Archive: September 2025
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Sep
25
2025
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Posted by Admin
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From the tarmac to the tower, it’s clear: the rotorcraft world is entering a new phase of evolution, defined by shared airspace, integrated systems, and rapidly advancing uncrewed capabilities.
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Uncrewed
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Sep
25
2025
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Posted by Admin
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Imagine a twisted world where reporting a mistake doesn’t lead to a lesson learned, but to a lesson avoided—because no one felt safe enough to speak up. That's not just a missed opportunity, it’s a hidden risk waiting to become a headline.
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Safety First
Safety SITREP
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Sep
25
2025
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Posted by Admin
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Many times, while flying a UH-60 Blackhawk while stationed at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, I thought about how great this job is! There were also many times I thought about potential job prospects that would be available to me as a helicopter pilot in the civilian world if I decided to leave the military. To be honest, I overvalued my military experience and how it would transfer to the civilian aviation market. I thought: What company wouldn’t want to hire me? I flew one of the most advanced military helicopters at the time and I was well trained. I flew VIP’s, conducted many sling-load, firefighting, disaster relief, IFR and NVG operations. I was a catch! I would easily walk into one of those corporate aviation departments I heard so much about, and walk out with a job offer. I was wrong.
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Mil2Civ
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Sep
25
2025
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Posted by Admin
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As the years click by on this journey we call aircraft maintenance, I find that some things bother me more now than they used to. At the top of that list? A bad attitude. I consider myself patient, but when someone displays an attitude of not caring, that’s when I have to step in and try to correct the ship.
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Maintenance Minute
Mark Tyler
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Maintenance Minute