HTC and Neoteric Hovercraft in Las Vegas and Ukraine

Neoteric Hovercraft, Inc. is the exclusive supplier of Hovercraft Training Centers’ training craft, as well as the manufacturer of Bubba Watson’s BW1 hovercraft golf cart featured in "Bubba’s Hover". But that, by far, is certainly not all they do!  

For example, HTC President/Senior Instructor Chris Fitzgerald and Neoteric VP Marketing Filip Przybysz recently returned from Ukraine, where they trained personnel at Superior Golf & Spa Resort to fly their new Neoteric Hovercraft Golf Cart – the first one in Ukraine. 

Custom decals decorated Superior Golf & Spa’s hovercraft golf cart before shipping to Ukraine.

And Filip is now in Las Vegas, showcasing Hovercraft Training Centers and the Neoteric Hovercraft Golf Cart at the Flamingo Casino in the Caesars Palace Great Gift Wrap Up for high rollers – where a $1 million dollar cash prize will be given away. Check back for more about this major event!

With "Bubba’s Hover" playing in the background, Neoteric VP Marketing Filip Przybysz showcases the

Caesars Palace Neoteric Hovercraft Golf Cart at “The Great Gift Wrap Up” in Las Vegas. Every order placed at the event receives a free Standard Training course at HTC.

It’s all in a day’s work at Neoteric and HTC! Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to keep up with our latest adventures:

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Web Developer job opportunity

More good news from the exclusive supplier of training craft for Hovercraft Training Centers:

Neoteric Systems, LLC, a division of Neoteric Hovercraft, Inc., has posted a Web Developer job opportunity in addition to the Purchasing Agent opening announced earlier this week.

The Web Developer will work closely with the Neoteric team, including engineers, production supervisors, marketing staff and other personnel. Neoteric Systems develops ground-breaking products aimed at solving complex problems with web-based technologies.

Starting salary is commensurate with experience and can be quickly increased based on your abilities and division success. Neoteric maintains a casual etiquette for employee comfort and practicality and offers an excellent benefit package including health insurance, paid holidays and vacations, and sick leave. 

Primary responsibilities include:

·         Review and optimize existing code base

·         Improve database optimization and integrity

·         Research & integrate existing solutions

·         Test products with and gather feedback from end users

·         Work with Neoteric personnel to develop scalable, secure, and stable solutions to complex problems

·         Draft requirements & technical/end user documentation

·         Administrate workstations and servers in backup capacity

·         Define and execute project planning & estimates to meet requirements

Qualifications:

·         B.S. in Computer Science/Software Engineering or equivalent work experience

·         Experience working with end users

·         Able to work with common editors, i.e. as Adobe Dreamweaver & Microsoft Visual Studio

·         Able to work independently on a variety of requirements

·         Applies experience to solve new and existing technical challenges

·         Able to work with third party solutions and APIs

·         Considers security, scalability, and stability of integration techniques & methodology

·         Proficient with XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript/JQuery/Prototype integration

·         Experience in common web-based languages required (PHP/C#)

·         Experience with database development required (MySQL/MSSQL, functions/stored procedures)

·         Experience with content management systems and frameworks preferred

·         Familiar with XML/XSL and web technologies (JSON/SOAP/REST) preferred

·         Familiar with version control systems preferred

·         Familiar with model-view-controller methodology preferred

·         Experience with server technology (Linux/Windows Server/Apache) preferred

·         Technical documentation experience preferred

·         1 to 3 years’ experience preferred

To apply, send your cover letter, resume and references to:

Email: Ryan@NeotericHovercraft.com

Fax: (812) 234-3217

And here’s a great way to discover why you should work for this company:

Take a Test Flight in a Neoteric hovercraft at HTC!

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Job opening at Neoteric Hovercraft: Purchasing Agent

Here’s your chance to work for the world’s original light hovercraft manufacturer, with customers in more than 50 nations – and join the team who created the world-famous BW1 Hovercraft Golf Cart for Bubba Watson. HTC trains exclusively on Neoteric hovercraft.

Neoteric is currently seeking a Purchasing Agent for its Terre Haute, Indiana headquarters. This is a career opportunity with significant growth potential and Neoteric offers a competitive salary along with health, vision and dental insurance.

If you meet the requirements below and would like to offer your skills to the Neoteric team, email your cover letter, resume and references to hovermail@neoterichovercraft.com.

High power, low weight aircraft engines, stored in the Neoteric engine bay, await installation.
The purchasing agent will be responsible for ordering all hovercraft components.

Primary responsibilities include:

·         Prepare purchase orders; verify specifications/prices; obtain recommendations from suppliers for substitutions; obtain approval from requisitioning department

·         Forward orders to suppliers; monitor and expedite orders

·         Monitor and analyze pricing for cost control

·         Verify receipt of orders; resolve errors in shipments

·         Process returns and outgoing shipments

·         Manage relations and communications with a large number of vendors

·         Manage inventory

·         Manage filing system

·         Collect, record and document parts information

Desired qualifications:

·         Experience in purchasing

·         Lean manufacturing experience

·         Inventory management experience

·         Computer skills

·         Arithmetic skills

·         Able to handle multiple priorities simultaneously

·         Communication skills

·         Strong negotiation skills

·         Motivated self-starter

·         Neat and orderly

Learn more about Neoteric Hovercraft …

and check back for more job openings to be posted this week.

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Fire District President Says Hovercraft are the Best Rescue Tool – and HTC Training Sealed the Deal

Trent Nunemaker, President of Snohomish County Fire District 19 in Washington USA, was strongly opposed to buying a hovercraft. He felt it would be too expensive and too much trouble for his department.

But just like so many budget-conscious fire departments and rescue organizations who now employ hovercraft, Trent’s stance has completely reversed. He now says hovercraft are the best tool he’s found to save time, save lives and keep his first responders above the danger, not in it. What changed his mind? Training at HTC!

Assistant Fire Chief Jeremy Swearengin (left) and Trent Nunemaker (right) receive their Class 3

hovercraft pilot certification at HTC from instructor Chris Fitzgerald (center).

Trent has some flying experience, but he says HTC training is vital for mastering hovercraft-specific techniques. "As far the techniques we used, I don't know if I would have been able to come up with them on my own. Like the 180. We use that maneuver when we're coming downriver so we can tuck inside logjams rather than making a wide sweep."

He also credits HTC maintenance training for enabling his team to keep their hovercraft running at peak performance in-house, without having to pay for outside mechanical help. In fact, “We based our maintenance protocol on the Hovercraft Training Center checklist,” he says.

The Fire District 19 hovercraft definitely proved its worth after a major bridge collapsed last spring on Interstate 5 just north of Seattle. Two Neoteric hovercraft, one operated by Trent, cruised through the debris, searching for survivors. “Boats weren’t able to get into the wreckage, but we were able to hover back and forth through the debris and look for victims,” Trent says.

Two Neoteric hovercraft survey the scene of the bridge collapse on the Skagit River near Seattle, Wash.

(AP photo/Seattle Times/Rick Lund)

Meet Trent Nunemaker and Fire District 19 ...

   

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Dump the Winter Doldrums

In many parts of the world, winter is just around the corner – but Hovercraft Training Centers offer a sure-fire cure for cabin fever! 

You may have to stow your jet ski, fishing boat, canoe and ATV for the cold season, but a hovercraft will keep you soaring throughout the year. Snowstorm? Thin ice on the river? Broken ice on the lake? Never a problem!

A Neoteric hovercraft flies over thin, broken ice on St. Petersburg Harbor in Russia.

There’s no greater way for outdoor lovers to dump the winter doldrums – come take a Hovercraft Training Centers Test Flight and see for yourself! 

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James Walker: HTC-trained Commercial Hovercraft Pilot

Hovercraft are not just for recreation – hovercraft also mean business. Just ask James Walker, an amphibious vehicles operator for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., of Oak Brook, Illinois. GLDD is the largest provider of dredging services in the U.S. and one of the growing number of companies in the world who provide critical services with commercial hovercraft.

After James (center) and his crew learned to fly and maintain the GLDD hovercraft at HTC, he said, “It’s flying; it’s not a boat, it’s not a jet ski. Hovercraft are unique and you get a much better perspective in knowing what you’re dealing with when you know it from the ground up.”

James’ training quickly proved its worth in a major environmental restoration project on Pelican Island, a key barrier island off the coast of Louisiana. Pelican Island is crucial for protecting Louisiana people and property against storm surges and is one of America’s richest fisheries – but it has one of the highest rates of wetlands loss in the world.

As Louisiana Congressman Cedric Richmond explains, “If one block of New York City disappeared every hour, the nation would be outraged. Well, Louisiana loses a football field of wetlands every hour, which is crippling to the state and the nation. It affects our seafood supply, gas and oil reserves, and storm protection. Reversing this trend is a critical national priority.”

Read more about James and other HTC-trained commercial hovercraftpilots

… and you’ll never again think of hovercraft as just toys.

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Meet an HTC-trained Military Hovercraft Pilot

Capt. Cory Lingelbach, a U.S. Air Force firefighter, is a military hovercraft pilot and chief flight instructor for the Utah Test and Training Range at Hill Air Force Base. Did he learn his hovercraft skills from the military? No – he learned them at Hovercraft Training Centers.

Capt. Lingelbach (left) and his crew completed a week of specialized military hovercraft pilot training at HTC.

And those skills have certainly paid off. Among other rescues, Capt. Lingelbach used one of UTTR’s two Neoteric hovercraft to rescue a downed F-16 pilot who crashed on the Great Salt Lakes mudflats, where no other vehicle could travel. The jet hit the ground at 300 mph, shattering it into burning fragments scattered across a vast muddy terrain. The hovercraft not only rescued the pilot, who ejected before impact, but were also valuable in the search and recovery operations. 

The UTTR training at HTC included night rescue operations; shown here through night vision goggles.

Before their hovercraft purchase, when UTTR used ATVs and trucks, emergency response times could reach 2-3 hours; now they can reach victims within minutes. “Without the level of training sophistication that HTC provided, we would never be able to perform our missions the way we do.” says Capt. Lingelbach …

Read more at Hovercraft Training Centers …

Learn how HTC plans to expand military hovercraft training …

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