was emerging in the northeastern United States. Igor Sikorsky was building helicopters in New England, Frank Piasecki was closing in on the second successful American helicopter in Philadelphia and in upstate New York Arthur Young and Larry Bell were laying the frame work for the first commercially produced helicopter. On the west coast a young man by the name of Stanley Hiller Jr. was also beginning to develop an aircraft capable of vertical flight. Like all of these men Stanley Hiller’s quest to develop a helicopter was full of challenges. He overcame these challenges to design several successful helicopter models along with creating one of the most innovative research and development programs of its time. To see how someone so young and so far away from the epicenter of the emerging American helicopter industry was able to become so successful you need to go back to the start.
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Human Interest
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Jun
02
2010
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By Rex Alexander - There are few things in our industry that will generate more emotion and controversy or have people taking sides faster than the topic of hot loading patients. Having been a pilot in the air medical business for 14 years, I have had the opportunity to see the good, the bad, and the ugly from both sides of this issue several hundred times over.
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Safety
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May
24
2010
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Helicopter pilots are no different than members of any other profession. They, like the others, are human, process oxygen, and possess an ego which drives them to believe “I’m better than so and so.” I call this the “My daddy can beat up your daddy” syndrome.” “Look at me…”.
I am not, by any stretch of the imagination, an expert on the human condition. I do, however, believe that we have a responsibility to insure that those who come into this profession behind us deserve the benefit of our great wisdom. That may seem to be an egotistical statement in and of itself, but hear me out.
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May
10
2010
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By Rex Alexander - Warning and caution signs that every heliport should have to enhance safety and reduce liability.
Ever since the first helicopter landed and took off from a heliport, we as an industry have worked hard to make the heliport environment as safe as possible. Whether it is obstruction lighting to illuminate surrounding hazards, a safety net surrounding an elevated heliport, or a windsock to indicate the wind direction, many organizations have done everything feasible to insure safety at their heliports.
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Safety
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May
04
2010
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Kigali, Rwanda - The Law Enforcement Division of Los Angeles Helicopters and Akagera Aviation work together to train Rwandan pilots for the Kigali police department. Akagera recently purchased a new Robinson R44 police helicopter and initiated an Airborne Law Enforcement program for Kigali, the capitol city of Rwanda. The ship is turnkey and complete with the latest and most up to date Police equipment including microwave downlink ability and the latest FLIR systems.
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Company Profiles
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May
04
2010
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By Matt Zuccaro - As you are aware, safety is my favorite topic, as I believe it ultimately affects everything we do in our industry — both in the present and for the future. With this in mind, you would think all owner/operators would have a laser focus on this issue, making it their number one decision criteria. In a perfect world that would be true, but last time I checked not everything we want occurs in the bright reality of day-to-day operations. However, it does not have to be that way.
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Safety
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May
04
2010
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Posted by Admin
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J.R. Aviation is the leading helicopter operator and flight academy in the Midwest, and has been proudly serving the Greater Louisville area since 1992.We offer training for all FAA Certificates and Ratings, from Private through CFII and ATP.We offer flexible scheduling as well as some of the best training in the country in both ground and flight training.Our training is even more enhanced by one-on-one ground and flight training.This gives our students the full attention of the Certified Flight Instructors (CFI’s), and the ability to move at their own pace and learning style.Our CFI’s are highly experienced not only as instructors but in Commercial Operations as well. We strive to teach our students a greater technical understanding of what is going on in the helicopter.This teaches the student to anticipate, rather than react to aerodynamic issues with the aircraft.We stress the importance of energy and power management, rules and regulations and what is the right and smart thing to do.
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Company Profiles