David Callen's guest appearances

David Callen

Rotary Wing Show - Interviews from the Helicopter Industry 

The Hangar Z Podcast 

Chris Ryan

Mark Jones

Dan Wells

Robert Mason

Matt Johnson

Matthew Barker

Dennis Kenyon

Robert Mills

Larry Thimmesch

Skip Tackett

Kimberly Hutchings

Richard Butterworth

Bernie Walker

Mark Weeden

Gareth Ross

OwlTail

This episode is an absolute must hear as we speak with Retired LVMPD Sergeant and Pilot David Callen. In this episode Dave talks about his career in which he survived not one but two auto rotative landings and was part of  countless high profile incidents to include the Laughlin River Run Riots between the Hells Angels and Mongols on April 27th 2002, and the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on October 1st, 2017. Dave also talks about losing his best friend Officer David Vanbuskirk during a search and rescue incident that took place July 23rd, 2013. Dave Vanbuskirk was a part of LVMPD's elite SAR team where he provided support as a mountain rescue team leader, tactical emergency medical support coordinator, helicopter crew chief and tactical medic for LVMPD SWAT. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Officer David VanBuskirk. 

This episode is an absolute must hear as we speak with Retired LVMPD Sergeant and Pilot David Callen. In this episode Dave talks about his career in which he survived not one but two auto rotative landings and was part of  countless high profile incidents to include the Laughlin River Run Riots between the Hells Angels and Mongols on April 27th 2002, and the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on October 1st, 2017. Dave also talks about losing his best friend Officer David Vanbuskirk during a search and rescue incident that took place July 23rd, 2013. Dave Vanbuskirk was a part of LVMPD's elite SAR team where he provided support as a mountain rescue team leader, tactical emergency medical support coordinator, helicopter crew chief and tactical medic for LVMPD SWAT. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Officer David VanBuskirk.

David Callen Surviving the Unexpected. Retired Las Vegas Metro PD Pilot / Sergeant & founder of SR3 Rescue Concepts

Rob Munday

Rob Munday and David Callen have extensive experience in helicopter rescue and hoist operations. They provide training through the company SR3 Rescue Concepts. Hoist operations open up a wide range of additional roles for helicopters. They allow us to get people and equipment into and out of locations which would otherwise be inaccessible or too dangerous to land. Rob Munday and David Callen from SR3 Rescue Concepts help talk us through some of the considerations. The helicopter industry is so diverse that there will be aircrew that go their entire careers with conducting hoist operations and others where it is a regular activity. This is a longer episode at over 90mins and provides a very good primer to anyone that has never worked with a helicopter hoist. Hoisting does take time and exposes the helicopter, crew and people being hoisted to some level of risk. If there is the opportunity to land the helicopter then that is normally going to be the preference. Examples of scenarios where a hoist is employed:  Water rescues Transferring marine pilots to ships where the deck cannot support the weight of the helicopter or rigging is in the way Lowering people or equipment through trees Complex landing areas where obstacles or slope mean that a helicopter can not get low enough to land a skid or wheel Offshore wind turbine maintenance Powerline access   Dynamic Rollout is a term that we cover in the podcast. It relates to the ability for some D-shackles to interact with a hook such that they roll up and out of the hook gate allowing the person or load on the hoist to fall free. The video below explains in more detail. It has been the cause of a number of deaths and is believed to be what happened in the incident that lead to David Vanbuskirk losing his life while conducting a night mountain rescue in the US. A tribute video to David is at the end of this blog post.  Podcast: Subscribe in iTunes | Play in new window | Download Links from this week’s episode: Support the podcast on Patreon SR3 Rescue Concepts website. Find out more about the company and the courses they deliver.    Have a comment or feedback about Episode 77? Have a particular question about helicopter hoist operations for Rob or Dave? Be part of the conversation by leaving a comment below. The post RWS 77 – Helicopter Hoist Operations with Rob Munday and David Callen appeared first on The Rotary Wing Show Podcast.

Rob Munday and David Callen have extensive experience in helicopter rescue and hoist operations. They provide training through the company SR3 Rescue Concepts. Hoist operations open up a wide range of additional roles for helicopters. They allow us to get people and equipment into and out of locations which would otherwise be inaccessible or too dangerous to land. Rob Munday and David Callen from SR3 Rescue Concepts help talk us through some of the considerations. The helicopter industry is so diverse that there will be aircrew that go their entire careers with conducting hoist operations and others where it is a regular activity. This is a longer episode at over 90mins and provides a very good primer to anyone that has never worked with a helicopter hoist. Hoisting does take time and exposes the helicopter, crew and people being hoisted to some level of risk. If there is the opportunity to land the helicopter then that is normally going to be the preference. Examples of scenarios where a hoist is employed: <ul> <li>Water rescues</li> <li>Transferring marine pilots to ships where the deck cannot support the weight of the helicopter or rigging is in the way</li> <li>Lowering people or equipment through trees</li> <li>Complex landing areas where obstacles or slope mean that a helicopter can not get low enough to land a skid or wheel</li> <li>Offshore wind turbine maintenance</li> <li>Powerline access</li> </ul> Dynamic Rollout is a term that we cover in the podcast. It relates to the ability for some D-shackles to interact with a hook such that they roll up and out of the hook gate allowing the person or load on the hoist to fall free. The video below explains in more detail. It has been the cause of a number of deaths and is believed to be what happened in the incident that lead to David Vanbuskirk losing his life while conducting a night mountain rescue in the US. A tribute video to David is at the end of this blog post. Podcast: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ph/podcast/rotary-wing-show-interviews/id903691746?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe in iTunes</a> | <a href="http://media.blubrry.com/rotarywingshow/p/s3.amazonaws.com/rotarywingshow/RWS77-helicopter-hoist-sr3rescueconcepts.m4a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Play in new window</a> | <a href="http://media.blubrry.com/rotarywingshow/p/s3.amazonaws.com/rotarywingshow/RWS77-helicopter-hoist-sr3rescueconcepts.m4a" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a> Links from this week’s episode: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/rotarywingshow" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Support the podcast on Patreon</a> <a href="https://sr3rescueconcepts.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SR3 Rescue Concepts</a> website. Find out more about the company and the courses they deliver. Have a comment or feedback about Episode 77? Have a particular question about helicopter hoist operations for Rob or Dave? Be part of the conversation by leaving a comment below. The post <a href="https://rotarywingshow.com/rws77-helicopter-hoisting-sr3rescue/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RWS 77 – Helicopter Hoist Operations with Rob Munday and David Callen</a> appeared first on <a href="https://rotarywingshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Rotary Wing Show Podcast</a>.

RWS 77 – Helicopter Hoist Operations with Rob Munday and David Callen