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I/ITSEC 2015: Innovative hoist trainer for heli crews (video)

25th November 2015 - 12:00 GMT | by Grant Turnbull in London

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Austrian company AMST will highlight several of its innovative training products at this year’s I/ITSEC exhibition, including a helicopter hoist trainer for civil and military applications.

Shephard recently spoke to AMST’s executive assistant Rainer Schluesselberger about the hoist trainer, which was developed with the Bavarian Mountain Rescue (BMR) service.

The hoist trainer can consist of a helicopter airframe – in the case of the BMR, a BK117 – that is connected to a crane so it can ‘fly’ around a dedicated training facility.

‘The rescue hoist trainer supplements the training you do in a real helicopter,’ Schluesselberger explained. ‘You can

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Grant Turnbull was the editor of Land Warfare International and Digital Battlespace magazines with Shephard …

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