CARGO HOOK UNDERSLUNG TRAINING
An underslung load is a method for airlifting and dropping off over-sized cargo to remote areas by carrying it beneath a helicopter. They are frequently used for the movement of vehicles, weapons, containers and food following earthquakes, tsunamis and hurricanes/typhoons.
The highly skilled method requires specialist training in the use of the equipment such as strops/pendants, slings and cargo nets.
THE HELI-BASKET®
The Heli-Basket® is a Multi-Person Helicopter Rescue device that enhances the capability of any rescue mission, rescuing up to 15 persons per single rescue cycle (HB2000) or 6 persons (HB1000).
Can be optimised for cargo in and rescue out (disaster relief) operations:
High Rise Building Rescue / Maritime Rescue & Evacuation Natural Disaster Relief / Bush, Forest, Prairie Fire Fighting / Military & Security Operations
INSERTION
A military technique for delivering troops into locations rapidly and safely where a helicopter cannot land, or it’s considered unsafe or undesirable for it to do so.
Abseiling: Allows the helicopter to dispatch troops from a high altitude of 200’ or more as troops are harnessed to the rope via rigging that will prevent them from falling. Higher hover heights decreases the risk to the helicopter and its crew.
Fast Roping: A method used to rapidly deploy lightly equipped troops into confined areas where a helicopter can not land. The rope is suspended from the hovering aircraft and the fast roper wears special gloves, sliding down the rope from heights of up to 90ft.
EXTRACTION
Neither Abseiling nor Fast Roping facilitates extracting troops if the helicopter is unable to land. During an extraction a SPIE rope (Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction System) is lowered into the pickup area from a hovering helicopter. Patrol personnel, each wearing a harness with an attached carabiner, hook up to a D-ring inserted in the SPIE rope.
Troop Extraction and Rescue Operations include:
Jungle / Maritime / Hot Contact Operations / Mountainous terrain / Stranded Fire fighters
VEHICLE INTERDICTION
Vehicle Interdiction Operations intercept moving targets by helicopters carrying armed troops. Flight Crews require training in extreme low level flying techniques and rapid stops, and the assaulting troops need training in their helicopter safety awareness and how to rapidly disembark the aircraft on landing sites.
Ideal for rapidly changing, unpredictable scenarios, including:
Counter Terrorism / Counter Smuggling / Organised Crime / Drug Trafficking