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Jet Aviation Australia Sells 5 B407GXi Helicopters to Nautilus Aviation

Jet Aviation Australia Sells 5 B407GXi Helicopters to Nautilus Aviation

7-Mar-2022Source: Jet Aviation

Jet Aviation Australia announced today that it has sold five Bell 407GXi helicopters to Nautilus Aviation. As Bell’s independent representative for Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia, Jet Aviation Australia has also been commissioned to customize the five helicopters. Staggered redelivery will commence in late 2022.   “We’ve been supporting Nautilus Aviation... Read more

Pacific AirHub Expands Its Footprint

Pacific AirHub Expands Its Footprint

7-Mar-2022Source: Pacific AirHub

New Zealand-based Pacific AirHub, one of the global helicopter sales leaders, has solidified its standing in Africa by partnering with a local associate, Cornéll Grové. The move has come after the company has established its presence throughout Australia and New Zealand and set its sights on the African continent. The continent is currently in a... Read more

CNC mission suite deployed on Nebraska State Patrol Bell 505

CNC mission suite deployed on Nebraska State Patrol Bell 505

7-Mar-2022

CNC Technologies, an aviation technology and wireless communications company serving the law enforcement, military and government markets, announced today it has deployed an airborne law enforcement mission suite for the Nebraska State Patrol’s (NSP) new Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopter. Completed in partnership with Force Aviation of Dallas, Texas, the state-of-the-art mission suite provides... Read more

Essex and Herts Air Ambulance host royal visit

Essex and Herts Air Ambulance host royal visit

7-Mar-2022Source: Essex and Herts Air Ambulance

Essex and Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT) hosted a visit by Their Royal Highnesses The Earl and Countess of Wessex. As a local life-saving charity, we work alongside the hospitals, emergency services and supporting organisations across the region. Today’s visit was an opportunity to bring everyone together at EHAAT’s new airbase at North Weald, enabling The... Read more

Rotortrade breaks ground on new hangar in Florida

Rotortrade breaks ground on new hangar in Florida

7-Mar-2022Source: Rotortrade

As a celebration of its 10-year anniversary and to demonstrate its commitment with their mission of transforming the pre-owned helicopter market, Rotortrade broke ground on their second office in the USA and their first hangar at Treasure Coast International Airport-KFPR. The new facility adjacent to runway 32 features a hangar and office space of 10,000... Read more

Boost Human External Cargo Systems demonstrating New HEC Systems & Equipment at Heli-Expo 2022

Boost Human External Cargo Systems demonstrating New HEC Systems & Equipment at Heli-Expo 2022

7-Mar-2022Source: Boost Systems

Boost Human External Cargo Systems(Boost Systems-www.boostsystems.ca), a global industry leader in the provision of Supplemental Type Certified human external cargo (HEC) systems and training services for the rescue, utility, public safety and defense sectorsis exhibiting at Heli-Expo 2022 (Booth #1804) in Dallas, Texas from March 8th – 10th, 2022.  “We’re excited to be attending this... Read more

2021 Preowned Helicopter sales beats 2020 in volume and value

2021 Preowned Helicopter sales beats 2020 in volume and value

7-Mar-2022Source: Aero Asset

Aero Asset will release its 2021 Heli Market Trends report next week and be available to discuss details at a press conference scheduled for 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 8, at HAI HELI-EXPO, in room D222 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. Company President Emmanuel Dupuy and his team will comment on the reasons... Read more

ITC-AeroLeasing Delivers One H135T3H

ITC-AeroLeasing Delivers One H135T3H

7-Mar-2022Source: ITC-AeroLeasing

ITC-AeroLeasing has successfully commenced the delivery and lease of one EMS configured Airbus Helicopters H135T3H to a European operator, which provides special mission services worldwide. “We are very pleased to serve this well-established European operator on its critical EMS missions. This delivery not only expands ITC’s footprint in Europe, but also furthers one of our... Read more

MD Helicopters Showcases Growth at Heli-Expo 2022

MD Helicopters Showcases Growth at Heli-Expo 2022

7-Mar-2022Source: MD Helicopters

MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) will return to HAI HELI-EXPO in booth #9554, sharing its successes in the two years since its leadership change. Featured in the MDHI booth is Wilson Construction’s MD500E to MD530F conversion helicopter. Aurora, Oregon-based Wilson Construction upgraded its MD 500E during overhaul to take advantage of increased hot-and-high performance capability. The conversion... Read more

CNC Technologies Names new Director of Law Enforcement Sales

CNC Technologies Names new Director of Law Enforcement Sales

7-Mar-2022Source: CNC Technologies

CNC Technologies, an aviation technology and wireless communications company serving the law enforcement, military and government markets, announced today it has named law enforcement veteran Shannon Mack as director, law enforcement sales. Mack joins CNC following a distinguished career with the Anne Arundel County Police Department where he served across a broad variety of roles,... Read more

07-Mar-22 N29VA Airbus EC145 Abingdon, US-Virginia

07-Mar-22 N29VA Airbus EC145 Abingdon, US-Virginia

7-Mar-2022

Engine issues while landing on a trolley at night, pilot lost control and impacted the ground... Read more

Police Aviation News – March 2022 Edition

Police Aviation News – March 2022 Edition

4-Mar-2022Source: Police Aviation News

The March 2022 edition of Police Aviation News can be found here.... Read more

Metro Aviation delivers new EC145e aircraft to Flight For Life

Metro Aviation delivers new EC145e aircraft to Flight For Life

4-Mar-2022Source: Metro Aviation

Flight For Life is upgrading its fleet of critical care helicopters with the addition of two new Airbus EC145e aircraft. The new helicopters will be replacing aircraft at their bases in Waukesha, WI, and Burlington, WI, and introducing a new paint scheme for the first time in fourteen years. The new EC145e is equipped with... Read more

3 in 4 Americans oppose helicopter round-ups of wild horses

3 in 4 Americans oppose helicopter round-ups of wild horses

4-Mar-2022Source: American Wild Horse Campaign

New polling released today by the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) finds 74 percent of American voters, regardless of political affiliation, oppose helicopter roundups of wild horses and burros, a common yet outdated, inhumane, and taxpayer funded population management tool used by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). More so, three out of four Americans... Read more

UK CAA and FAA issue joint statement on eVTOL

UK CAA and FAA issue joint statement on eVTOL

4-Mar-2022Source: UK CAA

At today’s Global Urban Advanced Air Summit Tim Johnson UK Civil Aviation Authority Policy Director and Jay Merkle from the US Federal Aviation Administration spoke of both organisations aims to work together to support the future of electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft. Both organisations have released a joint statement: The US Federal Aviation Administration... Read more

Safran’s Euroflir 510: the Tiger helicopter’s new optronic sight

Safran’s Euroflir 510: the Tiger helicopter’s new optronic sight

4-Mar-2022Source: Safran

With the Tiger attack helicopter scheduled for a mid-life upgrade, Safran Electronics & Defense has won a contract to supply 85 Euroflir 510 optronic (electro-optical) sights from the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR), on behalf of the French and Spanish defense procurement agencies. This gyro-stabilized optronic system, successor to the Strix sight, will be... Read more

Ecocopter launches powerline insulator washing service

Ecocopter launches powerline insulator washing service

4-Mar-2022Source: Ecocopter

The more than 18 years of experience of Ecocopter in the aeronautical industry, a company that has the largest and most modern fleet of helicopters in the southern cone, joins the trajectory of bbosch, a company with more than 60 years of excellence in the metal-mechanical industry and electrical infrastructure and development, in order to... Read more

ForeFlight showcases enhanced solutions for helicopter operations

ForeFlight showcases enhanced solutions for helicopter operations

4-Mar-2022Source: ForeFlight

Attendees will see better mission planning with advanced weather tools, briefing, filing, custom content, and powerful hazard awareness features, all in one integrated app during HELI-EXPO, March 8-10. Booth 8625. WHAT’S NEW Custom Content Packs: Adapt ForeFlight to the unique needs of your operation with bundles of custom content seamlessly distributed and updated via the... Read more

ViewTech Borescopes to exhibit at Heli-Expo for tenth time

ViewTech Borescopes to exhibit at Heli-Expo for tenth time

4-Mar-2022Source: ViewTech

After HAI HELI-EXPO was cancelled in 2021 due to COVID-19, ViewTech Borescopes will be exhibiting at booth 7802 during the annual event. With over 600 exhibitors and more than 14,000 industry professionals expected to attend, the international helicopter association will convene March 7 – 10 at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas, Texas.... Read more

ASU awarded EASA STCs for multiple Bell Aircraft

ASU awarded EASA STCs for multiple Bell Aircraft

4-Mar-2022Source: ASU

Aviation Specialties Unlimited, Inc. (ASU), a trusted provider modifying aircraft for civil and military night vision operations for more than 25 years, received notification from EASA that ASU has obtained STCs for the Bell 212, 412, AB212, AB412, and 412EP under a single EASA STC 10078190. The original STC from the FAA is SR01634SE. Because... Read more

CNC Deploys Airborne Law Enforcement Mission Suite for Nebraska State Patrol’s New Bell 505 Jet Ranger X

CNC Deploys Airborne Law Enforcement Mission Suite for Nebraska State Patrol’s New Bell 505 Jet Ranger X

4-Mar-2022Source: CNC Technologies

CNC Technologies, an aviation technology and wireless communications company serving the law enforcement, military and government markets, announced today it has deployed an airborne law enforcement mission suite for the Nebraska State Patrol’s (NSP) new Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopter. Completed in partnership with Force Aviation of Dallas, Texas, the state-of-the-art mission suite provides... Read more

France and Spain launch Tiger MkIII programme

France and Spain launch Tiger MkIII programme

4-Mar-2022Source: Airbus Helicopters

OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation), on behalf of the French and Spanish Armament General Directorate, the DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement) and the DGAM (Dirección General de Armamento y Material) has awarded a contract to Airbus Helicopters for the development, production, and initial in-service support of the Tiger MkIII attack helicopter upgrade programme. The... Read more

Karolinska University Hospital contracts with Babcock for EMS AW139

Karolinska University Hospital contracts with Babcock for EMS AW139

4-Mar-2022Source: Karolinska University Hospital

Karolinska University Hospital will be the first in Sweden to have a new type of medical helicopter that can provide the sickest patients with advanced care, even in the air. The helicopter can bring patients from all over the country to Karolinska. A contract for the operation and delivery of an Agusta Westland 139 (AW... Read more

Overair starts Propulsion Testing for Butterfly eVTOL

Overair starts Propulsion Testing for Butterfly eVTOL

4-Mar-2022Source: Overair

Overair, Inc., developer of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles, today announced the successful commencement of Butterfly’s full-scale propulsion system test program, a significant milestone towards Overair’s target of first flight by 2023. Some of the most important attributes of an eVTOL aircraft are safety, community acceptance, and economic productivity in real-world conditions, each... Read more

Ex‐Change Parts buys surplus Airbus H225 parts inventory

Ex‐Change Parts buys surplus Airbus H225 parts inventory

4-Mar-2022Source: Ex-Change Parts

Ex-Change Parts AB has finalised an agreement with one of the world’s largest Helicopter operator, which facilitates Ex-Change Parts AB’s purchase of the operator’s worldwide surplus EC225 Super Puma stock inventory. The EC225, now renamed as the H225, is the latest member of the Airbus Helicopters’ Super Puma family, which the operator had up to... Read more

Rotortrade adds office in Italy

Rotortrade adds office in Italy

4-Mar-2022Source: Rotortrade

Rotortrade, the leading global helicopter distributor, is proud to announce the opening of a new office in Italy and the appointment of Massimo Vilardi as Sales Director. Massimo will be responsible for the Italian market and help develop the UK market. Massimo, an aerospace engineer and private pilot, has more than 20 years of experience... Read more

FinnHEMS to add fifth EC135 and new base at Seinäjoki

FinnHEMS to add fifth EC135 and new base at Seinäjoki

4-Mar-2022Source: FinnHEMS

FinnHEMS will complement its EC135 helicopter fleet in use at its southern bases to ensure uninterrupted medical helicopter service expansion next autumn. The new base serving Ostrobothnia will open in Seinäjoki from the end of 2022. The helicopter will be acquired used by FinnHEMS. In the future, four southern bases in Vantaa, Turku, Tampere and... Read more

04-Mar-22 G-MCGY Sikorsky S92 Plymouth, UK (1F)

04-Mar-22 G-MCGY Sikorsky S92 Plymouth, UK (1F)

4-Mar-2022

Police statement – Two members of the public were injured as a HM Coastguard helicopter was landing at the helipad at Derriford. One person is being treated for their injuries and remains in hospital. The second injured person, a local woman in her 80’s, (named here as Jean Langan, 87) has since died; their next of kin... Read more

Wiltshire Air Ambulance announce helicopter review decision

Wiltshire Air Ambulance announce helicopter review decision

3-Mar-2022Source: Wiltshire Air Ambulance

  Wiltshire Air Ambulance has decided to continue with its existing helicopter until at least 2025. It follows a review by the charity’s board and leadership team, which formed part of its three-year strategy launched last August. The charity has used its existing Bell 429 helicopter since becoming a standalone operation in 2015.  Wiltshire Air... Read more

Marenco reappears – taking new unfunded single turbine proposal to Heli-Expo

Marenco reappears – taking new unfunded single turbine proposal to Heli-Expo

3-Mar-2022Source: Marenco AG

Marenco AG is pleased to present at this year’s HAI-Heliexpo the vision of a complete new development of a helicopter family. An innovative idea for a powerful, economical and safe helicopter. The development starts with a single engine helicopter. Based on that platform, the twin-engine helicopter is developed in a further step. The helicopter covers... Read more

FRASCA has joined forces with FlightSafety

FRASCA has joined forces with FlightSafety

3-Mar-2022Source: FRACSA

We’re excited to announce that FRASCA has joined forces with Columbus, OH-based FlightSafety International. FlightSafety has traditional strength in high-quality training in large Level D simulators and FRASCA’s strength in training development and ab initio flight training makes this partnership beneficial for both entities. This acquisition will better allow each company to increase its ability... Read more

DART Aerospace buys Paravion Technology and Century Helicopters

DART Aerospace buys Paravion Technology and Century Helicopters

3-Mar-2022Source: DART Aerospace

 DART Aerospace is pleased to announce that it has acquired the aircraft equipment manufacturer Paravion Technology Inc. and Century Helicopters Inc., its maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO)/service center arm.  Based in Fort Collins, Colorado, Paravion Technology designs, manufactures, and sells a variety of aftermarket accessories and OEM equipment for a wide range of airplanes and... Read more

Supernal and City of Miami Agree to Enable Development of Advanced Air Mobility

Supernal and City of Miami Agree to Enable Development of Advanced Air Mobility

3-Mar-2022Source: Supernal

Supernal announced it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the City of Miami to create a comprehensive engagement framework that will enable development of advanced air mobility (AAM). The MOU affords Supernal and the City the opportunity to take meaningful steps toward delivering innovative, multimodal and community-focused mobility solutions that benefit people and society.... Read more

Carolina GSE to Attend Heli-Expo 2022

Carolina GSE to Attend Heli-Expo 2022

3-Mar-2022Source: Carolina GSE

Carolina GSE, a global provider of aviation ground support equipment, aircraft parts, consumables, and avionics solutions, is pleased to announce that it will attend the annual HAI HELI-EXPO in Dallas, Texas in March 2022. Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas (KBHCCD) hosts HELI-EXPO from March 8th through the 10th this year. Members of the Carolina... Read more

Vita Inclinata to bring Sling Load and Hoist Rescue Model to Heli Expo

Vita Inclinata to bring Sling Load and Hoist Rescue Model to Heli Expo

3-Mar-2022Source: Vita Inclinata

Vita Inclinata (Vita), developer and producer of helicopter and crane load stabilization and precision hardware, today announced that company representatives will be in attendance at HAI Heli Expo, held March 7-10 in Dallas, TX, booth #8243. At the expo, Vita will provide booth visitors a first look at their Sling Load and Hoist Rescue models as... Read more

Albany picked to produce CH-53K Aft Transition assembly

Albany picked to produce CH-53K Aft Transition assembly

3-Mar-2022

Albany International Corp. (NYSE: AIN) announced today that its subsidiary Albany Engineered Composites (AEC) has been selected by Sikorsky Aircraft to produce the complete CH-53K Aft Transition assembly in a competitively bid 10-year long term agreement (LTA) covering Lots 7 through 14. Long-lead funding is already underway to support the schedule and the contract is... Read more

Dropsafe launches expanded Helideck Safety Net range

Dropsafe launches expanded Helideck Safety Net range

3-Mar-2022Source: Dropsafe

In response to increased industry demand from the energy, marine and healthcare sectors, Dropsafe has expanded its Helideck Perimeter Safety Net range. Dropsafe now offers two different versions of the Net, ensuring that all facilities can access a tailored safety solution according to their budget, location and facility requirements. Mike Rice, Dropsafe Commercial Director, commented:... Read more

California Highway Patrol Operational with The RECCO SAR Helicopter Detector

California Highway Patrol Operational with The RECCO SAR Helicopter Detector

3-Mar-2022Source: RECCO

The California Highway Patrol, Valley Division Air Operations, is the sixth search and rescue organization to be operational in the USA with the RECCO SAR helicopter detector. The detector will be used to search for missing people in the outdoors year-round. Many Search & Rescue teams in California are equipped with handheld RECCO detectors for... Read more

US opens up offshore wind farm development with $4.37 billion sell-off

US opens up offshore wind farm development with $4.37 billion sell-off

3-Mar-2022Source: US Dept. of Interior

The Department of the Interior announced the results of the nation’s highest-grossing competitive offshore energy lease sale in history, including oil and gas lease sales, with the New York Bight offshore wind sale. These results are a major milestone towards achieving the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of reaching 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030.... Read more

EHang Appoints New Chief Operating Officer

EHang Appoints New Chief Operating Officer

3-Mar-2022Source: EHang

EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH) (“EHang” or the “Company”), the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (“AAV”) technology platform company, today announces the appointment of Mr. Xin Fang as the Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) of EHang, effective on February 24, 2022. Mr. Xin Fang will be in charge of the Company’s daily operations, with a focus... Read more

Voting opens for 2022 HAI Board of Directors

Voting opens for 2022 HAI Board of Directors

3-Mar-2022Source: HAI

Helicopter Association International (HAI) is pleased to announce the candidates for this year’s election to the HAI Board of Directors. If elected, each director will serve a term of three years beginning Jul. 1, 2022. Three positions are available: two for helicopter operator, general aviation, and one for helicopter operator, commercial. The candidates for the... Read more

Embry-Riddle Helicopter Institute Partner to Offer Flight Training

Embry-Riddle Helicopter Institute Partner to Offer Flight Training

3-Mar-2022Source: Embry-Riddle

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has selected Helicopter Institute Inc. (HI) as the sole provider of the Helicopter Flight Training Program to students at the university’s Prescott, Arizona, campus. Excited for the opportunity, HI looks forward to utilizing its decades of rotorcraft training knowledge to enhance and optimize the Embry-Riddle student experience. “Our goal has always remained consistent:... Read more

03-Mar-22 N183PS Robinson R44 Titusville, US-Florida

03-Mar-22 N183PS Robinson R44 Titusville, US-Florida

3-Mar-2022

Shortly after take-off from Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, an emergency landing was made in a parking lot of a self-storage business following loss of engine power. Helicopter was heading to Northeast Florida Regional Airport in St. Augustine No damage is evident from the poor press image Helicopter makes emergency landing in Titusville parking... Read more

Ascent expands outside Asia with new operation in Chile

Ascent expands outside Asia with new operation in Chile

2-Mar-2022Source: Ascent

We are pleased to announce that Ascent is becoming global, expanding its footprint to Chile. Beyond Asia Pacific, Ascent users in Chile can now avail of air taxis and enjoy experiences of a new kind. With Ascent, users can connect between Santiago and popular locations in a matter of minutes. This launch represents an important... Read more

Spright and Interpath Laboratory Launch Medical Drone

Spright and Interpath Laboratory Launch Medical Drone

2-Mar-2022Source: Spright

Spright, the drone division of Air Methods, announced today that it has partnered with Interpath Laboratory to launch a first-of-its-kind drone delivery network that can transfer lab specimens. The first proof-of-concept test flight was last week with the Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center to Interpath’s main medical laboratory location in Pendleton, OR. The proof-of-concept initiative is... Read more

PAF eyes more Black Hawk trainings with US Army Pacific

PAF eyes more Black Hawk trainings with US Army Pacific

2-Mar-2022Source: Philippine News Agency

The Philippine Air Force (PAF) is looking to have more training opportunities with the United States Army Pacific Command (USARPAC), as it is poised to get more S-70i “Black Hawk” combat utility helicopters. This is among the matters discussed by PAF commander Lt. Gen. Connor Anthony Canlas and USARPAC chief Gen. Charles Flynn during the... Read more

Thales to equip German NH90s with sonar

Thales to equip German NH90s with sonar

2-Mar-2022Source: Thales

For the first time, the German Navy will rely on Thales to equip its NH90 Multi Role Frigate Helicopter (MRFH) with FLASH SONICS. The FLASH system (Folding Light Acoustic System for Helicopters) is currently the leading dipping sonar on the international market and has become the benchmark system for the world’s major navies. In a... Read more

StandardAero Unveils first 4-axis autopilot for AS350

StandardAero Unveils first 4-axis autopilot for AS350

2-Mar-2022Source: StandardAero

StandardAero is unveiling the industry’s first 4-Axis autopilot available for retrofit on AS350 helicopters with demonstration flights at the 2022 HAI/Heli-Expo on March 8-10.  The autopilot, developed in partnership with Thales and known as StableLight, is equipped in an AS350 test rotorcraft which will be located at the Dallas Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center Vertiport... Read more

East Anglian Air Ambulance become first UK operator of upgrade five-blade H145

East Anglian Air Ambulance become first UK operator of upgrade five-blade H145

2-Mar-2022Source: East Anglian Air Ambulance

East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) is the first air ambulance in the UK to upgrade its Airbus H145 helicopter with a new five blade rotor head.  This UK-engineering first will generate more lift, reduce vibrations and improve handling and stability, providing improved comfort for EAAA’s patients and crew as they operate 24/7. The Norwich-based Anglia... Read more

Coptersafety appoints New Chief Flight Instructor

Coptersafety appoints New Chief Flight Instructor

2-Mar-2022

Martin has an extensive career as a pilot, instructor, and examiner. In fact, he has been involved with Coptersafety since the very beginning. ”I have been on board with Coptersafety since the beginning of this journey. I, as also many others, have seen and participated in the development during the years. We have been successful... Read more

FinnHEMS takes ops in-house after Babcock contract expired

FinnHEMS takes ops in-house after Babcock contract expired

2-Mar-2022Source: FinnHEMS

The flight operations of Finnish medical helicopters were fully transferred to the state-owned company FinnHEMS on 11 February 2022, when the service agreement between FinnHEMS and flight operator Babcock Scandinavian AirAmbulance expired. In the future, nationwide HEMS operations will be carried out by FinnHEMS’ subsidiary FinnHEMS Flight Services Ltd at all medical helicopter bases in... Read more

Helicopter Online Ground School to celebrate 10 years with online live event

Helicopter Online Ground School to celebrate 10 years with online live event

2-Mar-2022Source: Helicopter Ground School

Kenny Keller, creator of Helicopter Online Ground School, has been providing valuable training to pilots for 10 years and has become the only provider of helicopter specific ground training. Courses available are the private pilot, instrument pilot, commercial pilot, and certified flight instructor courses.  Each course is subscription based monthly or the professional pilot package... Read more

FinnHEMS terminates agreement with Russian-owned Teboil

FinnHEMS terminates agreement with Russian-owned Teboil

2-Mar-2022Source: FinnHEMS

FinnHEMS terminates its fuel card agreement with Teboil. Teboil is a subsidiary of the Russian oil company Lukoil. The cessation of fuel supplies is a protest against Russia’s hostilities in Ukraine. Teboil has been one of FinnHEMS ‘channels for purchasing fuel for emergency vehicles. Helicopter fuel purchases are made using other procurement channels, for which the company has... Read more

Aero Asset launches acquisition business unit

Aero Asset launches acquisition business unit

1-Mar-2022Source: Aero Asset

Aero Asset Inc., a leading helicopter trading firm, has launched Aero Asset Acquisitions, a vehicle dedicated to acquiring helicopters for inventory and resale, financed by 1st Source Bank. 1st Source Bank is part of 1st Source Corporation, a publicly traded (NASDAQ: SRCE) financial services company headquartered in Indiana, U.S.A. Its Specialty Finance Group (SFG) specializes in... Read more

KAI completes cold weather testing with Light Armed Helicopter

KAI completes cold weather testing with Light Armed Helicopter

1-Mar-2022Source: Korea Aerospace Industries

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has successfully completed the overseas low-temperature flight test of a light-armed helicopter (hereinafter referred to as LAH). The low-temperature flight test is to confirm the performance and stability of the aircraft in a cryogenic environment below -30 degrees Celsius. The test started in Yellowknife, Canada in early December and lasted for... Read more

GPMS Receives Transport Canada STC for Airbus H125 Helicopter Platform

GPMS Receives Transport Canada STC for Airbus H125 Helicopter Platform

1-Mar-2022Source: GPMS

GPMS, the leader in helicopter predictive analytics, announced today that Transport Canada Civil Aviation has issued a Supplemental Type Certificate for GPMS’s Foresight MX, the company’s enhanced Health & Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) solution, on the H125 helicopter. The certificate was based on a prior Federal Aviation Administration STC and covers the installation of Foresight... Read more

VIH Aerospace Receives H135 Left & Right Hand Vertical Reference Window STC Approval

VIH Aerospace Receives H135 Left & Right Hand Vertical Reference Window STC Approval

1-Mar-2022Source: VIH Helicopters

VIH Aerospace (VIHA) www.vihaerospace.com a leading provider of helicopter manufacturing, maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MMRO) services has received EASA and FAA Approval for their H135 Left-Hand Vertical (Bubble) Reference Window. STC 09-43 was previously approved by Transport Canada, the FAA, and EASA for the Right-Hand Configuration and now the Left-Hand Configuration has also received Transport... Read more

01-Mar-22 N2191 Bell 407 Fort Worth, US-Texas

01-Mar-22 N2191 Bell 407 Fort Worth, US-Texas

1-Mar-2022

Autorotations to a taxiway, and damaged a taxiway light... Read more

01-Mar-22 N786SH Robinson R22 Fallston, US-Maryland

01-Mar-22 N786SH Robinson R22 Fallston, US-Maryland

1-Mar-2022

Hover taxiing, caught a skid and fell onto its side... Read more

Milestone unveils plans for firefighting S92

Milestone unveils plans for firefighting S92

28-Feb-2022Source: Milestone Aviation

The Milestone Aviation Group Limited (“Milestone”), the global leader in helicopter leasing, has partnered with Australian fire-fighting equipment designer, Helitak Firefighting Equipment Pty Ltd (“Helitak”), to develop a new mission for the Sikorsky S-92A as a next-generation, multi-purpose fire-fighting platform. As the largest owner of the S-92A, Milestone worked closely with Helitak to develop the... Read more

Airlift Northwest to open new Eastern Washington base

Airlift Northwest to open new Eastern Washington base

28-Feb-2022Source: Airlift Northwest

Airlift Northwest, the not-for-profit air medical transport service of UW Medicine, today announced the opening of a new helicopter base at Davenport Municipal Airport in Davenport, Wash., to serve the communities of Central and Eastern Washington. The new base will begin operations this summer with a specially configured Airbus H-135 helicopter. It has a range of... Read more

Spartech to Attend Heli-Expo 2022

Spartech to Attend Heli-Expo 2022

28-Feb-2022Source: Spartech

Spartech, a leading manufacturer of engineered thermoplastics and custom packaging solutions, is pleased to announce it will be attending Helicopter Association International (HAI) HELI-EXPO 2022, the world’s largest helicopter trade show and exhibition, in Dallas, Texas, March 7 through March 10. Spartech will be showcasing its thermoplastics solutions at the event, including Polycast® SolarControl™ cell... Read more

China adopts special conditions for EH216-S AAV type certification

China adopts special conditions for EH216-S AAV type certification

25-Feb-2022Source: EHang

EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH) (“EHang” or the “Company”), the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (“AAV”) technology platform company, today announced that the Civil Aviation Administration of China (“CAAC”) has formally adopted the Special Conditions for EH216-S1 AAV Type Certification (the “Special Conditions”), which was effective on February 9th, 2022 and published on the CAAC website on... Read more

HAI commits to lead-free aviation fuels transition

HAI commits to lead-free aviation fuels transition

25-Feb-2022Source: HAI

HAI joined leaders of aviation and petroleum groups in committing to an initiative laying out a clear plan to transition piston-engine aircraft to lead-free aviation fuels by the end of 2030. Announced at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., the Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions (EAGLE) initiative calls for an industry and government partnership... Read more

HAI partners with Longhorn Helicopters for Heli-Expo flights

HAI partners with Longhorn Helicopters for Heli-Expo flights

24-Feb-2022Source: HAI

Helicopter Association International (HAI) is excited to announce a partnership with Longhorn Helicopters that, for the first time, will bring charter helicopter flights to the association’s annual trade show, HAI HELI-EXPO®. In Dallas, March 7–10, attendees, exhibitors, and others can book charter flights between the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas and any outlying business... Read more

Bristow Group to Present at the Credit Suisse 27th Annual Energy Summit

Bristow Group to Present at the Credit Suisse 27th Annual Energy Summit

24-Feb-2022Source: Bristow

Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL), the global leader in innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions, will present at the Credit Suisse 27th Annual Energy Summit on Monday, February 28, 2022. Bristow’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Whalen is scheduled to present on Monday, February 28, 2022, at 2:45 p.m. MST and participate... Read more

Bell begins production on Czech Republic AH-1Z

Bell begins production on Czech Republic AH-1Z

24-Feb-2022Source: Bell

Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, has started production of the first AH-1Z Viper for the Czech Republic at  Bell’s Amarillo Assembly Center. The production of the Viper joins UH-1Y production as part of the Czech Republic Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of mixed fleet aircraft. “Bell understands what it means to execute... Read more

PHI International secures Aviation Services contract with Woodside

PHI International secures Aviation Services contract with Woodside

24-Feb-2022Source: PHI International

PHI International (PHI) has secured a significant aviation services contract with Woodside, as operator for and on behalf of the Scarborough Joint Venture, in Western Australia. The contract will see PHI transporting personnel from Learmonth Airport to offshore sites in the Carnarvon Basin off the Northwest coast of Australia. Woodside, Australia’s leading natural gas producer,... Read more

Babcock opens new 14-bay completion centre in Spain

Babcock opens new 14-bay completion centre in Spain

24-Feb-2022Source: Babcock

Babcock Spain presents its new Delivery Center located in the company’s Maintenance Center of Excellence in Albacete. This custom-built space, designed with the aim of providing a VIP experience to customers during the delivery of their aircraft, has an area of 750 square meters and can accommodate up to two helicopters simultaneously, making it a... Read more

Boeing delivers First Upgraded Chinook Helicopter Delivered to Spain

Boeing delivers First Upgraded Chinook Helicopter Delivered to Spain

24-Feb-2022Source: Boeing

The first remanufactured CH-47 Chinook helicopter was delivered to the Spanish Army at a ceremony held at the headquarters of the Spanish Army Airmobile Forces in Colmenar Viejo, Madrid. The aircraft is the first of 17 that will modernize the Spanish Chinook fleet, upgrading their existing CH-47D-model aircraft to the newer CH-47F model. The CH-47F... Read more

Sikorsky awarded $684M Lot 6 contract for nine CH-53Ks

Sikorsky awarded $684M Lot 6 contract for nine CH-53Ks

24-Feb-2022Source: US DoD

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a Lockheed Martin Co., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded a $684,950,963 fixed-price incentive (firm target) modification (P00006) to a previously awarded contract (N0001920C0047). This modification exercises options for the production and delivery of nine low rate initial production, Lot 6, CH-53K heavy lift aircraft, as well as associated aircraft programmatic and logistical support.... Read more

HyPoint opens new UK hydrogen fuel cell labs and production facility

HyPoint opens new UK hydrogen fuel cell labs and production facility

24-Feb-2022Source: HyPoint

HyPoint, a company developing hydrogen fuel cell systems for urban air mobility, has opened the doors to a new research and development facility at the Discovery Park site in the U.K. Headquartered in Menlo Park, California, HyPoint’s new Sandwich, Kent, facility aims to produce fuel cells for new hydrogen-powered aircraft, including eVTOL designs. “We are... Read more

Wisk partners with Long Beach to bring AAM to Southern California

Wisk partners with Long Beach to bring AAM to Southern California

24-Feb-2022Source: Wisk

Wisk Aero, a leading Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company and developer of the first all-electric, self-flying air taxi in the United States, has partnered with the City of Long Beach, California through its Long Beach Economic Partnership (LBEP) to make AAM a reality in Southern California. Through this partnership, the two organizations will work to... Read more

Philippine DND Signs Contract For 32 Black Hawk Helicopters

Philippine DND Signs Contract For 32 Black Hawk Helicopters

23-Feb-2022Source: Lockheed Martin

PZL Mielec, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT) has signed a contract award with the Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) to manufacture 32 additional S-70i™ Black Hawk® utility helicopters for the Philippine Air Force. Delivery of all 32 aircraft by 2026 will dramatically increase the operational capacity of the Philippine Air Force to perform search... Read more

Rega reports on 2021 missions

Rega reports on 2021 missions

22-Feb-2022Source: Swiss Air-Rescue Rega

In 2021, Swiss Air-Rescue Rega came to the assistance of more than 12,000 people for the first time. The Rega helicopters were in the air particularly frequently, but the three ambulance jets also recorded more missions than in the previous year. Besides its regular operational activities, Rega continued to assist the Swiss authorities in handling... Read more

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