requirements
with innovative product
functions to reveal a new, compact design. It also blends into the design of the helicopter in an elegant way.
SkyHoist 800 Wins Awards
The SkyHoist 800 surpasses the conventional market parameters with its sophisticated capstan technology, deadweight of maximum 50 kilograms, hoisting capacity of up to 350 kilograms, cable length of 120 meters and maximum hoisting speed of 2 meters per second. Its modular design also reduces maintenance- related stop times and therefore saves money.
Not only does the rescue hoist score points because of its technical specifications, but it is also easy on the eye. Its shape combines aerodynamic and safety-related
Recently, the SkyHoist 800 won the
Good Design Award in the “Safety & Security” category. The international prize for product design is presented annually by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design in cooperation with the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies.
The SkyHoist 800 received the German Design Award “Special Mention” for its design back in 2016. The German Design Council has presented this award every year since 2012 for pioneering entries from product and communication design in the international design landscape. The “Special Mention” rating acknowledges
work whose design contains particularly successful aspects or solutions. The German Design Council was established in 1953 by the German Government in order to help the German economy to achieve consistent brand equity using design.
The design of the “SkyHoist 800” is the first project on which Jenoptik Aviation division has collaborated with designer Ralf Jubowski, who has also been designing Jenoptik traffic safety systems for more than 10 years. As a specialist from the aviation supply industry, Jenoptik can look back on 40 years of tradition in hoist production. Rescue hoists were already being used on life-saving missions on the Bell UH 1D helicopter back in the 1970s. NATO also flies missions with the NH 90 transport helicopter with a Jenoptik hoist.
USHST
U.S. Helicopter Accident Rate Continues Downward Trend During 2016
United States Helicopter Safety Team
Fatal Accident Rate Also Remains Low
Accident rates for the U.S. civil helicopter industry were pushed downward as safety
lifted upward during 2016. Preliminary data shows that the 2016 accident rate was 3.19 per 100,000 flight hours, compared to an accident rate in 2015 of 3.67.
This 13 percent decrease continues a downward trend in helicopter accidents since 2013 and maintains an improving safety record for the industry. The fatal accident rate remained statistically the same year-over-year, but was considerably lower than the 2016 goal set by the United States Helicopter Safety Team (
www.USHST.org). Comparing 2016 with 2013 (when the USHST industry-
Total
Year 2016 2015 2014 2013
Accident Rate 3.19 3.67 4.26 4.95
Fatal
Accident Rate 0.51 0.52 0.65 1.02
2016 Goal 0.73
Total U.S. Accidents 2013:
2014: 2015: 2016:
146 accidents, 30 fatal accidents, 62 fatalities 138 accidents, 21 fatal accidents, 37 fatalities 121 accidents, 17 fatal accidents, 28 fatalities 106 accidents, 17 fatal accidents, 29 fatalities*
*compared to 2013: 27% decrease in accidents
government partnership was created), total civil helicopter accidents have decreased by 27 percent and fatal accidents have been cut by 43 percent.
Reducing fatal accidents even further is a central USHST aim. From 2016 through 2019, the USHST is focusing major attention on reducing fatal accidents within the U.S. civil helicopter community. The industry-government partnership is targeting a reduction by 2019 to 0.61 fatal accidents per 100,000 flight hours. The fatal accident rate goal for 2016 was 0.73 or lower, and for 2017, it is 0.69.
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