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Sikorsky selects Oklahoma site for Flight and Maintenance Training Academy

Sikorsky selects Oklahoma site for Flight and Maintenance Training Academy

29-Oct-2012Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Aviation Training Consulting (ATC) to establish an advanced flight and maintenance training academy, the Sikorsky Training Academy (STA), inAltus, Okla. SAS is the worldwide aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). “Many of our... Read more

Erickson Air-Crane announces date for 2012Q3 results

Erickson Air-Crane announces date for 2012Q3 results

29-Oct-2012Source: Erickson Air-Crane

Erickson Air-Crane, Inc, a leading operator and the manufacturer of the powerful heavy-lift helicopter, the Erickson S-64 Aircrane, today announced that it will release its earnings results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012 on Wednesday, November 7, 2012 after the market close. Udo Rieder, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and Chuck... Read more

Ex-Im Bank approves $50M finance for Mexican offshore S76D fleet

Ex-Im Bank approves $50M finance for Mexican offshore S76D fleet

29-Oct-2012Source: Ex-Im Bank

The board of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) authorized more than $50 million to guarantee a loan extended by Apple Bank to Aeroservicios Especializados S.A. DE C.V. (ASESA) of Mexico that will finance the export of a fleet of Sikorsky S-76D™ helicopters to Mexico. Ex-Im Bank’s credit will support approximately 450 U.S. jobs, according to bank estimates derived from... Read more

Life Flight Network buys 12 C-MAC PM Video Laryngoscopes at AMTC 2012

Life Flight Network buys 12 C-MAC PM Video Laryngoscopes at AMTC 2012

29-Oct-2012Source: Life Flight Network

Life Flight Network (LFN), an award-winning, not-for-profit air medical transport service with headquarters in Aurora, Oregon, announced the purchase of 12 Storz C-MAC PM “pocket monitor” video laryngoscopes at the Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) in the Washington State Convention Center. The ability for a critical care medical team to safely and quickly insert a... Read more

AeroSimulators launches micro-website for Brazil

AeroSimulators launches micro-website for Brazil

29-Oct-2012Source: AeroSimulators

AeroSimulators has launched a special version of its website dedicated specifically to the Brazilian helicopter simulation market: http://be.aerosimulators.com/brasil Aside from pictures and movies of various helicopter simulators, this website also features an interesting comparision between real IR footage of rotory wing police aviation units and the imagery generated by the GIST training simulator. The launch... Read more

Independent survey supported Helitech move to London, not Steering Committee

Independent survey supported Helitech move to London, not Steering Committee

25-Oct-2012Source: HeliHub.com

In an interview with HeliHub.com, the exhibition Director of Helitech International confirmed to us that an independent survey had been carried out before making a decision to move the event from Duxford to a conference centre in London. John Hyde told us that Reed Exhbitions enlisted the services of AMR International, which on its website... Read more

MD’s Lynn Tilton named “Role Model & Mentor of the Year”

MD’s Lynn Tilton named “Role Model & Mentor of the Year”

25-Oct-2012Source: Patriarch Partners

The Women’s Business Enterprise Council – Great Lakes (WBEC – Great Lakes) has recognized Lynn Tilton, Founder and CEO of Patriarch Partners, LLC as their “Role Model & Mentor of the Year” for her leadership of DURA Automotive Systems at their 12th annual Women’s Business Conference, held at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Michigan... Read more

Philippine National Police look to purchase 15 helicopters

Philippine National Police look to purchase 15 helicopters

24-Oct-2012Source: Police Aviation News

One of the highlight presentations of the Tangent Link POLICE AVIATION event held in the Prince Hotel & Residence in central Kuala Lumpur this week was that given by Police Senior Superintendent Joselito F Salido of the Philippine National Police [PNP]. During times when it seems few worthwhile sales opportunities are to be found in the law... Read more

American Eurocopter appoints Sales Manager / Air Medical Specialist

American Eurocopter appoints Sales Manager / Air Medical Specialist

24-Oct-2012Source: American Eurocopter

American Eurocopter, the number one commercial helicopter manufacturer in the United States, has named Jennifer Hardcastle as Sales Manager, Air Medical Specialist. “We are very pleased to have Hardcastle join the American Eurocopter sales team,” said American Eurocopter Vice President of Commercial Sales and Marketing, Treg Manning. “Her extensive experience in the air medical market... Read more

ProMedica Air purchases second EC135

ProMedica Air purchases second EC135

24-Oct-2012Source: American Eurocopter

ProMedica Air is adding a new EC135 P2e to its fleet. The aircraft is slated to go into service in April 2013, joining ProMedica Air’s Toledo, Ohio-based EC135 and BO105. “ProMedica Air looks forward to the addition of a second EC135 to our fleet,” said ProMedica Transportation Network Administrative Director, Jack Morasch. “The EC135 format... Read more

OSF Aviation Fields Four New EC145s

OSF Aviation Fields Four New EC145s

24-Oct-2012Source: American Eurocopter

OSF Aviation has added four new EC145s to their fleet. The new aircraft were placed into service this summer as part of a fleet replacement program initiated last fall. OSF Aviation is a part of Peoria, Illinois-based OSF HealthCare and provides air medical support services to eight hospitals and their communities throughout OSF HealthCare’s Illinois service... Read more

Hillsboro Aviation awarded Military Friendly Schools Title

Hillsboro Aviation awarded Military Friendly Schools Title

24-Oct-2012Source: Hillsboro Aviation

Hillsboro Aviation was named to Victory Media’s coveted Military Friendly Schools® list. The 2013 Military Friendly Schools list honors the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools in the country that are doing the most to embrace America’s military service members, veterans and spouses as students and ensure their success on campus. “Inclusion on... Read more

PennSTAR to replace a BK117C1 with EC145

PennSTAR to replace a BK117C1 with EC145

24-Oct-2012Source: American Eurocopter

The University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) is boosting its PennSTAR AMS (Air Medical Services) fleet with the purchase of a new EC145. PennSTAR currently flies three BK117s and four EC135s. The new EC145 is scheduled to be in service by summer 2013, replacing one of the BK117 C1 aircraft. “PennMedicine and PennSTAR are always... Read more

Miami Valley Hospital CareFlight buys AS365N3+

Miami Valley Hospital CareFlight buys AS365N3+

24-Oct-2012Source: American Eurocopter

American Eurocopter today announced Miami Valley Hospital of Dayton, Ohio, has purchased a new AS365 N3+ for its CareFlight program. CareFlight Air and Mobile Services (CareFlight) has become an icon of Miami Valley Hospital (MVH). The program serves more than 150 hospitals and more than 300 community life squads, fire departments, and police departments in... Read more

Latitude Technologies appoints new VP of Technology

Latitude Technologies appoints new VP of Technology

24-Oct-2012Source: Latitude Technologies

Latitude Technologies announced that the company has hired Brad Head as their new Vice President of Technology.  Head will be responsible for providing architectural definition and technical leadership on all software and data services for Latitude.  His role will enable him to work on maximizing current software and data management systems for customers and also... Read more

MedFlight of Ohio wins 2012 Vision Zero aviation safety award

MedFlight of Ohio wins 2012 Vision Zero aviation safety award

24-Oct-2012Source: American Eurocopter

American Eurocopter is proud to announce that MedFlight of Ohio has won the 2012 Vision Zero Aviation Safety Award, topping the list of a record 25 nominees. MedFlight representatives were presented with the award and a $10,000 check by Anthony DiNota, American Eurocopter Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Customer Support, during the AMTC Community... Read more

Air Care of Cincinnati put first EC145 in service

Air Care of Cincinnati put first EC145 in service

24-Oct-2012Source: American Eurocopter

The first of two new American Eurocopter EC145s are now in service for Air Care & Mobile Care, which serves Cincinnati’s University Hospital, West Chester Hospital in Butler County and the Greater Cincinnati region. Air Care purchased the new aircraft at Heli-Expo 2012 to upgrade its fleet of BK117 helicopters, which it had flown for... Read more

Bell to highlight 407GX and 429 at AMTC 2012

Bell to highlight 407GX and 429 at AMTC 2012

23-Oct-2012Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today that it will showcase two of its newest aircraft, the Bell 407GX and the Bell 429, at the Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) 2012 in Seattle, Oct. 22-24. The Bell 407GX and Bell 429 will be on static display, both configured for helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS), highlighting the capability of... Read more

AgustaWestland unveils AW119Kx with Garmin avionics

AgustaWestland unveils AW119Kx with Garmin avionics

23-Oct-2012Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce the launch of the AW119Kx, the latest evolution of the proven and successful AW119 single engine helicopter, which features the Garmin G1000H glass integrated flight deck system and the very latest avionics, including synthetic vision, moving map, highway in the sky and obstacle/terrain avoidance systems, to improve... Read more

Helitech 2013 organisers confirm no day visitors by air

Helitech 2013 organisers confirm no day visitors by air

23-Oct-2012Source: HeliHub.com

In an interview with HeliHub.com, the exhibition Director of Helitech International 2013 confirmed to us that there is no space at the ExCeL conference centre in London for daily visitors to the event in September 2013.  John Hyde confirmed that three or four sites are under consideration, and they would soon decide on one and... Read more

Wysong completes 5th EMS Bell 407 in 2012; Signs  for 5 more completions

Wysong completes 5th EMS Bell 407 in 2012; Signs for 5 more completions

23-Oct-2012Source: Wysong Enterprises

Wysong Enterprises (Wysong) announced today from the Air Medical Transport Conference in Seattle that they have completed their 5th EMS Equipped Bell 407 this year and signed contracts for four more 407 aircraft completions this week.  In addition to the 407s, Wysong also will begin work on another EMS Eurocopter AS-350 in January. “We are... Read more

Royal Malaysian Police wants more helicopters

Royal Malaysian Police wants more helicopters

23-Oct-2012

The Royal Malaysian Police is looking to expand its fleet of helicopters for better air support in each state. (see full story).  They currently operate Eurocopter AS355Ns... Read more

Sikorsky wins exclusive rights to distribute Aero Dynamix’s Night Vision System for S76

Sikorsky wins exclusive rights to distribute Aero Dynamix’s Night Vision System for S76

23-Oct-2012Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) today announced an exclusive international sales and distribution agreement with Aero Dynamix, Inc. (ADI) of Euless, Texas, to equip Sikorsky S-76® helicopters with ADI’s Night Vision Imaging System (NVIS) lighting solutions. Aero Dynamix will manufacture and service the NVIS and components, and SAS will distribute the product and related services. Sikorsky... Read more

UK – Weston Aviation opens FBO next door to National Football Centre

UK – Weston Aviation opens FBO next door to National Football Centre

23-Oct-2012Source: Weston Aviation

Weston Aviation and the operators of Tatenhill Airfield have launched a new venture to provide FBO and executive handling services at the airfield to provide quick and easy helicopter and aircraft access to the FA’s new £120 million National Football Centre at St. George’s Park, near Burton on Trent, UK. The new centre was officially... Read more

L J Walch Co. to distribute S61 Motor Generator for Ontic Engineering

L J Walch Co. to distribute S61 Motor Generator for Ontic Engineering

23-Oct-2012Source: L J Walch Co

L.J. Walch Co., Inc. announced today its exclusive distribution agreement with Ontic Engineering and Manufacturing, Inc. of Chatsworth, California. L.J. Walch has been selected by Ontic as the exclusive distributor for the Sikorsky S61 Motor Generator (Part Number: 30E20-97A). L.J. Walch Co. was chosen for its reputation for quality, as well as knowledge of the... Read more

STAT MedEvac continues fleet upgrade with three EC135T2e and two EC145

STAT MedEvac continues fleet upgrade with three EC135T2e and two EC145

23-Oct-2012Source: American Eurocopter.

STAT MedEvac continues the upgrade of its fleet with the addition of five American Eurocopter twin-engine aircraft – three EC135 T2e helicopters and two EC145 helicopters – which are part of an ongoing strategy at STAT to continually upgrade its fleet with the latest aircraft and the newest technology. STAT MedEvac took delivery of the... Read more

American Eurocopter begins delivery of Med-Trans EC135s

American Eurocopter begins delivery of Med-Trans EC135s

23-Oct-2012Source: American Eurocopter

American Eurocopter has delivered three EC135s to Med-Trans with a fourth scheduled for delivery in November Med-Trans, an industry leading air medical provider, signed an agreement in August to purchase up to 16 EC135 helicopters. The order includes 10 firm bookings and options for an additional six helicopters. The new EC135s will help Med-Trans sustain... Read more

American Eurocopter flying high in Air Medical Market

American Eurocopter flying high in Air Medical Market

23-Oct-2012Source: American Eurocopter

American Eurocopter continues to maintain its position as the leader in the U.S. air medical services industry with a market share of 60% and more than 630 of its aircraft currently in air medical service across the country. American Eurocopter’s air medical deliveries have outnumbered the competition by more than three-to-one over the last decade,... Read more

Germany – DRF working on EFB software for helicopters

Germany – DRF working on EFB software for helicopters

22-Oct-2012Source: DRF

The crews of DRF Luftrettung need a lot of information for their world-wide missions – ranging from comprehensive charts to the 900-page flight manual. Recently, DRF Luftrettung has begun to success-fully use tablet PCs in the cockpits of their air ambulance jets, on which this necessary information is stored. These digital aids facili-tate the work... Read more

Three years later…. Bond starts to support offshore wind farm

Three years later…. Bond starts to support offshore wind farm

22-Oct-2012Source: Bond Air Services

HeliHub.com editor note – The EC135 was first shown at Helitech 2009 fully kitted out.  At Helitech 2011 we reported that the helicopter had not yet started offshore wind farm operations as expected two years prior, and a further year has now passed.  We are pleased to see this finally working on the contract it... Read more

Germany – Free iPad for new trainee pilots of the Heli Aviation

Germany – Free iPad for new trainee pilots of the Heli Aviation

22-Oct-2012Source: Heli Aviation

From now on, new trainee pilots of the Heli Aviation TRAINING ACADEMY will receive an Apple iPad with electronic training documents as a gift at the start of training! With its electronic documents, the iPad makes up-to-date learning possible. It facilitates the pilot’s everyday routine throughout the entire training and beyond. In the theoretical training,... Read more

UK – 4,000th callout for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance

UK – 4,000th callout for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance

22-Oct-2012Source: IOW County Press

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been called out on 4,000 emergencies since it was established five years ago. (see full story)... Read more

Papillon Completes IS-BAO Registration

Papillon Completes IS-BAO Registration

22-Oct-2012Source: HAI

Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters is proud to announce that they have completed IS-BAO (International Standard for Business Aviation Operations) registration last August and has received their certification September 1st, 2012. Papillon is now looking forward to completing HAI’s new accreditation program which has IS-BAO certification as one of its core requirements. The HAI Accreditation Program (HAI-AP) is... Read more

DeSoto Parish Sheriff acquires R44 from DeSoto County Sheriff

DeSoto Parish Sheriff acquires R44 from DeSoto County Sheriff

22-Oct-2012

The DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office has a new weapon to help fight crime.  The Sheriff recently bought a Robinson R44 Helicopter from the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office in Mississippi.  (see full story)... Read more

UK – Central Helicopters to build new off-airfield base

UK – Central Helicopters to build new off-airfield base

22-Oct-2012Source: Central Helicopters

Central Helicopters, a leading UK-based provider of helicopter services for business purposes, aerial photography, weddings and other occasions, have received planning permission to relocate to new premises. Central Helicopters has been based at Tollerton Airfield – also known as Nottingham City Airport – for the past five years, but now they have been granted permission... Read more

Argus awards STAT MedEvac the Platinum Rating at AMTC

Argus awards STAT MedEvac the Platinum Rating at AMTC

22-Oct-2012Source: ARGUS International

ARGUS International, Inc. (ARGUS) is pleased to present STAT MedEvac with the prestigious ARGUS Platinum Rating at the Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) 2012. STAT MedEvac is the first Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) operator to achieve the ARGUS Platinum Rating. The Platinum Rating is the highest level of ARGUS Ratings and is awarded only... Read more

Baldwin features Electronic Data Management at AMTC and NBAA

Baldwin features Electronic Data Management at AMTC and NBAA

20-Oct-2012Source: Baldwin Aviation

Building on its nearly decade-long tradition of assisting flight operations in developing specific and targeted SMS programs, Baldwin Aviation, Inc. (BAI) has recently launched SAVVY©, which utilizes next generation technologies to meet safety and compliance requirements. SAVVY ensures that the solutions will be the most tailored, yet compliant available. “SAVVY represents a significant upgrade in... Read more

Citizen TV acquires first news helicopter in Kenya

Citizen TV acquires first news helicopter in Kenya

20-Oct-2012Source: Kenya Daily News

Royal Media Services has become the first Kenyan media house to acquire a news helicopter – although the AS350 shows no signs of any externally mounted cameras!  (see full story)... Read more

FlightSafety founder passes away peacefully aged 95

FlightSafety founder passes away peacefully aged 95

20-Oct-2012Source: FlightSafety International

LA GUARDIA AIRPORT, New York (October 19, 2012) – A.L. Ueltschi, founder of FlightSafety International, passed away peacefully at his home in Vero Beach, Florida last evening. He was 95. A message from Bruce Whitman, CEO: All of us with FlightSafety are deeply saddened by Al’s passing and have expressed our deepest sympathy and condolences... Read more

Cool City Avionics announces Authorized Dealers

Cool City Avionics announces Authorized Dealers

19-Oct-2012Source: Cool City Avionics

Cool City Avionics, a manufacturer of low cost, professional-grade automatic flight guidance control systems and helicopter stability augmentation systems, is pleased to announce that it has appointed thirteen new authorized dealers in the United States, three in Canada and one each in Denmark, Germany and Guatemala. Additional dealers will be appointed in the coming months.... Read more

United Rotorcraft awarded EC130T2 EMS completion

United Rotorcraft awarded EC130T2 EMS completion

19-Oct-2012Source: United Rotorcraft

United Rotorcraft announces it was awarded the contract by Enloe Medical Center of Chico, Calif., to complete the medical center’s new Eurocopter EC130 T2 aircraft. The contract includes the manufacture and integration of a new Federal Aviation Administration (STC’d) approved medical EMS interior and avionics suite. The aircraft is slated to be delivered during the... Read more

UK Government gives AgustaWestland £46M for civil helicopter projects

UK Government gives AgustaWestland £46M for civil helicopter projects

19-Oct-2012Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that it has been selected to go forward to the contracting phase for their bid of up to £46 million from Round 3 of the Government’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF). The combined RGF and AgustaWestland investment of more than £100 million will create a brand new industry... Read more

Tracer Aviation launch High Definition helicopter video recorder

Tracer Aviation launch High Definition helicopter video recorder

19-Oct-2012Source: Tracer Aviation

Tracer Aviation, the Cambridge (UK) based developer of specialist airborne video equipment, has launched a new range of High Definition rugged airborne video recorders to meet demand from the airborne surveillance sector which is increasingly using the latest generation of HD camera systems. Following market feedback,  Tracer’s new multi-channel recording deck will handle a single... Read more

Thales TopDeck avionics suite integrated in FAA-certified S76D

Thales TopDeck avionics suite integrated in FAA-certified S76D

19-Oct-2012Source: Thales

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the Type Certificate for the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation’s S-76D™ helicopter which is equipped with the Thales TopDeck® avionics suite.  TopDeck is an integrated modular avionics suite in a glass cockpit, representing Thales’s most advanced avionics suite for rotor wing aircraft. The cockpit will feature a new “click to fly”... Read more

SkyTrac Software Provides HEMS Operational Awareness

SkyTrac Software Provides HEMS Operational Awareness

19-Oct-2012Source: SkyTrac

SkyTrac Systems’ hardware and software are used extensively by Air Evac Lifeteam (AEL), but when special circumstances arise such as the onset of Hurricane Isaac in the Gulf of Mexico along with the Republican Conference in Tampa Bay, the value of the software reporting features becomes clear. The use of some of the additional features... Read more

Enstrom refreshes website

Enstrom refreshes website

19-Oct-2012Source: Enstrom

Enstrom Helicopter underwent a website redesign in the early part of summer this year.  Enstrom teamed up with Burnham Richards, a brand elevation company out of Green Bay, Wisconsin, to complete the upgrade.  The goal of the redesign of the website is to make the page easier to navigate, more interactive, and easier to find... Read more

American Eurocopter Showcases Air Medical Solutions at AMTC 201

American Eurocopter Showcases Air Medical Solutions at AMTC 201

19-Oct-2012Source: American Eurocopter

American Eurocopter, the nation’s leading provider of helicopters for the U.S. air medical service industry, today announced it will be showcasing the University of Michigan Health System Survival Flight’s EC155 and the Air Methods Corporation’s EC130 B4 at this year’s Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) October 22-24 in Seattle. The featured EC130 B4 is a... Read more

Bristow announces FY2013 Q2 Earnings Release and Concall Schedule

Bristow announces FY2013 Q2 Earnings Release and Concall Schedule

19-Oct-2012Source: Bristow Group

Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), the leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, announced today it will release financial results for its fiscal year 2013 second quarter after the market closes on Wednesday, November 7. In conjunction with the release, Bristow has scheduled a conference call, which will be broadcast live over... Read more

New EMS Bell 407 for Iowa and Missouri

New EMS Bell 407 for Iowa and Missouri

18-Oct-2012Source: Clarinda Regional Health Center

As of Monday, October 15th, Clarinda Regional Health Center (CRHC) along with Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines and Air Methods launched MercyOne-Clarinda, a medical helicopter program based at CRHC serving all of southwest Iowa, northwest Missouri, and southeast Nebraska. MercyOne manages the medical portion of the program and Air Methods operates the helicopter. A ribbon cutting ceremony (click... Read more

MD Helicopters donates scholarship to Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

MD Helicopters donates scholarship to Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

18-Oct-2012Source: Embry-Riddle

One very accomplished student enrolled in Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Helicopter Specialty degree program will be even more prepared to enter the helicopter industry when they graduate.  MD Helicopters generously donated an MD 500 Transition Scholarship to students from the Bachelor of Science Degree in Aeronautical Science Rotary-Wing program.  The transition course takes five days and... Read more

Prism Helicopters achieves Medallion Foundation Safety Award

Prism Helicopters achieves Medallion Foundation Safety Award

18-Oct-2012Source: Medallion Foundation

Recognizing excellence in aviation safety, Prism Helicopters, Inc. has been honored by Alaska Gov. Parnell as the first helicopter-only commercial operator in Alaska to achieve a Medallion Shield. “We are happy to have accomplished this hallmark in aviation safety,” said Mark Stigar, president of Prism Helicopters, Inc. “We’ve worked hard to achieve the Medallion Foundation Shield –... Read more

Aero Dynamix delivers first aircraft to LAFD

Aero Dynamix delivers first aircraft to LAFD

18-Oct-2012Source: Aero Dynamix

Aero Dynamix added the AgustaWestland AW139 to its STC portfolio of NVG cockpits. With this addition, the Aero Dynamix portfolio now includes 26 multi-ship STCs on 36 different aircraft model types. Aero Dynamix first STC AW139 was delivered to the Los Angeles Fire Department and is the first of three LAFD AW139s to receive the... Read more

Regional Maintenance Manager for Air Evac Lifeteam wins award

Regional Maintenance Manager for Air Evac Lifeteam wins award

17-Oct-2012Source: Director of Maintenance

Cliff Johnson, the regional maintenance manager for HAI member Air Evac Lifeteam, was recognized in the current issue of Director of Maintenance magazine as the Maintenance Manager of the Year. Johnson manages 28 maintenance facilities across four states... Read more

Donaldson barrier filters marketing to EMS operators; Prepares for AMTC 2012

Donaldson barrier filters marketing to EMS operators; Prepares for AMTC 2012

17-Oct-2012Source: Donaldson

Donaldson Aerospace & Defense, a division of Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE: DCI), reports strong acceptance of its Inlet Barrier Filter (IBF) systems by air medical helicopter programs, logging thousands of flight hours worldwide. Continuing its longtime involvement in the air medical industry, Donaldson will be displaying its IBF Systems in Exhibit No. 835 at the... Read more

One Month to Nominate for HAI Salute to Excellence Awards

One Month to Nominate for HAI Salute to Excellence Awards

17-Oct-2012Source: HAI

For more than 50 years, HAI has recognized the outstanding achievements and exceptional merits of individuals and organizations through the Salute to Excellence Awards program. The annual Salute to Excellence Awards dinner is the premier event of HELI-EXPO®. The deadline to submit nominations for the 2013 Salute to Excellence Awards, to be celebrated Wed., March 6... Read more

French Court rules in favour of Bell over 429 skids

French Court rules in favour of Bell over 429 skids

16-Oct-2012

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company announced in the case of Eurocopter vs. Bell Helicopter, a three Judge panel of France’s Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris recently ruled that the Bell 429 production skid gear does not infringe Eurocopter’s French landing skid gear patent. All Bell 429s have been and will continue to be... Read more

HFI Seeks Heritage Aircraft Sponsors

HFI Seeks Heritage Aircraft Sponsors

16-Oct-2012Source: HFI

Helicopter Foundation International is excited to have several heritage aircraft on display at HELI-EXPO 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada to help highlight the importance of early rotorcraft to our industry. We are currently seeking sponsorships for those aircraft. Sponsors at the Heritage display receive maximum visibility from signage in a popular area, and association with... Read more

Single European Sky Initiative Is “Too Important to Fail” says EBAA

Single European Sky Initiative Is “Too Important to Fail” says EBAA

16-Oct-2012Source: EBAA

The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) commends the European  Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas and MEP Brian Simpson for having voiced so forcefully their frustration over the lack of decisive action taken by Member States and for having unequivocally condemned them for failing to make the changes needed to deliver the benefits of the Single European... Read more

Bond/INAER parent company renames as Avincis; based in UK

Bond/INAER parent company renames as Avincis; based in UK

16-Oct-2012Source: Avincis Group

Avincis Mission Critical Services (Avincis Group) has established itself in the UK today as the world’s leading provider of mission critical aviation services. The Group’s mission is to save lives, protect the environment and provide safe transport for mission critical people and assets for public services and blue chip corporations.  Avincis’ operating companies deliver across... Read more

Yorkshire Air Ambulance gain planning approval for new base

Yorkshire Air Ambulance gain planning approval for new base

16-Oct-2012

A vacant site within the Nostell Priory estate, near Wakefield, has been granted planning permission by Wakefield Council. It will have a hangar and aircrew accommodation for one helicopter. (see full story)... Read more

Bell breaks ground on new global HQ

Bell breaks ground on new global HQ

15-Oct-2012Source: Bell

As predicted by HeliHub.com 24 hours ago, courtesy of the Star-Telegram….. Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), has commenced construction for its new global headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas. Governor Rick Perry, U.S. Congresswoman Kay Granger, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley and Mayor Betsy Price joined John Garrison, President... Read more

AAG granted access to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

AAG granted access to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

15-Oct-2012Source: Sikorsky

Associated Aircraft Group (AAG®), the East Coast’s largest executive Sikorsky S-76®helicopter services provider, has been granted access into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) by the Transportation Security Administration under the DCA Access Security Program (DASSP). Located just three miles from downtown Washington, D.C., Reagan National Airport offers unparalleled convenience for travelers flying to and from... Read more

Sikorsky S76D is FAA certified

Sikorsky S76D is FAA certified

15-Oct-2012Source: Sikorsky

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the Type Certificate for the S-76D™ helicopter, moving the aircraft forward to its highly anticipated delivery into the medium-sized marketplace. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. The FAA signed the certificate on Oct. 12, capping an intensive flight test program to introduce the S-76D helicopter, Sikorsky’s newest... Read more

Probation for heli-ski operator that illegally cut trees

Probation for heli-ski operator that illegally cut trees

15-Oct-2012Source: Wenatchee World

North Cascades Heli-Skiing’s operating permit is in a probationary status after owners of the Mazama-based company admitted to cutting down or topping a few dozen high elevation trees on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest last winter to make helicopter landing safer (see full story)... Read more

Air Medical Group expands HQ on air ambulance demand

Air Medical Group expands HQ on air ambulance demand

15-Oct-2012Source: Dallas Business News

Lewisville-based Air Medical Group Holdings Inc., a national helicopter ambulance company, plans to more than double its headquarters as it relocates within the city limits. (see full story)... Read more

Air Evac Lifeteam to add base at Ironton

Air Evac Lifeteam to add base at Ironton

15-Oct-2012Source: WSAZ

Residents in Lawrence County, Ohio will soon have an air ambulance helicopter to call their own. (see full story)... Read more

Bell to break ground on new headquarters

Bell to break ground on new headquarters

15-Oct-2012Source: Star-Telegram

Bell Helicopter breaks ground on a new headquarters and administration building, part of the $235 million modernization of its aging east Fort Worth headquarters complex (see full story)... Read more

Colombian Air Force closes first workshop on aviation drug interdiction

Colombian Air Force closes first workshop on aviation drug interdiction

15-Oct-2012Source: Colombian Air Force

(electronic translation from original)  After two days of the seminar held in the capital city, which was represented in 25 countries of the continent, successfully concluded this academic event, where experience showed that Colombia has acquired over time, in the fight against illicit drug trafficking by air. He highlighted the work being done combined with... Read more

Children’s Hospital Central California upgrades Bell 407 to EC135

Children’s Hospital Central California upgrades Bell 407 to EC135

15-Oct-2012Source: KMPH-KFRE

The patients and staff at Children’s Hospital Central California on Thursday welcomed a new addition — a new “Air George” helicopter. (see full story)... Read more

HAI meets with Congressional leaders at AOPA Summit

HAI meets with Congressional leaders at AOPA Summit

15-Oct-2012Source: HAI

Why does HAI — an organization focused on rotary-wing aircraft — attend fixed-wing shows like the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s Aviation Summit, National Business Aviation Association’s annual convention, and Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture? In large part because, on a multitude of issues, those associations, and the people who attend their shows, are helicopter operators’... Read more

JR Helicopters expands

JR Helicopters expands

15-Oct-2012

J.R. Helicopters, which provides a variety of services, including firefighting aid and agricultural spraying, will relocate from Buena to a new hangar at the Yakima airport. (see full story)... Read more

Polycon waterproof SAR radio system – Now available in NVG compatible version

Polycon waterproof SAR radio system – Now available in NVG compatible version

15-Oct-2012Source: Becker Avionics

Becker Avionics, partner with Axnes Aviation AS for sales and marketing, as well as product support services for the Polycon Wireless Intercom Extension System for North America, now offers an NVG compatible version of the system. This is in response to the SAR market upgrading to NVG Compatible modern Helicopter platforms and the increasing use... Read more

Metro Aviation announces new Director of Training and new Training Facility

Metro Aviation announces new Director of Training and new Training Facility

15-Oct-2012Source: Metro Aviation

Metro Aviation, Inc. is pleased to announce that Terry Palmer has joined the company as the new Director of Training.   Ms. Palmer brings with her over 20 years of experience in developing and marketing new training and technology products for aviation.  She has demonstrated her success in the training arena for several years, and some... Read more

Students’ legal appeal goes ahead in Silver State Helicopters loan case

Students’ legal appeal goes ahead in Silver State Helicopters loan case

13-Oct-2012Source: Press-Enterprise

A federal appeals court will re-hear the case against a Key Bank that gave out $70,000 loans to students of Silver State Helicopters.   Other banks, including Citibank, have forgiven its student loans (see full story)... Read more

HFI Silent Auction is a Great Way to Get Involved!

HFI Silent Auction is a Great Way to Get Involved!

13-Oct-2012Source: HFI

Helicopter Foundation International is excited about holding its second Annual Fundraising Silent Auction at HELI-EXPO 2013 in Las Vegas, Nev. The auction serves as a great way for anyone wishing to get involved in support of the helicopter industry, either by donating an auction item or by participating as a bidder. All proceeds from the auction... Read more

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