HAI
BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIRMAN
Randal R. Rowles Helicopter Institute Inc.
Fort Worth, Texas, USA Commercial Aviation
VICE CHAIRMAN
Jeffery Smith R.O.P. Aviation
Teterboro, New Jersey, USA General Aviation
TREASURER Jack Matiasevich
Southern California Edison Co. Chino, California, USA General Aviation
ASSISTANT TREASURER B. Adam Hammond
Tennessee Valley Authority Knoxville, Tennessee, USA Government Service
PRESIDENT AND CEO 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 Nicole Battjes
Rainbow Helicopters Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Commercial Aviation
Brian Jorgenson Timberline Helicopters
Sandpoint, Idaho, USA Commercial Aviation
Rick Kenin Boston MedFlight
Bedford, Massachusetts, USA Commercial Aviation
Mark A. Schlaefli Dakota Rotors LLC
Custer, South Dakota, USA Commercial Aviation
Stacy Sheard
Executive Jet Management/Fanatics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Commercial 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 DEPARTMENTS/COLUMNS
6 From the Board A Chairman’s Reflection By Randy Rowles
7 President’s Message What Is HAI Doing for You? By James A. Viola
8 IMHO Another Avoidable Helicopter Crash … Again
By Bruce Landsberg
10 Advocating for You Midterm Report: The Only Constant Is Change
By Cade Clark, John Shea, and Emma Taylor
15 ROTORWash
HAI Briefs
HAI on Social
5 Dos & Don’ts for Mitigating High-Risk Operations
In the Spotlight: Allison McKay, CEO, Women in Aviation International Rotorcraft Events
26 FlyOver Larry Koren and a Bell UH-1H
58 Flight Path Michele Viviani
60 Recent Accidents & Incidents
62 Accident Recovery Past the Limits By David Jack Kenny
66 Fly Safe The ‘M’ Word By Greg Calvert
69 Work Safe Do You Know Where Your Tools Are? By Zac Noble
71 Index of Advertisers
72 Last Look Helimax Aviation Boeing CH-47D By Mark Bennett
Jeff Smith Smith HAI s 2 22
AI’’s 2022–23 Chai Giv 3 Chair
iving Back to the VTOL Community
ommu JUNE 2022 THE MAGAZINE OF HELICOPTER ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL
ON THE COVER: Incoming HAI Chair Jeff Smith enjoys the bright spring sun at Teterboro Airport (KTEB) in New Jersey, shortly after arriving in an AW139. The chief pilot for R.O.P. Aviation, Smith routinely flies in some of the world’smost congested airspace, the New York City metropolitan area. Photograph by Dan Sweet who, when not directing HAI’s public relations and communications program, moonlights as an aviation photographer.
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