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: 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: 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-2009Source: Eurocopter
With its presence at this year’s Defence Systems & Equipment International show (DSEi) at booth # 1475 in South Hall, Eurocopter focuses on the UK military market with its requirements for SAR and medium helicopter capabilities. 1:5 scale mock-ups of the EC725/225 and the NH90 are on display. Eurocopter is a strong partner of UK... Read more
10-Sep-2009Source: Eurocopter
Eurocopter displays a 1:5 scale mock-up of its EC225 medium-class helicopter on its booth # 1475 in South Hall at DSEi 2009. The EC225 has been proposed for this requirement by AirKnight, the teaming of Lockheed Martin UK, VT Group and British International Helicopters.... Read more
9-Sep-2009Source: DefPro
This Wednesday, September 9, a farewell ceremony for the helicopter “Alouette II” will be held at the military base Bierset, Belgium.... 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: 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: 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-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: 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: Xinhua
Malaysia plans to purchase EC-725 Cougar helicopters from the Eurocopter by the end of 2009, according to Malaysia’s Defense Ministry source.... 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: Congresso Em Foco
According to District Attorney Richard Crow Massia, says that the star must be removed or at least reduced to the same extent as has the state flag.... 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 N919WM Eurocopter EC135 Raleigh, US-North Carolina... Read more
7-Sep-2009
7-Sep-09 I-NERY Eurocopter SA315B Mont Blanc, Italy... Read more
6-Sep-2009
6-Sep-09 N131EH Eurocopter Bo105 Schreiver, US-Louisiana... 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
4-Sep-2009Source: Messenger
North West Air Ambulance’s bright yellow Euro Copter 135, permenantly stationed at Barton Aerodrome, has been fitted out with medical kit and it’s three man crew took to the skies over Manchester for the first time last Thursday.... Read more
4-Sep-2009Source: DefPro
The Senate in plenary session approved two draft resolutions that authorize the Union of Brazil to obtain foreign loans amounting to 6.088 billion euros to build the first Brazilian nuclear-powered submarine as well as four conventional submarines, and for the production of 50 Eurocopter EC-725 transport helicopters.... Read more
3-Sep-2009Source: Wales Air Ambulance
WALES AIR AMBULANCE is unveiling its ‘new generation’ helicopter for North Wales at a special launch in Caernarfon town square, on Tuesday 8 September at 2pm. The EC-135 purpose-built air ambulance will make a spectacular landing outside Caernarfon Castle to mark a new chapter in the history of the charity.... Read more
3-Sep-2009Source: GAR
Eurocopter’s Panther has been quietly serving the French Navy for well over a decade with 36 Flotille, Tony Osborne reports for GAR on what the squadron has been up to in recent years, and what the future holds for the aircraft in this changing Air Arm.... Read more
2-Sep-2009Source: FAA
This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) alerts owners and operators of Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) model helicopters of the potential of having the incorrect emergency float system installed on a helicopter that has been converted to a Model AS350BA.... Read more
2-Sep-2009Source: Vertical
Uniflight, LLC recently completed and delivered a brand new Eurocopter AS350B2 for Unitrade. The AS350B2 underwent an Avionics Completion, Interior, Paint, and an Integrated Air Systems Air Conditioning System.... Read more
2-Sep-2009Source: Vertical
DART Aerospace Ltd., and Honeywell, a pioneer in advance collision avoidance protection and aircraft situational awareness technologies, have worked in conjunction to develop DART’s Traffic Advisory System (TAS).... Read more
2-Sep-2009Source: American Eurocopter
American Eurocopter, the nation’s leading provider of civil turbine helicopters, delivered an EC120 today to JRW Aviation, Inc. This is the first helicopter purchased by the company and it will be used for corporate and VIP travel.... Read more
1-Sep-2009Source: Northwest Herald
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1-Sep-2009Source: Belfast Telegraph
The PSNI has hired a second helicopter to help in the fight against dissident republicans who set up an illegal checkpoint in south Armagh last weekend.... Read more
31-Aug-2009
31-Aug-09 N Eurocopter EC135 Mediapolis, US-Iowa... Read more
28-Aug-2009Source: RotorNews
DART Helicopter Services is pleased to announce that their affiliated partner, AKV Inc. has received EASA approval for their Dual Engine Cycle Counters for all of the BK117 series helicopters. Transport Canada and FAA approvals have been previously received.... Read more
28-Aug-2009Source: NTSB
The NTSB today issued five safety recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) resulting from the Safety Board’s ongoing investigation of the midair collision over the Hudson River near Hoboken, New Jersey on August 8, 2009. The collision of a Eurocopter AS350 BA helicopter, and a Piper PA-32R-300 airplane caused nine fatalities, including the pilot... Read more
28-Aug-2009Source: CAE
CAE has been awarded a contract by Eurocopter to perform major upgrades on two CAE-built CH-53 full-mission simulators operated at the German Army Aviation School at Buckeburg.... Read more
28-Aug-2009Source: Helicopters Mag
DART’s AS 350/AS 355 Interior Trim panels improve the aesthetic appeal of the aircraft interior and provide superior resistance to warping and cracking. The interior trim panels consist of light grey aircraft grade polycarbonate components that fasten to the aircraft structure using the existing OEM fastening methods.... Read more
28-Aug-2009Source: Sikorsky
Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced it has delivered enhancements to the HELOTRAC RL((R)) maintenance management system for the U.S. Army’s UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) program. Sikorsky Aerospace Services provides Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) to the LUH program and is the aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp... Read more
28-Aug-2009Source: Vertical
he AS3350 underwent an Avionics Completion, Paint in addition to an Integrated Air Systems Air Conditioning System.... Read more
28-Aug-2009Source: RotorNews
This agreement is a new step in the cooperation that Eurocopter and UTair have started to establish several years ago. In 2008, the two companies decided to create an integrated technical maintenance center in Tyumen to support the Eurocopter fleet in Russia. This Eurocopter certified maintenance center will open its doors towards the end of... Read more
28-Aug-2009Source: Thales
Thales has secured an order from prime contractor Australian Aerospace to upgrade the TopOwl Helmet-Mounted Sight Display Modules fitted to Australia’s Tiger helicopters. TopOwl HMSD links the pilot directly to the armaments, night-vision and navigation systems of the army’s armed reconnaissance helicopters.... Read more
28-Aug-2009Source: Redwood Times
Coast Guard helicopters flying around Humboldt County will now be able to provide a more integrated response to search and rescue missions due to the arrival of the latest version of the Dolphin helicopter.... Read more
27-Aug-2009Source: Morehead News
The air lifting of patients in the Morehead area should get a little more convenient thanks to PHI Air Medical of Kentucky’s acquisition of a 2007 ECI 35 American Eurocopter.... Read more
27-Aug-2009Source: Get Surrey
A WOMAN who shone a laser pen into the cockpit of the Surrey Police helicopter as it flew 1,000ft in the air above Staines has been handed a six-month suspended jail sentence. The court heard that the police helicopter was responding to a call-out in the Staines area just before midnight on August 10 when... Read more
27-Aug-2009Source: American Eurocopter
Cook Children’s has a long-standing tradition of improving the health status of our community’s children by providing care exclusively for the needs of children. It is nationally recognized as one of the top children’s hospitals in the United States and it is supported by one of the largest pediatric transport programs in the nation, known... Read more
27-Aug-2009Source: Eurocopter
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27-Aug-2009
27-Aug-09 N705LV Eurocopter AS350 Grand Canyon West, US-Arizona... Read more
26-Aug-2009Source: Vertical
The system uses a 2.9 lb thermal imaging camera complimented by “FLIGHT DISPLAY SYSTEMS†FD90AID-HMT 5 inch LCD display.... Read more
24-Aug-2009Source: Vertical
Latitude Technologies announced today that Norway-based Airlift AS, an international dealer for Latitude, has successfully obtained EASA STC “EASA.R.S.01574†for the installation of Latitude Technologies’ SkyNode® S200 Satellite Communications Systems. The STC covers installations in the Eurocopter EC 225, AS 332 and SA 330 series helicopters.... Read more
24-Aug-2009Source: RotorNews
Frasca International is proud to announce it has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Level 7 qualification on its AS 350 B2 Flight Training Device (FTD) installed at FlightSafety’s Helicopter Learning Center in Tucson, Arizona.... Read more
21-Aug-2009Source: Alibaba
Eurocopter, a unit of aerospace giant European Aeronautic, Defense & Space Co is likely to sell two EC225 helicopters to China’s Ministry of Transport, the LA Tribune reported on Monday.... Read more
21-Aug-2009Source: American Eurocopter
STAT MedEvac of West Mifflin, Pa., has placed an order for its 15th EC135 helicopter. Delivery of the new aircraft is slated for 2010. STAT MedEvac will also soon take delivery of two EC135s ordered in late 2007. In addition to its EC 135s, STAT MedEvac operates six EC 145 helicopters.... Read more
21-Aug-2009
21-Aug-09 N166EH Eurocopter AS350 Perryville, US-Arkansas... Read more
21-Aug-2009
21-Aug-09 N137KY Eurocopter EC135 Lexington, US-Kentucky... Read more
20-Aug-2009Source: Aviaport
The company Eurocopter Vostok, a subsidiary of Eurocopter in Russia, introduced in version EC145 helicopter ambulance to the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS. The helicopter delivered by the Government of Moscow in 2007, demonstrated in a static exhibit.... Read more
20-Aug-2009Source: Free Internet Press
Article covers both A400MÂ and NH90 programs... Read more
20-Aug-2009Source: Daily Advance
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital urged Currituck’s Board of Commissioners Monday night to consider donating $1 million to help replace an aging air ambulance helicopter that serves much of Northeastern North Carolina. “To replace the helicopter, it will cost approximately $7 million, but Sentara is committed to funding half the cost, or $3.5 million,†said Vicy... Read more
20-Aug-2009Source: NECN
Connecticut’s air ambulance, called LIFE STAR, is on life support and the only thing that can save it is a budget agreement between state leaders.... Read more
20-Aug-2009Source: Vertical
Aero Dynamix, Inc. (ADI) is pleased to announce that it has just completed the Night Vision Lighting modification for the Lake County Sheriff’s Aviation Unit. This completion was performed at American Eurocopter (AEC) in Grand Prairie, TX.... Read more
20-Aug-2009Source: Pine Island Eagle
MEDSTAR 2 is an American Eurocopter BO 105 with the ability to carry two patients and two paramedics. It is currently servicing the critical care needs of Lee and backup for Collier counties until Collier’s aircraft is operational again.... Read more
20-Aug-2009Source: RotorNews
DART Helicopter Services is pleased to announce that their affiliated partner, AKV Inc. has received Transport Canada approval for their Dual Engine Cycle Counters for all of the BK117 series helicopters. FAA approval has been previously received. EASA and CASA approvals are pending.... Read more
19-Aug-2009
19-Aug-09 HA-BDC Eurocopter AS350 Lake Balaton, Hungary... Read more
18-Aug-2009Source: FlightSafety
FlightSafety International announces that its new American Eurocopter AS 350 B2 Flight Training Device has been qualified to Level 7 by the United States Federal Aviation Administration. This advanced technology training device is located at FlightSafety’s Learning Center in Tucson, Arizona.... Read more
18-Aug-2009Source: Aviation Week
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18-Aug-2009Source: American Eurocopter
The Lake County Sheriff Department’s Aviation Unit was started in 1979 and it is responsible for airborne law enforcement support missions throughout Lake County, Indiana, and surrounding areas. Since the start, the unit has utilized a variety of aircraft including military surplus models.... Read more
18-Aug-2009
18-Aug-09 CC-CZE Eurocopter AS350 Rio Blanco, Los Ande, Chile... Read more
17-Aug-2009Source: News Observer
In November 2007, WakeMed partnered with a Texas-based company called Omniflight to establish its own medical helicopter program, which uses just a single chopper. Previously, WakeMed relied on ground transport or on medevac choppers from the Duke and UNC health systems.... Read more
16-Aug-2009
16-Aug-09 N911LZ Eurocopter EC145 Upper Captiva Island, US-Florida... Read more
15-Aug-2009Source: Cayman Net News
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) will be receiving a much-needed boost in the form of its long-awaited helicopter. The twin-engine Eurocopter model EC135-T1 police helicopter is scheduled to arrive on the Islands next month and will serve to bolster the work of the RCIPS.... Read more
14-Aug-2009Source: Aberdeen Press & Journal
Bond Offshore Helicopters has confirmed that it has retired the flight number given to the aircraft involved in one of the oil industry’s worst disasters earlier this year.... Read more
14-Aug-2009Source: Daily Record
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14-Aug-2009Source: American Eurocopter
HealthNet Aeromedical Services of Charleston, W.V., Is again expanding its fleet of American Eurocopter helicopters, ordering its third EC135 and first EC145. Both aircraft will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2009.... Read more
14-Aug-2009Source: NY Times
Federal officials on Thursday suspended two air traffic employees at Teterboro Airport who had been overseeing the Piper plane that collided with a helicopter over the Hudson River on Saturday, killing nine people.... Read more
14-Aug-2009Source: Evening Express
The near-miss happened on March 20 when an air traffic controller gave a pilot the okay to climb – not realising a second helicopter was above him.... Read more
13-Aug-2009Source: EADS
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