World’s Highest Helicopter Rescue

Patrick Veillette, Ph.D. April 27, 2016
Credit: Air Zermat
Challenging would be an understatement for helicopter rescue operations in the alpine environment. Constantly unpredictable winds, high altitudes, the quick changing nature of mountain weather and hover-out-of-ground all combine to shave safety margins razor thin. Since 1968, Air Zermatt has been...
Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.

Upon his retirement as a non-routine flight operations captain from a fractional operator in 2015, Dr. Veillette had accumulated more than 20,000 hours of flight experience in 240 types of aircraft—including balloons, rotorcraft, sea planes, gliders, war birds, supersonic jets and large commercial transports. He is an adjunct professor at Utah Valley University.

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