HELICOPTER LIFESUMMER 2009 / £3.99 www.helicopterlife.com HistoricHistoric GazelleGazelle HELICOPTER LIFEis theHIGH LIFE HELICOPTER Summer 2009 LIFE COVER STORY Show & Tell Guide 4 How the Gazelle Aviation shows and conferences. Stole Christmas 32 Helicopter Life The Editor’s Letter 5 looks at the history of the Gazelle, its Aerial Forum 6 & 10 military use and how Phil Cazaly on his H300 engine failure it was adapted to be used as a civilian Letters to the Editor 7, 11, 15 & 39 performer Flying Crackers 8, 9 The Long March 40 Georgina Hunter-Jones and Mark Kengelbacher G-HENS takes off 12 fly a Schweizer Georgina Hunter- 300 from Redhill Jones wites about in the United the new Global Kingdom to Jerez Helicoper Executive in Southern Network inagurated Spain. The trip by AAG Global takes four days from New York and and sixteen hours PremiAir from the flying. This is United Kingdom their story. New Technology 16 HeliRussia Moscow 48 Helicopter Life looks at the Hungarian Diora Helicopter Life Kx165 icepick and the Italian AH130 Turbine spends four days in Moscow at the Second Russian Helicopter Show and examines whether this is an Cholmondeley Pageant of Power 18 international or a local show and the potential for Georgina Hunter- growth Jones goes to Cholmondeley to The Music of the Skies 54 get a taste of the Romina Ciuffa forthcoming event takes to the skies in a in July and take a quartet of helicopters spin on the race - sees how the music track of the 20th century composer Karl Heinz Autogyro training 21 Stockhausen is Chris Jones on flying gyroplanes played using the heli - copers as part of the Medical Crew Training 22 orchestra Richard Patterson on improving crew training after the NTSB report Aviation in Music (Bruno Misonne) 59 Friedrichshafen 26 Helicopters Past and Future 62 Helicopter Life experi - ences the most influen - Book Reviews 63 tial general aviation show in Europe and sees Accident Reports 64 many possible helicotper innovations House & Helicopter 66 HELICOPTER LIFE,Summer2009 3 SHOW & T ELL HELICOPTER G UIDE LIFE 15 June - 21 June 2009 SUMMER 2009 PARIS AIRSHOW 2009 Aeroport Le Bourget, Paris France HON. 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Houston, Texas Copyright © FlyFizzi Ltd. 2009. Contact Helicopter Association International ISSN 1743-1042. All rights reserved. opinions expressed herein are not neces - 1635 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 sarily those of the pub lishers, the Editor or any of the editorial Phone: (703) 683-4646 Fax: (703) 683-4745 staff. Reproduction in whole or in part, in any form whatever, is strictly prohibited without specific written permission of [email protected] the Editor. 4 HELICOPTER LIFE, Summer 2009 T HE EDITOR S LETTER his has not been the best in spite of the recession, keep flying; quarter for helicopters and the experience you will get will hold Thelicopter flying. Helicopter you in good stead, long before you schools are not busy and a lot of get to the age of 92. people are selling their helicopters. In this issue w e have the prelimi - Even manufacturers are not as nary findings of the EHSET (the upbeat as they were at the start of European Helicopter Safety Teams) the year, with complaints that if this board and it makes interesting read - level of investment continues they ing. Tellingly, only 16% of accidents will not be able to continue with are attributable to rule or law break - research and development. And ing - the lowest figure in every cate - then we have all the blather over gory studied. And something that the ‘obama Helicopter’. Will it should be taken into account when continue in its present form? Will making new regulations: it is unlikely tonnes.” the contract go back to an American that people like pilots, who are natu - Which I took as another way of manufacturer? It is, of course, no rally disposed towards safety, will saying that Russia is very happy to be secret that Sikorsky is waiting to intentionally break rules but quite party of the International Helicopter welcome back that sweet likely, if rules are continually chang - Scene, as long as the world follows Presidential Suite with the open ing, that pilots won’t always know the Russian lead. of course, this is arms of a former lover. them. Pilots are generally men of exactly how America and China also Now there are more rumbles; the action, not necessarily the most likely view the world, so hardly surprising, Citizens Against Waste recommend people to read every piece of legisla - and the only reason that Europe is so going on with the present project. tion, especially if these are variable. keen to be party of a conglomerate, is Still, even if nothing else, this Although there may be less heli - that all its countries are too small to debate has got readers of the New copter flying there are definitely not be world leaders on their own: as York Times talking about helicopters. fewer shows. Friedrichshafen, soon as we lost our colonies we one advantage of less flying is although a general GA show, rather became fervent Europeans. there fewer accidents. Though that than just helicopters, was full of new In Aerial Forum we have a possibly is only until people start flying and interesting very light helicopters: controversial piece on whether or not again; then there may be an Alpi Aviation’s new turbine helicop - autorotations should be taken all the increase, as pilots attempt to shake ter, which can only be flown on a way to the ground, by Phil Cazaly. I off the rustiness of lack of training permit in Italy and Greece was one, worked with Phil for many years and in the down years; even a short time and there were a variety of gyro - he is a very good instructor, however, away from flying can make a differ - copters and small helicopters. this is one thing on which we totally ence to your skill levels. Gyrocopters will probably do well disagree. I believe students should be The New York Times had an piece out of the recession, as pilots, still taught to go all the way to the ground about a survey on 92 years olds who keen to fly rotorcraft but unable to on autorotations, he is vehemently play bridge. Apparently, people who afford helicopters, look around for a against it, for the reasons put forth in suffer with dementia can, if they have cheaper way of experiencing the his article. What do you think? spent enough of their lives playing whirling rotors above. Helicopter Life been nominated for bridge, can still recall brdige moves, The Russian helicopter show, now the Aerospace Journalist of the Year even while they can hardly function in its second year, gave a slightly dif - Awards in Paris Le Bourget, for the on a day to day level. Thestudy ferent view of the world from the one firefighting in oregon story: Baby showed that the more experienced we see from the West. The Chief of won’t you Light my Fire. It is unlike - people were, the more moves they Russian Helicopters oleg Ponomarev ly that we will win, but it was nice to could recal. This can be transposed told me: “Russian aircraft plants are be nominated. Thank you. over to helicopter flying; the more the biggest serial manufacturers of experienced you are, the more likely rotorcraft in the world, having pro - you are to react in the correct manner duced 56 thousand rotor wing aircraft when put in an unusual situation. So, with a take-off weight of one to 56 HELICOPTER LIFE, Summer 2009 5 A ERIAL FORUM The Day the Donkey Died Philip Cazaly experienced an engine failure in a H269c, here he examines what he learnt from the unexpected event f a helicopter pilot had to nominate one major mechani - and resultant forward thrust. Much the same thing happens cal component to suffer the inconvenience of terminal with helicopters; by lowering the collective lever we quickly Ifailure in flight, chances are they’d pick the engine.