A US Army Blackhawk helicopter made a surprise visit to a school in Hawaii yesterday with 12 soldiers on board. They were headed to the Pohakuloa training area on the big island when a warning light came on. Per Army regulations, the crew elected to make a precautionary landing and chose a field at the [...]
An Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk made a precautionary landing at the Alfred University in New York earlier today. Shortly after 12′o’clock, one of the turbines experienced a mechanical issue and the pilots elected to land on property owned by the university. None of the four on board were injured and the landing was executed [...]
Two Nevada Department of Wildlife workers and Tuff, the dog, have the National Guard to thank for rescuing them from the wilderness a few weeks ago. The two men, part of a group of five, were doing fish habitat assessments and population surveys when one of them became ill due to the heat. Three of [...]
Sikorsky Aircraft has injected a billion-dollars into a new business venture called Sikorsky Innovations. What’s their first goal? To get the pilot out of the Black Hawk. They want to apply the same technologies used in smaller UAVs to the 20,000lb full size helicopter while speeding the transformation from mechanical to computerized. They plan to [...]
Aircraft serial number 0001 is in the final phases of assembly at the PZL Mielec plant in Poland. This new product model will be the first international version of the Black Hawk helicopter and boasts a 10 ton lifting capability. According to Sikorsky representatives, the price point for the S-70i puts it in competition with [...]
Chief Warrant Officer Laine Stahr has been flying blackhawks for the last four years and has been in the Army for 17. He had been repeatedly asking for permission from his commanding officers in the 101st airborne to land the helicopter on his family’s farm in Nebraska. He was finally granted permission this year and [...]
