Rotorcraft
Harvey: Anatomy of Rescue Ops
Civil and military operators joined OEMs in the rescue and relief efforts.
U.S. servicemen load water onto a U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk in Beaumont, Texas, on September 3.
U.S. servicemen load water onto a U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk in Beaumont, Texas, on September 3.

Within hours after Hurricane Harvey came ashore near Rockport, Texas on Friday, August 25, the phone rang at CHI Aviation in Howell, Mich. Air Methods, the nation’s largest air ambulance provider, wanted to enlist one of CHI’s Sikorsky S-61Ns to move personnel, patients and medical supplies between Houston-area hospitals being deluged with up to 50 inches of rain.