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Teachers take flight with the Tennessee National Guard

Students from Cordova High School learned first-hand what helicopter pilots and crew members serving in their own community get to do on a daily basis

RYAN AEROSPACE wins training simulator contract with US Air Force

RYAN AEROSPACE (Australia) has been awarded a series of contracts to supply nearly 300 jet fighter and helicopter training simulators to the US Air Force as part of the Pilot…

Irish Air Corps continues NVIS training with ASU

Irish Air Corps (IAC), based at Casement Aerodome, Baldonnel Co. Dublin, Ireland, recently continued additional NVIS training with Aviation Specialties Unlimited (ASU)

VRM Switzerland presents new training solution

VR helicopter simulator manufacturer VRM Switzerland is presenting its Airbus H125 training device at European Rotors in Cologne

Pilots News

Helicopter crash survivability in focus: Part 2

Amy Gallagher details challenges to FAA regulations that have previously allowed helicopters to slip through without meeting safety standards to aid crash survivability

Pilot safety – the cockpit equipment keeping you safe

The equipment with which pilots work nowadays reduces workload and increases safety. But which have made the most difference to HEMS operations? Mike Biasatti outlines some of the most significant…

Interview: Tab Burnett, pilot for the Alaska Department of Public Safety

Mandy Langfield spoke to Tab Burnett, pilot for Alaska’s Department of Public Safety (DPS), about the unique challenges he faces flying in some of the most severe weather the northern…

Instrument Flight Rules operations for HEMS

Introducing instrument flight rules operations means increased safety for crews and patients. Barry Smith spoke to operators and training providers to find out how complicated they are to implement

Avoidance of VFR flights into IIMC

HEMS pilot Mike Biasatti talks about his experience with inadvertent entry into instrument meteorological conditions and shares how, with a few simple measures, pilots can avoid putting themselves, and their…

When does reliance on automation become over-reliance?

With more technology than ever before available to pilots to assist in operational decision-making, Mike Biasatti considers whether an overreliance on automation poses a clear and present danger to the…

Aircrew safety: Helmet standards in the US

Amy Gallagher asks if the new Civilian Aviation Helmet Standard has resulted in more questions than answers

Dynamic rollover – insights and avoidance tactics

David Farman, Aerospace Training System Specialist, Verification and Validation for CAE, shares his insights

Australian bushfires: aerial response from firefighters

Firefighters and military aid in Australia and beyond have come together to bravely fight the Australian bushfires. Mandy Langfield investigates

HEMS pilot view of the latest in IFR regulations

Mike Biasatti details some of the latest changes to regulations regarding helicopter IFR operations, and why they are so important.