** LINK to a PDF of the Final Agenda found below** During the 2012 HeliExpo the International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) will provide an informative workshop to summarize the IHST’s analysis of U.S. accidents and present the top twenty recommended intervention strategies to reduce the helicopter accident rate. Topics will encompass training, flight data monitoring, maintenance, safety management systems [...]
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Helicopter Flight Data Monitoring Toolkit
US Joint Helicopter Safety Implementation Team HFDM Working Group Releases the second edition of the Helicopter FDM Toolkit. This file is 36meg and with a slow connection will be slow to upload.
Interactive Flight Data Monitoring Tool defines FDM events based on available recorder parameters
For immediate release: Interactive Flight Data Monitoring Tool defines FDM events based on available recorder parameters In February 2010, the IHST Helicopter Flight Data Monitoring (HFDM) Working Group began a project to provide guidance to the industry to develop a base set of HFDM events. Research found that HFDM event sets – a collection of [...]
Helicopter flight data monitoring holds promise of safer EMS, offshore, LE ops
Kipp Lau provides important information for the reader. Excerpt From Pro Pilot Magazine: By Stuart Kipp Lau. Cougar Helicopters monitors a large fleet of helicopters supporting offshore operations. Advanced analysis software provides animation tools to recreate flights that are beneficial to an organization’s maintenance, operations, safety and training depts. Helicopter flight data monitoring (HFDM) holds [...]
Skywatchers – the next big safety advancement – HFDM
This is an excellent article on HFDM, written by James T. McKenna, that discusses HFDM and the role it will play in safety advancement for Helicopter Operators. Vertical Online – Skywatchers –
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