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Robinson News Winter 2007 ® Winter 2007, Volume 13, Issue 1 Kazakhstan Buys New R44 R44 Pilot Finds Missing Family Raven II Police Helicopter cting on a hunch and searching from his R44 Raven, John Rachor, of Medford, Oregon found CNET journalist James Kim’s wife and daughters alive a week after Athe family had been reported missing on November 30, 2006. After visiting friends in Seattle for the Thanksgiving holiday, the Kims had been driving to Gold Beach, Oregon when they became stranded on a snow-covered logging road in the wilderness of south- west Oregon. Kazakhstan's New R44 Raven II at roll call with Police Officers and Patrol Cars. Marking the first time the Republic of Kazakhstan acquired a foreign -made helicopter for law enforce- ment, the Internal Affairs Ministry deployed a Robinson R44 Raven II helicopter to support its police force in the city of Astana. In a ceremony on December 14, 2006, Astana Mayor Askar Mamin presented Major General Dozumov, head of the Internal Affairs Depart- ment of Astana, with the keys to the blue-trimmed white helicopter. The R44 Raven II was demonstrated for the country’s parliament. Photo Credit: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, San Francisco Chronicle Gonzalez, San Francisco Avila Carlos Credit: Photo The R44 Raven II was standard- John Rachor in front of his R44 Raven from which he found Kati Kim and daughters Penelope and Sabine. equipped; however, in addition to the standard com radio and transponder, When Rachor read in the newspaper about the missing family and of their intended a dual audio controller and police destination, he had a gut feeling about where to look – the area around Bear Camp Road. radios were installed along with a “I know that area really well. I have a vacation home in Rogue River Canyon so I fly over public address system and siren. it once a week,” said Rachor. He also knew people often mistook a broad, paved logging The sale was handled by Aero- road for the route to Gold Beach and ended up in the Siskiyou National Forest. Rachor plan, Robinson Helicopter's dealer in adds, “There’s a steel gate that blocks the road, but it’s opened by hunters, snowmobile Kostanai, Kazakhstan. riders, and hikers.” Aware the search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopters hired by the Kim family were concen- trating on areas close to the coast and other SAR teams were looking elsewhere as well, Rachor played his hunch and went looking in his R44 Raven. When asked about what motivated Rachor to conduct the search at his own expense, he responded, “I would like continued on page 4 This issue features: • R44 Pilot Finds Missing Family...........................pp1,4 • Champion Flying Team Visits Robinson ...................p2 • • Kazakhstan Police Get R44 Raven II ........................p1 Following Robinsons Around the World ..................p3 Kazakhstan Police with R44 Raven II. • Silver State Helicopters Takes a Stand on Safety .....p2 • Quantum Helicopters Moves to New Facility ...........p4 Silver State Helicopters Takes a Stand on Safety An ounce of prevention is worth a and full fuel – so the density altitude re- the day and be fatigued from the cumu- pound of cure. ally affects its performance. A CFI can’t be lative effort. This condition when coupled - Benjamin Franklin complacent when teaching in the R22,” with inexperienced student pilots doing said Steve Ballint, general manager of Sil- difficult maneuvers in summer conditions n old saying that we have all heard, ver State’s North Las Vegas flight academy creates ideal conditions for mishaps. In Abut not one we always practice. How- and CFII. response, Silver State now limits the tem- ever, Jerry Airola, owner of Silver State He- PROMOTING RISK MANAGEMENT perature for practicing emergencies, and licopters, paired adage with action when following a CFI demo, restricts students to Silver State discussed the company’s he called a company-wide, stand-down no more than four practice autorotations two leading causes of accidents: (1) sum- May 8-12, 2006 and convened a safety per training block (1½ - 2 hours). meeting at Silver State’s Las Vegas head- mer autorotation training and (2) pilot quarters. Over 160 helicopters and 300 decision making. Silver State found that COMPANY-WIDE SAFETY PROGRAM employees flew in, some from as far as the majority of its accidents were judg- The Safety Seminar is just one part of the Washington and Texas. ment-related, when CFIs over estimated company-wide safety program that Ron “The meeting was held before the start their student's skill level and their ability Luhmann, Silver State’s director of safety, of summer in order to raise pilot aware- to recover safely. is spear-heading. Luhmann, a retired U.S. ness that flying in the summer is different An area of specific concern to Silver Navy Commander, CFII and Aviation Safety than flying in the winter. There’s less mar- State is the number of accidents that Officer, emphasizes preparation, risk man- gin for error,” said Tim "Topper" Nelson, occur while practicing autorotations. De- agement and improving cockpit commu- Silver State's general manager for its pending on the number of lessons given nication between all flight team members, Pacific region. during the day, a CFI might have demon- in the air and on the ground. strated many autorotations by the end of FOCUS ON SUMMER FLYING While the meeting focused on summer flying hazards, it also addressed risk man- Champion Precision Flying Team Visits Robinson agement and improved cockpit com- In October 2006, the Russian 2005 World Helicopter Championship team toured the munication in the air and on the ground. Robinson Helicopter factory, escorted by Henry Austin, Robinson Customer Sup- The four days featured presentations by port. The Russian pilots and industry safety experts including Tim crew members were invited Tucker, chief instructor for the Robinson to the U.S. by the Center for safety course. Rotorcraft Innovation to dem- With 29 flight schools, over 200 helicop- onstrate precision flying skills ters (primarily R22s), 2500 students, and at Rotor Rally 2006 and to pro- more than 225 certified flight instructors mote American participation (CFIs), Silver State collectively flies an av- in the 2008 World Helicopter erage of 14,000 hours every month. Being Championship. aware of how heat and humidity affect a The Rotor Rally 2006 flight helicopter's propulsion and lift capabili- demonstrations were incorpo- ties is especially important when piloting rated into this year's Rotorfest the R22, which is Silver State's primary hosted by the American He- training helicopter. Back row: Maxim Zherebin, Alexander Mazalov, Pavel Karyakin licopter Museum, located in “With the R22 you’re always flying at or Front row: Yevgania Bukshpur, Galina Rostava, Ludmila Sorochin- skaya, Olga Ovsiychuk, and Robinson Helicopter's Henry Austin West Chester, Pennsylvania. near gross weight – the student, the CFI, Silver State's Fleet of Robinson R22s and R44s Following Robinsons Around the World Helicopter Pilots Aid Victims R44 Newscopter in the UK Plane-Girls Add Excitement of Mexican Hurricane Earns Contract with the BBC to New Gold's Gym Opening In September, Hurricane John pounded After an intensive four-month evaluation, The Plane-Girls from Georgetown, Texas Mexico's Baja peninsula, flooding villages FlyingTV, located in the UK, earned a three- added flair to the grand opening of the and cutting off access to the outside world. year contract to provide the BBC with a new Gold's Gym in Killeen, Texas. They In support of the Mexican Red Cross, Baja range of aerial filming services. FlyingTV’s flew a Robinson R44 Raven into the gym's Bush Pilots used several Robinson helicop- two dedicated R44 Newscopters proved parking lot on Saturday, August 26th. ters to distribute food and clothing. Pilots that they were capable of delivering high The flying team greeted prospective new flew countless hours moving supplies and quality content. members on behalf of the gym, pitched ferrying relief officials. aviation, and conducted tours of the heli- The Helicopter Horseman copter for children. Santa Claus Arrives in R44 Flying High in the U.S.A. Horse fertility expert Jason Abraham, of On December 2, 2006, Santa Claus arrived Canadian, Texas, hosts a television series in an R44 at the Hiller Aviation Museum called "The Helicopter Horseman" on the in San Carlos, CA. The community band RDF network. It features 20 minutes on performed Christmas carols and kids got a horse-related subjects and 10 minutes on Mark Young's R44 Raven II at 13,600 feet chance to tell Santa their wish lists. the R44 Raven II helicopter. atop Mount Holy Cross, Colorado, USA. R44 Pilot Finds Family continued from page 1 Quantum Helicopter Moves to New, Larger Facility to think that people would do it for me if I On October 20, 2006, Quantum Heli- were missing.” copters of Chandler, Arizona held an open His search encompassed a 10-square house and helicopter fly-in to celebrate mile area of dense forest, which made their move to a new, larger facility based it hard to see the ground. Two and half at Chandler’s new public heliport. hours into his flight, he found tire tracks in The open house attracted over 300 the snow, but was unable to follow them guests made up of friends, customers, em- because his helicopter was low on fuel. ployees, and families. Eighteen Robinson Rachor informed the SAR command, then helicopters were present. flew home. R44 Raven II takes off from Quantum's new home. Quantum’s new office and hangar com- The following day, he returned and dis- plex is four times the size of their previous covered footprints leading from the road facility.
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