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International Helicopter Community signs agreement
Friday, June 11, 2010 (701 reads)General

9 June 2010 – At 15:00 today, key figures from the helicopter and business aviation community signed an Agreement on the Development and Management of an IS-BAO (Helicopter Edition) at the ILA Berlin Airshow 2010.



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Team Honored for Global Efforts to Improve Helicopter Safety
Monday, June 07, 2010 (263 reads)General

PHOENIX (May 12, 2010) – The world’s top society of vertical-flight professionals has honored a global team of helicopter experts, International Helicopter Safety Team, for its success in improving safety of helicopter operations and its ongoing efforts to expand those improvements



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AgustaWestland International Helicopter Fellowship Award - IHST 2010 Winner
Monday, June 07, 2010 (499 reads)General

The American Helicopter Society (AHS) has informed us that the IHST will be awarded the AgustWestland International Fellowship Award on Wednesday May, 12, 2010 at their annual meeting in Phoenix, AZ.



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Global Helicopter Flight Data Monitoring Steering Group Formed
Monday, May 03, 2010 (986 reads)General

Vancouver, Canada (30 April 2010)- Driven by a desire to increase helicopter safety by promoting best practice and cooperation in the design, support and operation of Helicopter Flight Data Monitoring (HFDM), a new organization has formed to bring all aspects of the industry together - the Global Helicopter Flight Data monitoring Steering Group. 



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OEM Endorse IHST Safety Recommendations at HELI-EXPO
Monday, March 01, 2010 (1455 reads)General

In a ringing endorsement of the IHST safety initiative, the Chief Executive Officers of AgustaWestland, Bell Helicopter Textron, Eurocopter and Sikorsky Aircraft gathered at Heli-Expo to sign a joint letter on February 21, 2010 captioned “A Call for Action by Helicopter Owners.”



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Help Wanted – Helicopter Safety Opportunity with the US JHSAT
Monday, October 19, 2009 (2153 reads)General

You’ve heard of the International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) and its ambitious goal to reduce the worldwide helicopter accident rate by 80% in 10 years. Our work is in progress. We’re nearing the end of four years of proactive safety work and are on the way to achieving our safety goal. The IHST’s US Joint Helicopter Safety Analysis Team (US JHSAT) is looking for a few motivated men and women to continue the work begun following the International Helicopter Safety Symposium in 2005.



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Flight International Helicopter safety appears to be responding to treatment
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 (1744 reads)General

Flight International
Helicopter safety appears to be responding to treatment
By David Learmount

After more than 20 years of stagnation, global helicopter safety performance is showing signs of improvement.



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IHST Posts Risk Assessment Tool
Monday, August 24, 2009 (1574 reads)General

IHST Posts Risk Assessment Tool - Seeks Operator Feedback Analyses of helicopter accidents conducted by the IHST indicate that small and medium sized helicopter operations would benefit significantly by implementing a series of data driven recommendations. This self
assessment tool is intended to provide small and medium sized operators and private pilots an opportunity to assess their operation relative to key IHST recommendations for the US fleet.   Use of these recommendations does not guarantee risk free operation of helicopters; however, it does provide insight on those aspects of helicopter operation that if fully embraced, will significantly reduce helicopter operational risks. Please take a look at the tool and take the feedback survey



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Pilot misjudgement the most common factor in European helicopter accidents
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 (2044 reads)General

Pilot judgement and actions is the most frequent single contributory factor in European helicopter accidents, according to a European Helicopter Safety Analysis Team study. The study is aimed at understanding rotary wing accidents so as to develop a strategy to reduce risks. 



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Interest In Helicopter HUMS May Be Humming
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 (2111 reads)General

Helicopter maintenance and safety could be significantly enhanced through greater use of health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS), experts say.

"Stepped up use of HUMS could reduce accidents," said Mark Liptak, an aviation safety engineer with the FAA's Safety Data and Analysis Services, as well as program director for the International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST)--an international body that wants to cut worldwide helicopter accidents by as much as 80% by 2016.



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The International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST)
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 (2424 reads)General

A Bit of History

The IHST came to life in a meeting at the American Helicopter Society International headquarters in early 2004 with participants from the Helicopter Association  International, the FAA, helicopter manufacturers and others interested in the reduction of helicopter accidents. In order to get the movement going, the first International Helicopter Safety Symposium was held scheduled for everyone to meet in Montreal, Canada in September 2005. Industry interest and attendance was overwhelming.  More...



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ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY
Thursday, January 22, 2009 (2005 reads)General

By Fred Brisbois

Director, Aviation & Product Safety, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Co-Chair, Safety Implementation Team of the International Helicopter Safety Team

Life is full of opportunities and challenges.  Some are daunting and at first may seem impossible or at least be very intimidating.   Aviation Safety offers its own opportunities and challenges.  Death or injury sustained in the crash of a helicopter is as tragic as it is in the crash of an airliner.  Shouldn’t we afford the same level of safety to everyone regardless of what type aircraft they are flying in?     



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IHST Launches Redesigned Web Site
Tuesday, December 30, 2008 (1836 reads)General

IHST is pleased to announce the newly redesigned web site, specifically with the needs of IHST in mind. The information is better organized and structured. The new site is modeled after the CAST web site with their permission, as was the concept for IHST itself. Much effort was put forward to insure that the logon usernames and passwords remain the same. Many thanks to Mark Liptak, Kay Brackins, Sun Yi, and Ed DiCampli for this effort.



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IHST Newsletter - October 2008
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 (1971 reads)General

The October 2008 IHST Newsletter contains articles on:

• EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Update on our new committee co-chair, international outreach activity, and involving the insurance industry. By Mark Liptak



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IHST Newsletter - July 2008
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 (802 reads)General

The July 2008 IHST Happenings contains news from the Exeucitve Committee, updates from the Brazil and European Regions, a report on the Helicopter Safety Web Sight and an article by Marieke van Hijum on Occurance Categories for Helicopters. Also included is a Regional Process Tracking Chart and an IHST Organization Chart.

July 2008 IHST Happenings



      
IHST Newsletter - May 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 (777 reads)General

Click here for the first IHST newsletter.  Its one of the measures we're
taking to improve the level of communication and program awareness on this
initiative.  It offers a sampling of the important regional, program and
outreach issues we're currently working.  Please feel free to offer
suggestions on how we can improve this newsletter.  We will give all
suggestions consideration.  The plan is to issue a newsletter every other
month.  I'll be soliciting input from many of you for future issues.  If
anyone would like to volunteer for an article in the next issue, please let
us know.



      
DoD Releases Helicopter Accident Data
Monday, May 12, 2008 (2192 reads)General

Non-Combat Military Helicopter Accidents 1985-2005: Causation and Mitigation Recommendations

Follow this link to view four presentations addressing non-combat military helicopter mishaps during the period 1985-2005. This is believed to be the first time this information has been released by the Department of Defense and the applicable service branch safety centers for public use. The presentations cover class A, B and C helicopter mishaps within the US Air Force, the US Army (one presentation covers mishaps in which human factors played a leading role; the other describes non-human factor mishaps); and the US Navy/US Marine Corps. The presentations are the work product of Colonel Peter Mapes, USAF, and the respective authors, and do not necessarily represent the views of the DoD, the safety centers or the four service branches. The presentations will be reviewed and validated, to the extent possible, by the International Helicopter Safety Team, whose charter is to reduce the world accident rate, both civil accidents and non-combat military mishaps, by 80 percent by 2016.



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IHST Welcomes New Executive Board Member
Sunday, May 11, 2008 (1751 reads)General

IHST Welcomes New Executive Board Member

Dr. Vittorio Morassi
President, European Helicopter Association (EHA)
President and Managing Director of Avionline Srl and Air Corporate Srl
Managing Director, Aersud Elicotteri Srl
Villafranca di Verona, Italy



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ALEA Adopts SMS Toolkit
Saturday, May 10, 2008 (1903 reads)General

Keith Johnson, ALEA Safety Program Manager is pleased to announce that the IHST Toolkit has been formally adopted by the Airborne Law Enforcement Association Board of Directors.  Visit their website at http://www.alea.org, click  on "Safety First" at the bottom of the page. 



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