28-Jan-2020Source: Newscopters
Robinson Newscopters continue to make inroads into major media markets in the U.S. with Washington D.C. and Tampa, Florida, becoming the latest to employ Robinson Electric News Gathering (ENG) helicopters. SKY Helicopters, Robinson’s longtime dealer in Garland, Texas, recently took delivery of a new R66 Newscopter bringing the company’s fleet of Robinson Newscopters to fifteen.... Read more
11-Aug-2016Source: SkyTrac
Universal Helicopters has selected SKYTRAC systems to automate crew position and flight reports, and to track airframe maintenance metrics for their AS350, Bell 206 and Bell 407 aircraft. With services extending into Canada’s High Arctic, UHNL required a solution that could transmit timely and accurate flight data back to a centrally located operations team even... Read more
19-Jun-2016Source: Helinet
Two helicopters from Helinet Aviation Services will participate in the American Heroes Air Show on Saturday, June 18, at Hansen Dam in the San Fernando Valley. The show is the nation’s premier, helicopter-only, admission-free aviation event designed to demonstrate to the public, media and community officials the vital and diverse roles of rotary aviation. American... Read more
5-Nov-2014Source: The Guardian
The St Louis county police chief, Jon Belmar, has firmly denied his department asked for a no-fly zone to restrict media access during the unrest that roiled Ferguson’s streets in August. See Full Story... Read more
22-Mar-2013Source: CBS News
TV’s eyes in the sky have been around for decades and are often indispensible for covering news scenes. On the horizon (figuratively, if not literally) are drones that do the same thing (see full story)... Read more
6-Jan-2012Source: BMS
Broadcast Microwave Services, Inc. (BMS) starts 2012 by announcing its next generation airborne transmitter, the Heli-Coder 4 (HC4). The product is designed for fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, and is small enough that it can also be used in watercraft, land, unmanned air or ground vehicle applications. Among the new technological features in the HC4 are:... Read more
18-Nov-2011Source: HeliHub.com
Bird strikes are not that uncommon with helicopters as most are operating at relatively low level. But to have two EUrocopters make emergency landings on consecutive days with holes created by those bird strikes is unusual. On Wednesday a news gathering AS350B2 in Scottsdale, Arizona took a dove into the cockpit. The helicopter is operated... Read more
11-Nov-2011Source: Component Control
Helicopters, Inc, has selected and implemented Component Control’s Quantum Control MRO and Logistics Software solution to manage its nationwide base of service facilities in support of their fleet of news-gathering helicopters. With major hubs in St. Louis, Atlanta, Miami, New York and San Francisco, and regional support throughout the United States, Helicopters, Inc. was looking... Read more
13-Sep-2011Source: SkyTrac Systems
SkyTrac Systems is pleased to announce that Mark Phillips has joined SkyTrac’s executive team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Working closely with the President and CEO, Mark will lead and manage all financial aspects of SkyTrac’s business activities. Mark has spent the past 25 years managing the Finance function for Northern Airborne Technology Ltd. (NAT), playing... Read more
1-Sep-2011Source: Aspen Avionics
Aspen Avionics announced today the Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval of Evolution Synthetic Vision (ESV) for Evolution Primary Flight Displays (PFDs) and Multi-function Flight Displays (MFDs). Evolution Synthetic Vision is enabled by Software Version 2.4.x, which will be available upon Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval. FAA STC approval of ESV is imminent and shipment availability... Read more
2-Feb-2011Source: NZ Herald
“There has been dishonesty of a serious kind for a long time by Mr and Mrs Rogers, all of which has been directed to seeking to preserve assets for the personal benefit of Mr and Mrs Rogers,” judge Woodhouse said in December.... Read more
25-Jan-2011Source: SK Logistics
SK Logistics was recently awarded an exclusive use helicopter contract supporting DOD agencies at Eglin and Tyndall Air Force Bases. The contract was awarded in December 2010 and will be active for six months. Department of Defense agencies under this contract will be utilizing SK Logistics’ helicopter for prescribed burning, fire suppression and numerous other... Read more
2-Oct-2010Source: Arizona Republic
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Cari Harrison sentenced him to a total of 303 years, but ordered that all but two of them be served concurrently, meaning Jones will have to serve 25 years.... Read more
1-Oct-2010Source: KFYI
Christopher Jones pleaded guilty to 35 counts, including car theft and running from the police. He is not charged with the deaths of the four men who died when the KTVK and KNXV helicopters covering the chase collided.... Read more
6-Jul-2010
The next time you watch a news bulletin on Perth’s Channel Ten, odds are some of the video footage will have been shot from a Heliwest aircraft. Western Australia’s largest onshore helicopter company has signed an agreement with Channel Ten to provide a Bell Jetranger 206 lll to the station’s news division for the next... Read more
30-Sep-2009Source: AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland and Mitsui Bussan Aerospace, the official distributor for the AW139 medium twin helicopter in Japan, are pleased to announce that the first of two AW139 medium twin helicopters for All Nippon Helicopter has achieved operational readiness to perform electronic news gathering missions... Read more
17-Sep-2009Source: Vertical
The AS350B2 underwent a custom three color paint scheme, interior modifications, andsome avionics reconfiguration. Uniflight’s unprecedented quality was applied to the installation of every item and a non-staff pilottest-flew the aircraft prior to delivery.... Read more
24-Aug-2009Source: WRAL
Sky 5 was the first TV news helicopter in the state, and former WRAL-TV General Manager John Greene beat other stations to the punch by snapping up a new Hughes 500 helicopter after a sale to the Middle East was canceled.... Read more
20-Aug-2009Source: Salt Lake Tribune
The local CBS affiliate, to save on leasing fees and the cost of storing it in a hanger, did not renew its lease with the helicopter, said General Manager David Phillips. “I’d much rather lose that than people. These are tough times.”... Read more
28-Jul-2009Source: KPHO
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28-Jan-2009Source: NTSB
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