Paraclete Aviation offers training course to troubleshoot its helmets

Completion of the eight-hour maintenance training course will certify personnel qualified to disassemble, assemble, and troubleshoot Paraclete helmet products. Paraclete has secured certifications for four of its five sizes of the Aegis D Type 1, all five sizes of the Aspida 1, and all five sizes of the Aspida Carbon helmet set forth by the Department of Interior and the United States Forest Services (USFS) civilian helmet aviation standard. Tested to five sizes, the company’s Aspida and Aegis helmets are available in S-XXL.

“At Paraclete, we hold pilot safety and protection through education paramount in our product research, design, manufacturing, as well as knowledge and application of helmet maintenance,” said Paraclete Founder and President Scott Hedges. “As a standard practice, we provide our clients with Level II ASLE Training, knowing the quality of maintenance requires a consistent awareness of applying the annual training to uphold preventive maintenance services and inspections.”

Addressing helmet testing standards

Rotor industry expert Joseph Licina will address helmet testing standards and requirements to meet those standards. His presentation will cover what the military knows to be the true definition of ‘survivability’ requirements as discovered through decades of aircraft accident investigations.

“Attendees will learn the different kinds of testing conducted on the helmet and the helmet’s retention assembly, chin strap, the shell, liner, the visor, all of the components that are equally critical to the overall safety value of the helmet,” said Licina.

Product development based on research

With over 20 years of military service in the US Army as an instructor pilot as well as 26 years as a civil servant, Licina has been a consultant for the past nine years where he serves as a researcher, instructor, and speaker. Throughout his exceptional military-to-civilian career, Licina worked as an accident investigator for the US Army, National Transportation Safety Board as well as an FAA Investigator, conducting over 200 rotor accident investigations since his first investigation in 1972.

Paraclete’s product development is directed by evidence-based research and innovative solutions while representing a rare and independent business Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the United States Army Aeromedical Research Laboratories.