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Scott Drennan (pictured), Bell v-p of innovation, waxed futuristic about the prospects for eVTOL aircraft, citing data that posits 750 million passenger trips across 15 major cities in 2030. Airbus v-p of urban mobility Zach Lovering sees the convergence of distribued electric propulsion technology and autonomous systems, infrastructure as key and likely enablers. More than 150 eVTOL types are under development, according to Mike Hirschberg, executive director of the Vertical Flight Society.

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Emerging electric vertical takeoff and land- According to Bell v-p of innovation Scott already partnering with NASA to demon- Design ing (eVTOL) aircraft “will not only revolu- Drennan, the business case is easy to make strate urban critical mission transport. A better grip is on the tionize vertical flight, but society as a whole,” for this new class of aircraft. Citing data Airbus’s Zach Lovering, v-p of urban air Mike Hirschberg, executive director of the from the investment bank Goldman Sachs, mobility, predicted the demand for eVTOLs way › page 6 Vertical Flight Society, predicted during NASA, and Uber, he said the global ride- would soar as ground congestion throughout yesterday’s Heli-Expo session on eVTOLs. share market will grow from $36 billion the globe continued to worsen. “It takes two Training He cited a confluence of regulatory, tech- in 2016 to $285 billion in 2030, with the hours to drive to the airport from downtown nological, and industrial developments potential for 750 million urban aerial pas- São Paulo and only 10 minutes to fly there in Hillsboro moves that he thinks makes this the right time for senger trips across 15 major cities by 2030. a ,” he noted. “The future of mobil- page 16 eVTOLs, including the trend toward per- Further, this data suggests the global mar- ity is vertical,” he said. Like Hirschberg, Lov- Academy › formance-based regulations, advances in ket could support 900 to 1,500 air taxis ering thinks the technology stars are aligned electric motors, batteries, computer models as early as 2025 and that it would support for eVTOL, citing distributed electric power Completions and simulations, and increased investment 9,000 to 12,000 by 2035. systems, digital design and manufacturing, in technology. Drennan made the case that Bell’s Nexus advanced avionics and autonomous systems, Eurotec makes a K-Max At present, Hirschberg said there are concept vehicle is what urban air travelers infrastructure development, connectivity, shine › page 17 no less than 155 different eVTOLs under would expect—a “robust and redundant” and on-demand business models as key development. And, he noted, the timetable vehicle with a speed of 150 mph and range enablers going forward. set by Uber Elevate is not unreasonable— of 150 miles. As enticing as the passenger Lovering noted that Airbus A(3) is already Operations eVTOL prototype aircraft flying by next market might be, he said the potential for flying its Vahana eVTOL and recently Checklist creep a year with commercial service beginning as “beyond the past mile” high-priority cargo achieved forward speeds of up to 50 knots early as 2023. delivery was even greater and that Bell was continues on page 22 critical issue › page 19 STORY INDEX Adler Group...... 22 ...... 2 HAI head Airbus...... 3, 6, 23 Astronics Corp...... 20 BBA Aviation Global Engine Services...... 20 notes clock Bell ...... 8 Boeing...... 3 CNC Technologies...... 3 ticking on Collins Aerospace...... 23 Concorde Battery...... 17 Airmotive...... 6 ADS-B DART Aerospace...... 13, 18 by Curt Epstein Direct Helicopter...... 23 Donaldson Aerospace & Defense...... 22 Elbit Systems of America...... 13 With the deadline for the FAA’s ADS-B Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University...... 10 equipage mandate now less than a year Essex Industries...... 6 away, HAI president and CEO Matt Zuc- EuroTec Vertical Flight Solutions...... 17 caro is concerned about the rotorcraft eVTOLs...... 1 industry’s adoption rate for the technology. FAA...... 10 He noted a recent report issued by the Gen- FlightSafety International...... 2 eral Aviation Manufacturers Association ForeFlight...... 3 that analyzed the equipage rates among the HAI ...... 2, 4 aviation segments and found the rotorcraft HeliExports International...... 6 segment trailing. According to GAMA, just Hickok & Associates...... 16 30 percent of the U.S. helicopter fleet was Hillsboro Aero Academy...... 16 equipped with ADS-B as of last month. Intermountain Life Flight...... 19 “I don’t see the rate of equipage that we Jsfirm...... 4 would have liked,” Zuccaro told AIN this LCI...... 8 week at Heli-Expo. “There’s a couple of Leonardo...... 3 things that I think people have misconcep- MD Helicopters...... 4 tions on.” He explained that the FAA has Milestone Aviation Group...... 18 made it clear that there will be no exten- Paradigm Aerospace Corp...... 16 sion to its mandate deadline of Jan. 1, 2020. Randy Waldman...... 14 “So for all those out there, hoping they will Safran Helicopter Engines...... 18 extend it, you had better go to Plan B.” Sikorsky...... 3 MARIANO ROSALES Skytrek...... 23 Tripping the flight fantastic in Redbird’s VTO Spirit AeroSystems...... 12 SureFlight...... 20 Helicopter simulation is challenging, but adding motion to replicate the many unique ways Weststar Aviation Services...... 8 that rotorcraft fly was right up Redbird’s alley. Although flexible and capable, its VTO simu- Whirly-Girls...... 4 lator is designed to help students learn one of the hardest manuevers: hovering.

HAI president and CEO Matt The addition of flight simulation at Air Zuccaro Air Methods adding new Methods has been a significant addition to its safety culture, Helweg said, but it A key issue for those who have delayed required FlightSafety to literally create their installations is whether there will be FlightSafety simulator simulators from scratch because none enough equipment ready and technicians existed. “The AS350 is a great example,” he to install it in time to meet the deadline. by Jerry Siebenmark said. “They flew the aircraft in a number “It’s like everybody is piling up against the of different envelopes to reverse engineer wall that they are facing, and somebody is FlightSafety International (Booth B1417) for the other rotorcraft models oper- the simulator from an aircraft we provided going to find out, ‘No, you can’t get it by and air ambulance operator Air Methods ated by Air Methods—the Airbus AS350 for them. So they actually built all of that the deadline, we don’t have that many peo- (Booth B1016) will add a level-D qualified B3, EC130T2, EC135, and Bell 407GX. In for us to create a replication of the aircraft ple, and we don’t have the equipment in Airbus EC145 flight simulator at the for- all, Air Methods operates 450 rotary- and that we can train our pilots on.” the shop to put it in,’” the HAI leader said. mer’s learning center in Denver, building fixed-wing aircraft from 330 bases in 48 Since the initiation of the simulation Zuccaro noted that in most cases, off of their long-term flight simulation states. FlightSafety provides Air Meth- training, about 85 percent of Air Methods’ advances in products have dramatically agreement reached in 2014. “We appreci- ods’ fixed-wing simulation training at its rotorcraft pilots have trained on the simu- reduced the cost of equipage since the ate the opportunity to expand the services learning centers in Wichita, Long Beach, lators. “We can really concentrate training mandate was announced, making the and support we provide to Air Methods California, and Dallas. on emergency procedures and repetition installation much more affordable on both at our Denver center with this new EC145 The new simulators, along with Air that we can’t replicate in an aircraft,” Hel- the general aviation and commercial sides. simulator,” said FlightSafety co-CEO Methods’ recent hiring of v-p of safety Joe weg said. “It’s taken our training to a new “So if I was still operating, I would think David Davenport. Resnik, represents an advancement of the level of quality. long and hard about that decision to delay,” The new simulator, which is being man- company’s focus on safety. “It’s a progres- “We can really work to challenge the he said. “You are going to need it whether ufactured at FlightSafety’s simulation sion of the foundation we’ve worked to proficiency of the individual,” Helweg you like it or not, so I would say equip.” n facility in Oklahoma and is expected to build,” Air Methods chief pilot Raj Hel- continued. “In a simulator, we can make enter service early next year, will replace weg told AIN. “It’s not as if we all of the that the most challenging environment for an EC145 simulator that Air Methods sudden woke up one morning and said, that individual so that if they end up with pilots have been training on at Metro ‘We need to train better or we need to be a situation in real life, well then they’ve Aviation in Shreveport, Louisiana. It will safer.’ Our basic premise in life, from the already been challenged to the degree that YOUR SOURCE FOR AVIATION NEWS be the latest simulator FlightSafety has operational side, is everybody needs to go they can be challenged and it’ll hopefully www.ainonline.com added since 2018 to its Denver center home at night.” be a non-event for them.” n

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FOR NEWS VIDEO FROM EBACE Boeing buys EFB app-maker ForeFlight News Clips Leonardo Joins with CAE for by Matt Thurber New U.S. Training Center Leonardo Helicopters has selected CAE In a surprise announcement, Boeing yes- designed to run on Apple iOS devices. to provide its Series 3000 FFS full- terday revealed that it has completed the Boeing’s purchase of ForeFlight, which flight simulators and the Rotorsim USA acquisition of ForeFlight (Booth C3229), employs 180 people, “aligns with Boe- Leonardo-CAE joint training venture for the developer of the ForeFlight elec- ing’s growth strategy of complement- its new Philadelphia Training Academy tronic flight bag app. Two years ago, the ing organic investments with targeted, that will open next year. The 60,000- two companies partnered to make Boe- strategic investments that position the sq-ft academy will mirror Leonardo’s ing unit Jeppesen’s aeronautical data and company for long-term growth,” the training syllabus approach used at its charts available in ForeFlight. They will company said. Sesto Calende, center from ground now work together “to bring innovative, “We’ve worked with Boeing for the to flight training, including digitalized expanded digital solutions to all segments past two years, and what our teams have course, flight, simulation, mission of the aviation industry.” accomplished together is truly incredible,” specific, and maintenance training. The ForeFlight app has gained signifi- said Tyson Weihs, ForeFlight co-founder The Philadelphia center will include all cant traction in business aviation, offer- and CEO. “We’re inspired by what Boe- new classrooms, customer lounges, ing more functionality and advanced ing is doing—they are innovating in AW119/AW139/AW609 maintenance features compared to Jeppesen’s own so many areas—and there is so much training bays, virtual-enhanced training Mobile FliteDeck and FliteDeck Pro tab- we can accomplish together. Since we devices, and level-D flight simulators. let applications. But Jeppesen has enjoyed started ForeFlight, we’ve changed the way strong penetration of the air transport pilots fly and made a measurable impact CNC Launches Secure and business aviation segments. Accord- on safety. That will continue at Boeing, Online Video Portal for ing to a survey conducted by AIN early where we have access to a broad array of Law Enforcement last year, Jeppesen’s apps were the most FliteDeck is also unique because it is resources that we will use to create even CNC Technologies (Booth C2203) is popular for business aviation pilots who available, for large fleet users, on Mic- greater things for ForeFlight customers.” demonstrating CNC Live, its new defense- responded to the survey. ForeFlight came rosoft Windows devices such as the Boeing did not disclose terms of the grade airborne law enforcement operations in a strong second. Surface series tablets. ForeFlight is acquisition. n online portal, this week at Heli-Expo. CNC Live serves as a centralized resource for hosting, viewing, sharing, and archiving real-time aerial downlink video footage. The portal enables commanders and Sikorsky outlines urban mobility vision staff to securely access video from helicopters, UAVs, and other aircraft by Jerry Siebenmark from any internet-connected device and securely share it with partner Helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky wants out the best way to get them there.” mouse-like inceptor. Hartman noted the agencies, up to hundreds of users, in to be part of the discussion about urban Sikorsky isn’t ready to formally say company also has been working on electric real-time across the chain of command. air mobility and released a YouTube video whether it’s getting into the urban air propulsion since as far back as 2008, and CNC Live was used by multiple Georgia this week that lays out its vision for moving mobility market, but Hartman and the how it applies to vertical lift with Sikorsky’s state and local law enforcement agencies people around in crowded cities. It depicts company said it has a vision for the mar- rapid prototyping program, Project Firefly. at this year’s Super Bowl. Other law a young woman obviously frustrated by ket, and certain technologies that could “So this set of technologies makes us enforcement customers include the Ohio crossing busy streets, hailing taxis, and lend themselves to the airframer someday very excited that we can work to bring a State Highway Patrol, Florida Highway using subways. Eventually, she walks into entering the business. better, safer, more affordable, more com- Patrol, Michigan State Police, Dallas Police an elevator that takes her up to a high-rise Those technologies that Sikorsky munity-acceptable solution to the future Department, Broward County Sheriff’s, rooftop, where she climbs aboard an S-76. has developed or is refining include the urban airspace,” Hartman said. and Department of Public Safety. “You’ll see in the video the decision point Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft Partners in this endeavor could include for the mobility solution is actually left up (SARA), a Sikorsky S-76B modified as companies such as The Spaceship Com- Airbus Taps Pratt for Navy to the building and the multimodal infra- an optionally piloted vehicle demon- pany and even businesses such as Otis Helo Trainer Entry structure,” Jonathan Hartman, disruptive strator that the U.S. Army flight-tested Elevator, both of which are prominent Airbus Helicopters (Booth C305) has technologies lead at Sikorsky Innovations, last November. The SARA tests included in the video and, according to Hartman, selected the Pratt & Whitney told AIN. “So the passenger is choosing flights controlled from the ground and have a “heritage of innovation and leader- PW206B3 to power the H135 IFR- the destination, and the system is figuring flown by onboard pilots using a tablet and ship within transportation infrastructure.” certified light twin it is proposing “In our view, urban air mobility and for the U.S. Navy’s TH-XX training that future solution has the ability to helicopter competition, the company connect destinations in the same way announced Wednesday. The Navy is that an elevator first started connecting expected to order as many as 130 floors together, allowing builders to look replacement aircraft for its aging fleet upwards and build skyscrapers in the of Bell TH57s. Airbus said it would modern cities we have today,” he said. manufacture the H135 for the Navy In other news, Sikorsky said S-92 oper- at its Columbus, Mississippi plant, ators flying to North Sea oil rigs will soon the same facility that assembles the be able to receive real-time meteorologi- UH-72A Lakota training aircraft for the cal data from micro weather stations on U.S. Army, if it is selected for the Navy destination helidecks with V2.2 of the iFly contract. The Columbus plant also Sikorsky app. The upgrade comes from manufacturesYOUR SOURCE the FOR EC-145e AVIATION twin NEWS and recent agreements between MM Aviation the H125www. singleainonline for the U.S..com market. in and Outerlink. MM Aviation’s systems collect and feed weather data to subscribers from sensors installed on 22

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FOR NEWS VIDEO FROM EBACE at 160 knots and have a maximum speed of 180 knots,” she said. The up-to-eight-seat HAI partners with MD 969 will be single-pilot and IFR certi- fied and suitable for a broad range of military, JSfirm on job bank para-military and utility missions. Tilton also revealed a 200-knot demon- A year after rolling out a study high- strator known as Swift, which will com- lighting a looming workforce shortage, pete for the FARA program. “This gives HAI unveiled a new partnership with us three military aircraft: the MD 530F job search specialist JSfirm. Cayuse, 969, and Swift. Under the agreement, the HAI “We moved all our tooling back from website will house JSfirm job list- , which will be integrated in Mesa,” ings, with member company postings Tilton continued. “Building in-house highlighted. JSfirm (Booth B4917) has makes us much more limber. We can housed hundreds of thousands of jobs,

MARIANO ROSALES respond very quickly to our customer said Abbey Hutter, manager of market- MD Helicopters owner and CEO Lynn Tilton plans a contender for the U.S. Army’s FARA program. base in everything we do.” ing and partnerships, adding this will The Swift is under development with greatly expand the reach for helicopter a new Notar system and new fan, new professionals. “Through HAI’s network, thrusters and longer, wider blades, she we will enhance the ability to make Lynn Tilton: ‘making said. Cruise is 160 knots, and maximum jobs readily accessible to current and speed is 180 knots. “We will build a new future helicopter professionals.” Notar demonstrator that will have a wing The listings should go live on the MD Helicopters great again’ and go up to 200 knots. That’s our Swift.” Rotor.org site this spring. HAI member Discussing her journey with MD, Til- companies new to JSfirm will get a by R. Randall Padfield ton said, “It’s really been a comeback 90-day free listing. story. We have a long way to go and lot’s For HAI this presents an opportu- MD Helicopters owner and CEO Lynn and that’s because the twin-engine is to do, but when I walked into this com- nity to tap into a significant employ- Tilton on Tuesday afternoon revealed under new research and development and pany [in 2005], it didn’t have a produc- ment resource at a time when worker the company’s plans to submit a proposal certification, not only for our commercial tion line; I had nobody that would supply shortages are intensifying. “We have for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Recon- aircraft, but also for the MD969. We will us ; I had 365 grounded aircraft.” naissance Aircraft (FARA) program. “It’s have two aircraft that will have AWR [air But between last year and this year, MD taken a long time to make this company worthiness release for Army tests or oper- will deliver more than 80 aircraft, most great again,” she said. “It’s been an excit- ations] with the Army.” of them military, she said, adding “which ing journey, but nothing has my heart or This year the big effort will be on the means that, from the production of the my time any more than this company. 902/969, Tilton explained. The MD969 is , which we do in-house, through “The military business has certainly an armed-variant of twin-engine MD 902 the missionization, that’s about 14,000 allowed us to reinvest in research and Explorer helicopter. or 15,0000 hours, all done on premise,

development and technology, and we have “We put this line on hold for a couple of everything made in Mesa. MARIANO ROSALES invested hundreds of millions of dollars years as we tried to meet all these certifica- “And a little known fact is that since HAI v-p bizdev Karen Gebhart (left) in the last couple of years,” Tilton added. tions for the light attack helicopters, and this 2012 there have been 110 light attack air- and JSfirm’s Abbey Hutter. “Most of the aircraft that we will deliver is the year we will get the certification for craft built through 2018—we built 105 of over these two years are single engine; the 969 attack helicopter. The 969 will cruise them.” n a real concern about our future job shortages—we need pilots, we need maintenance technicians, we need engineers, we need management, we need all kinds of people to be involved Whirly-Girls awards $235K in scholarships in the future of our industry,” said Karen Gebhart, v-p business development for by Amy Laboda HAI. The association could have tried to recreate such a site on its own, but Whirly-Girls International (Booth B3507), “why would we when we could partner a nonprofit organization dedicated to with someone with such a huge net- advancing women in the helicopter indus- work and so many resources devoted try, announced the 24 recipients of the just to helping our industry find future 2019 Whirly-Girls Scholarship Awards Recipients of employers and future jobs?” she asked. during its annual Heli-Expo banquet. Whirly-Girls HAI president and CEO Matt Zuc- The industry-sponsored scholarships, scholarships caro further underscored the asso- valued at more than $235,000, went to were all smiles ciation’s concerns about workforce recipients in categories that ranged from at this year’s shortages. “The shortage of pilots and Airbus and FlightSafety International awards ceremony. mechanics is real, it’s here and we’re training to training covering Robin- The nonprofit trying to address it in an aggressive son R22/R44/R66 safety, flight instruc- organization manner,” Zuccaro told AIN. “How do tor, Garmin avionics, aircraft ditching, awarded we capture the hearts and minds of advanced flight, fuel safety, night vision scholarships young people at that point in life when goggles, mountain flying, and add-on worth $325,000 they are deciding, ‘What am I going to flight in a variety of helicopters. to 24 people. do with the rest of my life?’ Hopefully, “These women are going to become the answer to that is going to be going agents of change and innovation in the into the helicopter industry.” helicopter industry,” said Alison Mar- and diversity of thought. Thanks to our The Whirly-Girls Scholarship Fund Last year, HAI released a study tin, Whirly-Girls president and ground generous sponsors, we have the means was initiated in 1968, growing from a sin- finding that during the next 18 years, instructor at New -based Del Sol to help advance the industry through the gle $500 scholarship to a wide range of the U.S. helicopter industry will face a Aviation. “With women holding fewer mentorship and empowerment of female training and development scholarships shortage of more than 7,600 pilots and than 6 percent of pilot certificates, there aviators. We will stand alongside them as valued at hundreds of thousands of dol- of 40,600 aviation mechanics. K.L. is a massive missed opportunity of talent they forge new paths in the years to come.” lars today. n

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Helicopters | Aeronautics | Electronics, Defence & Security Systems | Space News Clips Heliport Safety Program Targets Risk Mitigation China’s Ministry of HeliExports International (HEI) has Transport Rescue and launched a heliport safety and certification Salvage Bureau has program to support U.S. helicopter ordered two Airbus operators, insurance companies, and Helicopters H175s, municipalities to ensure that heliports are which will be flown run safely. Over the past 30 years, the Long for search-and-rescue Branch, New Jersey-based consultancy has operations in the Bohai been involved in planning and designing and Yellow Seas. They more than 850 heliports and has also join four Airbus H225s evaluated more than 3,000 heliports. that operate from The heliport safety and certification bases in Shanghai, program involves an on-site audit of each Penglai, Xiamen, facility, followed by recommendations and Zhuhai. for safety risk mitigation and certification for those that meet the agreed standards. HEI’s audits have been developed from the FAA’s heliport design Advisory Circular and the Airbus bags Asian sales for H175, H225 National Fire Protection Association fire safety guidelines for heliports. by Mark Huber “There are no federal regulations regarding heliport safety. State and local Airbus (Booth C305) announced two new Xiamen, and Zhuhai. Its H175 SAR order used for security enforcement, coastal oversight is extremely varied and even orders for its super-medium and large follows one placed by the Government patrol, and disaster relief. JCG’s latest H225 non-existent in most locations,” explained helicopters from public sector customers Flying Service (GFS) of Hong Kong last participated in a series of rescue missions HEI managing member Ray Syms. “With yesterday. The Chinese Ministry of Trans- year. H175s are currently in operation in shortly after delivery, saving 23 people. In the vast majority of public and private port’s Rescue and Salvage Bureau (CRS) the Netherlands, UK, Denmark, , total, 25 members of the Super Puma family heliports containing significant safety has ordered two H175 super-medium twins , Mexico, and Hong Kong. fly for various parapublic operators in . risks, including hospitals and corporate configured for search-and-rescue opera- Separately, the (JCG) Worldwide, it flies for rescue organizations sites, there is huge potential for extremely tions in the Bohai and Yellow Seas. has acquired an additional H225, bringing such as the Spanish Guard, Argentine Coast costly and even fatal accidents, which The CRS currently flies four Airbus its fleet of the Super Puma type to two Guard, and South Korea’s National 119 Res- are damaging to the heliport operator H225s from bases in Shanghai, Penglai, AS332s and 11 H225s. The helicopters are cue Headquarters. n and the industry as a whole.”

Dallas Airmotive Adds A109 Engine Mx Package Options Dallas Airmotive is now offering Leonardo Essex tackles gripping control issues Helicopters A109 operators three new maintenance package options by R. Randall Padfield for overhauls of the helicopter’s Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207C engine. It is no secret that helicopter pilots don’t Essex developed is for the UH-60 Black The new Price CAP Promise Program, find the collective in their helicopters com- Hawk. This grip has eight different launched this week at Heli-Expo 2019, fortable. That’s why Robert Hale, business switches, including a cursor slew switch provides a trio of pricing packages— segment manager for aerospace and defense and a head-up display switch. The grip can Complete, Advanced and Premier—that at Essex Industries of St. Louis, decided to be modified to fit any rotorcraft platform, cover different levels of support. create an ergonomic collective grip. Hale Hale said, adding that it is particularly The program guarantees customers brought 3D-printed prototypes of both an suited to applications that require a wide that the cost of the overhaul will ergonomic collective and an ergonomic range of functionality. Switches can be not exceed the agreed flat rate. It cyclic to display this week at the Essex changed, as needed, to include multiple includes items such as varying levels of

Industries Heli-Expo 2019 booth (C121). PADFIELD R. RANDALL uses, such as weapon or sensor control. support, including bench testing and “When flying in cruise, helicopter pilots Robert Hole demonstrates prototype Evan Brown, director of test and certifi- overhaul of engine accessories, logistics usually rest their left hand on the box at 3D-printed ergonomic collective and cyclic cation for Ace Aeronautics of Guntersville, services, and warranty coverage. the end of the collective. Is that com- grips for helicopters that Essex Industries is Alabama, which focuses on commercial Dallas Airmotive (Booth B2024) is fortable?” he asked during a show floor developing for the Sikorsky Black Hawk and and military off-the-shelf products for air- a subsidiary of BBA Aviation’s Global demonstration of the prototype grips. other helicopters. planes and rotorcraft to provide solutions Engine Services group of companies. “No,” was the answer from demonstration to avionics obsolescence and capability It is authorized by Pratt & Whitney participants. Hale quickly replied, “Obvi- control of all electronic switch functions gaps, is assisting Essex with development Canada for the maintenance, repair, ously not. This is why I wanted to create using the ergonomic collective grip. And of the ergonomic grips. and overhaul of PW200 engines, an ergonomic collective grip that would the unique shape of the grip provides the Essex Industries also introduced at regardless of whether or not the be comfortable and have the functionality optimum hand position for long-range Heli-Expo 2019 its ambidextrous cursor operator is signed up for the Eagle needed in today’s cockpits.” comfort, helping to reduce fatigue. grip for aircraft where there is not enough Service Plan power-by-hour program. The patent-pending ergonomic collec- Essex Industries has broad experience room for both right and left slew grips. “No two helicopter operators are alike, tive grip incorporates additional switches in building control grips for dozens of This single control mounts on the console and neither are their maintenance needs,” to put more needed tasks at their finger- aircraft, both civil and military, and land between pilot and copilot seats for use by said Mark Stubbs, chief commercial tips, thus eliminating hand reposition- combat vehicles, including U.S. (F-16, C-17, both pilots, as the ambidextrous design is officer of Global Engine Services. “The ing—taking the cyclic with one’s left hand F-18, Bell 525, Sikorsky S-61, and M113 suitable for use by the right or left hand program gives customers the flexibility so one can reach a switch with one’s right Bradley Fighting Vehicle, for example) and and can be modified to fit other platforms. to choose from pre-packaged solutions hand—or requiring both the flying and overseas applications (Airbus A330, MiG- Essex also manufacturers the traditional we’ve found to be optimal for different non-flying pilot coordinating electronic 21, Sukhoi Superjet 100) to name a few. right and left slew grips, mounted on the types of operators and allows customers switching. Single pilots can maintain The first ergonomic collective grip console to provide sensor control. n to maximize them to fit their situation.”

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Kaman AIN 1P.indd 15 2/20/19 10:20 AM managing director for Europe and Russia. At the show, Bell signed with Heliclub for one helicopter to be operated in Ukraine. This comes on the heels of last week’s agreements with corporate customers Bell’s 429 is a good based in Germany and iFly in . example of the Meanwhile, Bell announced plans to offer popularity of the type the 407 single for the U.S. Navy’s THXX in China, with five helicopter training program and hinted operated by Reignwood that it might offer the 429 light twin as well. Star General Aviation, Bell CEO Mitch Snyder said the company along with another is working on gaining FAA IFR certification 19 Bell models. The for the 407 by the end of this summer. helicoper manufacturer In the new equipment arena, Bell noted also appointed certification of the first health and usage Reignwood as its monitoring system (HUMS) for the 407. first Bell-authorized Bell is offering the GPMS Foresight MX maintenance center HUMS, which employs “smart sensor”

MARIANO ROSALES in China. architecture, in the long light single. On the training front, Bell is teaming with Arizona-based Universal Helicop- ters (UHI, Booth C4623) for its first Bell-­ Bell’s business accelerates in 2019 approved and -certified training facility in the U.S. UHI is taking over Bell’s ab initio by Amy Laboda and recurrent flight training for the Bell 206B light single starting in April. Bell is extending its support reach in China, eleven 407s, five 429s, and three 206s. In other Asia news, Bell signed a pur- Finally, Bell revealed this week that appointing Reignwood Star General Avia- The service center announcement chase agreement with Subaru of Japan for it has formed a partnership with PGA tion as the first Bell-authorized maintenance came in concert with Bell’s first 407GXI a Bell 412EPI to be flown by the Nagano of America to support the 2019 101st center in China. The announcement was delivery to Xian-based operator Shaanxi Prefecture Firefighting Department for PGA Championship, which is to be held one of several the Textron subsidiary (Booth Helicopter. It is one of 100 Bell 407s orig- disaster relief and emergency response at Bethpage Black golf course on Long C4007) made on Tuesday, ranging from pur- inally ordered in 2017, which are intended missions in the mountainous region. Island, New York, from May 16 to 19. chase agreements to training and marketing to be used as the base fleet for an aero- Bell also signed purchase agreements “We are excited to offer customers alliances to new safety equipment. medical services and public safety net- on the African continent this week. A attending the PGA Championship at Beth- “We are building capability to bring work in China. “The Bell 407GXI brings 407GXI and one 505 will go to National page Black a one-of-a-kind experience in training, services, and maintenance, advanced capabilities that will benefit Airways, while Africair signed up for a 505 the Bell 429,” said Susan Griffin, Bell exec- repair, and overhaul solutions locally [to the people of China with better quality of to be delivered in Ethiopia. utive v-p of commercial sales. Helicopters China],” said Michael Reagan, director life and healthcare services,” said Jacinto In Europe, the company logged pur- will transport passengers from multiple for Bell Global Services. Located at the Monge, managing director for Bell North chase agreements for three more 429s, sites in Manhattan and the surrounding Reignwood Beijing Miyun Airport, Reign- Asia. The 407GXi received type certifica- augmenting the more than 75 of that type New York metro area to and from a land- wood operates the largest Bell helicop- tion from the Civil Aviation Administra- already in operation on the continent, ing zone located at Bethpage State Park, ter fleet in China, comprising five 505s, tion of China last month. according to Duncan Van de Velde, Bell minutes from the PGA Championship. n

LCI adds to Australasia leased helicopter fleet by Curt Epstein

Lease Corporation International (LCI, by Babcock for Air Ambulance Victoria. Booth C3223) has expanded its relation- “Australia is a dynamic market, with ship with Malaysia-based Weststar Avia- huge long-term potential across a range tion Services through the delivery of two of operating sectors, and has been a major new helicopters—a Leonardo AW139 and commercial priority for LCI since we an AW189. They will join a previously entered the helicopter leasing market in LCI’s leased helicopter fleet made its first foray into China last year with the placement of delivered LCI AW189, which is already 2012,” noted Crispin Maunder, the com- three medium-twin AW139s to EMS provider Shanghai Kingwing. in service. The new medium-twin heli- pany’s executive chairman. copters will support Weststar’s offshore LCI specializes in medium twin-engine provider Shanghai Kingwing, through its as limited growth in the oil-and-gas usage, operations in Kerteh and Miri. helicopters, and the additions in Austra- operator Weststar, took on the leases of which he believes could be attributed to The leasing company also noted that lia expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific three AW139s. “We see steady growth in the replacement of older equipment or customer Babcock International Group region, which now accounts for more than EMS,” he said. “Lots of new contracts the downsizing of equipment. “I think has repositioned two AW139s from its 40 percent of the company’s fleet. It has 48 coming up in Europe, certain parts of Asia the oil industry has probably pushed the operation in Aberdeen, UK, to Karratha, in rotorcraft in its portfolio, all but one pur- and certainly North America as well.” operators too far, and hence you’re see- western Australia, where they will be oper- chased new, and an additional 21 helicop- EMS operations currently occupy nearly ing uncertainty and poor financial results ated by Babcock’s Australasia concern in ters under management. The company’s half of the LCI fleet, while 25 percent are coming from the larger helicopter opera- the offshore oil-and-gas role. The two heli- helicopters are also operating in the U.S., used for offshore oil-and-gas. The remain- tors,” he opined. “That doesn’t do anyone copters will join LCI’s 12 AW139s already Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia, and, as of der is deployed in offshore wind-turbine any good in this industry, and there needs based in Australia, 10 of which are engaged this past year, China, which Maunder said servicing, search and rescue, and training. to be some rational thinking here as to in EMS operations, including six operated is an exciting, yet challenging market. EMS Maunder also sees what he describes what we’re all trying to achieve.” n

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A new study by researchers at Embry-Rid- same lower altitudes as drones. This dle Aeronautical University of flights by is why we’re seeing reports of lots of DJI-manufactured small unmanned air- helicopters in very close proximity” to craft systems (sUAS) over Daytona Beach drones in flight. in Florida over a 13-day period suggests The 192 sUAS operations detected by many more sUAS flights are taking place the researchers using a DJI AeroScope than previously thought, according to the were flown by 73 different sUAS vehicles, paper’s lead author. and 177 or 93.7 percent of the flights oper- Additionally, by far the bulk of the 192 ated in designated UASFM areas. Of those DJI drone flights analyzed operated over flights, 126 flew in the Daytona Beach Researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University expected to find that most drone built-up areas—often very near airports— International Airport Class C Surface operators would opt for unpopulated areas. They were surprised to find that was not the case. rather than near unimproved land; and Area. Additionally, 184 (nearly 97 percent) 21.5 percent flew at altitudes above the of the 190 drone-flights the researchers path to Daytona Beach International to perform an evasive maneuver easily, maximums imposed by the FAA for the analyzed in total flew within five statute Airport’s Runway 7L just seconds after a according to the researchers. FAA UAS Facility Map (UASFM) areas in miles of an airport. manned aircraft had flown past, the study Wallace told AIN the researchers have which they were being flown. “The data Altogether 48.7 percent of the flights reported. “Assuming the pilot was per- subsequently performed as-yet-unpub- gathered suggests that more than one in operated over residential neighborhoods forming the published ILS approach, the lished studies of drone operations near five of these drone flights presented an and 21.5 percent over commercial, industrial, aircraft would have crossed the Runway other U.S. airports surrounded by Class unmitigated risk to nearby manned avia- or public properties—including the Daytona 7L threshold crossing at a height of 58 feet B or Class D airspace. This has shown tion operations,” the study found. International Speedway. “This was an unex- agl (88 feet msl). It is highly probable that them that Daytona Beach “may or may Ryan Wallace, the lead author of the pected finding,” said Wallace. “We thought the aircraft descended through the UAS not be representative” of all other U.S. study, told AIN, “In my personal opin- most drone operators would choose rel- altitude while on approach.” urban areas for numbers of drone flights, ion, [the study’s findings] would suggest atively open areas offering a safety buffer Another drone flew only 475 feet away “but the amount of drone activity [overall] that helicopter operations and aerial from hazards, but that wasn’t the case.” from and at “nearly co-altitude” with a is likely to be much higher than we had application would be the most vulner- In “perhaps the most egregious finding manned aircraft flying just offshore and anticipated,” he said. Drone activity in the able” manned-aviation activities as among the dataset,” one sUAS flew at an parallel to the Daytona Beach shoreline. Class B and Class D airspace areas stud- regards potential collisions with sUAS altitude of 90 feet above mean sea level The manned aircraft probably was towing ied was at levels “equal to or even greater” drones, “because they tend to share the (msl) within 0.25 nm of the approach a banner and so would not have been able than at Daytona Beach. n

transfer up to 25 foot-pounds of kinetic lacerate human skin and could not be energy from rigid object and associated operated with an “FAA-identified safety impact risks, laying the groundwork for defect” such as exposed wires, hot sur- possible FAA airworthiness certification faces, sharp edges, faulty construction, or an equivalent process for these aircraft. or corrupted software. Because of their Through the end of 2017, the FAA assumed increased size, Category 3 air- had received applications for 4,837 craft would be barred for operating over night waivers and granted 1,233; and the open-air assemblies, operations must be agency notes that night flying is the most over or within a closed access site, peo- common type of UAS waiver request. It ple within the site must be notified of a notes that waiver requests are generally potential UAS flyover, and UAS may tran- FAA plans to kill mandatory rejected for lack of information, that safe sit but may not hover within these sites. operations rely on an anti-collision light The FAA also noted in the ANPRM that and operator knowledge, and that future, it was considering future safety and secu- waivers for drone flying routine, safe night operations would rely rity rulemaking with regard to UAS oper- on knowledge testing and/or training ations and would examine questions and by Mark Huber with regard to night operations and an comments related to performance and fur- anti-collision light that would be visible ther operating limitations. Chao said DOT At a Transportation Research Board meet- notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) for at least three statute miles. “is keenly aware that there are legitimate ing in January, U.S. Transportation Sec- dealing with drone safety and security Flights over people would be allowed public concerns about drones, concerning retary Elaine Chao unveiled three FAA issues including the possibility of institut- effective immediately, provided the safety, security, and privacy. Recent events initiatives designed to further integrate ing mandatory standoff distances between operator holds a Part 107 certificate and overseas have underscored concerns about drone operations into the National Air- persons and buildings for drone opera- the aircraft falls into one of three cate- the potential for drones to disrupt aviation space System (NAS). Chao said drones tions. And the third involved the award of gories: Category 1, total aircraft weight and the national airspace.” “are well on their way to mainstream additional contracts for Unmanned Traf- of 0.55 pounds or less; Category 2, the Finally the FAA announced participants deployment” and as of December 14, 2018 fic Management (UTM) research. manufacturer demonstrates that if the in its Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic the FAA had registered 1.3 million and Under the proposed NPRM abolishing aircraft crashes into a person it yields Management System Pilot Project that will more than 116,000 operators. the waiver requirements, operators would injury below an established threshold run through September 2019. The project The first was an FAA draft notice of pro- be required to hold a Part 107 remote (below the transfer of 11 foot-pounds of is designed to demonstrate a traffic man- posed rulemaking (draft NPRM) to allow operators certificate and undergo recur- kinetic energy from a rigid object); and agement system that safely integrates drone flights over people and at night rent training every 24 months. The draft Category 3, demonstrated injuries below drones into the NAS. The participants are without first obtaining a formal waiver NPRM would also establish different cat- those induced by the transfer of up to the Nevada UAS Test Site Smart Silver as a possible modification to Part 107 of egories of drones that qualify for waiver 25 pounds of kinetic energy from a rigid State; Northern Plains Unmanned Air- the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs). exemption based on weight classes from object. Additionally, aircraft could not craft Systems Test Site; and Virginia Tech The second was an FAA-proposed advance 0.55 pounds (250 grams) to their ability to have rotating parts or blades that could Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership. n

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Spirit AeroSystems is widely known as and continue to work on breakthrough tech- a supplier of major parts and structures nologies that can be directly applied to the to Boeing commercial airplanes and to rotorcraft market. Our capabilities reach a lesser degree, Boeing’s European rival, across the aerospace industry for design

Airbus. But since its inception in 2005, the and build of large complex structures.” SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS Wichita, Kansas-based Tier One supplier Spirit’s foray into helicopters began in This fuselage of Lockheed Martin Sikorsky’s CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter represents Spirit has focused on diversifying its business 2006 when it was awarded the contract AeroSystems’ first step into the rotorcraft manufacturing business. and lowering its reliance on Boeing, which to build the composite fuselage of Lock- in 2017 accounted for 79 percent of Spirit’s heed Martin Sikorsky’s CH-53K heavy-lift maximum temperature of 91.5 degrees F. demonstration program while Bell awaits $7 billion in net revenue. helicopter for the Marine Corps. In 2010 Its lifting capability is more than triple an official FVL program launch. “Spirit is One of the ways in which Spirit leaders it delivered the first of nine test unit fuse- that of the CH-53E. It can also transport well positioned to support the volume of hope to accomplish that is by building lages to Sikorsky. The contract calls for up 32 troops or 24 for medical evacuation. helicopters the Department of Defense and parts of other types of aircraft, including to 200 of the copters that Spirit has begun “We are also…supporting Lockheed Mar- foreign countries will be replacing over the in the rotorcraft space. That’s where Spirit low-rate production of at two a month. It tin Sikorsky’s efforts to win international next decade,” Johnston said. has begun to leverage its expertise in build- replaces the Marines’ 1980s-era CH-53E foreign military sales contracts for the The CH-53K is the only in-production ing fuselages—it manufactures the entire models. Spirit builds the fuselages—fash- 53K,” Johnston said. rotorcraft program at Spirit, so vertical 737 fuselage as well as parts of all other ioned from composites and titanium—in Spirit took on its second vertical-lift vehi- lift “is not currently a significant part of Boeing airliner fuselages—and more spe- a 20,000-square-foot building in Wich- cle project in 2012 when Bell Flight pegged our business,” Johnston said. But Spirit is cifically, composite fuselages, to expand its ita. They are then transported by truck it to fashion a composite fuselage for its exploring other helicopter and vertical-lift fortunes in the vertical-lift arena. to Sikorsky’s final assembly plant in Con- medium-class entry in the Army’s Future opportunities on the defense side. That “We are using lessons learned from all of necticut. The cabin of the fuselage is 30 Vertical Lift program, the V-280 Valor tiltro- includes the Marines’ large drone MUX our fuselage structures business, including feet long and nearly nine feet wide, and tor. Spirit designed and manufactured the program. “We are currently working with our commercial fuselage business,” Dwayne its height is nearly seven feet. The CH-53K fuselage in 22 months and handed it over the OEMs on some very interesting oppor- Johnston, Spirit v-p of defense programs, can lift 27,000 pounds—the equivalent to Bell in September 2015. The first aircraft tunities where we believe we can bring a told AIN. “We have developed capabilities of two motorhomes—over 126 miles, at a is currently undergoing a flight-test and strong value proposition,” he said. n B505 Advert copia.pdf 1 25/01/2019 13:55:11 EXPERIENCE BELL 505 LUXURY. Let your Light Single Engine Helicopter feel

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Dart Aerospace’s new 240 and 260 USG firefighting buckets, introduced this week at Heli-Expo, build on the Canadian company’s range of firefighting equip- ment for helicopters. They come just 12 months after the company launched its 320 USG bucket. The new products give operators the option of using smaller buckets. “With buckets ranging from 240 to 320 U.S. gal- lons, we can satisfy a good chunk of the fire- fighting market,” said Steve Ghaleb, Dart’s vice president of commercial operations. Montreal-based Dart intends to intro- duce additional new models with different sizes and features. The company claims its buckets deliver weight savings compared with similar equipment on the market. Separately, Dart also is launching a new Skylight replacement window for the Leonardo AW139. The new unit is made Dart’s new firefighting buckets are smaller from single-layered polycarbonate and is and lighter while still satisfying most available as a direct replacement for the operators’ requirements. manufacturer’s laminated acrylic window. Its new Skylight window had to go complexity of the design and its manu- through extensive DO-160 environ- facturing challenges, our R&D capabili- mental testing, including temperature, ties once again allowed us to overcome vibration, and operational shock tests. such an important milestone for this Bird-strike compliance assessments new product.” were also completed. The Dart engi- The new window is STC’d for the neering team conducted a 300-hour AW139 and available in both clear and operational evaluation with an offshore bronze tints. helicopter operator. Also this week at Heli-Expo, Dart (Booth “It’s been a long, though successful, C3102) announced the appointment of journey to get this product tested and AeroBrigham as its latest approved main- certified to meet industry standards and tenance center. The service center, based innovate at the same time,” said Emman- in Decatur, Texas, specializes in mainte- uel Paillier, Dart’s v-p of product strategy nance, completions, painting, and interior and business development. “Given the upgrades for helicopters. n

U.S. Army orders Elbit Common Helmet Mounted Display System

The U.S. Army awarded Elbit Systems of subsidiary of ’s Elbit and sister com- America a five-year indefinite delivery/ pany of Universal Avionics (Booth C4028)— indefinite quantity contract for its wide will start making deliveries from its Fort field-of-view Common Helmet Mounted Worth, Texas facility within 15 months. Display (CHMD) system. The company—a The full-color CHMD systems will give Army helicopter pilots enhanced situational awareness in day and night conditions, as well as improving survivability. It will be fully integrated into the Elbit Systems Helmet Display and Tracker System used on the U.S. Army’s Boeing CH-47F Chinook and Sikorsky UH-60L/M/V Black Hawk. “Our solution supports pilots experiencing crisp, clear, and accurate symbology, which provides critical information during flight and a decisive edge in mission effectiveness,” said Raanan Horowitz, president and CEO of Elbit Systems of America. n

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He calls himself the Jazz Pilot. Grammy-­ rotor blades somewhere over the Los winning pianist and arranger Randy Wald- Angeles Basin or hanging with fellow area man is the most famous musician you’ve rotorheads including Larry Welk, grand- probably never heard of. He’s also one of son of the famous band leader. the most popular helicopter instructors in Los Angeles, flying out of Hollywood Q: How did you end up playing for Sina- Burbank Airport in California. In 2003 he tra when you were only 21? set a helicopter speed record in a . A: Frank’s player was also his con- A native of , Waldman was 21 ductor, but Frank decided he only

when he went on tour with . wanted him to conduct. At the time the WALDMAN OF RANDY COURTESY PHOTOS: For the past 38 years he has performed contractor they called was also my next- with and arranged for ; door neighbor in Chicago. I knew who how to fly the real thing. So I said, ‘Okay, A: Not really. The more relaxed you are, recorded and arranged for performers Sinatra was, but I really didn’t know let’s do that.’ Before you knew it I was the easier it will come. But when you from to Dolly Parton to that much about him, so I said, ‘Okay, flying two to three times a week and got are doing something that is completely James Taylor; performed with musicians that sounds like fun.’ The first rehearsal my fixed-wing private, instructor, multi-­ foreign, when the machine is flailing all , , and Eric Clap- was kind of funny. We’re all playing engine, and commercial ratings. over the place, it is hard to relax. Just ton; and produced for artists such as Patti and waiting for Frank. After a while the relax as much as you can, don’t put any LaBelle, , and Olivia Newton John. phone rings, the conductor answers it Q:  And then you progressed to pressure on the controls, and don’t look His music can be heard on major motion while we keep playing. He comes back helicopters… down. The farther you look out, the pictures as diverse as , Mission and says, ‘That was Frank. He says you A: A few years later I was touring with Strei- more you use your peripheral vision, Impossible, Titanic, and dozens of others. guys sound great.’ So Frank never shows sand and we were all staying at this luxury the easier it will be. If you are looking He also records his own albums. His most up. The first time I played with him was hotel near Long Beach. She got sick and down, you are going to try to correct recent one, SuperHeroes, was nominated on a big stage, just he and I, in an arena canceled the concerts, but said the band for every tiny movement that the heli- for two Grammy awards this year. One in front of an audience with no rehearsal could stay at the hotel for the week. Even copter is making. You don’t drive a car track on SuperHeroes, Spiderman Theme, at all. That tour was in the Midwest and though it was close to my house I decided by sticking your head out the window won for the best category. only lasted three weeks. Shortly after to stay and take advantage of the accom- and looking down at the highway cen- It is a conglomeration of jazz-interpreted­ that, I moved to Los Angeles and started modations. I could see helicopters doing terline. You drive looking out ahead. It’s theme music of programs from Batman to working with him here. pattern work at the airport and decided the same thing. Super Chicken with guest appearances by a to take a lesson there. I was hooked right veritable who’s who of the genre, including away. Airplanes need airspeed to fly. This Q: How challenging is it to fly in the Los pianist ; guitarist George Ben- was a magic carpet. It just picked straight Angeles Basin? son; trumpeters , Wynton up. So I became passionate about it and A: Brain surgery is easy if you know how Marsalis, and Randy Brecker; saxophon- got my private, commercial, and CFI to do it. It’s really congested airspace ists Chris Potter and Joe Lovano; clarinet- and CFII-H ratings. As soon as I got my and you have to study it, learn where ist Eddie Daniels; drummers Steve Gadd private helicopter rating, I went out and the landmarks are, where one class of and ; bassist Carlitos del bought a and later a Hughes 269. airspace begins and the other ends. You Puerto; and the vocal group . All my airplane friends wanted to learn use train tracks and freeways. It can be Waldman sporadically plays with a how to fly my helicopter. overwhelming, but like anything else, pickup band around Los Angeles, time the more you do it, it just becomes sec- and schedule permitting, but he has no Q: Is it easier to teach a fixed-wing pilot ond nature. aspirations of ever being “an artist.” Q: How did you meet Streisand? to fly a helicopter as opposed to some- “I wanted to be a studio musician. I just A: Once I got busy in L.A., I became one one without flying experience? Q: Do you have a favorite helicopter? thought it was very cool to just be able to of the top call piano players—doing all A: Yes and no. Fixed-wing pilots understand A: Most helicopters are fun for differ- walk in and one day you’re a jazz guy, the kinds of different things. One day I got communication, navigation, and keep- ent reasons. The [Robinson] R22 is next a country guy, the next a rock-and-roll a call to do a Streisand session after a ing an aircraft oriented on the horizon. fun because it’s almost like a little jet guy. I just loved the diversity of the music friend had recommended me. Then I I teach a lot of airline and corporate jet pack: With every move you make you and trying to sound like the real deal no got called for her next couple of records. pilots. Because of all their experience, feel the results of your input almost matter what they put in front of you.” She got used to seeing me and we talked. they think that flying a helicopter should instantly. But it’s a blast to fly a big As much as Waldman loves music, he Somehow it’s been 38 years of working be easy. These students can get really frus- expensive turbine machine with a mil- loathes the idea of ever teaching it. “I on every movie and record she’s done trated, because once a helicopter slows lion bells and whistles on it, too. The can’t do it. Wrong notes are like hearing since. I was co-arranger for her ver- down, the physical skill of controlling it [Airbus Helicopters] AStar is a blast to fingernails on a chalk board. I just don’t sion of the song Somewhere that won a is completely different than the skill set fly because it’s big, but it’s also pow- have the patience for it.” Grammy for the arrangement [1985]. that they have. They are expecting to be erful and responsive. I’ve also flown a Teaching helicopter flying is another really good at this, only to discover that 1950s tandem-rotor Piasecki H-21, the matter. “It keeps me interested. My stu- Q: How did you get interested in flying? they are no better at it than someone who helicopter they call ‘the flying banana.’ dents are trying to kill me every second. A: In 1989 I was riding my bike past a field has never flown before. Below 30 or 40 That’s probably the most fun helicop- It’s great.” for radio-controlled model airplanes. I knots, a helicopter is a completely differ- ter I’ve flown recently because it’s so Waldman’s take on instructing can be asked a guy there if he could teach me ent animal than an airplane. big—15,000 pounds—and vintage. found in a collection of humorous You- how to fly them. Well, he was an Amer- Tube videos under his jazzpilot imprima- ican Airlines pilot and while he said he Q: Arguably, the hardest maneuver to Q: What’s your next gig? tur. When he’s not making music you’ll couldn’t teach me how to fly radio-­ master in a helicopter is the hover. Is A: I’m going on tour with George likely find him beneath a pair of beating controlled airplanes, he could teach me there a ‘secret sauce’ to teaching it? Benson. n

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FLIGHTSAFETY INSTRUCTOR HELICOPTER HERE FOR YOU AD - AIN CONVENTION NEWS - HELIEXPO 2019 - Trim: 10.8125” w x 13.875” d Bleed: 11.0625” w x 14.125” d Hillsboro creates new Heli Academy Hickok IFR plates by Amy Laboda now on ForeFlight

Hillsboro Aero Academy (Booth C2502)— Helicopter operators that use Hickok & an IS-BAO-accredited FAA Part 141 flight Associates instrument approach proce- school based in Hillsboro, Oregon—has dures will soon be able to overlay these spun off a new division, named Hillsboro on the ForeFlight EFB moving-map Heli Academy, located in Troutdale, Ore- with georeferencing to provide a view gon, it said this week at Heli-Expo 2019. of own-ship position on the map and The Hillsboro Heli Academy is focusing Hickok approach chart when GPS posi- on bringing new helicopter pilots from tion information is available. Opera- zero-time to employability in the industry. tors that are currently using Hickok “This newly focused hub for the heli- procedures and importing them into copter school will give our students the ForeFlight include Air Methods, Metro attention they deserve and focus they Aviation, and PHI Air Medical. need to succeed in their training,” said “We use Hickok and Associates to Jared Friend, Hillsboro helicopter school design our non-Part 97 approaches general manager. He went on to explain and we are able to import them into that Hillsboro Aero’s entire fleet of 21 ForeFlight, which we use extensively Robinson and Bell helicopters will be for our EFB program at Air Methods,” relocated to the new campus in Troutdale. said Air Methods chief pilot Raj Helweg. Hillsboro Aero is linked to three dif- Once the georeferencing capability ferent college programs, can provide F-1 becomes widely available to opera- visas for international students, and is Hillsboro Aero Academy is moving its helicopter training operations to Troutdale, Oregon, and tors, it will make the Hickok proce- acceptable training for veterans using the new Hillsboro Heli Academy will be the primary location for the company’s helicopter pilot dures even more useful for ForeFlight their GI Bill benefits. n training activities.

Paradigm delivers EMS Airbus EC135P2+ Paradigm Aerospace Corp. (PAC), a sub- for EMS per Metro Aviation’s standard pleased to be adding this fourth aircraft to sidiary of Metro Aviation (Booth C1023), specifications, including crew and medi- the AirCare Wake Forest program,” said is displaying the fourth EMS-configured cal attendant seats, storage pouches, and Marty Blough, PAC’s manager of comple- Airbus EC135P2+ for Wake Forest Bap- a composite medical floor with a Ferno tions and projects. tist Health’s AirCare program this week 28A-1 litter. The helicopter received a “Our fourth aircraft is a dedicated spare at Heli-Expo. AirCare serves patients in custom paint package and upgraded win- that will also be utilized as the primary North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, dows. The AirCare team chose upgraded aircraft for Nascar races and other spe- Tennessee, and South Carolina. Wake technology including Garmin’s GDL 69 cial events without disrupting customer Forest Baptist is the only Level 1 trauma SiriusXM weather receiver and the Out- service at our three bases. All four aircraft center in the region and has one of only erlink Iris for flight tracking/monitoring. have identical avionics and medical interi- two burn centers in North Carolina. “We completed the first three aircraft ors,” said Billy Haynes, program manager PAC refurbished the EC135’s interior for this program early last year and are of AirCare Critical Care Transport. A.L. customers. “Many of our customer-op- erators already use ForeFlight,” said Steve Hickok, president of Hickok & Associates. “The upcoming support for displaying georeferenced PDF Hickok and associates charts on the ForeFlight moving map, combined with cloud distribution capability, will give customers even more utility out of their investment in Hickok Special Copter Instrument Flight Procedures.” The Hickok procedures can be dis- tributed via ForeFlight Content Packs, a feature that allows users to create and distribute customized information. According to ForeFlight, “Content Packs can range from a basic list of waypoints to complex bundles of georeferenced charts, map layers, linked documents, and custom instrument flight procedures from providers like Hickok & Associates.” “ForeFlight’s Content Packs allow operators to package and distribute bundles of proprietary information to

MARIANO ROSALES flight crews, increasing operational efficiency and enhancing safety,” said Peeking under the bonnet Tyson Weihs, co-founder and CEO of James Wright of Tullahoma, Tennessee-based XP Services gives Heli-Expo visitors a close-up look at the company’s modern flight deck ForeFlight. M.T. integration capabilities on the Heli-Expo static display.

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This Kaman K-Max heavy lifter is in the final stages of completion by EuroTec Vertical Flight Solutions for customer Rainier Heli International.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE EuroTec puts final touches THESE PARTS? on B407GXP, K-Max by Amy Laboda

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ainonline.com \ March 7, 2019 \ HAI Convention News 17 Milestone poker tournament raises $50k for HeliOffshore by Amy Laboda

Milestone Aviation Group, a helicop- in 2014 by leading offshore helicopter ter leasing and debt financing company, operators and today has 120 members, added $50,000 to the bottom line of including aircraft and system manufactur- nonprofit international safety consor- ers, helicopter operators, and leasing com- tium HeliOffshore during its sixth annual panies. The group shares best practices, poker invitational tournament on Monday provides a forum for the collaborative evening at Heli-Expo. exchange of information, and facilitates This year’s finalists in the event are training in system reliability and resil- Steve Nota of Woodside Energy; Irene ience and operational effectiveness, thus Makris, Pratt & Whitney Canada; Jona- enhancing safety and survivability. than Cosson, Heli-Union; Joe Laroche, Since 2017, sponsorship from the Mile- Milestone Aviation; and Jamie Mitchell, stone poker tournament has provided Shell Petroleum. The finalists financial support in several key areas Winners in Milestone Aviation’s annual Poker Invitational tournament were able to choose were each able to select a HeliOffshore of HeliOffshore’s collaborative work, HeliOffshore safety programs that will benefit from the leasing group’s sponsorship. safety program that received funding including human factors in maintenance, Celebrating the event in Atlanta are (left to right): Pat Sheedy, Milestone Aviation managing from the event. eye-tracking research, terrain and obsta- director for portfolio and underwriting; Greg Conlon, Milestone Aviation president and CEO; HeliOffshore, of which Milestone cle avoidance, flight-path management, Jonathon Casson, deputy managing director for Heli-Union’s offshore division; and Gretchen (Booth B5204) is a member, was founded and delivery of safety data insights. n Haskins, CEO of HeliOffshore.

Safran, CHC sign engine MRO contract Dart cargo net by R. Randall Padfield boosts AW139

Safran Helicopter Engines inked a mainte- carrying capacity nance contract this week at Heli-Expo with CHC Helicopter for maintenance support Dart Aerospace is providing a new of Turbomeca Arriel engines on high-capacity cargo net for Brazilian CHC’s Sikorsky S-76 and Airbus Helicop- offshore operator Aeróleo Táxi Aéreo, ters AS365 fleets. Separately, it announced which is a subsidiary of U.S.-based Era CAAC validation of type certification Group. The nets will be installed on 13 (VTC) for the Arriel 2H turboshaft engine Leonardo AW139 helicopters in the Rio that powers the Avicopter AC312E. de Janeiro-based company’s fleet. The four-year maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) contract covers some 70 engines, including support for Arriel 1S, 2S1, and 2S2 engines on CHC’s S-76s and Arriel 2C on its Dauphins. “Our part- nership will allow us to best support the global overhaul, repair, and support needs of our operation with on-site support,” said CHC senior v-p of engineering and operations Dave Balevic. “The contract builds on our existing relationship with Safran and the extension of our license A new four-year MRO contract for maintenance support of the Arriel engines that power CHC The one developed for the AW139 for the Makila engine from our Heli-One Helicopter’s Sikorsky S-76s and Airbus AS365s covers 70 engines. will increase the aircraft’s cargo car- branch in Stavanger, Norway.” rying capacity by more than 30 per- The contract will be managed by the cent. It adds an extra 160 pounds to corporate support department of Safran the load-carrying limit of the helicop- Helicopter Engines’ worldwide support ter, compared with the OEM net from model. CHC engines will be repaired at Leonardo. centers in Tarnos, ; Grand Prairie, According to Dart (Booth C2010), Texas; and Xerem, . the net can be quickly installed, which Regarding the CAAC validation of the will support Aeróleo Táxi Aéreo’s need Arriel 2H engine, Nicolas Billecocq, v-p to unload and load the cargo compart- of Safran Light Helicopter Engines, said, ment of the AW139 on oil platforms in “This Chinese certification is an import- just eight minutes. n ant milestone for the Arriel engine pro- gram. It emphasizes our ability to support new Chinese helicopter entry-into-ser- vice.” Safran has produced more than 12,000 Arriels in the past 40 years. The YOUR SOURCE FOR AVIATION NEWS engines have logged more than 50 million www.ainonline.com flight hours. n

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FOR NEWS VIDEO FROM EBACE unnecessary. Weber cited a 2013 study Checklist creep deteriorates skill levels issued by the FAA’s Commercial Aviation Safety Team that indicated “an insuffi- by Kim Rosenlof cient depth of system knowledge and/or over-reliance of automated checklist sys- The aviation and medical communities inserting catheters that reduced cathe- tems could lead to problems when man- have reached a “critical threshold” with ter-induced infections in intensive care aging unspecified failures.” checklists, according to flight paramedic units from 2.7 per 1,000 patients to zero “We’re seeing rapid skill diminishment Dave Weber at Intermountain Life Flight in three months. Dave Weber, across all fields when checklists are in Salt Lake City, Utah. During the most “The original checklists were made flight substituted for judgment,” said Weber. recent Air Medical Transportation Con- for completing routine procedures,” Paramedic at “Critical faculties wither quickly once ference (AMTC), Weber discussed check- said Weber. “They were not intended Intermountain judgment is discouraged, and people are list use in both professions, focusing on for emergent procedures [such as those Life Flight in now becoming paralyzed when the prob- problems such as detail saturation, prob- faced by first responders]. Later, the mil- Salt Lake City, lem doesn’t fit the checklist. They can’t lem mismatch, and skill deterioration due itary started using boldface and red type Utah. process past that point in the checklist if to checklist dependency. to indicate tasks that must be trained and there’s a problem mismatch.” “We’ve reached the point that we have committed to memory, not looked up checklists for checklists,” Weber said. while fumbling around in an emergency.” “We can’t make A Checklist Is Not a ‘Recipe’ “We have so many things hanging off a belt Weber said checklists have crossed the checklists for Weber’s solution for “checklist absur- binder, or in our iPad, that we can’t find line from ensuring the most important dity” is to streamline checklists down to the item that we’re actually supposed to routine tasks are done correctly to becom- every part of our include only the highest-risk procedures, be using as a checklist.” ing “the solution” for nearly every prob- and then edit those checklists to con- The first use of checklists in aviation lem. “We have become this reactionary environment... sist of five to nine bullet points. He said occurred after a highly publicized 1935 work culture where we need fail-safe solu- Education and checklists in the field should be designed crash of the Boeing 299, the precursor tions immediately,” said Weber. “We have as reminders for experts who already to the B-17 Flying Fortress World War committees and meetings, and ultimately training are key. know how to perform the tasks, not as II-era bomber when the pilots failed there’s another checklist instead of taking Boldface items need “recipes” for beginners who are trying to to disengage the elevator trim tab lock. the time to find out how prevalent the prob- use the checklist to figure it out. While checklists became common in lem really is, and what is the root cause of to be trained and “We can’t make checklists for every part aviation soon thereafter, they didn’t reg- the problem.” memorized. You need of our environment,” Weber said. “Educa- ularly appear in medical facilities until When the solution for every problem tion and training are key. Boldface items the mid-2000s, after Dr. Peter Prono- is another checklist, cognitive skills begin to know how to nail need to be trained and memorized. You vost published a five-step checklist for to diminish as critical thinking becomes that stuff.” need to know how to nail that stuff.” n BIGGER. Increased Capabilities BETTER. Faster Turn Times BOLDER. Enhanced Customer Service

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ainonline.com \ March 7, 2019 \ HAI Convention News 19 Astronics Max-Viz SureFlight shows tricked-out Bell 505 EVS approved on by Curt Epstein

more helicopters Helicopter completions specialist Sure- Flight is showing a highly customized Astronics Corp. (Booth C2810) Bell 505 this week in Atlanta at Heli-Expo announced the approval of an 2019 (Booth C08). The helicopter sports amended supplemental type cer- the Pennsylvania-based outfitter’s GT tificate (STC) for the Max-Viz 2300 package, which includes many modified enhanced vision system (EVS). The features inside and out. STC covers multiple Bell and Leonardo “The stock interior of the Bell 505 is helicopter models, the latter including quite spartan, which is understandable the AW109 and AW119. Approval was with Bell’s price point on the 505,” said obtained in cooperation with Avio of SureFlight president Owen Watkins, who Calgary, Canada. owns and flies one of the light singles. “I The Max-Viz 2300 produces EVS believe it gives me a unique perspective images that can be presented on multi- on what other owner/pilots might be function displays (MFDs), primary flight looking for in customizing their Bell 505s.” displays (PFDs), and on standalone dis- In addition to a customized paint plays, depending on aircraft configura- scheme, SureFlight’s GT package includes tions. The amendment also upgrades a thin headliner that rests directly against the wiring package to include Vivisun the inner contour of the roof that can be switches, which improve usage of night covered with the customers choice of fab- vision goggles in search and rescue, ric or ultra-leather. The upholstery on the emergency medical services, aerial crew seats is also streamlined, providing firefighting, and military applications. a rear close-out with an embroidered Bell logo, while the front of the headrest is smooth and contoured. All five seats fea- ture custom stitching with accents echo- ing the exterior paint scheme. Remaining touches include replacing the plastic air conditioning vents with metal gaspers, fully carpeting the interior, repainting the door interiors, and adding a baggage compartment liner. As a Garmin dealer, SureFlight is also the first to offer a SiriusXM Weather “We worked closely with Avio to get option integrated with the Garmin

this technology approved for daily mis- G1000H flight deck on the 505. n MARIANO ROSALES sions on these Leonardo helicopters,” said Tom Geiger, Astronics business unit manager. “Our technology pro- vides pilots with an unprecedented situational awareness and safety.” OEMs extend BBA engine agreements Meanwhile, Astronics also unveiled a new, mostly solid-state CorePower by AIN Staff frequency converter unit (FCU). “Core- Power is a highly efficient unit,” said BBA Aviation’s Global Engine Services cover for IGS, as well as Dallas Air- Christine Ellis, director of business group companies announced a series of motive’s facility in Singapore, development. “The goal was to not extensions for their support agreements for the next eight years. have a fan, because that leads to with various manufacturers at Heli-Expo. Operators with Rolls- more mechanical failures and noise. General Electric recently renewed Royce RR300 engines now CorePower takes variable frequency H+S Aviation’s authorization to main- have new options for mainte- power—115-volt AC, that can be from tain, repair, and overhaul CT7 turboshaft nance support for Honeywell’s 350 to 800 hertz—and converts it to engines for another four years. The BBA fuel controls through H+S Avia- straight 400-hertz power. This is used company (Booth 2024) will continue to tion and IGS. Both H+S Aviation’s on special-mission aircraft and some provide support for GE CT7-2, CT7-6, location at Portsmouth in the UK older helicopters when they need a and CT7-8 engines that power Leonardo and IGS’s Denver facility have Operators of Rolls- straight-frequency power for some AW101, AW149, AW189, and EH101 heli- been appointed as Honeywell Autho- Royce’s M250 have mission equipment. Customers can copters, as well as the Bell 214ST and 525 rized Warranty and Report Stations for plenty of options upgrade with new equipment and and the Sikorsky S-92. H+S supports oper- the next five years. for maintenance of have the right input power.” ators covered by GE’s Maintenance Cost Finally, H+S Aviation is now approved accessories. CorePower is smaller, wider, and Per Man Hour program, as well as those to support Rolls-Royce M250-C47 and lighter than the unit it replaces, who are not on this plan. M250-C40 hydromechanical units (HMU) Ellis said. Users of CorePower, she Rolls-Royce M250 engine customers for Bell 407 and 430 helicopters through an trust both engine and engine accessory explained, would need “clean power, now have OEM-approved maintenance agreement with Triumph Engine Controls. OEMs put in our organizations,” said which means distortion is very low— support for fuel controls and power tur- Part of the new five-year agreement allows Mark Stubbs, chief commercial officer of below three volts—for critical equip- bine governor accessories through BBA’s the company’s Portsmouth facility with Global Engine Services. “Our customers ment, such as running radar and International Governor Services (IGS) exclusive approval for HMU maintenance receive the same OEM-quality products sensors for military functions.” Price is in Denver. The Rolls-Royce-authorized for the Bell OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter. and services, but with more focused and in the $15,000 range. R.R.P. MRO certificate held by sister company “Extended agreements and additional personal support from our independently H+S Aviation was recently extended to authorizations are proof of the continued authorized service centers.” n

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19-MCJT18580 Helicopter Solutions Ad-10.8125x13.875-AIN_ShowDaily-HAI.indd 1 2/22/19 3:28 PM continued from page 1 air transport in areas with acute ground for vertiports. He said the design of ver- transportation congestion and as essen- tiports in an urban environment was crit- The future is tial humanitarian tools in the lesser ical to mitigating the effect of wind and HAI developed world. Citing his own expe- turbulence on vehicles and assuring pas- Convention News electric, vertical rience founding Helijet in the 1980s, he senger ride quality. JAMES HOLAHAN (1921-2015), FOUNDING EDITOR also noted that the eVTOL industry also Michael Dyment of Nexa Capital Part- WILSON S. LEACH, MANAGING DIRECTOR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF – Matt Thurber with the aircraft. Nevertheless, he believes needed “patient capital.” ners pointed out that not only will UAM PRESS ROOM EDITOR – Kerry Lynch that there are limits to vehicle autonomy. Rex Alexander, president of helicop- infrastructure be expensive, “it will take PRESS ROOM MANAGING EDITOR – Chad Trautvetter “I think there will always be humans in the ter infrastructure company Five Alpha, time to build.” A lack of UAM infrastruc- THE EDITORIAL TEAM loop,” he said. “I don’t think anyone would emphasized that local officials, partic- ture could strangle the emerging eVTOL Curt Epstein Kim Rosenlof trust Siri to talk to ATC.” ularly fire marshals, hold the keys—and industry in its crib, he added. Mark Huber Jerry Siebenmark Danny Sitnam, who operates Helijet are potentially the greatest obstacles—to Nexa is currently looking at 78 cities Guillaume Lecompte-Boinet James Wynbrandt in Vancouver, cautioned that potential any eVTOL infrastructure development, for UAM investment using 28 layers of R. Randall Padfield Annmarie Yannaco eVTOL fliers “don’t want another flight including rooftop vertiports. “They have data and 11 different operational mod- Mark Phelps test experience” and that safety was par- the most teeth,” he said. els. Dyment believes this is the largest GROUP PRODUCTION MANAGER – Tom Hurley amount to industry success. “The risk has Alexander said an ASTM International problem facing the industry, not cer- PRODUCTION EDITOR – Martha Jercinovich to be wrung out and the safety has to be committee was hard at work writing tifying the vehicles themselves. “We GRAPHIC DESIGNERS – John Manfredo, Grzegorz Rzekos – Mariano Rosales impeccable,” he said. standards for vertiports that could be think the certification issues will get PHOTOGRAPHER Sitnam envisioned eVTOL as a use- adopted by regulators going forward, but tackled. I think we’re all going to get LEAD DEVELOPER – Michael Giaimo ful bridge to other forms of passenger as of now, there are no formal standards there,” he concluded. n DEVELOPERS – Nathan Douglas, Ryan Koch GROUP PUBLISHER – Dave Leach ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER – Nancy O’Brien ADVERTISING SALES Georges France – Western Europe Tel: +33 6 80 21 17 93 Italian styling for helicopter interiors Melissa Murphy – Midwestern U.S. Tel: +1 (830) 608-9888 Nancy O’Brien – Western U.S./Western Canada/Asia Pacific by R. Randall Padfield Tel: +1 (530) 241-3534 Anthony T. Romano – Northeastern U.S./Eastern Canada/ Italy’s Adler Group (Booth 4227) is show- and communications technology for max- seating configuration on the floor and Mexico/Brazil Tel: +1 (203) 470-4957 Joe Rosone – Southeastern, Mid-Atlantic U.S./Middle East ing its reinterpretation of “color and imum customer comfort. next to it is a carbon fiber chassis of an Tel: +1 (301) 693-4687 trim”—an automotive design term for “Our goal,” said Daniele Romiti, v-p of Alfa Romeo 4C. Diana Scogna – Italy/Northern Europe/Middle East “color and materials”—in a cabin mockup the aerospace division of Adler Group, “is Separately, TTA Tecno Tessile Adler Tel: +33 6 62 52 25 47 Victoria Tod – Great Lakes U.S./United Kingdom of a luxury interior for a Leonardo AW169 to place the customer’s desires at the cen- (TTA) and JHAS announced the signature Tel: +1 (203) 733-4184 at Heli-Expo 2019. Integral to the display ter and to create conditions that result in of a partnership agreement for the design Yury Laskin – Russia is the craftsmanship of Tramontano an interior that is fully in sync with their and production of aeronautical seats, Tel: +7 05 912 1346 – Jeff Hartford leathers, the high-tech processing of requirements.” In addition to the AW169 including economy, premium, business, AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER MARKETING AND CLIENT SERVICES MANAGER carbon-fiber and the design of computer mockup, Adler Group is showing another and first-class seats. n – Lisa Valladares MANAGER OF ONSITE LOGISTICS – Philip Scarano III ONSITE PRODUCTION – Zach O’Brien SALES COORDINATOR – Nadine Timpanaro SALES ADMINISTRATOR – Cindy Nesline

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22 HAI Convention News \ March 7, 2019 \ ainonline.com Carolina, and Miami); Toronto, Montreal, News Clips and Calgary, Canada; London; Amsterdam; Sydney, Australia; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Collins Power Transmission São Paulo, Brazil; Nairobi; Johannesburg; Looks To Build Portfolio and Mexico City. Officials from the power transmission “This allows us to actually fly helicop- systems unit of Collins Aerospace ters to our airports, land them on the tar- (Booth C3112) hope to be able to soon mac, shipping gear is ready, engineers are announce a new aircraft platform that ready, and we disassemble the aircraft and its products have been selected to put it right in the aircraft,” said Urban. “It equip, Gianfranco Barbato, power and drastically cuts down on the overall tran- controls director and general manager, Canada-based Direct Helicopter has shipped approximately 2,000 helicopters over the past 16 sit times.” said Wednesday at Heli-Expo 2019. He years. The company averages 20 deliveries per month. The company, which has facilitated the said he’s unable to identify the aircraft shipping of 2,000 helicopters, can also because of the manufacturer’s request. dispatch teams from its regional offices to The unit’s most recent publicly other locations. “I spend a lot of money on announced aircraft platform is the Direct Helicopter ships airline tickets for my engineers to go out Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift and work, a lot of hotel bills,” said Urban. helicopter, of which the U.S. Marines It began in 2003 as Direct Helicopter is expected to order as many as 200. helos from start to finish Transport Canada; Urban later incorpo- Collins was selected in May to provide rated South Africa’s Direct Helicopter in this helicopter’s power transmission by Curt Epstein 2010, rebranding them as Direct Helicopter system for the tail rotor, which includes International and adding in-house engi- driveshafts, couplings, and bearing Among the companies making their debut by ocean or airfreight, we deliver the neering and insurance. “Our clients love assemblies. The CH-53K drive systems as exhibitors at Heli-Expo this year is machine,” said CEO Dave Urban, adding that they can pick up the phone and have work is performed at Collins’ Rome, New helicopter import and export specialist that it then reassembles the helicopter at everything done for them,” Urban said. York facility, which manufactures shafts Direct Helicopter (Booth 3530). The Can- the end of its journey. As Urban noted, OEMs are well expe- and couplings for more than a dozen ada-based company is a full-service ship- Direct Helicopter partners with German rienced in delivering new helicopters to different helicopter models, as well as per of helicopters, and for the past several cargo transport provider Senator Interna- customers around the world as general power takeoff shafts for half a dozen years has been handling an average of 20 tional, which operates a fleet of four Boe- freight, but with deliveries of new aircraft fighter jets and bombers, said business per month globally. ing 747s on scheduled flights from North down over the past five years, more used development director Ed Marron. “What we do is right from the actual America to Europe and Africa, covering 70 rotorcraft are changing hands, and geo- purchase of the machine, we take pos- percent of the world. A route to China and graphic locations, spurring more business French Pilots Plan session of it, we disassemble the aircraft, Australia is expected to be added this year, for his company. “There’s just so many Circumnavigation in we provide all the specific OEM shipping filling in the remaining gap. The company used helicopters being bought by people Guimbal Cabri G2 gear, we insure the aircraft, and either has offices in the U.S. (Greenville, South that don’t do this every day.” n French tech entrepreneur Corentin Larose plans to circumnavigate the world in 80 days, flying a two-seat Guimbal Cabri G2 beginning around June 19, he said Tuesday at Heli-Expo. Larose, who Airbus offers more details on new H145 will be joined by copilot Samy Du-Dalt, said the route between the 28th and by Mark Huber 71stparallels will take them across 16 countries and begin and end in Paris. Airbus Helicopters (Booth C305) revealed The new Airbus If successful, the Skytrek tour would more details about the revised H145 it H145 will begin be the first circumnavigation by French announced earlier this week. Designated deliveries in the helicopter pilots, and the first such the H145D3, the new medium-twin should third quarter of flight by a two-seat, and French-made, receive EASA and FAA certification in the 2020, and the helicopter, Larose said. “This is more first and second quarters of next year, upgrades will also of a world tour,” he said. “We are with deliveries in the third quarter. be available as here to discover people, places, and The company plans to transition from a factory-supplied things like that.” The estimated 70-leg the current H145 model, the D2, to the D3 retrofit for journey will have stops that include throughout 2020 and end D2 production in-service an overnight stay in Canada’s Akpatok by the end of that year, according to Alex H145 models. Island—whose inhabitants are mostly Humpert, program head for the H145. bears and wolves—and the Experimental The new model features a lightweight, Aircraft Association’s AirVenture foldable, five-bladed main rotor-system; hours. A second test aircraft will join the communications system that provides in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, he said. Fadec; lower empty weight; and increased program soon, and a flight-test program Wi-Fi to the cockpit, as well as automati- Their aircraft will be outfitted with useful load. These upgrades will be avail- of more than 400 hours is planned. cally exporting data from previous flights. an auxiliary fuel tank in the baggage able as a factory retrofit for existing H145s. Compared to the D2, the D3 has a The Ukrainian Ministry of Interior has hold, and Larose and Du-Dalt will be Humpert said the new foldable main slightly smaller main rotor disk, from 36 decided to change eight of its 10 H145s on equipped with survival gear. Cost of blade system on the D3 takes only 10 feet to 35.4 feet, and a 330-pound increase order for law enforcement missions to the the circumnavigation is estimated minutes to stow/deploy. All blades fold in useful load. five-bladed upgrade. New Zealand VIP at $282,745, Larose said, sources of backward within the wingspan of the hor- The upgrade kit consists of the new and charter operator Advanced Flight will which are from him, a crowdfunding izontal stabilizer by simply removing one composite five-bladed main rotor blades, be the launch customer of the ACH145D3, campaign, and in-kind donations from bolt from each blade. a transmission kit with rotor mast, swash- for delivery in mid-2020, while the Nor- moreYOUR than SOURCE 13 partners FOR AVIATION and sponsors. NEWS Airbus’s H145D3 program started in plate, scissors, control rods with associ- wegian Air Ambulance Foundation is the www.ainonline.com 2016 as part of EU-funded Clean Sky ated assembly, oil cooler, rotor brake, launch EMS customer for the new heli- program and came from the Bluecopter an additional electrical hydraulic pump, copter. And Swiss Air Rescue Rega said technology demonstrator designed to Helionix software, a new forward cross- it would retrofit its entire fleet of seven

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