DEPARTMENTS/COLUMNS
8 Chairman’s Letter Pay It Forward By Jim Wisecup
10 President’s Message After 70 Years, Still Going Strong By Matt Zuccaro
12 Advocating for You Introducing Ourselves to a New Congress By Cade Clark
15 RotorWash XX
HAI Briefs XX XX HAI on Social XX XX XX XX
One Question, Four Answers: Within the helicopter industry, whom do you admire and why? Safety Snapshot
5 Dos & Don’ts for Avoiding Distraction
In the Spotlight: Earl Lawrence, FAA Helicopter Events
22 FlyOver Southwest Heliservices and a Bell 206L-3
58 HFI Trailblazers Sergei Sikorsky: Born to Aviation By Steve Hirsch
64 Future Faces Pilot Finds True Calling in Maintenance By Allison McKay
WINTER 2019 THE MAGAZINE OF HELICOPTER ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL
ON THE COVER: Dan Sweet, HAI’s director of public relations and communications, set out to discover how the Robinson Helicopter Company captured top marks in customer service in a recent industry survey. While conducting interviews for the story that appears on p. 24, Dan shot Robinson’s test pilot Scot Woolums as he maneuvers a Robinson R66 through the skies above the Port of Long Beach in Southern California.
Increases Altitude
Attitude
Robinson Customer Service Soars
65 Flight Path Sarah Devika Green
66 Last Hover XX
Rex Bishopp XX Loran “Pat” Patterson
68 Recent Accidents & Incidents
71 Accident Recovery Identifying Risks in Real Time By David Jack Kenny
74 Fly Safe
Questioning Single-Engine Helicopter Performance By Matt Callan
75 Work Safe How Far Is Too Far? By Zac Noble
76 Keeping Up Shop Talk By Greg Brown
78 Index of Advertisers
80 IMHO Are We Training Pilots Right? By Randy Rowles
BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIRMAN
James O. Wisecup Air Methods Corporation
Englewood, Colorado, USA Commercial
VICE CHAIRMAN David Bjellos
Agro-Industrial Management
West Palm Beach, Florida, USA General Aviation
TREASURER Jan Becker
Becker Helicopter Services Queensland, Australia Commercial
ASSISTANT TREASURER Stacy Sheard
Executive Jet Management Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Commercial
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Matthew S. Zuccaro HAI
Alexandria, Virginia, USA CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Edward F. DiCampli HAI
Alexandria, Virginia, USA CORPORATE SECRETARY
Roxanne R. Fox HAI
Alexandria, Virginia, USA DIRECTORS
Douglas Barclay Kachina Aviation
Nampa, Idaho, USA Commercial
Jack Matiasevich Southern California Edison
Chino, California, USA General Aviation
Randal R. Rowles Helicopter Institute
Fort Worth, Texas, USA Commercial
Daniel B. Schwarzbach Houston Police Department
Houston, Texas, USA Government Service
Marc T. Stanley
MassMutual Financial Group Springfield, Massachusetts, USA General Aviation
LEGAL ADVISOR
H. Bryan Brewer III Crowell & Moring LLP
Washington, D.C., USA
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