Rotorcraft

Robinson R66 Turbine Helicopter - Avoiding Hot Starts
https://youtu.be/aKzUbiFtvD4

Robinson Helicopter Company’s Flight Safety Department’s Monica Campos talks about Avoiding Hot Starts in the Robinson R66 Turbine Helicopter.

Canadian CH-149 Cormorant crash stemmed from seat in ‘false lock position’: DND. Vertical Mag | July 28, 2023
https://verticalmag.com/news/canadian-ch-149-cormorant-crash-stemmed-fr…

A sudden, unexpected drop in seat height instigated a series of events that led to a crash that destroyed a CH-149 Cormorant helicopter on a training flight in 2022, according to a report from the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND)’s Airworthiness Investigative Authority.

“The investigation determined that a combination of factors, including seat non-conformances and the horizontal position that was maladjusted, allowed the seat to be in a false lock condition,” the report said.

“When the seat dropped, the loss of outside visual references in combination with the severe vertical vibration resulted in an unrecognized spatial disorientation of the pilot flying."

“This caused the pilot flying to incorrectly perceive a right yaw and apply full left pedal input; this led to a severe left yaw and contributed to the change in roll attitude that likely rendered the helicopter unrecoverable.”

Multiple special inspections and aircrew information files have been issued to address seat non-conformances and avoid false lock conditions, according to the report.

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Brussels Playbook: EU races to label AI content
POLITICO - Article by Jakob Vela, June 5, 2023

https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/eu-races-to-label-…

EASA published Notice of Proposed Amendment on operations in the single European sky (SES) airspace - May 26, 2023, open for comments until Aug. 28.
https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/newsroom-and-events/news/easa-published-n…

EASA has published a regulatory proposal to enable and support operations (including of Helicopters) in the single European sky (SES) airspace.

NPA 2023-04 addresses two different subject matters: the use of airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS) Xa and the harmonised use of performance-based navigation (PBN) specifications for oceanic operations.

The proposal enables the use of ACAS Xa in the SES airspace, as one of the SES ATM Research (SESAR) solutions adopted as ICAO standard.