Priority 1 Air Rescue (P1AR) will be demonstrating an operational model of its virtual hoist search-and-rescue (SAR) simulator at booth #2417 during the 2017 Helicopter Association International Heli-Expo in Dallas, Texas, from March 7 to 9.
P1AR created this smaller transportable version of its virtual hoist simulator specifically for Heli-Expo 2017 to present its advanced mission training capabilities and provide a compact replica of the synthetic devices that are currently employed at Search and Rescue Tactical Training Academies (SART/TAC) located in Mesa, Arizona, and Nimes-Garons, France.
“A number of our customers tell us that we should be doing more to inform the SAR community and promote how we integrate our standardized hoist mission training programs and optimize safety by employing our virtual hoist simulators, so we listened,” said Brad Matheson, president of Priority 1 Air Rescue. “As we have operational SAR crews out there performing actual rescue missions, we genuinely understand the array of challenges end users face, and consequently, how to create the most effective, safe, and high cost saving solution. We are not a simulator company selling simulators; we are an integrated training and operations provider offering a complete spectrum of mission performance solutions for end users.”
Attendees will be available to view ‘live’ hoist and SAR mission demonstrations conducted by P1AR instructors showing the realistic hoist cable physics using multiple aircraft types, including the Bell 412/429, Leonardo (AgustaWestland) AW139/169/189, Sikorsky UH-60, NHIndustries NH90, Airbus Helicopters H135/H225, and Boeing CH-47s, operating in multiple working environments and weather conditions, day and night, unaided and with night vision goggles (NVGs).
