11-Sep-2009Source: Med-Trans
Anthony has extensive knowledge of the aerospace and air medical services industry, most recently holding the position of Executive Director of Business Development and Marketing for Bell Helicopter-Textron Inc... Read more
11-Sep-2009Source: AIN
After debating Grand Canyon air-tour noise for eight years, the Grand Canyon Working Group (GCWG) has left the issue to the National Park Service (NPS), which often supports environmentalist positions.... Read more
11-Sep-2009Source: L'Express
Dhruv will be responsible for rescue operations and surveillance of our Exclusive Economic Zone. It can also be transformed by ambulance to transport the injured in case of extreme emergency.... Read more
11-Sep-2009Source: Children’s Mercy
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics adds a new state of the art EC145 helicopter to its fleet. The EC145 combines size, performance and advanced technologies, and is a perfect addition to the award-winning Children’s Mercy Critical Care Transport fleet; which also includes 8 state-of-the-art ambulances and a custom-equipped fixed wing aircraft for longer transports.... Read more
11-Sep-2009Source: News-Review
Mercy’s request for a conditional use permit to build the 66-square-foot pad will be the focus of a public hearing during a Sept. 21 Roseburg Planning Commission meeting. The 7 p.m. meeting will be in City Council chambers, City Hall, 900 S.E. Douglas Ave.... Read more
11-Sep-2009Source: Bayern Police
The Bavarian Police will auction nine used Police Helicopter Type EC 135 P 2 within the time period January 2010 to July 2010.... Read more
11-Sep-2009Source: Vertical
Ross Aviation, a global parts distributor located in the United Kingdom, will be representing NAASCO Northeast Corporation at this year’s Helitech in Duxford UK. Ross Aviation is NAASCO’s stocking distributor for Europe and the Middle East.... Read more
11-Sep-2009Source: Star Telegram
Textron has been pulled back from the financial precipice after slashing 10,000 jobs, including 135 corporate positions announced Wednesday, rapidly liquidating its loan portfolio and raising new capital, company officials told investors.... Read more
11-Sep-2009Source: Syracuse.com
Lawmakers had too many unaswered questions about insurance, safety and noise to support the proposal, legislator David Axton, R-Port Byron, said. “It’s not going to happen this year,” Axton said.... Read more
11-Sep-2009
11-Sep-09 JA96GF Bell B412 Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan... Read more
11-Sep-2009
11-Sep-09 N720PH Bell B407 Blue Springs, US-Missouri... Read more
10-Sep-2009Source: Derco
Derco Aerospace, Inc., a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company, announced its Repair Services division recently became certified to the AS9110 aerospace quality standard after passing a certification audit by the Performance Review Institute (PRI).... Read more
10-Sep-2009Source: Forbes
Sikorsky selected Carrier Corp. to build a combined heat and power facility, also known as co-generation, at Sikorsky’s Stratford, Conn., site.... Read more
10-Sep-2009Source: Turbomeca
Since 2007 the Fareham, Hampshire-based Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) centre has made huge strides in streamlining processes and improving levels of customer service, and has just assumed Turbo Support Centre responsibilities for Arrius and Arriel engines from Eurocopter UK.... Read more
10-Sep-2009Source: Monterey Herald
Emergency trauma helicopter service in Monterey County could go out to competitive bid at the beginning of next year, county Emergency Medical Services Agency Director Tom Lynch said Tuesday.... Read more
10-Sep-2009Source: Eurocopter
The Polish Ministry of Health took delivery today in Warsaw of the first of 23 EC135 helicopters ordered from Eurocopter in June 2008. This on-time delivery represents a major step in Poland’s efforts to modernize its Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS), as the country will be operating the world’s most popular new-generation EMS helicopter.... Read more
10-Sep-2009Source: Kaman
Kaman Aerospace has been awarded a five-year contract with a potential value of $53 million to build composite helicopter blade skins and skin core assemblies for Bell Helicopters. Under the terms of the contract, Kaman will provide 18 different assemblies for H1, 406, 407, 412, 427, 429, 430 and BA609 aircraft.... Read more
10-Sep-2009Source: Kauai World
The plan allows Safari Helicopters to land on a ridge above Olokele Canyon, allow visitors to stroll through an endangered-plant reserve, and use a portion of the proceeds to fund soil-erosion and the endangered-species work.... Read more
10-Sep-2009Source: Hospitality Biz India
With a view to promote tourist destinations in hilly and remote areas of the country, MoT has also issued guidelines to extend financial assistance to State Governments/Union Territory Administrations for construction of heliports under the scheme of product/ infrastructure development for destinations and circuits.... Read more
10-Sep-2009Source: RotorNews
The first FSTD will be installed at Era Training Center’s facility in 2011 and will meet the certification requirements defined by FAA Part 60, Level 6.... Read more
10-Sep-2009Source: Skyquest Aviation
Skyquest Aviation is using Helitech to launch two revolutionary smart displays that, for the first time, will allow customers to run their own software applications on an embedded fan-less PC.... Read more
10-Sep-2009Source: Edmonton Journal
The Edmonton Police Service’s newest member of its flight operations unit went to work right after its unveiling ceremony Wednesday where it was made welcomed by police Chief Mike Boyd and other civic officials.... Read more
10-Sep-2009Source: Rotorhub
Development of the new eight-tonne battlefield support helicopter has been ongoing for the past five years and a full-scale mock up of the aircraft has is on display at the DSEi exhibition in London’s Docklands.... Read more
10-Sep-2009Source: Vertical
Helicopter Specialties, Inc. of Janesville, Wis. is proud to announce deliveries of two EC145s to the Milwaukee Flight For Life Program.... Read more
10-Sep-2009Source: Aero Vodochody
Aero Vodochody announced organizational changes based on new long-term strategy regarding the further development of the Company.... Read more
10-Sep-2009Source: EBAN
Elitellina, launched in 1977 to perform transport and aerial work in high mountains, is to add another AS350 B3 Ecureuil to its fleet in 2010. Two of the aircraft were delivered to the Italian operator in April giving it a total of five AS350 B3s.... Read more
10-Sep-2009Source: EBAN
Heli Travel Munich GmbH (HTM) has brought a new EC135 P2i into service. Operating from the Emden commercial airfield it flies to the Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm, 50 km north of Borkum Island.... Read more
10-Sep-2009
10-Sep-09 F- Ecas near Digne,, France... Read more
9-Sep-2009Source: RotorNews
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9-Sep-2009Source: AIN
Market conditions for pre-owned rotorcraft are “below normal levels and falling,†according to a monthly rotorcraft survey published last week by UBS Investment Research.... Read more
9-Sep-2009Source: Flightglobal
PZL Swidnik has unveiled two projects based on the further development of its W-3 Sokol utility helicopter design.... Read more
9-Sep-2009Source: Vertical
Aerial firefighting companies from as far away as Atlanta are working with ground forces to contain the devastating Station Fire still sweeping Los Angeles County. The fire has scorched more than157,220 acres or 246 square miles to date.... Read more
9-Sep-2009Source: Vertical
DART Helicopter Services is pleased to announce that their affiliated partner, DART Aerospace Ltd., has received FAA certification of the Standard and Float Round-I-Beamâ„¢ Skidtubes for the Agusta Westland A119 / AW119MKII aircraft. Transport Canada and EASA approvals are pending.... Read more
9-Sep-2009Source: Charlotte Observer
New craft will cost less to operate, and net outlay will be $3 million after selling old ones.... Read more
9-Sep-2009Source: CBS13
Balltazar Valladares, 30, pleaded guilty in June to shining a high-powered green laser at a Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department helicopter on March 16, 2009. The helicopter was searching for a suspect who had shined a green laser at a Southwest Airlines flight that was landing at the Sacramento International Airport two hours earlier.... Read more
9-Sep-2009Source: Vertical
Profile of one particular fire-fighting helicopter in the Erickson Air-Crane fleet... Read more
9-Sep-2009Source: American Eurocopter
The Public Service award was presented to pilot Jim MacKay and trooper/flight paramedic Nate Wheelock, who received this distinction during the Rotor & Wing 2009 Search and Rescue summit in Reston, Virginia.... Read more
9-Sep-2009Source: http://www.skyquest.co.uk/pressNews%20200809.htm
Skyquest Aviation will unveil the first-ever production model HD (High Definition) video recorder at Helitech. Aimed firmly at the airborne surveillance sector, the world’s first lightweight HD recorder – a mere ten per cent the size and weight of the equivalent commercial device – allows a full mission’s worth of HD video to be stored... Read more
9-Sep-2009Source: Armed Forces Bowl
Bell Helicopter has renewed its title sponsorship of the Armed Forces Bowl for two more years according to John Garrison, president and chief executive officer of Bell Helicopter, and Brant Ringler, the game’s executive director, in a joint announcement.... Read more
9-Sep-2009Source: North West Air Ambulance
The EC135 nearest the camera is added this week to the fleet and based at Manchester’s City Airport, also known as Barton Aerodrome.... Read more
9-Sep-2009Source: Oil & Gas UK
The new system enables air traffic controllers to see helicopters on their radar screens at Aberdeen Airport at a far greater range from the shore than has previously been possible using solely shore-based radars.... Read more
9-Sep-2009
9-Sep-09 CC- Eurocopter SE313 Casablanca, Chile... Read more
8-Sep-2009Source: Devon Air Ambulance
Heléna Holt, chief executive of the Devon Air Ambulance Trust said: “We realised at the beginning of the year that this special date was one that it was important to keep in our diary”.... Read more
8-Sep-2009Source: Times of Malta
Eagle Heli Tours has been granted a landing permit by the authorities to operate ad hoc helicopter flights between Malta and Gozo, from Malta International Airport to the Gozo Heliport.... Read more
8-Sep-2009Source: Winnipeg Free Press
The author of a 2002 study into a police helicopter for Winnipeg is willing to do it all over again, but this time he’d like a reply. Kim Hards, a quality assurance manager for an Alberta helicopter company, said recently he’s willing to put together another report, but only if the Winnipeg Police Service is... Read more
8-Sep-2009Source: Otago Daily Times
The proposed sites include Cameron Flat, North Motatapu Conservation Area, Mt Alta Conservation Area, Treble Cone ski area, Mt Aspiring Station, Hawea Conservation Park, Remarkables Conservation Area and Minaret Station. Aspiring has applied for 2750 landings a year at the 16 sites.... Read more
8-Sep-2009Source: Eurocopter
Eurocopter, the world’s leading helicopter manufacturer is pleased to announce the contract signature of 3 EC155 Dauphin helicopters with the Royal Thai Police (RTP) at Asian Aerospace in Hong Kong. These 3 new medium weight twin-engine helicopters will be delivered in 2011 and will be dedicated to VVIP missions.... Read more
8-Sep-2009Source: DNA India
Uttar Pradesh (UP) chief minister Mayawati has bought yet another state-of-the art chopper. Agusta Grand, made by British-Italian firm Agusta Westland, was bought at Rs40 crore.... Read more
8-Sep-2009Source: Vertical
United Rotorcraft Solutions (URS), a premier full service aircraft completion facility, avionics shop and MRO has been awarded a Dealership by Cobham Avionics. Cobham includes Artex, Chelton, NAT and Wulfsberg.... Read more
8-Sep-2009Source: Vertical
SRT Helicopters, the world’s leading provider of high risk operational services and training for rotorcraft users and aviation organizations, became the first non-141 flight training school in the U.S. to be approved for the M-1 Visa Student and Exchange Visitor Program.... Read more
8-Sep-2009Source: Avidyne
Avidyne Corporation, a leading provider of integrated flight deck and safety systems for general aviation aircraft, announced today that they have launched their new ‘Avidyne Live’ Forum and Blog site at AvidyneLive.com.... Read more
8-Sep-2009Source: Winona Daily News
“We still can’t fly in severe fog, thunderstorms or ice, but we navigate around thunderstorms, we now can fly more often and safely in bad weather if we need to.”... Read more
8-Sep-2009Source: Rotorhub
SkyTrac Systems is pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting at Helitech in Duxford, Cambridge, UK, from September 22 to 24, 2009.... Read more
8-Sep-2009Source: Xinhua
Thirteen public security officers have entered a training camp at the Tianjin-based Civil Aviation University of China to learn to fly helicopters.... Read more
8-Sep-2009Source: San Diego Gas & Electric
Press conference to introduce Wildfire Strike Team and to announce details on new firefighting helicopter that are part of SDG&E’s Community Fire Safety Program for 2009. SDG&E will also outline its progress to date on steps taken to improve power line safety, especially during fire season... Read more
8-Sep-2009Source: Eurocopter
For Eurocopter, the world’s leading helicopter manufacturer, the Asia-Pacific region is a strongly growing market with increasing needs for civil and parapublic helicopters.Today, Eurocopter holds 52% of this market in Asia with 1264 of its helicopters flying over the region.... Read more
8-Sep-2009Source: PressTV
Iran and Ukraine have reportedly reached an agreement to manufacture the AK1-3 ultra-light multi-purpose helicopter in Iran, according to an Iranian official.... Read more
8-Sep-2009Source: Reuters
AgustaWestland should sell about 500 of the new BA609 Tiltrotor aircraft it is making with Bell for 20 million euros each from 2013.... Read more
8-Sep-2009
Crashed into the water whilst taking same water samples from the lake. All 3 POB rescued... Read more
8-Sep-2009Source: Baltimore Sun
American Eurocopter, the maker of the 11 helicopters currently in the fleet, opted not to submit a proposal to supply new helicopters. The company called the process “flawed” because the requirements appeared to be written to favor another company, AgustaWestland.... Read more
8-Sep-2009
8-Sep-09 Mil Mi-8 Ugamsk Gorge, Kazakhstan... Read more
8-Sep-2009
8-Sep-09 N919WM Eurocopter EC135 Raleigh, US-North Carolina... Read more
7-Sep-2009
7-Sep-09 N204JB Bell UH-1B Arvilla, US-North Dakota... Read more
7-Sep-2009
7-Sep-09 I-NERY Eurocopter SA315B Mont Blanc, Italy... Read more
7-Sep-2009
7-Sep-09 N4186Y Robinson R44 Central, US-Alaska... Read more
6-Sep-2009
6-Sep-09 N131EH Eurocopter Bo105 Schreiver, US-Louisiana... Read more
5-Sep-2009Source: Examiner
The helicopter, tail number C-GKCW, landed at a regional airport in Leesburg, Va., after the intrusion. The aircraft is a Bell 206L Long Ranger equipped with spraying bars used for agricultural crop dusting. The helicopter is operated by Sunrise Helicopters, Inc.... Read more
5-Sep-2009
5-Sep-09 N626LH Schweizer S269C Lake Texoma, US-Texas... Read more
4-Sep-2009Source: Vertical
ISOLAIR, INC. of Gresham, Oregon was granted the new Amended STC approval for the A & N model S-61 Sikorsky Fire Fighting System. The system features a fiberglass under slug hard mounted 1000gallon tank.... Read more
4-Sep-2009Source: WUSA
The video from the Superbowl pursuit helped prosecute the two thieves and break up a construction theft ring. A catch that won the helicopter crew third place from the 2009 FLIR Vision Awards. FLIR is a company that makes infrared cameras.... Read more
4-Sep-2009Source: Kaman
Kaman’s presentation is being webcast and can be accessed via a link from the Kaman website at www.kaman.com... Read more
4-Sep-2009Source: DRF
the Zwickau station provided the DRF air rescue their 22,000th Rescue operation. The crew just completed an assignment in Bad Neustadt from when the control center of Schweinfurt emergency alerted to a child.... Read more
