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High-Wire Act Power Line Inspections VOLUME 13 NUMBER 3 JUN/JUL 2019 A SHEPHARD MEDIA PUBLICATION High-wire act Power line inspections LAW & ORDER SUPPORT & SERVICE DUTY & CARE Police platforms Aftermarket provision EMS interiors WWW.ROTORHUB.COM RH-03-19_OFC.indd 1 23/05/2019 12:34:51 r66_options_ad_rotorhub_junejuly_issue_2019.pdf 1 5/17/2019 6:54:10 AM SAS/AUTOPILOT GARMIN AVIONICS C AUX FUEL TANK M Y CM AIR CONDITIONING MY CY HEATED SEATS CMY K CARGO HOOK pop-out floats WIRE STRIKE KIT www.robinsonheli.com © 2019 Robinson Helicopter Company. R66 is a registered trademark of Robinson Helicopter Company. All other trademarks are property of their respective companies. Equipment listed above is optional. RH-03-19_IFC_Robinson.indd 2 17/05/2019 16:34:36 CONTENTS Air Editor Helen Haxell [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)20 3179 2597 3 EDITORIAL COMMENT FEATURE Editor-in-Chief and Sea Editor Highs and lows 22 MAKING PREDICTIONS Richard Thomas [email protected] Helicopter operators demand a range of Tel: +44 (0)20 3179 2591 4 NEWS support services from OEMs after acquiring Deputy Editor – Land Beth Maundrill [email protected] • End in sight for certifying AW609 their platforms, from maintenance to training. Asia-Pacific Editor • North Dakota builds up R44 training fleet These services have evolved in recent years, Gordon Arthur [email protected] • Ka-32 set for significant upgrade with manufacturers increasingly turning to Senior Staff Reporter • Bristow puts faith in Chapter 11 restructure technology like predictive maintenance to Tim Martin widen the scope of their offerings. Staff Reporter Kate Martyr FEATURE Editorial Assistant 8 A HIGH-WIRE ACT FEATURE Lukasz Furmaniak Shephard looks at how the civil rotary sector 28 HORIZON OF CHANGE Contributors is adapting to coexist with UAVs across the Lighter weight, greater intelligence, higher Rob Coppinger, Gerrard Cowan, Peter Donaldson, Jim Dorschner, Tim Fish, aerial services and power line inspection sector energy efficiency and wireless features are Anno Gravemaker, Michał Jarocki, and questions how the helicopter industry can emerging requirements in the development of Neelam Mathews, Alexander Mladenov, João Paulo Moralez, Trevor Nash, David Oliver, best support itself and ensure that competition headset technology, with an eyeglass for visual Barry D Smith, Beth Stevenson, Jim Winchester with unmanned platforms does not disrupt aid also on the horizon. Shephard assesses Production Manager Georgina Smith business interests. industry efforts in advancing these trends. Junior Production Editor Sirli Manitski FEATURE COLLECTIVE PITCH Publishing Assistant 12 AN INSIDE JOB 32 RELENTLESS PROGRESS Malika Kingston Equipping a helicopter for the EMS role is a The in-development Bell 525 Relentless is one Digital Development Manager Adam Wakeling bespoke process that must cater to the needs of a handful of new commercial helicopters set Graphic Designer of each customer. There is no one specific set of for certification in 2019. Susan Griffin, executive Georgina Kerridge medical interior designs for rotorcraft, because VP of commercial business at the OEM, spoke Advertising Sales each one has to find a balance of meeting the to Shephard about the latest developments in [email protected] specific requirements of the platform and type flight testing and certification of the super- VP Operations David Hurst of EMS application that the operator wants to medium aircraft. provide within the SWaP restrictions that are VP Business Development Mike Wild inherent in the outfitting of rotorcraft. VP Content Tony Skinner FEATURE CEO Page 22 Darren Lake 17 SKYWAY PATROL Law enforcement is one of the most Chairman Nick Prest demanding applications in the helicopter Subscriptions industry. In recent years, there have been a Annual rates start at £90 Tel: +44 (0)20 3179 2592 range of technical developments that are aimed Email: [email protected] at enhancing the ability of police operators to Web: shop.shephardmedia.com carry out their missions. RotorHub is published six times per year by The Shephard Press Ltd, Saville Mews, 30 Saville Road, London, W4 5HG, UK. Subscription rates start at £90. PCM CitySprint is acting as mailing agent. Articles and information contained in this publication are the copyright of the Shephard Press Ltd and may not be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the publishers. Front cover: The lion’s share of power line inspection work continues to be completed by rotary-wing aircraft. Print by Buxton Press, Derbyshire, UK (Photo: Airbus Helicopters) © The Shephard Press Ltd, 2019. ISSN 1754-520X The Shephard Press Ltd SUBSCRIPTIONS Saville Mews, 30 Saville Road, London, W4 5HG, UK Tel: +44 (0)20 3179 2570 8 industry-specific magazines (print and digital) 14 definitive data sets/handbooks (print and digital) The Professional Publishers Association Member Shephard Plus online – in-depth news, analysis and intelligence To subscribe to our print and online services visit www.shephardmedia.com WWW.ROTORHUB.COM VOLUME 13 NUMBER 3 JUNE/JULY 2019 ROTORHUB WWW.ROTORHUB.COM 1 RH-03-19_p01_Contents.indd 1 23/05/2019 13:36:50 To Serve and Protect Leonardo Helicopters product range enables you to meet the stringent requirements of 21st century security and resilience missions. Powerful, high performance, all-weather rotorcraft fi tted with modern, leading-edge equipment and fl exible interiors, facilitate rapid and responsive role changes to meet your needs. Inspired by the vision, curiosity and creativity of the great master inventor- Leonardo is designing the technology of tomorrow. Visit us at Paris Air Show, Row A - Chalet 244 - Static Display B 6 leonardocompany.com Helicopters | Aeronautics | Electronics, Defence & Security Systems | Space RH-03-19_p02_Leonardo.indd 2 20/05/2019 19:14:58 COMMENT In the next issue • SAR Helen Haxell, Air Editor • HUMS • EO/IR Highs and lows • Finance and leasing Peaks, troughs, highs, lows, climbs and of the leasing market, with a smaller The lessor has also said that it is seeing dips – all part of the lexicon we heavily contingent of lessors now in business. increased demand from China’s offshore associate with the civil helicopter sector. Whilst the West streamlines its leasing oil and gas companies, which are looking The industry – which is constantly having sector, Asia is instead continuing to to upgrade their domestic fleets and to look at itself in the mirror to consider expand in this arena. Throughout expand their international presence. whether the state of the oil and gas aerospace and defence, the market share market is resulting in an abundance of that China is taking away from the wider Internal affairs idle aircraft – is self-aware, self-conscious world is being observed with bated breath. The other mighty power, Russia, has and always going through therapy. Will the dragon eat away the greater indigenously maintained its leasing One thing I have learnt as Air Editor, proportion of competition? For the leasing business through government-owned covering this sector for the last few years, segment, I highly doubt it, as operators enterprises – GTLK is the state-owned is that you can never be too certain – the tend to prefer a local touch, but if Beijing leasing company – so it is not likely to see rotors of change quite literally shift with proves successful in getting its claws into any penetration from international players. the wind. However, since it is important to Western industry, then it could present a At the end of last year, the Russian continuously take stock, I cautiously review very real challenge to regional companies. Ministry of Health announced that it is the status quo for the market’s modus Chinese lessors reportedly own around set to extend its state-sponsored HEMS operandi into the second half of 2019. one eighth of the world’s fleet, and this programme until 2025 while gradually number may be on the rise. expanding the scope to cover the entire Following the money territory of the huge country. The project Almost a year ago, I was adamant that Targeting growth now covers 49 regions, and a further 21 the leasing market would plug the gap However, the potential for business in will be added in 2020, with the whole of orders that had arisen due to the oil the Asia-Pacific market is also not going nation covered by 2021. A total of over 120 and gas downturn. However, we are now unnoticed, and lessors are making aircraft will conduct operations on lease. seeing lessors and rotorcraft providers efforts to get their footprint well and With Russia focussing internally on filing Chapter 11. truly cemented in the region. its leasing affairs and China looking to One such company is the Bristow Group, Considering China in particular, Lease continue its exponential growth domestically, which has recently been given approval by Corporation International (LCI) already has interested parties will naturally want to the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern 40% of its Asia-Pacific fleet operating in invest there and reap the economic awards. District of Texas to move forward with its the nation, and this is only going to grow Hiccups from the oil and gas downturn Chapter 11 restructuring process (see p6). as older machines are replaced. Indeed, are still having rippling effects across After also filing in November 2018, the lessor is targeting strong growth, and the Western world, so whether the global Waypoint Leasing entered into an is expecting up to half of its fleet to be leasing market remains represented agreement the following month to sell active in the region as a whole in the by a plethora of global companies is its assets to Macquarie Rotorcraft Leasing. coming years. dubious. Instead, it is highly likely that It was confirmed in March this year that A deal with Shanghai Kingwing Aviation one overarching body will cut through the acquisition of Waypoint’s helicopter was secured in summer 2018, whereby LCI the competition and spread its base portfolio has been completed.
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