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ALEA ISSUE 2016 | BOOTH #344 California Highway Patrol Flying with the CHP’s Valley Division PueRTO RiCO POLICE SCANDINAViaN SAR AIR MEDICAL ACCIDENTS Protecting the Border Swedish Maritime Administration Calculating True Costs Summer Issue | ALEA 2016 1 THESE BLADES TURN MORE. More Capability. More Safety. That’s why the H125 AStar is the leading U.S. law enforcement helicopter. With advanced safety features, an open cockpit, excellent visibility and low maintenance requirements, it’s backed by Airbus Helicopters HCare three-year warranty. H125 – a multi-mission workhorse. Made in America. Time for an All-Star law enforcement aircraft? AStar delivers. Important to you. Essential to us. Visit us at ALEA, Booth #110. www.airbushelicoptersinc.com 2 Vertical 911 Magazine RIGOROUS TESTING. SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGY. DON’T JUST FLY. FLY RIGHT. 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STORY BY JON DUKE BY KRISTA HAUGEN PHOTOS BY LLOYD HORGAN/VORTEX AeROMEDIA In Every Issue 010 Focus On Professionalism 014 RotorBeat 088 Marketplace 012 HAA Corner 032 Field Ops Photos 096 Final Approach ALEA Issue | Summer 2016 7 Eliminate the pressure associated with hydraulics. If searching for hydraulics has you feeling the pressure, we can help. Call today and speak with a knowledgeable sales professional or visit us online at www.heliparts.com. Visit us at ALEA, Booth #321 8 Vertical 911 Magazine Table of Contents ALEA Issue | Summer 2016 cover ALEA ISSUE 2016 | BOOTH #344 COVER An Airbus Helicopters H125 operated by the California Highway Patrol’s Valley Division flies through the Sierra Nevadas. The division operates two California Highway Patrol H125s and two airplanes. 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EDITOR Sarah Grandy [email protected] WebmasTER Dave Agotesku [email protected] CONTRibuTING EDITORS: CONTRibuTING PHOTOGRapHERS: Jen Boyer, Thierry Dubois, Jon Duke, Krista Haugen, Tony Kern, Dan Megna, Sheldon Cohen, Gustavo Corujo, Lloyd Horgan, Colin Kunkel, Skip Robinson, Bill Winn Mark McEwan, Dan Megna, Heath Moffatt, Skip Robinson PublisHED AND PRODUCED BY: MHM Publishing Inc. SubsCRipTION INQuiRies Call TOll-FRee: 866.834.1114 Vertical Magazine (ISSN 1703-8812) is published six times per year (Dec/Jan, Feb/Mar, Apr/May, Jun/Jul, Aug/Sept, Oct/Nov) by MHM Publishing Inc., paid at Fall River, WI. Postmaster please send address changes to: Vertical Magazine, PO Box 8, Fall River, WI, 53932. All material published remains the copyright of MHM Publishing. No part of this publication in whole or in part may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. Editorial published in Vertical Magazine does not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. Information contained within Vertical Magazine is believed to be accurate, but the publisher assumes no responsibility for errors. Vertical will consider unsolicited, quality stories and pictures, but the publisher cannot assume any responsibility for the safe return of submitted material. © Copyright 2016 MHM Publishing Inc. Vertical is proud to be a member of eth R. Wilso enn n K Aw 5 a 1 r 0 d 2 s International Serial Number ISSN 1703-8812 Finalist B a e i s d t e i n M C s s a e n n a i s d u i a B n Canadian Publication Mail Agreement Number: 40741549 Postmaster: If undeliverable, return mailing label only. Printed in U.S.A. Helicopter Association of Canada ALEA Issue | Summer 2016 9 Column Focus on Professionalism by Tony Kern How the Aviation Profession has Turned Upside Down I call this upside-down mindset the doing basic flight control checks, and I have a question for you. Are you a system-personal inversion — a world eventually tried to take off with the flight professional because you fly or work on turned upside down where we ask the controls still in the locked position (see good equipment for a great organiza- system to provide for all our safety, tion? Or is your company more profes- p.6, Vertical 911, Spring 2016). This is compliance, and improvement needs, as sional because you are in it? even more difficult to comprehend when opposed to asking more of ourselves. Think about this for a minute, because it taken with the fact that their company is an important distinction, especially for The system-personal inversion is similar had a Stage Two IS-BAO safety manage- first responders. If you connect your pro- to what some who study automation ment rating, with glowing remarks on fessional identity to the organization you and its impact on the way we think call their most recent audit. The results of work for, or the equipment you operate, primary-backup inversion, or PBI. PBI this system-personal inversion were pre- or your title on your business card, you occurs when new automation provides dictable — and preventable. are making a dangerous and self-limiting inputs that used to be made by humans. So why does this happen? And more assumption. For example, most modern vehicles will importantly, what can we do about it? Don’t get me wrong here. This is not a tell you when you have low tire pressure, When we forget about personal respon- supposedly negating the need for us to negative judgment of the professional- sibility for improvement, we invite all routinely check our tire pressure manual- ism of anyone or any organization, but kinds of demons inside our heads. They ly. While automated and systems protec- rather a simple question designed to creep in through many doors, including tions are nice, they have the undesired sort out who is responsible for what.