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Pic of the Week
This “Pic of Week” is entitled Rescue 05 submitted by LT Jonathan Feins, USN,which features a Hospital Corpsman being lowered aboard M/S Arcadia to tend to a injured female crewman while at sea off the coast of Guam. The MEDVAC was a joint effort by HSC-25 and Coast Guard Sector Guam.
If you have any submissions for “Pic of the Week,” please send them to NHA Art Editor with your name, squadron, date (if known), name of the photo and brief description..
2012 NHA Symposium Microsite. The microsite is open now. You can get the latest updates via our online Facebook and Twitter feeds and take a walking tour around Historic Downtown Norfolk. Check it out ! For more information, contact NHA
Marine Aviation Centennial. NHA salutes 100 years of USMC Aviation professionalism, innovation, and success. Click Here to see how this great milestone of Marine Corps history is being commemorated and celebrated across our nation and the world.
Related Links
The Joe 2008 • Naval Aviation Museum
Naval Helicopter Historial Society • American Helicopter Society
Rotor Review has Gone Digital
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Featured Article of the Week
AWR2 (NAC/AW) Patrick Lowther”s Runaway Hoist!
Once we arrived on station, we received the call from the Helicopter Aircraft Commander (HAC) that the hoist passed all ground checks and that they were inbound to start the evolution. The safety observer roger’d up, “We’re in position. Let us know when you’re on final for the first set of jumps.” We passed the start signal to EasyRider 51, and the pilot completed a manual approach to a 15-foot hover. The rescue swimmers completed their jumps and passed a thumbs-up to the crew chief signaling they were ready for pickup. The swimmers connected in the water and were hoisted up to the helicopter which was now in a stationary 80-foot hover. From my vantage point on the boat, it looked like the swimmer in the rescue strop had slipped just as he reached the cabin door. After he was back in the cabin, we called over the radio to see what had happened, and the crew chief responded that the rescue hoist brake had slipped. Read More online
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