LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Helicopter Transport
built 161 days ago
Lao Westcoast Helicopter Company has been supplying helicopter transport services within the Lao PDR since July 1991. In recent years the company has expanded its services to include Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar. All four regions are serviced from the company's base in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Lao Westcoast Helicopter currently operates a fleet of eight (8) AS350B2 helicopters in the region.
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Helicopter transport of the critically ill is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year (weather conditions permitting) within a 150-mile radius of Boise. The Bell 430, a helicopter with a proven safety record, is used to perform inter-hospital transfers as well as emergency scene transport in conjunction with local EMS agencies. Each helicopter team consists of an experienced pilot and a highly trained flight nurse and paramedic.
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In addition to its executive transport and OT&E missions, HMX-1 ... supports the Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC) at Marine Corps Air Facility (MCAF), Quantico in the development of helicopter tactics and techniques. HMX-1’s CH-46Es and CH-53Es provide helicopter indoctrination training for new combat ground Marines and support advanced training, such as fast-roping exercises. MCCDC maintains a training facility called “Combat Town,” where HMX-1 Marines par-ticipate in the training of assault troops in hostage rescue scenarios.
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There are two versions of the Ka-32 helicopter: transport Ka-32T and shipborne Ka-32C. The Ka-32T version is designed for transporting cargoes inside the cabin and and externally (for oversized cargoes), passenger transportation, logging in hard access areas, to fulfill civil engineering and installation work, construction, search/rescue missions, medevac and off-shore oil rings servicing operations and various types of aerial survey. The Ka-32C version is designed for carrying out ice prospecting during the steering of the convoys of ships, their unloading, performance of rescue operations at sea and acting as ambulances. The Ka-32 has two TVZ-117 turboprop engines which provide higher power and safety under extreme conditions. Transport version, KA-32T, is devoted to carry cargoes both internally
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The watchword for JAR-OPS 3 is safety in helicopter aeromedical transport. However, this safety requirement should not be considered a hindrance, but rather a guarantee that no unfortunate incident will slow down the development of HEMS. The chosen means to accomplish this goal is ICAO Annex 6, which basically says that, "any helicopter carrying passengers must be able to land safely in case of an engine failure, with minimum damage to people onboard and on the ground." The natural consequence is that operators are forced to use twin-engine helicopters. The next step is to fine-tune performance requirements
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A Chinook helicopter operated by the U.S. Army Reserve out of Ft. Lewis, WA. lifts the 26 foot survey boat RV Surf Survey off the transport truck parked close to Merriam Point on the northwest side of Crater Lake. The helicopter lifts the boat over the rim of the caldera and down towards the lake. The view switches to a vantagepoint on the south side of Wizard Island and shows the helicopter gently dropping the boat into the water.
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