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    USHST Safety Experts Will Offer 13 Workshops at Heli-Expo 2018

    Jan. 4, 2018
    Members of the United States Helicopter Safety Team will be providing their safety advice for Heli-Expo participants in Las Vegas at 13 different workshops in a wide variety of topics, Feb. 27 to Feb. 28.
    Related To: United States Helicopter Safety Team

    Members of the United States Helicopter Safety Team (www.USHST.org) will be providing their safety advice for Heli-Expo participants in Las Vegas at 13 different workshops in a wide variety of topics.

    The USHST promotes safety and works to reduce accidents through a government and industry cooperative effort that has resulted in a decrease in U.S. civil helicopter accidents since the organization’s inception in 2013. During that same time period, fatal accidents also have decreased.

    The full list of USHST-related workshops scheduled at Heli-Expo 2018 is the following:

    • FRAT: Practical Flight Risk Assessments Feb. 27, 8:30 am, and Feb. 28, 2:15 pm

    • Autorotations: Reality Exposed Feb. 27, 1:00 pm

    • SMS for Small-Fleet or Private Operators Feb. 27, 2:15 pm

    • Applied Aeronautical Knowledge Feb. 27, 2:15 pm, and Feb. 28, 8:00 am

    • Tipped Off: Improving Performance Through Safety Tips Feb. 27, 2:15 pm, and Feb. 28, 11:45 am

    • Human Factors: Protecting Us from Ourselves Feb. 27, 2:15 pm, and Feb. 28, 2:15 pm

    • Flying Blind Feb. 27, 3:30 pm

    • The Vuichard Recovery: A Better Way Out of Vortex Ring State Feb. 27, 3:30 pm, and Feb. 28, 10:30 am

    • IIMC: Threat, Avoidance and Survival Feb. 28, 8:00 am

    • Airworthiness Defined: Safety Management in Small Operations Feb. 28, 10:30 am

    • Flight Instructor Intervention and Risk Prevention Feb. 28, 1:00 pm

    • Heliport Accident Prevention Feb. 28, 1:00 pm

    • What’s Your Attitude? Feb. 28, 1:00 pm

    More information about the USHST, its reports, safety tools, Real Safety presentations and YouTube safety videos can be obtained at its web site and on the International Helicopter Safety Team web site (www.IHST.org) and Facebook page.