Additional Event Information & Acknowledgement of Industry Sponsor(s):
EAA Chapter 14 is Hosting this Presentation
Our speaker is Torbjorn “TC “Corell
TC is the Chief Pilot for Southern California Edison and has been with the company for 14 years.
He has 12,800 hours of flight time in Helicopters with experience in the utility industry, search and rescue, military, EMS, firefighting and has flown in many different countries across three continents.
He started his career as helicopter pilot in the Swedish Army and eventually flew for United Nations Protection Forces during the Bosnia conflict. He also flew in West Africa for United Nations
He has been in the aviation industry for 28 years and holds commercial, Instrument, CFI ratings, all in helicopters.
He served on the board of directors with Helicopter Association International (HAI) for 9 years.
TC was elected Chairman for the 2016/17 fiscal year. Only utility pilot to ever reach that position. He also served as the liaison between HAI and Utility Patrol and Construction Committee (UPAC) for 9 years.
TC was instrumental in the development of a Wire Strike video, “Surviving the Wires Environment”, together with HAI that was launched in 2008. To date over 22,000 copies has been distributed of this safety video.