I attended all three days and felt the helicopter pilots were over looked by HAI. I know that the convention is for the operators but very little information was aimed at the folks that keep them flying. I also feel there is a big opportunity to identify and educate the people who are not in the industry but are potential supporters and/or users of helicopters. I did get one man, who didn't have a badge, but claimed to live next door to the convention center, visiting my helicopter that I had landed in the convention parking lot. I sat him down in the pilots seat of the helicopter an explained the Bell 430 to him. We had a great conversation on noise reduction efforts by the industry.
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