Mornington Sanford Aviation

“The subjects covered in this book do a phenomenal job of addressing common factors that result in serious and fatal accidents in light helicopters.” David Smith, CEO Robinson Helicopter Company.

With over 45 years working with the Robinson Helicopter Company this book comprises of a collection of helicopter flight safety articles covering technical, piloting and human factor subjects.

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These were initially published throughout the Covid lockdown period on media platforms as posts and articles under what has become a world renowned Tea and Biscuit Production^® series.

They were written from Richard’s perspective as a helicopter flight instructor; UK.CAA certified post maintenance test pilot; an engineer; a Robinson Helicopter Company pilot ground school and maintenance course instructor; an EASA, UK.CAA Robinson Helicopter type training instructor on both the airframes and engines; and also as a Robinson Helicopter Company (RHC) accident/technical investigator, with a worldwide client base.

The intention is to help keep pilots safe through education and increase and refresh their knowledge on the human factors that cause accidents and various aircraft systems and their interactions with the pilot.

Richard is strongly of the view that it is a fact that the greater the pilot’s system knowledge, the less likely that the pilot will become ‘overwhelmed by events’. This reduces the likelihood of the pilot overreacting to benign indications in the cockpit, which can turn a non-life-threatening situation into a life-threatening event!

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