Last Hover: James O. Wisecup Former HAI Board Chairman and retired Air Methods Corp. (AMC) Assistant Chief Pilot James O. Wisecup, 71, died Jul. 30,… Continue reading →
Making Safety Simple (but Effective) One of the worst parts about reading accident reports is seeing how the accident chain was forged, link by link,… Continue reading →
Practice Makes Perfect When there are only seconds in which to respond, thorough drilling in the appropriate procedures can be crucial to successfully… Continue reading →
Recent Accidents & Incidents The rotorcraft accidents and incidents listed below occurred between Apr. 1 and Jun. 30, 2020. The accident details shown below… Continue reading →
WAI Scholarship Winner Diana Stearns Growing up in Frenchtown, Montana, Diana Stearns was intrigued by her mother’s career as an emergency room / air ambulance… Continue reading →
Meet Samantha Bean Meet Samantha Bean – Boeing AH-64 Apache Longbow armament/electrical/avionics system repairman Continue reading →
Why the H145? The Gulf of Mexico is home to nearly 2,000 offshore oil and gas platforms, from production rigs with a handful… Continue reading →
Life Flight Network: Connecting Community with Care A picturesque rural town of 14,000 in northeastern Oregon, La Grande is nestled in a fertile farming and ranching valley… Continue reading →
HUMS: Not Just for Heavy Iron Anymore What if an operator could tell—just by looking at a computer screen—that a particular bearing on an aircraft was showing… Continue reading →
Implementing Flight-Data Monitoring The US National Transportation Safety Board recommends that all Part 135 operators install flight-data monitoring (FDM) technology. But every operation… Continue reading →
