HELICOPTER ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL
ANNOUNCES THE PASSING OF MATT ZUCCARO Helicopter Association International (HAI) is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Matthew S. Zuccaro, the immediate past president and CEO of the association. “Matt was one of a kind in our industry,” says current
HAI President and CEO James Viola. “Helicopters were part of his life, beginning with his US Army service in Vietnam. Throughout his career, he made safe helicopter operations his priority, and we are a better, stronger, and safer industry today because of his efforts on behalf of rotorcraft. Speaking on behalf of our industry, we have lost a good friend who will be missed. We extend our deepest condolences to his wife, Doreen, and his family.” An HAI member since the early 1980s, Matt was elected to the HAI Board of Directors in 1987 and served as chairman in 1991. He was named president of HAI in 2005 and retired in January of this year. During HAI HELI-EXPO 2020 in Anaheim in January, Matt was honored with the FAA’s Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, recognizing his 50 years of professionalism and skill as a pilot.
Among his many accomplishments, Matt may be
best remembered for a column he wrote for ROTOR magazine in 2013, encouraging pilots to “land the damn helicopter” in situations where proceeding would endanger themselves and passengers. From that column, HAI’s Land & LIVE program was born, saving countless lives around the world — a fitting legacy for a man who was passionate about safety in the industry he loved so much.
SUMMIT AVIATION HIRES NEW DIRECTOR
OF MANUFACTURING Summit Aviation, a Greenwich AeroGroup company, announces it has hired Josh Allen as its new director of manufacturing for the company’s Somerset, KY, location. A Navy veteran, Allen most recently served as the PTC
project director for Keolis Commuter Services in Boston where he was responsible for the positive train control (PTC) system across the MBTA commuter rail network. “We are extremely pleased that Josh has decided to join our team in Kentucky,” says vice president and general manager of Summit Aviation, Ralph Kunz. “Our manufacturing unit has experienced considerable achievements over the years, resulting in growth in Somerset. Josh will play a vital role in keeping us on the path to success and continued expansion.” Allen served in a variety of increasingly prominent
aviation positions after he left the Navy. Those positions included roles as program manager for Star Aviation in Mobile, AL; senior program manager for Zodiac Aerospace’s Airbus program; and senior program manager for Gogo Aviation in Chicago.
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STANDARDAERO AND ROBERTSON FUEL SYSTEMS ANNOUNCE FIRST CANADIAN CUSTOMER TO TAKE DELIVERY OF POPULAR
AS350/EC130 CRASH-RESISTANT FUEL TANK StandardAero and Robertson Fuel Systems announce the delivery of two crash-resistant fuel tanks (CRFTs) to the first operator in Canada to adopt this potentially lifesaving equipment. The CRFTs will be installed on one AS350 BA helicopter and one AS350 B2 helicopter owned and operated by Ontario-based Zimmer Air Services Inc., both of which have incorporated HeliLynx FX2 or Soloy SD2 modifications utilizing LTS101 engines. “Our multi-purpose missions often involve a great deal
of low-level flying, often with underbelly installations such as cargo swing/hooks or spray equipment, so we recognize the risk and that we must remain proactive in the safety of our operations for both our crews and our passengers,” says Paul Zimmer, president of Zimmer Air Services Inc. “For more than 40 years, we have established a reputation within the industry as a company committed to quality, service and safety, and the addition of these crash-resistant fuel tanks to our fleet is one more example of that continued determination.” “We are pleased to have Zimmer Air Services as our first customer in Canada to take on a leading role in improving helicopter safety in Canada by introducing the CRFT,” says Julien Roy, StandardAero’s general manager in Langley, British Columbia. “We received TCCA approval of our CRFT STC in October of last year, and within just a few short months we have already received significant interest. We believe the prompt delivery of these first two tanks in Canada is the start of what will be many more to come.” The StandardAero and Robertson CRFT is the only
Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) approved Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) solution for virtually all models of the H125/AS350 helicopter and also boasts approvals from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Customers such as Zimmer Air Services operating B2 and older variants of the popular AS350 platform can achieve modern standards of fuel system crash-resistance and occupant protection comparable to that of new production aircraft only through the StandardAero and Robertson CRFT, as no other solution is available for these legacy models.
MAVERICK HELICOPTERS ANNOUNCES CRFS
RETROFIT FOR ITS ENTIRE EC130B4 FLEET Maverick Helicopters and Airbus Helicopters have announced they will partner to retrofit the tourism operator’s entire fleet of 34 EC130 B4 helicopters with the Airbus Helicopters Crash Resistant Fuel System (CRFS), which has just received EASA certification with FAA to follow shortly.
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