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With its current staff levels and its current 250 students taking classes at any one time, Mayhew estimates that the company brings about $100 million a year into the local economy.
I am guessing that Nick was either mis-quoted, or I am in the wrong business. What am I missing?
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Shell apparently threaten to pull out of Gaslveston and move to a grass strip at Alvin to avoid paying tax.
Officials seek moratorium on airport tax
Officials seek moratorium on airport tax
By Laura Elder
The Daily News
Published February 18, 2011
GALVESTON — With the hovering threat of losing major customers at Scholes International Airport, island officials last week traveled to Washington, D.C., seeking a five-year moratorium on the so-called helicopter passenger tax.
Among the several reasons Mayor Joe Jaworski, City Manager Steve LeBlanc and airport Director Hud Hopkins traveled to Washington was to keep Shell Oil from leaving the island, where it pays helicopter transportation company PHI Inc. to fly crews to offshore rigs.
Shell wants to avoid the federal tax of $3 a passenger. The tax is assessed on helicopter transportation companies such as PHI, who pass it on to customers.
Shell, each year, pays about $1.5 million in the federal tax by using Scholes International Airport. The taxes are imposed on passengers flying on large helicopters such as Sikorsky S-92s and S-76s, which PHI operates at Scholes.
To avoid the tax, Shell has asked PHI to move its base from the island to a non-airport field in Alvin. Despite persistent rumors, PHI has said it had no plans to leave the island. PHI officials earlier this month confirmed it had expansion plans but declined to elaborate. A PHI representative traveled to Washington with city officials.
The loss of offshore transportation would be a huge blow to Scholes International Airport, which doesn’t have airline service to generate revenues. The airport, which last year reported $924,507 in revenues on expenses of $924,415, makes money leasing its land to several tourist operations and other business. But about 61 percent of operations comes from offshore transportation, Hopkins said.
Along with PHI, the airport is landlord to Air Logistics, Era Helicopters and Rotorcraft Leasing Co. ExxonMobil has its own helicopter transportation operations at the airport.
Helicopter transportation companies pay rent and a “fuel flowage charge,” of 4 cents on every gallon of fuel they bring to the airport. Shell, for example, will pay $49,418 in rent and $33,019 for fuel flowage to the airport this year.
But the economic repercussions of helicopter transportation companies leaving is much broader. Thousands of offshore workers who catch helicopter rides from the island airport also stay in local hotels and eat at local restaurants. The helicopter services companies also employ mechanics and fuelers on the island.
So far, Shell is the only company that has publicly said it wanted to leave because of the tax. But others are paying attention, Hopkins said.
“They’re all kind of watching,” he said.
When it comes to the helicopter passenger tax, federal law generally exempts air transportation by helicopter for the purpose of transporting crews, equipment or supplies in the exploration for oil and gas unless the helicopter takes off or lands at an airport. But the tax is imposed at airports eligible for federal grants and assistance, which Scholes and most airports are.
The city doesn’t want to lose eligibility for federal money. So, officials last week met with representatives to seek a five-year moratorium on the tax at airports on the Gulf Coast hurt by hurricanes Rita, Gustav and Ike and where efforts to rebuild economic bases to pre-disaster levels is a challenge. Aside from Scholes, other Texas airports would include Brazoria County Airport and Aransas County Airport. Five airports in Louisiana also would be included in the moratorium on the helicopter tax.
Without the moratorium, hurricane-damaged airports and the communities they serve likely would see a continued erosion of their economic base as helicopter service providers burdened by the tax moved their operations to remain competitive, officials said.
If it were up to the city and the airport, there would be no such tax, Hopkins said.
Officials don’t yet know how successful their Washington trip was. But they said U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul committed their help in drafting language to achieve the moratorium.
“We’re hoping they move pretty quickly,” Hopkins said.
By Laura Elder
The Daily News
Published February 18, 2011
GALVESTON — With the hovering threat of losing major customers at Scholes International Airport, island officials last week traveled to Washington, D.C., seeking a five-year moratorium on the so-called helicopter passenger tax.
Among the several reasons Mayor Joe Jaworski, City Manager Steve LeBlanc and airport Director Hud Hopkins traveled to Washington was to keep Shell Oil from leaving the island, where it pays helicopter transportation company PHI Inc. to fly crews to offshore rigs.
Shell wants to avoid the federal tax of $3 a passenger. The tax is assessed on helicopter transportation companies such as PHI, who pass it on to customers.
Shell, each year, pays about $1.5 million in the federal tax by using Scholes International Airport. The taxes are imposed on passengers flying on large helicopters such as Sikorsky S-92s and S-76s, which PHI operates at Scholes.
To avoid the tax, Shell has asked PHI to move its base from the island to a non-airport field in Alvin. Despite persistent rumors, PHI has said it had no plans to leave the island. PHI officials earlier this month confirmed it had expansion plans but declined to elaborate. A PHI representative traveled to Washington with city officials.
The loss of offshore transportation would be a huge blow to Scholes International Airport, which doesn’t have airline service to generate revenues. The airport, which last year reported $924,507 in revenues on expenses of $924,415, makes money leasing its land to several tourist operations and other business. But about 61 percent of operations comes from offshore transportation, Hopkins said.
Along with PHI, the airport is landlord to Air Logistics, Era Helicopters and Rotorcraft Leasing Co. ExxonMobil has its own helicopter transportation operations at the airport.
Helicopter transportation companies pay rent and a “fuel flowage charge,” of 4 cents on every gallon of fuel they bring to the airport. Shell, for example, will pay $49,418 in rent and $33,019 for fuel flowage to the airport this year.
But the economic repercussions of helicopter transportation companies leaving is much broader. Thousands of offshore workers who catch helicopter rides from the island airport also stay in local hotels and eat at local restaurants. The helicopter services companies also employ mechanics and fuelers on the island.
So far, Shell is the only company that has publicly said it wanted to leave because of the tax. But others are paying attention, Hopkins said.
“They’re all kind of watching,” he said.
When it comes to the helicopter passenger tax, federal law generally exempts air transportation by helicopter for the purpose of transporting crews, equipment or supplies in the exploration for oil and gas unless the helicopter takes off or lands at an airport. But the tax is imposed at airports eligible for federal grants and assistance, which Scholes and most airports are.
The city doesn’t want to lose eligibility for federal money. So, officials last week met with representatives to seek a five-year moratorium on the tax at airports on the Gulf Coast hurt by hurricanes Rita, Gustav and Ike and where efforts to rebuild economic bases to pre-disaster levels is a challenge. Aside from Scholes, other Texas airports would include Brazoria County Airport and Aransas County Airport. Five airports in Louisiana also would be included in the moratorium on the helicopter tax.
Without the moratorium, hurricane-damaged airports and the communities they serve likely would see a continued erosion of their economic base as helicopter service providers burdened by the tax moved their operations to remain competitive, officials said.
If it were up to the city and the airport, there would be no such tax, Hopkins said.
Officials don’t yet know how successful their Washington trip was. But they said U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul committed their help in drafting language to achieve the moratorium.
“We’re hoping they move pretty quickly,” Hopkins said.
206 Down: New Athens
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Crop Duster Crashes
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Crop Duster Crashes
NEW ATHENS , ILLINOIS
The pilot of a crop dusting helicopter is dead after a "mechanical failure" caused him to crash into a St. Clair County, Illinois field. It happened about three miles north of New Athens, just of Illinois Highway 13.
St. Clair deputies say the chopper had been working in the area for much of the day. It set down in the field it was spraying, likely to refuel, Thursday afternoon. It was about 3:15 when he took off again, and something went terribly wrong.
"He had just taken off from that field and they were spraying the wheat out there with some kind of herbicide," Sgt. Mike Humbelt of the St. Clair Sheriff's Department said. "After takeoff they had some kind of mechanical problem and the helicopter crashed."
New Athens' mayor, who is also a pilot, said crop dusting aircraft have been plentiful in the area in recent weeks.
"For about the last three weeks there's been six crop dusting planes at the Sparta Airport and then these helicopters, so it's been a lot of activity," Mayor Gary Kearns said.
The helicopter, made by the Bell company, is registered to Couch Helicopters of northeast Arkansas.
The name and hometown of the pilot have not yet been released.
Federal investigators remained in the area Thursday night looking for clues as to why the helicopter crashed.
The pilot of a crop dusting helicopter is dead after a "mechanical failure" caused him to crash into a St. Clair County, Illinois field. It happened about three miles north of New Athens, just of Illinois Highway 13.
St. Clair deputies say the chopper had been working in the area for much of the day. It set down in the field it was spraying, likely to refuel, Thursday afternoon. It was about 3:15 when he took off again, and something went terribly wrong.
"He had just taken off from that field and they were spraying the wheat out there with some kind of herbicide," Sgt. Mike Humbelt of the St. Clair Sheriff's Department said. "After takeoff they had some kind of mechanical problem and the helicopter crashed."
New Athens' mayor, who is also a pilot, said crop dusting aircraft have been plentiful in the area in recent weeks.
"For about the last three weeks there's been six crop dusting planes at the Sparta Airport and then these helicopters, so it's been a lot of activity," Mayor Gary Kearns said.
The helicopter, made by the Bell company, is registered to Couch Helicopters of northeast Arkansas.
The name and hometown of the pilot have not yet been released.
Federal investigators remained in the area Thursday night looking for clues as to why the helicopter crashed.
206 Down: Vermont
Another Crop Duster Crashes
Helicopter Crash Near Turnpike in Lebanon County | PennLive.com
SOUTH LONDONDERRY, VERMONT
A helicopter spraying herbicides on a farm field near Gingrich Road in South Londonderry Twp. crashed Friday morning, but the pilot did not appear to be seriously injured.
The pilot, Thomas Green, 59, of Gettysburg, told police he was flying about five feet off the ground spraying a farm field belonging to James Hershey of Elizabethtown about 8:30 a.m. when he got too close to the ground and the landing gear caught, causing the helicopter to flip over to its side. The rotor blades broke off, and the tail separated from the rest of the craft, police said.
Police chief Jeffrey Arnold said gusty winds might have been a factor. The FAA has been brought in to do an investigation.
Arnold said the Bell Jet Ranger Rotocraft was owned by Ag Air, LLC, of Thomasville, York County. He said it is a total loss. Green was lucky to walk away from the crash relatively unscathed, Arnold said. He was taken to Hershey Medical Center for observation.
According to Lawn Fire Dept. Chief Jim Hess, the pilot was able to get out of the helicopter and walk away from the crash. Emergency personnel who were in the helicopter’s spray-zone had to be decontaminated.Arnold said the Lebanon Haz-Mat team was brought in, but the herbicides being used should cause no problem to the environment.
A helicopter spraying herbicides on a farm field near Gingrich Road in South Londonderry Twp. crashed Friday morning, but the pilot did not appear to be seriously injured.
The pilot, Thomas Green, 59, of Gettysburg, told police he was flying about five feet off the ground spraying a farm field belonging to James Hershey of Elizabethtown about 8:30 a.m. when he got too close to the ground and the landing gear caught, causing the helicopter to flip over to its side. The rotor blades broke off, and the tail separated from the rest of the craft, police said.
Police chief Jeffrey Arnold said gusty winds might have been a factor. The FAA has been brought in to do an investigation.
Arnold said the Bell Jet Ranger Rotocraft was owned by Ag Air, LLC, of Thomasville, York County. He said it is a total loss. Green was lucky to walk away from the crash relatively unscathed, Arnold said. He was taken to Hershey Medical Center for observation.
According to Lawn Fire Dept. Chief Jim Hess, the pilot was able to get out of the helicopter and walk away from the crash. Emergency personnel who were in the helicopter’s spray-zone had to be decontaminated.Arnold said the Lebanon Haz-Mat team was brought in, but the herbicides being used should cause no problem to the environment.
Sikorsky offers city link service
An Associated Aircraft S76C
Sikorsky's helicopter chartering business lands in Teterboro - GreenwichTime
An Associated Aircraft S76C
Sikorsky Aircraft's charter subsidiary Associated Aircraft Group has launched a service linking New Jersey's Teterboro Airport with Manhattan New York.
Associated Aircraft Group announced Monday it has an aircraft at Teterboro to take executives into New York in less than 10 minutes.
Carolyn Marino, director of AAG's sales and marketing, said the company has reached agreements with the airport that, along with the designated aircraft, will allow faster response times to meet clients' needs.
"We're seeing a slow increase," she said of business travel. "Our fractional ownership program is continuing to expand.
"AAG, acquired by Sikorsky more than a decade ago, manages a fleet of S-76 executive helicopters. Some are owned by one customer for whom AAG manages and maintains the aircraft. It also offers fractional ownership in the helicopters and manages those, too.
It appears to be a good time to expand service, according to one veteran Fairfield County travel agent.
"Business travel has been picking up for us with increased air bookings," said Nancy Yale, owner and president of Fairfield-based Cruise Resorts and World Travel Inc. "Our clients don't use as much of the Internet conferencing they had been doing over the past few years. The value of personal meetings has certainly led to increased business travel.
"She said the demand for business travel is heating up enough to prompt midsized companies to begin booking with travel agents again.But, so far, helicopter service remains a fairly exclusive service and has not reached into the larger business community, she said.
Associated Aircraft Group announced Monday it has an aircraft at Teterboro to take executives into New York in less than 10 minutes.
Carolyn Marino, director of AAG's sales and marketing, said the company has reached agreements with the airport that, along with the designated aircraft, will allow faster response times to meet clients' needs.
"We're seeing a slow increase," she said of business travel. "Our fractional ownership program is continuing to expand.
"AAG, acquired by Sikorsky more than a decade ago, manages a fleet of S-76 executive helicopters. Some are owned by one customer for whom AAG manages and maintains the aircraft. It also offers fractional ownership in the helicopters and manages those, too.
It appears to be a good time to expand service, according to one veteran Fairfield County travel agent.
"Business travel has been picking up for us with increased air bookings," said Nancy Yale, owner and president of Fairfield-based Cruise Resorts and World Travel Inc. "Our clients don't use as much of the Internet conferencing they had been doing over the past few years. The value of personal meetings has certainly led to increased business travel.
"She said the demand for business travel is heating up enough to prompt midsized companies to begin booking with travel agents again.But, so far, helicopter service remains a fairly exclusive service and has not reached into the larger business community, she said.
Instead of Upgrading Helicopters, Army Wants to Upgrade Pilots
The Army has found a solution to fixing its aging helicopter fleet. It doesn’t even require upgrading the helicopters very much, or designing new and more modern ones. Indeed, the helicopters will remain largely the same. It’s the pilots who are getting upgraded.
On Monday, Raytheon received a $4.7 million contract from the Army’s wing for Engineering and Manufacturing Development to develop a wearable computer system for helicopter pilots. Called the Air Soldier system, which the Army hopes to field by 2015, it includes smartphone-sized devices attached to pilots’ wrists and is envisioned as a way to share battlefield information between pilots and troops on the ground. Those devices are then linked to a detachable tablet mounted to an aircraft dashboard.
Behind it all is a brain called the Soldier Computer Module, which is itself planned to be only a quarter of an inch thick and slightly larger than a pack of cigarettes. This comes the same day the military announced it’s spending $7.3 billion on new Black Hawks, which have served as the workhorses of the U.S. helo force since the 1970s.In other words: keep the helicopters, but improve the pilots. Instead of ripping out and redesigning consoles for existing aircraft, and going though costly re-certification, you simply redesign the airmen.
Air Soldier is envisioned as a personal communication and information tool. That could mean tracking where friendly troops are operating, or the location of bad guys an attack chopper needs to destroy, or which areas to avoid if a pilot is forced to abandon his or her aircraft.
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Rolls-Royce lands $183m US Army helicopter contract
The US Army contract, to support 500 M250 engines on more than 300 OH-58D Kiowa Warrior scout helicopters, will last a year, with the military having the option to extend it for another four years.
Rolls-Royce has supported the Kiowa Warrior fleet for 13 years, with the Kiowa Warriors completing more than 2m flight hours, including more than 750,000 hours in combat.
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The Army has found a solution to fixing its aging helicopter fleet. It doesn’t even require upgrading the helicopters very much, or designing new and more modern ones. Indeed, the helicopters will remain largely the same. It’s the pilots who are getting upgraded.
On Monday, Raytheon received a $4.7 million contract from the Army’s wing for Engineering and Manufacturing Development to develop a wearable computer system for helicopter pilots. Called the Air Soldier system, which the Army hopes to field by 2015, it includes smartphone-sized devices attached to pilots’ wrists and is envisioned as a way to share battlefield information between pilots and troops on the ground. Those devices are then linked to a detachable tablet mounted to an aircraft dashboard.
Behind it all is a brain called the Soldier Computer Module, which is itself planned to be only a quarter of an inch thick and slightly larger than a pack of cigarettes. This comes the same day the military announced it’s spending $7.3 billion on new Black Hawks, which have served as the workhorses of the U.S. helo force since the 1970s.In other words: keep the helicopters, but improve the pilots. Instead of ripping out and redesigning consoles for existing aircraft, and going though costly re-certification, you simply redesign the airmen.
Air Soldier is envisioned as a personal communication and information tool. That could mean tracking where friendly troops are operating, or the location of bad guys an attack chopper needs to destroy, or which areas to avoid if a pilot is forced to abandon his or her aircraft.
More
Rolls-Royce lands $183m US Army helicopter contract
The US Army contract, to support 500 M250 engines on more than 300 OH-58D Kiowa Warrior scout helicopters, will last a year, with the military having the option to extend it for another four years.
Rolls-Royce has supported the Kiowa Warrior fleet for 13 years, with the Kiowa Warriors completing more than 2m flight hours, including more than 750,000 hours in combat.
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Bell Helicopter Ranked No.1 in Product Support Survey for Seventh Consecutive Year
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Bell Helicopter has been named number one in product support in a survey sponsored by Aviation International News. Bell Helicopter topped the scores in 9 out of 10 categories surveyed and strengthened its position by 4% from 2011. Consistently named the industry leader in customer support, Bell Helicopter also received top honors for the 18th consecutive year from the readers of Professional Pilot in their annual independent customer support survey.
Customers ranked Bell Helicopter first in terms of authorized service centers, parts availability, cost of parts, aircraft on ground (AOG) response, warranty fulfillment, technical manuals, technical representatives, maintenance tracking programs and overall aircraft reliability.
Customers ranked Bell Helicopter first in terms of authorized service centers, parts availability, cost of parts, aircraft on ground (AOG) response, warranty fulfillment, technical manuals, technical representatives, maintenance tracking programs and overall aircraft reliability.
Associated Aircraft Group announced Monday it has an aircraft at Teterboro to take executives into New York in less than 10 minutes.
PHI Hit With $120m Claim
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A fixed-wing flight instructor and his student were flying in the wrong traffic pattern before being hit by a PHI Air Medical EC135 near Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport. The certificated commercial pilot and passenger on board the airplane were fatally injured. The families of the two victims have filed a $120 million lawsuit against PHI and the helicopter’s pilot, Paul Weve.
VFR.....See and Avoid!
The Accident Report shows the Pilot wouid lose sight of the airplane as the Helicopter turned left in preparation for landing. That placed the airplane below and ahead of the Helicopter.
There was no discussion in the Accident Report about what the Non-Pilot Flight Nurse in the Co-Pilot seat could have seen....and limited its review to only the Pilot.
Normally, the PHI Operation employs the Nurses as well as providing the Aircraft and Pilot.....thus PHI (if that is the case here) has no out by blaming the Flight Nurse.
The Accident Report correctly states the fact that there is no restriction on making a Right Hand Traffic Pattern beyond it being a Recommended Practice to make a Left Hand Pattern unless a Right Hand Pattern is required and so indicated by Signs, Signals, etc.
Eight Hundred feet AGL is considered Traffic Pattern Height.
So...as I read it....the airport was busy, Pilots were making standard radio calls, the accident airplane was in a non-standard pattern, was at 500 feet AGL, was tardy in turning its Transponder on, and as there was no mention by witnesses of any radio calls by the accident airplane....the Helicopter Crew would have been forced to rely purely upon Visual Separation.
A Jury will have a tough time deciding who is the most negligent here. Neither crew did anything illegal or in direct contravention of the FAR's as I see it.
This is an unusual Mid-Air between a Helicopter and Airplane....usually it is the Airplane crew being interviewed and the helicopter crew that goes to the Morque.
The Accident Report shows the Pilot wouid lose sight of the airplane as the Helicopter turned left in preparation for landing. That placed the airplane below and ahead of the Helicopter.
There was no discussion in the Accident Report about what the Non-Pilot Flight Nurse in the Co-Pilot seat could have seen....and limited its review to only the Pilot.
Normally, the PHI Operation employs the Nurses as well as providing the Aircraft and Pilot.....thus PHI (if that is the case here) has no out by blaming the Flight Nurse.
The Accident Report correctly states the fact that there is no restriction on making a Right Hand Traffic Pattern beyond it being a Recommended Practice to make a Left Hand Pattern unless a Right Hand Pattern is required and so indicated by Signs, Signals, etc.
Eight Hundred feet AGL is considered Traffic Pattern Height.
So...as I read it....the airport was busy, Pilots were making standard radio calls, the accident airplane was in a non-standard pattern, was at 500 feet AGL, was tardy in turning its Transponder on, and as there was no mention by witnesses of any radio calls by the accident airplane....the Helicopter Crew would have been forced to rely purely upon Visual Separation.
A Jury will have a tough time deciding who is the most negligent here. Neither crew did anything illegal or in direct contravention of the FAR's as I see it.
This is an unusual Mid-Air between a Helicopter and Airplane....usually it is the Airplane crew being interviewed and the helicopter crew that goes to the Morque.
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Another Duster Down: This Time Fresno
Fresno County firefighters work to remove a pilot whose Bell 206 crop-dusting helicopter crashed in a field east of Riverdale, California in Fresno County on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. Authorities say the pilot suffered moderate injuries when the helicopter crashed.
Pilot survives Fresno County helicopter crash - SFGate
Fresno County firefighters work to remove a pilot whose Bell 206 crop-dusting helicopter crashed in a field east of Riverdale, California in Fresno County on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. Authorities say the pilot suffered moderate injuries when the helicopter crashed.
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say the pilot of a crop-dusting helicopter suffered moderate injuries when his helicopter crashed in a field outside of
Fresno Tuesday afternoon.
Fresno County sheriff's Deputy Chris Curtice says the helicopter went down around 12:45 p.m. in an open field east of the community of Riverdale.
The pilot was trapped inside the wreckage, but Curtice says rescue crews were able to extricate him and take him to a hospital. The name of the pilot has not been released.
Curtice says the helicopter was in the process of spraying the field with pesticide when the aircraft went down.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crash.
Fresno Tuesday afternoon.
Fresno County sheriff's Deputy Chris Curtice says the helicopter went down around 12:45 p.m. in an open field east of the community of Riverdale.
The pilot was trapped inside the wreckage, but Curtice says rescue crews were able to extricate him and take him to a hospital. The name of the pilot has not been released.
Curtice says the helicopter was in the process of spraying the field with pesticide when the aircraft went down.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crash.
Trinity Helicopters Bell 407 with Kirsten Brazier at the controls
In Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, 27 local businesses as well as the Canadian military rallied around helicopter pilot Kirsten Brazier to provide static displays as well as funds and logistics to allow four of Trinity Helicopters’ pilots Kirsten Brazier, Megan Tyler, Derrick Robinson and Robert Ferlisi, to take over 400 local girls and women on their first small aircraft flight and, in doing so, earned the Yellowknife Airport the coveted “Most Female-Pilot-Friendly Airport Worldwide” title!
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GONZALES, Calif. Aug 04, 2013 — A helicopter that had just finished spraying pesticides crashed into a lettuce field in the 1000 block of River Road near Gonzales on Sunday, officials said.
Power cut out on the helicopter so the pilot was forced to make the crash-landing, according to the Monterey County Sheriff's Department.
The pilot walked away without injuries.
Power cut out on the helicopter so the pilot was forced to make the crash-landing, according to the Monterey County Sheriff's Department.
The pilot walked away without injuries.
Helicopter spraying pesticides crashes near Gonzales | Monterey News - KSBW Home
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Volusia Sheriff's helicopter makes emergency landing on beach
Volusia sheriff's helicopter makes emergency landing on beach | News-JournalOnline.com
A Volusia County sheriff's helicopter has made a forced landing on the beach Wednesday after the crew experienced a shudder in the engine a sheriff's spokesman said.
The helicopter, one of several in the fleet referred to as Air One by the Sheriff's Office, was on a routine flight when the crew felt a shudder in the engine and decided to make an emergency landing as a precaution, said Davidson.
The helicopter, one of several in the fleet referred to as Air One by the Sheriff's Office, was on a routine flight when the crew felt a shudder in the engine and decided to make an emergency landing as a precaution, said Davidson.
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Super Science Saturday
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC shall be hosting a Super Science Saturday on August 10th 2013:
Helicopters | National Air and Space Museum
Real helicopters, flying in just for the occasion, will be on display outside the Center, while demonstrations and hands-on activities will be offered inside. Visitors of all ages will become immersed in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics topics in a fun and engaging way.
Helicopter fans will have the opportunity to see a variety of helicopters including:
• Bell 429 (Fairfax County Police)
• A-Star AS 350B (WBAL-TV)
• Bell 427
• R-44 Rescue
In addition, attendees can learn about how helicopters work at interactive Discovery Stations, enjoy a RC helicopter demo with vertical flight curator Roger Connor, and listen to presentations from helicopter associations, including the Virginia Airborne Search and Rescue and the Whirly Girls. The team of University of Maryland students who set a world record with Gamera II, a human-powered helicopter, will also staff a display inside the Center.
Helicopter fans will have the opportunity to see a variety of helicopters including:
• Bell 429 (Fairfax County Police)
• A-Star AS 350B (WBAL-TV)
• Bell 427
• R-44 Rescue
In addition, attendees can learn about how helicopters work at interactive Discovery Stations, enjoy a RC helicopter demo with vertical flight curator Roger Connor, and listen to presentations from helicopter associations, including the Virginia Airborne Search and Rescue and the Whirly Girls. The team of University of Maryland students who set a world record with Gamera II, a human-powered helicopter, will also staff a display inside the Center.
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Man recovering after being hit by helicopter blade
Man recovering after being hit by helicopter blade | Globalnews.ca
From the http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/519...-russia-2.html thread:
LA LOCHE, Sask. – A man is recovering in a Edmonton hospital after being hit by a helicopter blade while carrying out geological work north of La Loche, Sask.
On Tuesday morning, the man was one of three people arriving at an exploration site near Forrest Lake.
The helicopter, an AS-350, touched down on a soft muskeg heli-pad.
According to the Transportation Safety Board, the man and one of his colleagues then exited the craft while the rotor-blades were still spinning.
The man walked to the cargo bay, and then around to the front of the helicopter where he was hit.
Chris Krepski of the Transportation Safety Board says it appears the front skids of the helicopter may have sunk down into the soft ground, causing it to be lower than it normally would have been.
On Tuesday morning, the man was one of three people arriving at an exploration site near Forrest Lake.
The helicopter, an AS-350, touched down on a soft muskeg heli-pad.
According to the Transportation Safety Board, the man and one of his colleagues then exited the craft while the rotor-blades were still spinning.
The man walked to the cargo bay, and then around to the front of the helicopter where he was hit.
Chris Krepski of the Transportation Safety Board says it appears the front skids of the helicopter may have sunk down into the soft ground, causing it to be lower than it normally would have been.
From the http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/519...-russia-2.html thread:
Originally posted by Anthony Supplebottom
There is a tendency in many of the northern territories - Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia - to request pax to crouch down next to the helicopter after disembarking and remain so until the heli leaves.
There is a tendency in many of the northern territories - Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia - to request pax to crouch down next to the helicopter after disembarking and remain so until the heli leaves.
Originally posted by nigelh
The practice , as you put it , is not screwed up !! It is a standard way of disembarking pax with kit , or in uneven terrain.
The practice , as you put it , is not screwed up !! It is a standard way of disembarking pax with kit , or in uneven terrain.
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Memorial marks spot of helicopter crash deaths
Memorial marks spot of helicopter crash deaths
VENTURA — A cross bearing the names of those killed in the January crash of a Mercy Air Med helicopter has been placed near the crash site.
Paramedic Russ Piehl, pilot Gene Grell and flight nurse Shelly Lair-Langenbau were killed Jan. 2 when the helicopter crashed in a field shortly after take-off.
The memorial is located on 260th Street about three-quarters of a mile west of County Road S14.
Paramedic Russ Piehl, pilot Gene Grell and flight nurse Shelly Lair-Langenbau were killed Jan. 2 when the helicopter crashed in a field shortly after take-off.
The memorial is located on 260th Street about three-quarters of a mile west of County Road S14.
Memorial marks spot of helicopter crash deaths
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Carson Helicopters moving
Carson Helicopters moving to Fort Monroe - dailypress.com
August 13, 2013
HAMPTON — A helicopter parts manufacturer that had operated in Pennsylvania for 50 years is moving to Fort Monroe.
Carson Helicopters rebuilds and updates the Sikorsky S61 transport helicopter and other aircraft while also researching, designing and developing aircraft parts.
The Carson Composite Main Rotor Blade is used on Marine One, the helicopter that carries the president, according to a news release from the Fort Monroe Authority and city of Hampton.
The company will occupy an existing building along Fenwick Road in Fort Monroe's Wherry Quarter. No aircraft will land or take off from the property.
HAMPTON — A helicopter parts manufacturer that had operated in Pennsylvania for 50 years is moving to Fort Monroe.
Carson Helicopters rebuilds and updates the Sikorsky S61 transport helicopter and other aircraft while also researching, designing and developing aircraft parts.
The Carson Composite Main Rotor Blade is used on Marine One, the helicopter that carries the president, according to a news release from the Fort Monroe Authority and city of Hampton.
The company will occupy an existing building along Fenwick Road in Fort Monroe's Wherry Quarter. No aircraft will land or take off from the property.
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Helicopter crew looking for pot gardens crashes in Oregon
Helicopter crew looking for pot gardens crashes in Oregon | Q13 FOX News
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BURNS, Ore. (KPTV) – A helicopter crew looking for illegal marijuana gardens crashed on a Forest Service road in eastern Oregon on Monday afternoon.
The U.S. Department of Justice leased the helicopter for marijuana eradication efforts in northern Harney County. Large outdoor marijuana growing operations are often found in rural Oregon; in fact, a smoke jumper fighting a wildfire found a pot garden belonging to Mexican drug traffickers earlier this year.
On Monday around 1:30 p.m., the helicopter was 400 feet off the ground when the engine failed, causing the pilot to auto rotate down to a narrow road near Calamity Butte.
The pilot, 29-year-old Thomas Levanger, of Redding, CA, and passenger, Harney County Deputy Sheriff Chris Nisbet, both survived the crash and did not suffer any significant injuries.
The U.S. Department of Justice leased the helicopter for marijuana eradication efforts in northern Harney County. Large outdoor marijuana growing operations are often found in rural Oregon; in fact, a smoke jumper fighting a wildfire found a pot garden belonging to Mexican drug traffickers earlier this year.
On Monday around 1:30 p.m., the helicopter was 400 feet off the ground when the engine failed, causing the pilot to auto rotate down to a narrow road near Calamity Butte.
The pilot, 29-year-old Thomas Levanger, of Redding, CA, and passenger, Harney County Deputy Sheriff Chris Nisbet, both survived the crash and did not suffer any significant injuries.
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Engine failure caused a helicopter looking for illegal marijuana to crash in eastern Oregon Monday afternoon, authorities said.
The McDonnell Douglas 369E was being leased by the U.S. Department of Justice from PJ Helicopters of Red Bluff, Calif.
The McDonnell Douglas 369E was being leased by the U.S. Department of Justice from PJ Helicopters of Red Bluff, Calif.
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