New R66s Also Have A Headset Audio Alert For High Torque Or High Gas Temperature

Few aviation environments can make use of visual and aural warnings as readily as can a rotorcraft... starting with the all-important low-rotor (RPM) warning, to all manner of cautions that can help a pilot stay on the right side of physics. To those of us flying, and teaching, in rotorcraft for the past few decades, there simply aren't many times when too much information, audio warnings included, becomes a problem. Recent updates to onboard instruments and audio systems have allowed Robinson to incorporate enhanced audio alerts across its model lineup.

Amazing Accident Resulted In No Fatalities

National Transportation Safety Board investigators continue to gather information about Wednesday’s mid-air collision involving a Cirrus SR-22 airplane and a Swearingen Metroliner airplane near Centennial Airport, Denver. No one was injured when the Swearingen Metroliner, operated by Key Lime Air, and a Cirrus SR-22 rented, from Independence Aviation, collided as the planes were landing at Centennial Airport. The NTSB Investigator-in-Charge for this accident has interviewed both pilots, and an NTSB air traffic control specialist has listened to recordings from air traffic control. Interviews of the controllers working with the Cirrus and Metroliner pilots are planned.