Sikorsky S-92 helicopter has won certification by Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) for its automated Rig Approach™ feature.
Sikorsky S-92 helicopter has won certification by Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) for its automated Rig Approach™ feature.
Rig Approach provides helicopter operators with an automated approach to offshore rigs and platforms. It is available as an option on the S-92 helicopter, providing a fully coupled and automated approach capability with a higher safety margin than currently is available with any other offshore approach procedure. The feature can be retrofitted to aircraft already in operation.
Sikorsky developed Rig Approach in close collaboration with PHI, Inc., a Sikorsky customer that operates S-92 and S-76® helicopters in the Gulf of Mexico, providing transportation to offshore oil workers to and from the platforms there.
PHI Inc. flew the first operational Rig Approach flight in November 2013.
Sikorsky has delivered more than 240 S-92 helicopters to customers throughout the world. In 2014, Sikorsky celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the S-92 helicopter, which was first delivered in 2004. The fleet has reached more than 800,000 flight hours, with over 90 percent of those hours providing offshore oil and gas worker transportation. S-92 helicopters also perform search and rescue missions, heads of state missions, and a variety of transportation missions for utility and airline passengers.
