LA COUNTY SHERIFF CONTRACTS FOR BELFORT AWOS

Belfort Instrument Company is in the process of obtaining a purchase order from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Aero Bureau for a Belfort AWOS AV in support of their aviation department.

The Belfort Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS AV) will provide the LA county pilots with Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Wind Gusts, Temperature, Humidity, Dew point, Altimeter Setting, Density Altitude, Visibility, and Cloud Height. The AWOS system is to be installed at the Helistop at Pebbly Beach on Santa Catalina Island. The Santa Catalina Island AWOS information will be available via VHF broadcast, telephone, as well as over the internet.

“The new Belfort AWOS installation on Santa Catalina Island is an important step in providing emergency medical access to all the citizens on the island by allowing the reporting of real time weather conditions on the island enhancing EMS flight operations.”, this according to Sgt. Morrie C. Zager, Aero Bureau, he continues, “ Our Aero Bureau had the cooperation of Air Methods, one of the largest provider of EMS AeroMedical services in helping to install the optional cloud height sensor to the AWOS. This total package provides total weather reporting in support of safer flight operations day and night.”

LA County Sheriff

“We are extremely pleased to see the Belfort AWOS equipment as the AWOS of choice for the AeroMedical industry”, says Ralph Petragnani, VP Sales & Marketing for Belfort. “The AWOS should be installed an operational within the next 90 days.”

Belfort Instrument is located at Booth 5914 at HELI-EXPO.

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Kim Stevens

Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.