Please note: Helicopter Safety was one of the seven separate FSF publications that were superseded by AeroSafety World in 2006. Some printed copies are still available, and issues dating back a number of years can be read online and downloaded through the links to the left. Use the search engine at the top of the page to locate issues with information about specific topics.

Helicopter operations involve special safety challenges, especially at relatively low altitudes near busy airports and cities where air traffic is dense. Some operations are conducted at such low altitudes that collisions with trees, towers, tall buildings and power lines are not uncommon. And in emergency medical service (EMS) flights, there are the added pressures of off-airport landing operations, often at night and/or in poor weather.

Helicopter Safety discusses the unique concerns of rotary-wing aircraft pilots and operations personnel. Authors have examined safety data for accident trends, outlined plans to operate helicopters in community emergencies and compared single-engine operations with twin-engine operations.

One issue dealt with the critical subject of inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which one study found was the most common factor in fatal EMS helicopter accidents. Other issues have examined single-pilot crew resource management for helicopter pilots and analyzed fatal U.S. turbine-helicopter accidents to derive clues to safer operations.

For insights into both the technical aspects of rotary-wing flight and the operational factors specific to this aviation segment, Helicopter Safety is a major resource.

Bimonthly. Established 1974. Two-color newsletter, 8-inch x 10-inch format, usually four to eight pages.

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