Issue 146 | March 2024

March issue out now

In the March edition, get transported in flying medical units; see how digital cockpits can improve your workload; discover how different firefighters use different tools, equipment and craft; and discover the innovations and improvements to aerial firefighting coming out of the American west coast; plus more of our regular content.

Read digital issue

In this issue

Helicopter flying above mountains

Provider profile: Columbia Helicopters

Oliver Cuenca talks to Mike Tremlett, President and CEO of Columbia Helicopters, about his company’s role in the aerial firefighting sector

Helicopter

Industry voice: Shaping the future of search and rescue: a personal perspective

Andrew Munro, Managing Director of Smith Myers, takes a look at the most transformative advancements in the world of SAR tech, the challenges that lie ahead, and how technology providers...

Loft Dynamics

Loft Dynamics has unveiled its first virtual reality Garmin glass cockpit

Loft Dynamics’ VR flight simulation training devices remain the first and only with regulatory approval. Now, Loft Dynamics is unveiling a VR Garmin glass cockpit, bringing even more realism and...

Sponsored by Loft Dynamics

FlySight

Search and rescue technology of the future: how tech is helping target recovery with new features

Airborne search and rescue (SAR) units play a crucial role in saving lives, especially in challenging environments such as at sea, mountainous terrain, or disaster zones. Over the past three...

Sponsored by FlySight

Lifeseeker

Lifeseeker: the lifesaving technology revolutionizing search and rescue operations

In the world of search and rescue (SAR), every second counts. When lives are on the line, the speed and accuracy of locating the lost or injured can mean the...

Sponsored by Centum

Priority 1 Air Rescue

Priority 1 Air Rescue delivers effective and proven mission training capability

Training helicopter aircrews for special mission operations poses many common challenges to agencies aiming to provide a safe, capable, and standardization program

Sponsored by Priority 1 Air Rescue

Baby's in medical bed

Industry voice: Twin newborns in the sky

Dr Carlo Bellini shares his experience of transporting newborn twins in an aircraft, where innovation and adaptation are key to ensuring the safe and successful movement of patients

Dr Carlo Bellini

Dutch HEMS team outside helicopter

Gallery: Lifeliner 1 moves to new base station

Invited to see for himself, Peter Ten Berg went to the outskirts of Amsterdam where the newly relocated base station of Lifeliner 1 is proving more efficient and sustainable