Training Rotorcraft Pilots For Sling Load Operations

Loft Dynamics photo

Loft's software can accurately replicate the behavior of loads like boxes, concrete buckets, Bambi Buckets, and tree trunks with different rope lengths.

Credit: Loft Dynamics
Picture wildland firefighters digging with every ounce of their stamina to build a fire line immediately adjacent to a towering inferno. Their supervisor is calling for the nearest helicopter to drop buckets of water on key spots in the flame front. Amidst this firestorm is the steady beat of rotor...
Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.

Upon his retirement as a non-routine flight operations captain from a fractional operator in 2015, Dr. Veillette had accumulated more than 20,000 hours of flight experience in 240 types of aircraft—including balloons, rotorcraft, sea planes, gliders, war birds, supersonic jets and large commercial transports. He is an adjunct professor at Utah Valley University.

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