The review will be done in partnership with aircraft manufacturers, offshore operators, the oil and gas industry, regulators, and organizations in the supply chain to the offshore helicopter industry.
At the conference, delegates also agreed to accelerate implementation of enhanced terrain awareness and warning systems (HTAWS) in the offshore fleet by the end of 2017. HTAWS provide visual and aural advisories to help keep aircraft safely separated from hazardous terrain.
“With time-bound commitments made across the industry, we will make a difference to safety at the frontline and protect the lives of the crews and offshore workers who travel by helicopter every day,” said Haskins.
According to Haskins, increasing information sharing is a priority for HeliOffshore. “We are focused on improving the reliability and resilience of systems, increasing operational effectiveness, and ensuring that the right safety enablers are in place,” she said. “Those enablers include sharing safety expertise industry-wide, so that all of those who work within and rely on offshore flight are benefiting from our best knowledge.”
Such global collaboration has led to two helicopter manufacturers publishing flight-crew operations manuals, HeliOffshore creating a
best practice for health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS), and an eye-tracking research program to enhance performance of crews in the cockpit.
Despite the slowdown in demand for offshore helicopter services, both membership within HeliOffshore and attendance at its conference are up. The organization, launched with five founding members in October 2014, today has 88 members participating in collaboration to enhance safety.
9,321,526 B2 The U.S. patent number
recently acquired by Airbus Helicopters for a new compound rotorcraft. The patent indicates that the future model could include turbojets, making this rotorcraft faster than their record-setting X3.
BY THE NUMBERS
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The anniversary year of the Vietnam War, observed in May at the U.S. Army Heritage and
Education Center in Pennsylvania. On display: a Huey 823 restored by the Liberty War Bird Association. The aircraft served with the 170th Assault Helicopter Company. .
75344 / 75413
Case numbers from the Mutual UFO Network where witnesses reported a likely Chinook trailing a dark, noiseless, fast flying object a few
hundred feet in the air. The UFO was described as shaped like a cigar—not a cigarette—so we’re not too alarmed about what was “out there.”
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