ICARUS Devices announced PHI Air Medical is now using the Smart View Limiting Devices to train for instrument flight rules (IFR) and inadvertent entry into instrument meteorological conditions (IIMC).

PHI was founded in 1949 with three Bell 47s at the birth of the commercial helicopter industry. In 1981 PHI Air Medical was formed at the inception of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) and has been a leader ever since.

“PHI Health is excited to begin training using the ICARUS devices, and more so to work with Nick. His focus on safety parallels ours, and I’m confident that our training scenarios in degraded visual environments will be enhanced because of his product. Training and safety in helicopter operations has come a long way in recent years mostly due to the use of simulators, etc., that were formerly not available for many light helicopters. The ICARUS device continues the trend of improving training, which translates directly to safer operations,” said chief pilot Wade Cook.

ICARUS is a smart view limiting device that allows instructor pilots to simulate degraded visual environments (DVE) or poor visibility in the aircraft for dynamic scenario-based training.

ICARUS changes visibility and allows Instructor Pilots to dial in the visibility for dynamic scenario-based training. Bringing together the controllability of a simulator with the real sensation of flight allows ICARUS to give pilots the best training possible for visual flight rules (VFR) into IMC, IFR, and weather decision making. PHI will be utilizing the device for both day and night vision goggle (NVG) training.

Source: ICARUS
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