CONTENTS
FEATURES 40
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VIDEOS 29
FLYING HIGH OVER THE SUPER BOWL CBP ENFORCES TFR NO-FLY ZONE
FRESNO COUNTY AIR SUPPORT SERVES CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
TRENDS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AVIATION IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT DRONES
PILOT SHORTAGE AND RETENTION BARRIERS AND SOLUTIONS
Lockheed Martin’s 360-Degree Pilot Visual System Completes First Flight On Bell V-280 Valor
Small Eye In The Sky: Special Forces Will Soon Have New Enduring ISR Option
Team Rotorcraft Pro visits U.S. Customs at the Super Bowl
DEPARTMENTS 8
MY 2 CENTS’ WORTH RPMN columnist Randy Mains voices his industry views
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MEET A ROTORCRAFT PRO Buddy KnotTs, Helivision LLC
EXECUTIVE WATCH Markus Siebert Managing Director, HeliEFB
MIL2CIV TRANSITION Tips for the transitioning military helicopter pilot 66
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Video Description Rescue attempt in the mountains, off the grid.
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MAINTENANCE MINUTE Tricks of the trade for helicopter mechanics
HANGAR TALK Industry news relevant to your business
HANGAR TALK – UAS News relating to unmanned aerial systems
PRODUCT & SERVICES FOCUS Genesys Aerosystems & SEI
ROTORCRAFT CHECKRIDE Instructional Recalibration
COVER
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Ops UH-60 Black Hawk was one of 12 aircraft that took to the skies during Super Bowl LIII to enforce the TFR (Temporary Flight Restriction) that the FAA placed on the surrounding airspace to protect fans.
Photo: Lyn Burks
RotorcraftPro.com May/June 2019
FRESNO COUNTY AIR SUPPORT
TRENDS IN AIRBORNE LAW ENFORCEMENT
PILOT SHORTAGE & RETENTION BARRIERS & SOLUTIONS
U.S. CBP AMO OVER SUPER BOWL LIII
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he large inland county of Fresno in Central California covers 6,000 square miles and supports a population of over one million people. It is a county of extremes, ranging from 154 feet in elevation to more than 13,600 feet in the towering Sierra Nevada mountain range. In between are nearly two million acres of farmland and California’s most populous inland city, Fresno. Temperatures can reach well over 100 degrees during the summer and drop below freezing in the winter. Protecting this varied terrain since 1856 is the
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Fresno County Sheriff’s Office and its 425 deputies.
Patrolling such extremes, the Air Support Unit is critical to the FCSO. The Air Support Unit went operational in 1997 with two new MD 500E helicopters using the call signs EAGLE 1 and EAGLE 2. The unit has hangar and office facilities at the Fresno-Yosemite Airport, a convenient location in the center of the county.
The MD 500E has been economical and capable, but it proved to be a bit
underpowered in some of the county’s more intense conditions. For this reason the two MD 500E airframes were upgraded with Rolls Royce 250R 450 hp engines, replacing the original Allison 250 420 hp engines. The R model gives crews a bit more power, and some in the unit feel it provides a reasonable increase in performance.
By 2016, the MD 500Es were coming up on 20 years of service and there was a need to buy an additional helicopter. So in 2018, the Air Support Unit bought and
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Fresno County Air Support Serves Central California
By Lyn Burks
May/June 2019
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