15-Jun-2011Source: MedEvac Foundation
MedEvac Foundation and AAMS welcomes Clara Harrod for a two-month internship made possible through a grant to the MedEvac Foundation from the ExxonMobil Summer Jobs Program, administered by Volunteer Fairfax. Clara is a rising senior at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio, where she volunteers as an EMT on a local Rescue Squad. During her... Read more
15-Jun-2011Source: Partech Systems
Partech Systems is proud to announce it has been awarded a contract by Australian Aerospace Limited for an upgrade to MRH90 Software Support Centre, which will be expanded if the NFH90 (NATO Frigate Helicopter) is chosen for the Air 9000 Phase 8 tender. Partech, as leaders in the field of Avionics Test Equipment, was the... Read more
15-Jun-2011Source: Castle Resources
Castle Resources Inc. is pleased to announce it has begun drilling at its 100% owned Granduc Copper Project located near Stewart in northwest B.C. “Castle’s primary objective for the surface drill program this year is to expand the known footprint of copper mineralization,” stated Mr. Mike Sylvestre, President & COO of Castle Resources. “Based on... Read more
15-Jun-2011Source: Multi Channel Merchant
Signature Styles, a division of private equity firm Patriarch Partners formed two years ago to purchase Spiegel Brands, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware late Monday. MD Helicopters is majority owned by Patriarch Partners. See article... Read more
15-Jun-2011Source: G2 Solutions
A new research note from G2 Solutions (www.g2globalsolutions.com), “DoD UAS Forecasts, Programs and Initiatives,†is available. Report AB093 is a detailed 7-year U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) procurement and research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) analysis of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) spending. “We wanted to take a fresh look at DoD UAS spending, and the... Read more
15-Jun-2011Source: Flightglobal
Taiwan will receive 30 Boeing AH-64 Block III Apache helicopters under a new contract signed with the US government, a US Army official announced. See article... Read more
15-Jun-2011Source: Lockheed Martin
The sun provided the light, a U.S. Navy photographer manned the camera and two Lockheed Martin programs provided the action during recent training operations in the Pacific Ocean. A U.S. Navy MH-60R helicopter assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 77 conducted Deck Landing Qualifications on June 7, landing on the flight deck of the USS... Read more
15-Jun-2011Source: Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, JSC (UUAP), a part of Russian Helicopters holding, made a scheduled delivery of a batch of Mi-8AMTSh helicopters to the Russian Ministry of Defence. As announced previously, the Plant delivered the first batch to the military department in December 2010. The new delivery falls under the Government Defence Order (GDO) 2011. All... Read more
15-Jun-2011Source: State of Colorado
DENVER — Monday, June 13, 2011 — Gov. John Hickenlooper today ordered flags be lowered to half-staff on all public buildings statewide on Wednesday, June 15, in honor of Chief Warrant Officer Kenneth White, who was killed in Afghanistan earlier this month. Flags should be lowered from sunrise to sunset. White, 35, died on June... Read more
15-Jun-2011Source: Medical Aviation Services
Medical Aviation Services (MAS) and CEGA Air Ambulance are pleased to announce the signing of a teaming agreement between the two companies at the AirMed 2011 World Congress in Brighton recently. MAS, which is part of the Gloucestershire based Specialist Aviation Services Group, operates and maintains approximately twenty helicopters used in the Air Ambulance role,... Read more
14-Jun-2011Source: Chardham Tours
The Chardham Pilgrimage Tours comprising of Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri destinations started with the opening of portals of both Gangotri and Yamunotri shrines on May 6, 2011. The holy sites adorn the beautiful destination Uttarakhand. The Kedarnath place is situated at a height of 3,584 meter in Rudraprayag district whereas Gangotri and Yamunotri shrines... Read more
14-Jun-2011Source: HeliHub.com
The Museum of Flight in Seattle displayed a new exhibit yesterday – a Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard The HH-52A entered service in 1963, with the US Coast Guard taking delivery of 99 examples which were based on cutters, icebreakers and air stations. The fleet was credited with saving 15,000 lives and $1.5 billion in property loss... Read more
14-Jun-2011Source: Ulan-Ude
Mi-171 helicopters of Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant (UUAP) production that is part of helicopter holding company “Russian Helicopters”, participated in exercise “Kazspas-2011” of Kazakhstan’s rescue teams. XVI international discussion and training camp of the rescuers took place in Kazakhstan’s EMERCOM training base “Rocky city – Astana”. The goal of the exercise held is improvement of rescuers... Read more
14-Jun-2011Source: Eurocopter
Eurocopter’s commitment to innovation will be showcased at the 2011 Paris Air Show, where the company’s high-profile participation is to include the first public flight presentations of its X3 hybrid demonstrator and the new EC175 helicopter. The Eurocopter presence at Le Bourget Airport also will comprise displays of its enhanced EC145 T2 and AS350 B3e... Read more
14-Jun-2011Source: US DoD
ITT Corp., Roanoke, Va., is being awarded a $36,240,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for AN/AVS-9, night vision image intensifier sets. The AN/AVS-9 system is a night vision system consisting of a binocular imaging assembly, a helmet mount, a low profile power pack, a carrying case, and ancillary equipment. The AN/AVS-9 is used by Navy and Marine... Read more
14-Jun-2011Source: US DoD
Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $34,228,615 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0020) for maintenance services in support of the MV-22 AE1107C turboshaft engine. Work will be performed in Oakland, Calif. (70 percent), and Indianapolis, Ind. (30 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2012. Contract funds in the... Read more
14-Jun-2011Source: US DoD
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, was awarded on June 9 a $12,765,268 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the procurement of a helicopter icing spray system. Work will be performed in Columbus, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 10, 2016. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with four bids received. The... Read more
14-Jun-2011Source: Frost & Sullivan
The recent Special Operations mission conducted by the U.S. Seal Team Six (ST6) to acquire and terminate a high-value target by a highly specialised task force involved the use of the Sikorsky MH60 (K/M version). The dust had yet to settle, and the industry experts were already discussing the use of “stealth” technologies for this... Read more
14-Jun-2011Source: US Air Force
6/13/2011 – NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS) — Airmen from the 66th Rescue Squadron here held a remembrance ceremony June 9 for the crewmembers of an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter, call sign Pedro 66, who lost their lives in a crash a year ago on this date. Lt. Col. Daniel Jefferies, the 563rd Rescue... Read more
14-Jun-2011Source: HeliHub.com
With helicopters widely used in Spain for firefighting, the autonomous community Aragon is the first to use unmanned helicopters to help fight fires. Consisting of three provinces – Huesca, Zaragoza, and Teruel – Aragon is located in north eastern Spain and borders France to the north. Using two UAVs from local company INDA, Aragon has... Read more
14-Jun-2011Source: Sentara Healthcare
Leslie Peterfeso, a Sentara employee, sees the Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance launch and land every day at its home base at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Last December, though, Peterfeso became a Nightingale patient in a freak accident at her Suffolk home when a heavy tree limb her husband was sawing fell the wrong way and... Read more
14-Jun-2011
The Navy’s only maritime helicopter testbed successfully prototyped and demonstrated technology offering significant improvements in tactical battlefield situational awareness recently at the Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. Exercising technology developed and provided by Northrop Grumman’s Rotorcraft Avionics Innovation Laboratory, “T-Rex†(Testbed for Rapid Warfighter Response and Experimentation), the Navy’s UH-1N testbed aircraft, provided an... Read more
14-Jun-2011Source: EMS Technologies
EMS Technologies (NASDAQ:ELMG), a leading provider of wireless connectivity solutions for aviation, aerospace and global resource management, today announced a definitive agreement under which Honeywell (NYSE:HON), a diversified technology and manufacturing leader, will acquire EMS in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $491 million, net of cash acquired. Under the terms of the agreement, which... Read more
14-Jun-2011Source: Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman Corporation have announced the development and demonstration of a new aircraft self-protection system processor that is specifically designed to meet the rigors of the military rotary-wing environment. This miniaturized processor identifies, tracks and defeats the threat of infrared missiles launched against rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft. Part of the company’s U.S. Army Common Infrared... Read more
14-Jun-2011Source: DART Helicopter Services
DART announces that their subsidiary partner Apical Industries has received EASA approval for their Emergency Float System for Eurocopter AS355E, F, F1, F2, N, NP model helicopters. FAA and Transport Canada approvals have been previously received. Apical’s AS355 Emergency Float System consists of six Floats which attach to the skidtubes and the skid extensions provided... Read more
14-Jun-2011Source: Blue Sky Network
Blue Sky Network, a leading, global provider of satellite tracking and communication solutions for land, sea, and aviation, is proud to announce the addition of Hamza Mohammed as Director of Business Development for Middle East and Africa (MEA). Based in Kuwait, Mr. Mohammed brings more than a decade of experience to Blue Sky Network, and... Read more
14-Jun-2011Source: Girls With Wings
Girls With Wings, Inc., announces their 5th Annual Scholarship Program for a future Girl With Wings. The application packet requires an essay with photo stating why the applicant believes she is a role model for Girl With Wings, to include her motivation, inspirations and future plans. Applicants must not have yet received a private pilot’s license... Read more
13-Jun-2011Source: Shropshire Star
Members of the Defence Helicopter Flying School at RAF Shawbury were successful in the annual Helicopter Club of Great Britain Air Games in Northampton. The team, comprising of “JJ†Jackson, of 705NAS and Sqn Ldr Craig Finch, Officer Commanding DHFS Standards, achieved first and second places and were crowned overall winners.... Read more
13-Jun-2011Source: Canadian Helicopters
Canadian Helicopters Group Inc. (TSX: CHL.A, CHL.B) (“the Company”), the largest helicopter transportation services company operating in Canada, today announced its financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. These results are the first presented by Canadian Helicopters following its conversion to a dividend-paying corporation on December 31, 2010 and the adoption, on January 1, 2011,... Read more
13-Jun-2011Source: Canadian Helicopters
Canadian Helicopters Group Inc. (“Canadian Helicopters”) (TSX: CHL.A, CHL.B) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared monthly dividends of $0.091875 per Common Share and Variable Voting Shares, payable on each of August 15, 2011, September 15, 2011 and October 14, 2011 to holders of record at the close of business July 29, 2011,... Read more
13-Jun-2011Source: New York ANG
A New York Army National Guard pilot who flew helicopters during the Vietnam War in 1971/72, and again during two combat tours in Iraq, makes his final flight Tuesday, June 14 at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Latham. Members of the media are invited to see Chief Warrant Officer 5 Steven Derry return from... Read more
13-Jun-2011Source: Bay of Plenty Times
The NZ$53,996 cheque to the Philips Search and Rescue Trust, a registered charitable trust that operates the rescue helicopter, was presented to Mr Brettkelly at a ceremony at the Ian Pain Memorial Hangar on the Tauranga Hospital campus... Read more
13-Jun-2011Source: HeliHub.com
Britain’s Apache engineers could go out on strike if today’s pay negotiations are rejected, it has been reported. The Unite union is in discussions with engineering firm Morson Wynnwith who employ the engineers, and meet the company directors today to try to reach a compromise. Mark Robinson, regional officer for Unite, said: “The company made... Read more
13-Jun-2011Source: Air Evac Lifeteam
Air Evac Lifeteam, an independently-owned air ambulance provider, has begun operations in Lancaster, Ohio. Air Evac Lifeteam crews provide on-the-scene medical care and rapid medical transport, as well as transfers between medical facilities. The new base opened Tuesday, June 7, and is located at the Pleasant Township Fire Department, 2929 Lancaster Thornville Road. It is... Read more
13-Jun-2011Source: HeliHub.com
The Bristol Evening Post is reporting that this year’s HeliDays event at Weston-super-Mare “has been axed after failing to attract any sponsors”. The report states that the organisers have been unable to attract funding for the three day event after losing a grant from the local town council. Given that the event only broke even... Read more
13-Jun-2011Source: HeliHub.com
In compliance with the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry Content Development Act and the Air Operators Recertification Process of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations, Bristow Group has announced the transfer of its shares in Pan African Airlines Nigeria (PAAN) Limited into Nigerian ownership. This opens the way for Pan African Airlines (Nigeria) Ltd to market... Read more
13-Jun-2011Source: Los Alamitos Patch
The Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base is on the hunt for a new commander. Brig. Gen. Keith D. Jones has been transferred to Camp Roberts near Paso Robles, leaving the base under the interim command of Col. Susan Russell.... Read more
13-Jun-2011Source: Blue Sky Network
Blue Sky Network, a leading, global provider of satellite tracking and communication solutions for land, sea, and aviation, announced last week that it was creating a new service, software, and hardware plan designed specifically for pilots flying for the Department of Interior (DOI) in Alaska. As of May 1, 2011, the DOI requires that all... Read more
13-Jun-2011Source: Australian DoD
Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare was at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Nowra to announce that Sea King Shark 07 would be preserved at the Museum given the significant role the Sea King has played in Naval Aviation over the last 36 years. “The Sea King has served our nation well over the... Read more
13-Jun-2011Source: US Marine Corps
CAMP DWYER, Afghansitan – The commanding officer of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 received a phone call from his higher headquarters in May. More attack helicopters were needed to support Marines and their coalition partners in southwestern Afghanistan in preparation of the fighting season. Within a few weeks of receiving that phone call, the... Read more
12-Jun-2011Source: Sikorsky
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) today announced the certification of the Aurora Flight Sciences’ facility in Columbus, Mississippi, as a UTC Supplier Gold site.  Aurora Flight Sciences becomes the 14th Sikorsky supplier to achieve this milestone for superior operational performance. Qualifying criteria includes best-in-class performance in quality, delivery, lean... Read more
12-Jun-2011Source: HeliHub.com
In December 2009, Erickson Air-Crane announced that San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) company was their first non-governmental sale for the Air-Crane. In the last week this helicopter has hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons with not one but two lifting incidents. Fortunately the helicopter was not damaged in either event, but the... Read more
12-Jun-2011Source: US DoD
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $7,245,020 modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-11-C-0023) for the purchase of Lot 9 long-lead items in support of the H-1 Upgrades Program for the Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (60 percent), and Amarillo, Texas (40 percent),... Read more
12-Jun-2011Source: US DoD
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Hurst, Texas, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum $6,592,982 for helicopter parts. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Air Force. The date of performance completion is Nov. 5, 2015. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPRPA1-09-G-004Y-0034).... Read more
12-Jun-2011Source: US DoD
Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Fla., was awarded on June 1 a $48,766,679 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the six-month extension of logistical support for the AH-64 Apache modernized and legacy target acquisition designation sight assembly and Pilot Night Vision Sensor Assembly System. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla., with an estimated completion... Read more
12-Jun-2011Source: US DoD
The Haskell Co., Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded a $138,836,727 firm-fixed-price contract for the Marine Vertical 22 maintenance hangar, apron expansion, parallel taxiway, and hangar at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. The work to be performed provides for the construction of an aircraft parking apron to support additional requirements created by the introduction of the... Read more
12-Jun-2011Source: US DoD
Lockheed Martin Corp., Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $53,396,891 modification to the previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee VH-71 system development and demonstration contract (N00019-05-C-0030), which was terminated for the convenience of the government. This modification provides funding for post-termination related expenses, including, but not limited to: the physical inventory of contractor acquired... Read more
12-Jun-2011Source: US DoD
L-3 Communications EO/IR, Inc., Santa Rosa, Calif., was awarded on May 27 a $21,211,282 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 22 MX-15Di forward looking infrared radar sensors with laser designator for installation on Iraqi Armed 407 helicopters. Work will be performed in Santa Rosa, Calif., and Burlington, Ontario, Canada, with an... Read more
12-Jun-2011Source: US DoD
General Nucleonics, Pomona, Calif., is being awarded a $22,159,590 firm-fixed-price requirements contract for repair of components for the main rotor blade system for the H53 helicopter. Work will be performed in Pomona, Calif., and is expected to be completed by June 2016. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the current fiscal year. ... Read more
12-Jun-2011Source: US DoD
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded an $8,730,182 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-07-D-0004) to exercise an option for the fiscal 2011 VH-3D Executive Helicopter special progressive aircraft rework, including vendor repairables and component overhaul. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., and is expected to be completed in April... Read more
12-Jun-2011Source: US DoD
Radiance Technologies, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., was awarded on May 20 an $8,862,733 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the production of the necessary hardware to equip a full battalion of AH-64D aircraft with the Ground Fire Acquisition System special mission kits. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., with an estimated completion date of... Read more
12-Jun-2011Source: US DoD
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on May 23 a $207,133,531 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 15 UH-60M aircraft for the Sweden’s armed forces and government furnished equipment to contractor furnished equipment. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2012. One... Read more
10-Jun-2011Source: AAIB
The monthly bulletin from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch has been released. This month’s issue covers the accidents of:- Eurocopter AS355F2 Twin Squirrel, G-SEWP – 28 October 2010 Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland Robinson R44 II Raven, G-EEZR – 22 March 2011 – Fairoaks Airport, Surrey... Read more
10-Jun-2011Source: HeliHub.com
Mount Ebrus in the Caucasus Mountains in the southern part of Russia is the highest mountain in Europe. Yesterday it hosted the dubious honour of a double helicopter crash. Firstly a Robinson R44 on a tourist flight crashed at an altitude of 3,800 metres, reportedly due to poor visibility. The emergency authority EMERCOM sent a... Read more
10-Jun-2011Source: Melfort Journal
Melfort residents will be able to check out the Shock Trauma Rescue Society (STARS) helicopters on Saturday, June 11. The STARS will be landing one of its medically-equipped helicopters at the Melfort Mall at 12:30 p.m.... Read more
10-Jun-2011Source: HAI
Helicopter pioneer, Harold “Hal” W. Symes paid a visit to HAI Headquarters on Wed., June 8, to speak with Martin J. Pociask, Helicopter Foundation International’s (HFI) vice president/curator about his long and noteworthy career. Symes has agreed to be a subject for an upcoming HFI Heritage Series interview—a series which charts helicopter history. The interviews... Read more
10-Jun-2011Source: Uniflight
Following the successful acquisition of NorthEast Aviation Technologies (NEAT) by private equity investor Hawke Aerospace Group, NEAT will now be known as UNIFLIGHT West Penn. Located at the Rostraver Airport located in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, UNIFLIGHT West Penn will continue to perform extensive fixed and rotary wing maintenance, repair and overhaul. The FAR Part 145... Read more
9-Jun-2011Source: Bell
Bell Helicopter and Cessna Aircraft Company, both Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) companies, broke ground today on a new facility dedicated to service and support for customers in the Asia-Pacific region. The facility is expected to be complete in the second quarter of 2012 and when fully operational, the facility will employ approximately 90 technicians and... Read more
9-Jun-2011Source: US Marine Corps
A Vietnamese delegation visited Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362 at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay June 7 to gain a better understanding of how the air station maintains 40-year-old Vietnam-era CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopters. Lt. Gen. Trần Quang Khuê, deputy chief of the general staff, People’s Army of Vietnam, was one of five Vietnamese... Read more
9-Jun-2011Source: University of Maryland
The National Aeronautic Association has certified that onMay 12, 2011, the human-powered helicopter Gamera, designed and built by graduate and undergraduate students of theUniversity of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering and piloted by biology student Judy Wexler, achieved lift-off and hovered for 4.2 seconds, thereby establishing the U.S. national records for the duration of... Read more
9-Jun-2011Source: US Coast Guard
DETROIT – U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit, Mich., opened its seasonal air facility in Muskegon, Mich., Friday, in order to provide increased search and rescue capabilities and faster response times throughout the Lake Michigan area. The seasonal air facility located at Muskegon County Airport operates annually from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend.... Read more
9-Jun-2011Source: Zend Technologies
Zend Technologies and its partner Infobright today announced that Bell Helicopter, the world’s leading provider of vertical lift aircraft, chose Zend® Server and the Infobright® Enterprise Edition (IEE) analytic database to improve its large-scale enterprise reporting application for better business intelligence. The success of this effort also helped Bell Helicopter regain a critical U.S. government... Read more
9-Jun-2011Source: EADS North America
Soldiers from Florida’s B Company, 2nd Battalion, 151st Aviation (Security and Support) returned to Cecil Field in Jacksonville recently after a 30-day rotation in Haiti in support of “Operation New Horizons 2011.†Six crewmembers from the unit deployed with two UH-72A Lakota helicopters to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in late April, and were joined by an additional... Read more
9-Jun-2011Source: American Eurocopter
June 8, 2011 Grand Prairie, TX – Today, American Eurocopter announced that it has delivered the 12th AS350 B2 to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. This completes the order of 12 AS350 B2 helicopters that were purchased in August 2010 as part of an upgrade program for the department’s Aero Bureau fleet. “American Eurocopter... Read more
9-Jun-2011Source: NEMSPA
In answer to the many questions regarding the FAA’s new heliport advisory circular rewrite efforts I would like to offer up the views of the National EMS Pilots Association (NEMSPA). Given the huge impact and importance this particular advisory circular has on the entire helicopter industry and our community at every level and the fact... Read more
9-Jun-2011Source: DNSinfo
Patricia Ornst, director of aviation for the Economic Development Corp., warned that the city would lose its limited leverage over tourist helicopters if the choppers were barred from the downtown heliport. “They will move elsewhere and they will continue to operate,” Ornst told Community Board 1’s Financial District Committee. “It will be worse.”... Read more
9-Jun-2011Source: Express Tribune
A five-member committee has been constituted to probe the helicopter crash that killed Major General Muhammad Nawaz, DG rangers Punjab. The committee will be headed by AVN Riazul Haq, deputy director general Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). See article in Express Tribune See also HeliHub.com page for this accident... Read more
9-Jun-2011Source: IMT
Integrated Microwave Technologies, LLC, a Business Unit within the Vitec Group’s Videocom Division, and a leader in advanced digital microwave systems for MAG (Military, Aerospace & Government) markets, is taking covert technology to the next level with its ultra compact VSTx COFDM Transmitters and VSRx Dual Diversity COFDM SD Receivers, designed specifically for military, government... Read more
9-Jun-2011Source: Freedom Aero Service
Freedom Aero Service Inc., in partnership with Merrill Field Instruments, has expanded their support to Alaska Territory Operators. Freedom is now stocking a variety of turbine aircraft and helicopter components at Merrill Field Instruments for exchange. Components include starter generators, voltage regulators, and piece parts for on-site service. About Freedom Aero Service Based in Lincoln,... Read more
9-Jun-2011Source: SEI Industries
SEI Industries Ltd. is proud to have participated in the recent 5th International Wildland Fire Conference (Wildfire 2011) held in South Africa, May 9 -13, 2011. The conference followed key aspects of integrated fire management including fire management and poverty alleviation in developing countries, fire management and carbon sequestration innovations, institutionalizing applications of the incident... Read more
9-Jun-2011Source: HAI
HAI President Matt Zuccaro joined the leaders of several other general aviation associations earlier this month in a letter to TSA Administrator John S. Pistole expressing the need for TSA to work with industry to minimize the impact on general aviation businesses due to temporary flight restrictions (TFR) created to support presidential travel. Zuccaro and the... Read more
8-Jun-2011Source: HeliHub.com
HeliHub.com has expanded its coverage of helicopter accidents and incidents with an index by helicopter type. The link to this page follows, and can be found in the Safety menu option. https://www.helihub.com/safety-data-by-helicopter-type/ This allows quick access of the accidents and incidents to a given make/model for the website user to review and draw conclusions. HeliHub.com... Read more
8-Jun-2011Source: Dragon Models
The raid on the compound of the fugitive Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011 was an enormous success, with the Al-Qaeda leader finally being eliminated after nearly a decade on the run. The team of elite US Navy SEALs was inserted into the town of Abbottabad in Pakistan using special radar-evading helicopters. Were it... Read more
8-Jun-2011Source: Nydia Velazquez
The following is the full text of a letter from Rep Nydia M. Velazquez to NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg:- The Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg Mayor of New York City City Hall New York, N.Y. 10007 Dear Mayor Bloomberg: This letter follows up on April 5, 2010 correspondence regarding the issue of tourist helicopters. Relentless helicopter... Read more
8-Jun-2011Source: Ornge
On November of 2008, Ethan Day turned one month old, but it hardly was a time to celebrate. His mother Lisa rushed him into the ER at Markham Stouffville Hospital with what turned out to be a serious heart problem. When his paediatrician made the decision to send Ethan to the Hospital for Sick Children,... Read more
