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REACH Anniversary REACH (Redwood

Empire Air Care Heli- copter, Santa Rosa, Calif.), which provides 24-hour VFR/IFR emergency air ambulance service throughout Northern California, recently cele- brated its fifth anniversary.

REACH has performed over 2,200 incident-free scene and interhospital patient transports in its Agusta 109 helicopters over the past five years. A unique feature of REACH is its flexible staffing, which allows for the use of

physician flight crew when indicated. Standard staffing is nurse/paramedic.

REACH is the only heli- copter air ambulance program in Northern Cali- fornia which performs flights under known IFR conditions. REACH has the capability to do so because its helicopters are single- pilot IFR certified, and its pilots are IFR-rated and current.

REACH recently added a second single-pilot IFR Agusta 109 helicopter to its fleet.

REACH'S fixed-wing counterpart, Mediplane, operates a medically dedi- cated Cessna 421C airplane that Derforms emergent

and non-emergent patient transports throughout the Western United States.

AIIStar Receives STC Rocky Mountain

Helicopters Inc. (Provo, Utah) has announced that its AllStar model helicopter is now available through- out North American with a gross weight increase of 330 pounds.

American Eurocopter Corporation (AEC), manu- facturers of the AS 350 B and D aircraft used for AllStar conversions, recent- ly completed flight testing at their Grand Prairie, Texas, headquarters using one of Rockv's AllStars.

The Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the weight increase was grant- ed to AEC on June 11, 1992.

In addition to the Allison 250 C30M engine which replaces the Arriel or Lycoming powerplants as a part of the original AllStar conversion, the new "BA C30M" version of the AllStar utilizes TwinStar rotor blades and other minor part modifications to accomplish the gross weight increase capabili- ties. Taking the aircraft from 4,300 to 4,600 pounds, the AllStar BA C30M pro- duces superior results in hot and high-altitude envi- ronments, as well as on

EMS and external load missions. The increased lifting power also allows the seven-place seating configuration to be a promising and viable option for both tour and utility operators.

Steep Angle Research The FAA has contracted

with FlightSafety Inter- national (New York, N.Y.) for the use of one of the company's Dash-8 simula- tors for research into the procedures appropriate for steep angle MLS approach- es. The simulated flights will assist the FAA in col- lecting Terminal Instru- ment Procedures (TERPS) data for approaches using a Microwave Landing System (MLS).

A Level "C" Dash-8 sim- ulator will be MLS-equip- ped for the tests at the FSI Seattle center. It will be

used to create a resource for the development of spe- cial performance aircraft MLS TERPS criteria. The simulator information and additional aircraft flight tests will form the database for the design of safe steep angle (greater than 3 degrees) approach proce- dures to the MLS-equipped airports.

The tests will be con- ducted with approximately 20 two-pilot crews. They will examine issues relat- ing to landing after a steep angle approach such as necessary piloting tech- niques and dispersions during such landings.

FlightSafety will collect the test data for the FAA and ship the tapes to the FAA Technical Center in Atlantic City for analysis.

Many training programs for the FAA are entrusted to FSI. The company trains hundreds of FAA nilots

each year for a wide variety of aircraft programs.

McNab Named Chairman Robert B. McNab, presi-

dent and co-founder of Edwards and Associates Inc., is the new chairman of the Helicopter Association International (HAl), the professional trade association of the civil helicopter industry.

"Bob McNab has been a member of HAI's Board of Directors since 1988," said HAl President Frank L. Jensen, Jr. "He has served as treasurer and vice chair- man, and his work as board liaison to HAl's Economics and Reg- ulations Committees has been instrumental in advancing initiatives in those important industry areas."

With 28 years in the avi- ation field. McNab holds a

Commercial Pilot Certif- icate with Instrument and Multi-engine Ratings. He is involved in all aspects of civil helicopters, including Part 135 operations, main- tenance and overhaul, avionics installation and repair, and in the manufac- turing and marketing of helicopter accessories.

San Juan Signs Contract

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porting more than 250,000 people living within a 150- mile radius of the hospital's campus. The 141-bed facili- ty has inaugurated its air medical operations as "Air Care 1" serving the four corners southwestern region, including portions of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado.

The initiation of service at San Juan Regional Medical Center marks the first introduction of medi- cal helicopter service in this region of America. Air Methods has provided the hospital with pilots and mechanics to operate an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)-certified Bell Long- Ranger (206L-3) heli- copter in connection with this program. This long- term contract represents significant potential rev- enues for Air Methods.

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