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November 2009
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Vol. 43 | No. 11
November 2009
Personal|Corporate
Commercial
Military
Public Service
Training
Products
Services
Departments
10 rotorcraft report
20 People
20 Coming Events
21 Program Insider
34
V-22 Gets New Manager
Hot Products
Classified Ads
Ad Index
Coming Up
Cover: USCG, winners of the Helicopter Heroism Awards,
during their mission in the Bering Sea. Above: View of the
production floor at Eurocopter’s Donauwörth facility.
Below: SAR training differs for civil and military operators.
Columns
4 editor’s Notebook
7 Feedback
8 meet the Contributors
52 eurowatch
54 military Spin
Features
Cover STory
24 ■
Helicopter Heroism Awards
Cool composure in the midst of chaos. Presenting the winners of the
2009
Helicopter Heroism Awards. By Rotor & Wing staff
■ rotorcraft Terrain Avoidance
Everything you ever wanted to know about helicopter terrain
awareness and avoidance systems (HTAWS). By Dale Smith
42
■ eurocopter Donauwörth
Home to more than 5,000 workers, Eurocopter’s Donauwörth
produces both military and civilian helicopters. By Richard Whittle
■ Ice Protection Systems
A review of Sikorsky’s Rotor Ice Protection System (RIPS) from an
operator’s perspective. By Scot K. Penn
■ Different Faces of SAr Training
SAR training presents unique obstacles for different types of civilian
and military rescue agencies. By Charlotte Adams
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Editor’s Notebook
By Joy Finnegan
‘I Knew You Would Come’
I n this issue you will find the winners
ficult rescues. The full description of that
event begins on page 25.
Lastly we honored James Ramage.
Ramage was holder of the California
Department of Forestry’s badge number
one and dedicated his life’s work to shar-
ing his vast knowledge. He was nomi-
nated posthumously, more as a lifetime
achievement, rather than for a single
event. Please read his story beginning on
page 28.
We weighed many factors in select-
ing our winners, including adherence to
regulations and safety precautions. To
our winners we say congratulations and
thank you for your dedication and com-
mitment to saving lives.
In addition, we want to acknowledge
one other group and their incredible res-
cue. Although not among our winners,
the Brazilian Air Force accomplished a
rescue of herculean size over several days
during the floods of November 2008 in
Santa Catarina State in Brazil and their
efforts must be recognized.
The majority of the port city of Itajaí
was flooded and the port destroyed; the
region was totally isolated from the rest of
the country by land and sea. The highways
were littered with vehicles stopped at the
highest points, surrounded by water.
The region was without fresh water
and electricity, and the only available aid
came by air, by means of an aerial sup-
ply line provided by the Air Force in the
first week after the flood. About 80,000
people had to leave their homes, most
needing air support.
Facing such a disaster, the Santa Catar-
ina operation was organized utilizing the
services of the three armed forces and
firefighters and police. During the apex
of the operation, more than 30 aircraft
of diverse models (H-50, H-34, H-1H,
C-130, C-295) used Navegantes city air-
port, located on the opposite side of the
Itajaí-açú River, as an operations base.
The first three days were crucial,
because only two helicopters of the Air
Force (one H-34 and one H-1H) and a
few H-50s of the Santa Catarina govern-
ment were operating in the area.
In that time, the Huey FAB 8692 flew
about 27 hours, evacuated 200 people
from the risk areas and transported about
two to three tons of food and medicine
to the isolated areas. As the writer stated
in his submission form, “Not bad for a
40-year-old aircraft.”
The following day, the risk of the
nearby dam rupture, reported the day
before, was very real. All inhabitants
were evacuated from the region and
many firefighter teams were taken there
to evaluate the situation and search for
survivors. This mission was risky due to
small avalanches still occurring all over
the area. The firemen would spend all day
in the area, infiltrated in the morning and
rescued in the afternoon.
According to the submission, there
was an elderly man in one group of sur-
vivors who agreed to wait for the last
sortie. He confessed that he doubted
the helicopter would come back. But he
must have held out hope. Upon hearing
the sound of the Huey approaching, he
declared, “I knew you would come.”
The crew members on that Huey were
Capt. Luis Celles; Lt. Gabriel Moraes; Lt.
Kleison Reolo; Sgt. Altemir Zambarda;
Sgt. Paulo Gladimir; Sgt. Fábio Antunes;
and Sgt. Edvan Luna. To read the full
account of the daring rescues made by
this crew during this flood please go to
our website at www.rotorandwing.com.
The motto of the Search and Rescue
section of the Brazilian Air Force, repre-
senting the spirit of rotor wing aviation
is: “So others can live.” Fitting for the crew
of Huey FAB 8692 and all our honored
heroes.
of the 2009 Rotor & Wing Helicopter
Heroism Awards. Being new to the
rotor world, I have to say that read-
ing these submissions and learning about
the events for which our winners were
chosen, left me awestruck. The skills
to complete the rescues we chose are
at a level few will ever experience. Two
groups and one individual were chosen
among many entries.
First, our top award this year goes to
the United States Coast Guard CGNR
6007 crew for their remarkable eight-
and-a-half-hour rescue of the crew of
the sunken fishing vessel Alaska Ranger.
This crew battled snow squalls, -5°F
wind chills, 36°F water, 25-foot breaking
seas and darkness to save 15 lives and
help coordinate the rescue of many oth-
ers. You can read the full account of the
rescue in our feature story starting on
page 24.
Next, we honored both the Maryland
State Police and the U.S. Park Police for
their swift water rescue of numerous
motorists and one rescuer trapped and
in danger of being swept into a flooded
nearby waterway. The cause of the swift
water? A catastrophic break in a 66-inch
water main that turned River Road in
Maryland into a fast-moving danger zone.
As James MacKay said during the
Rotor & Wing Search & Rescue Summit
in September, “When we heard we were
being dispatched to a water main break,
we laughed and said, ‘That’s something
you can jump over!’”
But for those of us in the local area
watching the drama unfold live on the
news, it was clear this was a water main
break the likes of which have rarely been
seen. The motorists were trapped and at
risk of being swept away in their vehicles.
Positioning helicopters between power
lines and trees made these especially dif-
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