HAI
BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIRMAN
Jeffery Smith R.O.P. Aviation
Teterboro, New Jersey, USA General Aviation
VICE CHAIRMAN B. Adam Hammond
Tennessee Valley Authority Knoxville, Tennessee, USA Government Service
TREASURER Nicole Battjes
Rainbow Helicopters Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Commercial Aviation
ASSISTANT TREASURER
Mark A. Schlaefli Dakota Rotors LLC
Custer, South Dakota, USA Commercial Aviation
PRESIDENT AND
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER James A. Viola
Helicopter Association International Alexandria, Virginia, USA
CHIEF OF STAFF
AND CORPORATE SECRETARY Roxanne R. Fox
Helicopter Association International Alexandria, Virginia, USA
DIRECTORS
Brian Jorgenson Timberline Helicopters
Sandpoint, Idaho, USA Commercial Aviation
Rick Kenin Boston MedFlight
Bedford, Massachusetts, USA Commercial Aviation
Randal R. Rowles Helicopter Institute Inc.
Fort Worth, Texas, USA Commercial Aviation
Stacy Sheard
Executive Jet Management/Fanatics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Commercial Aviation
Robert Miller Stallings Titan Aviation Fuels
New Bern, North Carolina, USA General Aviation
LEGAL ADVISOR
H. Bryan Brewer III Crowell & Moring LLP
Washington, D.C., USA SPECIAL ADVISOR–
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY Jonathan Daniels
Praxis Aerospace Concepts International, Inc.
Searchlight, Nevada, USA
SPECIAL ADVISOR– INTERNATIONAL
Francois Lassale Heli SGI
Denpasar Selatan, Bali, Indonesia DECEMBER 2022 ROTOR 3 DEPARTMENTS/COLUMNS
6 From the Board A Midyear Report By Jeff Smith
7 President’s Message Giving Thanks By James A. Viola
8 Advocating for You New Year, New Opportunities
By Cade Clark, John Shea, and Katia Veraza
11 ROTORWash X
HAI Briefs
X HAI on Social X
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HAI Member Benefit of the Month: Health Insurance
10 Best Practices for Conducting Crew Briefings
In the Spotlight: Claude Vuichard, President, VRASF XRotorcraft Events
20 FlyOver Mike Fyola and a Schweizer S333 By Mark Bennett
48 Flight Path Harley Bloecher
50 Future Faces Alex Atukwatse, Helicopter Mechanic, Uganda Police Air Wing
By Aaron Karp
52 Accident Recovery Blowing in the Wind By David Jack Kenny
56 Fly Safe
Spatial Disorientation: The Unforgiving Killer
By Jill Browning and Tyson Phillips
58 Work Safe Steer Clear of PINC By Zac Noble
60 Keeping Up Digital Overload By Terry Palmer
62 Last Hover Frank Robinson
63 Index of Advertisers
64 Last Look Evolution Helmets EVO 252 Flight Helmet
By Mark Bennett The US
Coast Guard Performing Hazardous Missions Safely
DECEMBER 2022 THE MAGAZINE OF HELICOPTER ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL
ON THE COVER: The US Coast Guard works in some of the worst weather and sometimes in the sunshine, too. HAI Director of Public Relations and Communications Dan Sweet photographed this Airbus MH-65E on patrol as it passed the Cape Arago lighthouse on Oregon’s southern coast, bathed in the glow of a late-summer evening.
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