AIRFAST is proud to announce Captain Djoko Prasetyo as the recipient of the 2009 Robert E. Trimble Award from Helicopter Association International. He received it as the result for his outstanding achievements and dedications during his year of services.
Captain Djoko Prasetyo graduated from the Civil Aviation Academy, Indonesia, in 1975 and from South West Airline/Arizona Helicopter Aviation School in Scottsdale, Arizona in 1978. He has more than 18,000 flying hours; more than 10,000 of these have been accident-free high altitude operations.
Captain Djoko Prasetyo joined AIRFAST in 1992. His regular flying region includes Tembagapura village at 6,000 feet, and Grasberg Mountain at 14,000 feet. He executed several pinnacle landings, and for one of these acts the Indonesian Government awarded him the State Medal of Bravery. In 2007, Captain Djoko Prasetyo received the Bell Helicopter 2007 Pilot Safety Award for the accident free from his accumulated hours in Bell Helicopter. He is also active in providing high altitude mountain training for AIRFAST Helicopter crews and for Indonesian Army Aviation. Special Forces and Indonesian Army Aviation groups have named him an “Honorary Member”.
All the award's winners have been recognized at Heli Expo 2009’s annual “Salute to Excellence” Awards Banquet on February 23, 2009 in Anaheim, California.