Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

Textron Innovations Inc.

David Platz

Brian Edward Tucker

Charles Eric Covington

James M McCollough

Thomas B Priest

Mark Adam Wiinikka

Thomas Mast

Joshua Allan Edler

Joseph Daniel Leachman

Kevin Knott

Chyau J Tzeng

Sarah R Villanueva

Bob Thornton

Brian Mesing

Edith Richard

Daniel John Burns

Sarah Villanueva

Chyau Tzeng

Joseph Leachman

James M Mccollough

Mark Wiinikka

Joshua Edler

The present invention includes a safety apparatus and method for protecting users during maintenance operations for a rotorcraft comprising: at least one permanent, semi-permanent, or detachable safety bar, strap, fastener, hook, or loop that is attached or attachable to a rotorcraft, wherein the safety bar, strap, fastener, hook, or loop is positioned in an area or surface between a windshield of the rotorcraft and a tail boom of the rotorcraft and is connectable to a user safety device to provide fall protection from the area or surface.

Rotorcraft fall restraint protection attach points and mechanism systems

The present application relates to a system and method for providing real-time indications of economic impact of aircraft operations to an aircraft operator. The system and method allow the aircraft operator to reduce economic impact during flight of the aircraft. Such an analysis and cue to the aircraft operator allows the operator to make real-time changes during flight to reduce damage of life-limited aircraft components, thereby reducing the economic impact of aircraft operation that is directly associated with maintenance and component replacement. The system and method can also include pre-flight and post-flight analysis methods for reduction of economic impact of flight operations.

System and method for economic usage of an aircraft

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North Richland Hills, TX, United States of America

David Platz