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Air Orlando Aviation to continue flying with restructure and new owner

Air Orlando Aviation to continue flying with restructure and new owner

30-May-2011Source: Air Orlando Aviation

A new majority owner and financial restructuring will keep Air Orlando Aviation in business and positioned to grow. “This company is part of Orlando’s aviation history” said John Painter, the previous majority owner and company founder. “We have a great team and now we can focus on the future.” The company’s majority interests were purchased... Read more

CALSTAR Bo105 modified with “Super Lifter” kit – pilots call it a ‘Dream Machine’

CALSTAR Bo105 modified with “Super Lifter” kit – pilots call it a ‘Dream Machine’

30-May-2011Source: CALSTAR

The BO105LS helicopter at the CALSTAR base in South Lake Tahoe has been installed with a $230,000 Super Lifter Kit, giving it enhanced aerodynamic performance, more speed, more efficiency and less vibration while in flight. For the few pilots who have had the opportunity to fly it, the BO105LS helicopter at the CALSTAR base in... Read more

ÖAMTC base at Krems marks 25,000th mission

ÖAMTC base at Krems marks 25,000th mission

30-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

27 years after being launched, the “Christopherus 2” of the ÖAMTC air ambulance in AUstria launched its 25,000th mission.  Based at Krems, the EC135 was flown by Gerhard Trötzmüller with doctor Robert Mosser  and flight paramedic Armin Schwanzer to transport a 52 year old patient with severe head injuries in the Regional Hospital of St.... Read more

Wake Forest AirCare celebrates 25 years and adds second EC130

Wake Forest AirCare celebrates 25 years and adds second EC130

29-May-2011Source: Wake Forest AirCare

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – May 27, 2011 – Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centerbegan using its newest helicopter, AirCare 2, during the month that commemorates the establishment of the air ambulance service 25 years ago. AirCare 2 is based at the Elkin Municipal Airport to provide fast transport to calls from northwest North Carolina and southwest Virginia.... Read more

Royal Navy helicopters exercise with USA’s newest aircraft carrier

Royal Navy helicopters exercise with USA’s newest aircraft carrier

29-May-2011Source: UK MoD

Helicopters from 849 Naval Air Squadron have been taking part in a major maritime exercise this week with the United States aircraft carrier USS George H W Bush off the west coast of Cornwall. The exercise, codenamed Saxon Warrior, is an important part of the co-operation between the UK and the US militaries, and has... Read more

Federal Trade Commission moves to sell two R44s of Utah gambling figure

Federal Trade Commission moves to sell two R44s of Utah gambling figure

29-May-2011Source: Vegas Inc

Jeremy Johnson, of St. George, Utah, and scores of associated companies and individuals were sued by the Federal Trade Commission in Las Vegas last year in what the FTC called a nationwide scheme that operated online for years and that cost consumers $275 million.  [file photo]... Read more

HAL looks elsewhere after falling out with Turbomeca over LUH engine

HAL looks elsewhere after falling out with Turbomeca over LUH engine

29-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

P Soundara Rajan, managing director of HAL’s helicopter complex, told an Indian newspaper that the company is looking elsewhere for a helicopter engine partner after Turbomeca asked for a higher fee to fit the jointly developed Shakti engine inot the new LUH helicopter.  The LUH helicopter, which will be available in both civil and miltiary... Read more

Eurocopter Canada delivers two EC135P2+ to Ontario Provincial Police

Eurocopter Canada delivers two EC135P2+ to Ontario Provincial Police

29-May-2011Source: Eurocopter Canada

What follows is the official Eurocopter Canada press release.  HeliHub.com first broke this story on 4th February, almost four months ago, see here. In an official ceremony held at the Ontario Provincial Police Headquarters, Eurocopter Canada Limited (ECL) officially transferred two new generation twin-engine EC135 helicopters to the Ontario Provincial Police. “The multi-role EC135 is... Read more

Maryland State Police to relocate Salisbury helicopter on summer weekends

Maryland State Police to relocate Salisbury helicopter on summer weekends

29-May-2011Source: Del Marva Now

The Maryland State Police helicopter typically stationed in Salisbury will be relocated to the Ocean City Airport for weekends during the summer. Police say the switch means they can respond more quickly to medical crises in the tourist-packed resort.... Read more

Dann Shively retires from long-term career as KCRA pilot

Dann Shively retires from long-term career as KCRA pilot

29-May-2011

KCRA hired Shively in 1972 as a producer, but he began flying the traffic plane for its radio station two months after he arrived. Shively had received his license “on a lark,” and the station needed a new pilot.  In 1979, KCRA bought the first news helicopter in Northern California, calling it LiveCopter 3... Read more

Guardian Mobility introduces Best Value Service Bundles

Guardian Mobility introduces Best Value Service Bundles

29-May-2011Source: Guardian Mobility

Guardian Mobility has announced the availability of Guardian Flight Plans (GFPs). GFPs are bundles of airtime and data services including Automated Flight Following (AFF), data communications and “back-office” applications (mapping, exceedances, data management, etc.) as a way for operators to easily manage their monthly costs. These bundles come in a variety of combinations at fixed... Read more

Esterline CMC Electronics appoints new VP of Customer Support and Strategic Development

Esterline CMC Electronics appoints new VP of Customer Support and Strategic Development

29-May-2011Source: CMC Electronics

Mr. Claude Chidiac will join Esterline CMC Electronics on June 15, 2011, in the position of vice-president, customer support and strategic development. Most recently, Mr. Chidiac was vice-president, business development, business aviation, at StandardAero, based in Arizona. Previously, he was managing director of Grob Aerospace USA.  Mr. Chidiac has held various positions of ever increasing... Read more

AgustaWestland promotes Bruno Spagnolini from COO to CEO

AgustaWestland promotes Bruno Spagnolini from COO to CEO

29-May-2011Source: AgustaWestland

During the latest AgustaWestland Board of Directors meeting Bruno Spagnolini has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Company being previously Chief Operating Officer of AgustaWestland since 2007 and Chief Executive Officer of Agusta S.p.A. since 2004. The Board of Directors has also appointed Giorgio Brazzelli as the new AgustaWestland Chairman, formerly... Read more

MedEvac Foundation congratulates 2011 MTLI scholarship winner

MedEvac Foundation congratulates 2011 MTLI scholarship winner

29-May-2011Source: MedEvac Foundation International

MedEvac Foundation International has bestowed its 3rd annual Medical Transport Leadership Institute Scholarship to Mr. Christopher Hall, BS, FP-C, NREMT-P of PHI Air Medical Services. The 2-year scholarship is awarded based on active involvement, industry achievement level and commitment to critical care transport services, and is made possible through a generous donation from Metro Aviation,... Read more

Breeze-Eastern announces year-end Teleconference

Breeze-Eastern announces year-end Teleconference

29-May-2011Source: Breeze-Eastern

-Breeze-Eastern Corporation (Amex: BZC) will announce its Fiscal 2011 Fourth Quarter and year-end financial results for the period ended March 31, 2011 on June 3, 2011. In conjunction with the release, the Company will conduct its teleconference call at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Friday, June 3, 2011 to discuss the company’s financial results for its Fourth... Read more

UM Survival Flight gets green light for new $11M HQ

UM Survival Flight gets green light for new $11M HQ

29-May-2011

The 80,000-square-foot building will be built on county property on Tooley Road, just north of M-59 in Howell Township. The 13-acre site, the former Hubbel farm, has access to the Livingston County Spencer J. Hardy Airport.... Read more

STARS pilot reveals lack of inter-agency cooperation at inquiry

STARS pilot reveals lack of inter-agency cooperation at inquiry

29-May-2011Source: Calgary Herald

The STARS pilot testified that he couldn’t communicate with a fire department boat on the water below, but relayed information to Sutherland-Byers, who was on shore, who then passed on the information.... Read more

Boeing starts layoffs at A160T Hummingbird plant

Boeing starts layoffs at A160T Hummingbird plant

29-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Boeing has sent 60-day layoff notices to 21 workers at its plant in Irvine, a spokesman confirmed last Thursday.  These are the first of up to 160 jobs moving to Mesa, Arizona this year as the facilty closes in Irvine.  The company announced in August 2010 that they would be making this move due to... Read more

EASA certification of R66 now expected September 2011

EASA certification of R66 now expected September 2011

27-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Following FAA type certification for the Robinson R66 in October 2010, it was initially thought that EASA certification would follow in the May/June 2011 timeframe.  With the end of May upon us, HeliHub.com has been speaking with Robinson Helicopter Co and others to get the latest update.  As a result, we are able to report... Read more

Spain arrests eight and impounds 16+ helicopters being exported to Iran

Spain arrests eight and impounds 16+ helicopters being exported to Iran

27-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Spains’s National Police have aborted the sale of a number of helicopters and fighter parts to Iran and Venezuela. A total of eight arrests have been made in relation to this deal, five Spanish businessmen and three Iranian nationals who had traveled to Spain to formalise the deal. Export of this type of equipment to... Read more

Portugal reaffirms NH90 acquisition

Portugal reaffirms NH90 acquisition

27-May-2011

General Jose Pinto Ramalho, the Chief of Army Staff, reiterated this week the acquisition of ten medium helicopters ‘NH90’ by the Portuguese Government, a purchase valued at around 130 million euros, which includes maintenance for ten years. [file photo]... Read more

Uniflight moves to new Grand Prairie facility

Uniflight moves to new Grand Prairie facility

27-May-2011Source: Uniflight

We are Pleased to Announce the Relocation to our New Offices Effective May 16, 2011 Our New Physical Address: 2617 Aviation Parkway Grand Prairie, Texas 75052-7608 Remittance Address: P.O. Box 540335 Grand Prairie, Texas 75054-0335 Telephone and Fax numbers will stay the same. Phone 972-623-3444 or Fax 972-623-2414... Read more

Canada issues update statement on H-92 procurement

Canada issues update statement on H-92 procurement

27-May-2011Source: Canadian National Defence

May 26, 2011  SHEARWATER, N.S. – The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, issued the following statement today: “The first interim maritime helicopter, the CH-148 Cyclone, arrived at 12 Wing Shearwater, Nova Scotia, on May 13, 2011 to support training of Canadian Forces (CF) aircrew and technicians for the Maritime Helicopter Project.  Sikorsky Operations... Read more

CPI Aero wins $2.85M Black Hawk spares contract

CPI Aero wins $2.85M Black Hawk spares contract

27-May-2011Source: CPI Aero

CPI Aero announced today that it has entered into a five year agreement covering up to $9.2 million in structural assemblies to be supplied to Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. for use as spares for its BLACK HAWK(R) military helicopter. The initial purchase order under this agreement is for $2.85 million. Delivery is expected to begin in... Read more

Vertical Aviation adds EC130 to its 135 certificate

Vertical Aviation adds EC130 to its 135 certificate

27-May-2011Source: Vertical Aviation

Vertical Aviation LLC, of Scottsdale Ariz., has added an EC130B4 to its 135 certificate. The Helicopter will be based in Provo Utah. The 2003 720tt hour ship just completed maintenance and conformity inspection at our facility and is on its way home. Helicopter features quiet technology Fenestron fan tail and seating for six in a... Read more

Conklin & de Decker & NATA to host commercial operators tax seminar

Conklin & de Decker & NATA to host commercial operators tax seminar

27-May-2011Source: Conklin & de Decker

Conklin & de Decker Associates, Inc. and the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) are pleased to announce they will again co-host this year’s Commercial Operators Tax Seminar to be held in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. on Aug. 23-24. Unique from other tax seminars and workshops, the Conklin & de Decker and NATA Tax Seminar is the... Read more

Lockheed Martin delivers AH-1Z targeting systems to USMC ahead of schedule

Lockheed Martin delivers AH-1Z targeting systems to USMC ahead of schedule

27-May-2011Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] recently began early delivery of Target Sight System (TSS) follow-on production units for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter.  The TSS units feature upgraded software to provide additional targeting capabilities. TSS is the multi-sensor fire control system for the AH-1Z, integrating state-of-the-art sensors to provide pilots with enhanced capabilities... Read more

Ryan Aerospace to show Helimod simulator at Australia’s SimTect event next week

Ryan Aerospace to show Helimod simulator at Australia’s SimTect event next week

27-May-2011Source: Ryan Aerospace

Come and see the Helimod Helicopter Simulator at SimTect next week with a Bell 206 module attached. We will also be previewing a Kiowa variant. Dates: 30 May – 2 June 2011 (Exhibition is from 31 May – 2 June) Venue: Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre Site: 37 City: Melbourne, Australia The Helimod is gaining... Read more

Becker Avionics integrates DVCS-6100 into Bell 412s

Becker Avionics integrates DVCS-6100 into Bell 412s

27-May-2011Source: Becker Avionics

Becker Avionics’ DVCS6100 Digital Audio System was recently selected by the Houston PD Air Support Unit for integration into their newly acquired multi-mission Bell 412EP. Additionally, Australia’s Hunter Region Helicopter Rescue Service chose the DVCS for their new Bell 412EP. These aircraft are currently undergoing completion at Eagle Copters facility in Calgary Canada. The DVCS6100... Read more

Regina Police start using unmanned Draganflyer X6

Regina Police start using unmanned Draganflyer X6

26-May-2011Source: Regina Leader-Post

Police Inspector Tom Mansfield said Dragan X6 flew out of an idea advanced several years ago by the Canadian Police Research Centre (CPRC) in Ottawa, which wanted to give police services an “eye in the sky” without the high cost of a full-sized helicopter and crew.... Read more

Campbell Helicopters: Pilot details released on May 20 crash nr Slave Lake, Alberta

Campbell Helicopters: Pilot details released on May 20 crash nr Slave Lake, Alberta

26-May-2011Source: Campbell Helicopters

ABBOTSFORD, BRITISH COLUMBIA– – 54-year-old Jean-Luc Deba has been named as the deceased pilot who manned a Bell 212 helicopter from the Campbell Helicopters’ fleet in Abbotsford on Friday, May 20. The helicopter was engaged in battling the blazes in Canyon Creek, 24 kilometres west of Slave Lake Alberta. The helicopter went down in shallow... Read more

Stanislaus sheriff’s B206 to fly again on reduced hours

Stanislaus sheriff’s B206 to fly again on reduced hours

26-May-2011Source: Modesto Bee

After being grounded for more than a year, the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Air Support Unit will go back on patrol this weekend.  Now it will be back in the air during peak hours Thursday through Saturday, thanks to funding from the Stanislaus Drug Enforcement Agency... Read more

CHC sponsors SOS Children’s village run & family festival

CHC sponsors SOS Children’s village run & family festival

26-May-2011Source: CHC

With the goal of supporting local children and youth in foster care, CHC Helicopter has donated $2,500 towards the SOS Children’s Village Run & Family Festival. The third annual SOS Children’s Village Run kicks off at 8:30 a.m. at Richmond’s Olympic Oval Plaza on Sunday, May 29th. This year’s event will offer both officially timed... Read more

Anaheim Police put 20K hour 500E up for auction

Anaheim Police put 20K hour 500E up for auction

26-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

The Police in California’s Disneyland city of Anaheim have put the oldest of their four helicopters up for auction on the internet, whcih ends on 17th June.  A 1989 build MD500E N1607A with over 20,700 airframe hours has been put on the PublicSurplus.com website with a starting bid of $150K.  The City expects $600-700K proceeds... Read more

Australia’s Commercial Helicopters add two Bell 212s

Australia’s Commercial Helicopters add two Bell 212s

26-May-2011

Business growth has led to Commercial Helicopters, who are based at Mudgee Airport, to increase their fleet of 12 aircraft with the arrival of two Bell 212 helicopters on Monday.  The pair were purchased from the Korean Government VIP flight.... Read more

Successful “Heli-Treff München” event for German, Austrian and Swiss pilots

Successful “Heli-Treff München” event for German, Austrian and Swiss pilots

26-May-2011Source: Salzi

On 21-22 May, many helicopter pilots from Germany, Austria and Switzerland took up the invitation to “Heli-Treff Munich” and headed in perfect flying weather to the beautiful county town of Kelheim in Bavaria.... Read more

Helicopter deployment problems raised at Queensland flood inquiry

Helicopter deployment problems raised at Queensland flood inquiry

26-May-2011Source: ABC

The commission has heard many communities struggled to access helicopters during the flood crisis.  Dr Mark Elcock, a senior officer with the state’s emergency helicopter network, said there should be an ‘overarching’ group, which knows where all helicopters are and can deploy them more appropriately.... Read more

First Eurocopter maintenance center in Panama opens

First Eurocopter maintenance center in Panama opens

26-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Eurocopter has opened a new maintenance centre in Panama uNder the auspices of its Mexican subsidiary.  Located on the premises of Heliflight Panama at Panama City’s Albrook Airport, the facility initially specialises in the AS350 and EC120 ranges “Customer care is a high priority for Eurocopter Mexico. We are very pleased to certify the new... Read more

Navy Test Pilot School Lakotas receive state-of-the-art instrumentation

Navy Test Pilot School Lakotas receive state-of-the-art instrumentation

26-May-2011Source: US Navy

The first of five H-72 Lakotas at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) has been outfitted with a state-of-the-art instrumentation package to enhance students’ learning. “The instrumentation package will make it possible for students to take data from a single source in the H-72 versus individual systems as students must do in other helicopters.... Read more

Eurocopter and Vector Aerospace extend Offer to June 30

Eurocopter and Vector Aerospace extend Offer to June 30

26-May-2011Source: Eurocopter

Eurocopter Holding, a subsidiary of EADS (EURONEXT:EAD), and Vector Aerospace Corporation (TSX:RNO), a Canadian company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, announced today that the expiry time of the offer by 7762798 Canada Inc. (the “Offeror”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eurocopter Holding, to acquire at a price of C$13.00 in cash per share all of... Read more

Canada approves Garmin’s G500H in Eurocopter AS350 and EC130

Canada approves Garmin’s G500H in Eurocopter AS350 and EC130

26-May-2011Source: Garmin

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN) and Rotorcraft Services Group, an industry leader in helicopter and aircraft services, today announced that Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) has validated the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for installation of Garmin’s G500H glass cockpit in Eurocopter AS350B2, AS350B3 and/or EC130B4 helicopters. With this validation, authorized... Read more

Aviation Specialties Unlimited plans NVG firefighting training

Aviation Specialties Unlimited plans NVG firefighting training

26-May-2011Source: Aviation Specialties Unlimited

Aviation Specialties Unlimited (ASU) plans to offer NVG firefighting training to meet the growing demands of operators around the world. “There have been many devastating fires in North America and throughout the world already this year,” said ASU founder and President Mike Atwood.“Operators around the world are fighting fires at night and it is critical... Read more

HAI/FAA Safety Team presentations in Minneapolis

HAI/FAA Safety Team presentations in Minneapolis

26-May-2011Source: HAI

On Thurs. June 9, 2011, HAI and the FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam) will be presenting two events at the Hilton Hotel, Minneapolis, Minn. Overview of Current Trends in Helicopter Safety Starting at 9:30 a.m. – Stan Rose, director of Safety for HAI; Fred Brisbois of Sikorsky and the International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST); and William... Read more

Eurocopter Vostok shows EC135 with Russian avionics

Eurocopter Vostok shows EC135 with Russian avionics

25-May-2011Source: Eurocopter Vostok

The participation of Eurocopter Vostok at this month’s HeliRussia 2011 exposition included an initial presentation of Gazpromavia’s EC135 equipped with Russian avionics produced by Transas Aviation, along with the presence of an AS350 B3 operated by UTair Aviation. This fourth edition of the HeliRussia event, which was held May 19-21 in Moscow, enabled Eurocopter Vostok... Read more

City of Dallas’ new asset management barcoding project includes helicopter parts

City of Dallas’ new asset management barcoding project includes helicopter parts

25-May-2011Source: Wasp Barcode Technologies

Wasp Barcode Technologies, a leading provider of small business productivity solutions, today announced that the City of Dallas’ Department of Intergovernmental Services, a city division that manages and purchases Homeland Security equipment, has deployed Wasp’s automated asset tracking solution to help manage grant funded assets. Wasp MobileAsset – Professional Software has supplied the city with... Read more

Metro Aviation completes first AS350 Cobham HeliSAS installation

Metro Aviation completes first AS350 Cobham HeliSAS installation

25-May-2011Source: Metro Aviation

Air medical service provider and helicopter completions specialist, Metro Aviation has recently completed the first installation of the Cobham HeliSAS autopilot system for an air medical AStar owned and operated by the company.  Metro Aviation was instrumental in the development and subsequent FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the AS350 and EC130 model type helicopters... Read more

NTSB puts New Mexico AW109E blame on pilot error and State Police policies

NTSB puts New Mexico AW109E blame on pilot error and State Police policies

25-May-2011

An investigation of a fatal helicopter crash in the mountains above Santa Fe nearly two years ago has found blame with both the pilot and the state police organization he worked for... Read more

Reality bites: Lynn Tilton’s “Diva Of Distressed” show cancelled

Reality bites: Lynn Tilton’s “Diva Of Distressed” show cancelled

25-May-2011Source: Forbes

Sundance Channel spokesperson Katie Lanegran said “Diva of Distress” was a series in development.  It was not green lit for production because Sundance , Lynn Tilton and Patriarch Partners jointly decided not to move forward with the series at this time.”  Patriarch Partners is the controlling shareholder of MD Helicopters... Read more

CMH Heli-Skiing launches Powder University

CMH Heli-Skiing launches Powder University

25-May-2011Source: CMH Heli-Skiing

The company that invented Heli-Skiing almost 50 years ago, CMH Heli-Skiing is now taking skiers “back to school” with the launch of Powder U @ CMH for the 2011-2012 ski season. Led by “Dean” Roko Koell, UIAGM and Professor of Powder, the curriculum at Powder U will include all the courses any skier could dream of (and probably... Read more

Chartright adds AW119 to fleet in Toronto

Chartright adds AW119 to fleet in Toronto

25-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Based in Toronto with an additional base in Vancouver, Canadian operator Chartright has added a Hawker 800 and an  Agusta 119 Koala to their charter fleet.  The single engine helicopter will be based at Toronto. The Agusta 119 Koala is a single engine high performance helicopter, capable of transporting up to 6 passengers over short... Read more

DRF Luftrettung to take part in AirMed World Congress

DRF Luftrettung to take part in AirMed World Congress

25-May-2011Source: DRF Luftrettung

DRF Luftrettung will take part in AIRMED World Congress, in Brighton (UK) from 24th-27th May 2011. Chief representatives from DRF Luftrettung’s flight operation, technical and medical department will give lectures during the scientific programme of the congress. The conference will present the latest facts on air rescue in the fields of emergency medicine, flight safety,... Read more

AeroComputers integrates map system with L-3 system

AeroComputers integrates map system with L-3 system

25-May-2011Source: AeroComputers

AeroComputers, Inc., the industry leader in tactical mission management systems, has announced the successful completion of integration between the AeroComputers UC-5100 tactical mapping system and L-3 Wescam MX-10 EO/IR system. This development marks the latest example of AeroComputers’ ongoing commitment to delivering reliable and accurate EO/IR sensor and moving map integration. “Bringing MX-series functionality to... Read more

Professional Aircraft Accessories announces expansion

Professional Aircraft Accessories announces expansion

25-May-2011Source: Professional Aircraft Accessories

Professional Aircraft Accessories, a Greenwich AeroGroup Company, have announced that they are expanding capabilities and their facility in Titusville, Fla. The 20,000 square-foot expansion which is expected to take approximately six months to complete will accommodate the growth of the company’s landing gear service area, accessory shop, instrument and avionics lab as well as an... Read more

INAER adds another six GrandNew and a AW139

INAER adds another six GrandNew and a AW139

25-May-2011Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that INAER, the leading European helicopter services provider, has signed contracts for two EMS-configured GrandNew light twin helicopters and four GrandNew light twin and one AW139 medium twin helicopters for offshore transport. These contracts mark the entrance of the GrandNew into the European EMS and offshore transport... Read more

Metal fatigue blamed for 2009 helicopter accident at Turtle Bay

Metal fatigue blamed for 2009 helicopter accident at Turtle Bay

24-May-2011Source: Star Advertiser

Metal fatigue probably caused a left rear landing skid strut to collapse on a helicopter operated by K&S Helicopters Inc. at the Turtle Bay Resort Heliport in 2009, according to a National Transportation Safety Board investigation.  HeliHub.com accident report page at 20-Nov-09 N551CR MD Helicopters MD369E Oahu, US-Hawaii... Read more

Pakistan returns helicopter used in Bin Laden operation

Pakistan returns helicopter used in Bin Laden operation

24-May-2011Source: BBC

Pakistan has returned the wreckage of a US helicopter destroyed during the raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, the Pentagon has said.  ... Read more

Uniflight name General Manager for Grand Prairie operations

Uniflight name General Manager for Grand Prairie operations

24-May-2011Source: Uniflight

Grand Prairie, Texas, Uniflight has announced the recent appointment of Mr. David R. “Dave” Horton to the position of General Manager for the company’s Grand Prairie, Texas operations.  Horton will oversee daily operations as well as strategic planning and implementation as an integral part of the ongoing growth and diversification at Uniflight.  The company is also undergoing a transition to... Read more

MBDA’s PARS-3LR guided missile successfully tested on German Tiger

MBDA’s PARS-3LR guided missile successfully tested on German Tiger

24-May-2011Source: MBDA

Three firings, three hits! This is the impressive score of the test firing exercise conducted with the PARS 3 LR guided antitank missile system. For the first time, the test firings with warheads were carried out using a Tiger support helicopter of the German Army. All guided missiles hit their targets at the optimum point... Read more

Helicopter crash victim dies three weeks after Pennsylvania crash

Helicopter crash victim dies three weeks after Pennsylvania crash

24-May-2011Source: Thunder Bay Daily

A former Thunder Bay filmmaker seriously injured in a Pennsylvania helicopter crash has died. Greg Jacobsen, 33, passed away on the weekend after spending more than three weeks in intensive care in an Allentown, Pa. hospital following the April 30 accident.   HeliHub.com page for this accident is here.  [File photo]... Read more

Van Horn Aviation expands with move this summer to new facility

Van Horn Aviation expands with move this summer to new facility

24-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Van Horn Aviation, the manufacturer of helicopter rotor blades, is expanding its presence in Tempe (Arizona) with the purchase of a new facility four times the size of its existing location.  The move from a leased unit near Rural and Broadway roads is to a 23,000 sq.ft unit it is purchasing near Elliott Road and... Read more

Canadian 412s sent to Haiti had mechanical problems, lack of parts

Canadian 412s sent to Haiti had mechanical problems, lack of parts

24-May-2011

Situation reports covering the two-month mission show that at times, up to three of the six Griffons were unserviceable because of breakdowns, a lack of parts and inspections.    Another military post-operation report said the Griffons’ supply and movements system “for deployed operations is broken and needs to be fixed.”... Read more

AS350B3 proves high-altitude performance with rescue on Mt. McKinley

AS350B3 proves high-altitude performance with rescue on Mt. McKinley

24-May-2011Source: Eurocopter

This is Eurocopter’s formal press release.  HeliHub.com ran this story on 16th May… see Temsco AS350B3 rescue at 19,500 feet ties McKinley record The AStar family of helicopters has become the platform of choice for a variety of missions throughout the world. From law enforcement to utility and from tour to air medical and Search... Read more

Was Turkish Police Alouette II overloaded in fatal accident?

Was Turkish Police Alouette II overloaded in fatal accident?

24-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

A fatal Turkish police SA318C Alouette II crash on Friday has raised a number of questions. The National Police Department Aviation Unit has launched an investigation into the crash, which occurred during a flight to examine Ä°stanbul’s city MOBESE security cameras, which are installed in many streets across the city. The four people killed in... Read more

NTSB public meeting today re New Mexico State Police AW109E accident

NTSB public meeting today re New Mexico State Police AW109E accident

24-May-2011Source: NTSB

WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)will hold a public Board meeting on Tuesday, May, 24, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. (EDT), in the NTSB Board Room and Conference Center at 429 L’Enfant Plaza, S.W.  (Please note the changes to the Board Room directions). There are two agenda items: 1.    On August 9, 2010, a... Read more

Midlands Air Ambulance celebrates 20th birthday

Midlands Air Ambulance celebrates 20th birthday

24-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Last Saturday Midlands Air Ambulance held its 20th anniversary ball at the Worcester Warriors’ Sixways Stadium, with one of their Eurocopter EC135s on hand to anchor the event. About 250 guests, including people who have been airlifted, attended.  The service, which operates three EC135s from bases at Cosford, Strensham and Tatenhill, needs to raise £6m... Read more

North Sea flights cancelled due to ash cloud

North Sea flights cancelled due to ash cloud

24-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

As a number of airlines including British Airways, Flybe and Loganair cancel flights, North Sea helicopter operators appear to be following suit.  Bond Offshore Helicopters has already cancelled return flights for BP from Aberdeen to both “Well Enhancer” and “Island Constructor”, as well as another return flight for ConocoPhilips from Aberdeen to jackup rig “Ensco... Read more

Russia’s HeliClub appointed AW139 Authorized Service Centre

Russia’s HeliClub appointed AW139 Authorized Service Centre

24-May-2011Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that HeliClub of Russia has been appointed AgustaWestland Service Centre in the region of Moscow for the AW139 medium twin commercial helicopter. A fast growing player in the civil helicopter in Russia, HeliClub also offers high level on demand passenger transport services. Strategically based in Novorizhskoye shosse,... Read more

Former Era Helicopter employee claims sacking followed her harassment claims

Former Era Helicopter employee claims sacking followed her harassment claims

24-May-2011Source: Louisiana Record

A former employee of ERA Helicopters claims she was fired after reporting that male co-workers subjected her to a hostile work environment through sexually suggestive comments and inappropriate touching.... Read more

Eurocopter confirms compliance of Russian training centre

Eurocopter confirms compliance of Russian training centre

23-May-2011Source: UTair

The company officially concluded its audit of the Eurocopter training center for personnel (LAC), OAO UTair »(UTair Aviation), affirming the right of center to train pilots and mechanics in Russian program Eurocopter. Executive vice president of technical support and maintenance of Eurocopter Group Sharplz Derek (Derek Sharples) on May 19 awarded General Director of UTair... Read more

Eurocopter Canada delivers third AS350B2 to Innukopteres

Eurocopter Canada delivers third AS350B2 to Innukopteres

23-May-2011Source: Eurocopter Canada

The AS350 B2 will join Innukopteres’ current Eurocopter fleet of 2 AS350 B2’s that were acquired in January and March 2009. Innukopteres’ fleet will be flown for Hydro-Québec projects, the mining industry, tourism and wildlife services.  Innukopteres’ experienced and dedicated team of professionals, focus on safety and acquisition of its 3rd AS350 B2 will ensure... Read more

Mil Mi-34C1 – order for ten from UTair

Mil Mi-34C1 – order for ten from UTair

23-May-2011Source: UTair

May 19 in Moscow at the exhibition HeliRussia 2011 an agreement was signed between OAO UTair »(UTair Aviation) and JSC” Helicopters of Russia “on the production and delivery of ten Mi-34S1. Start delivery expected in 2012. According to the preliminary agreement between UTair and Helicopters of Russia ‘, possibly increasing the number of purchased Mi-34S1... Read more

Bangladesh to buy two Bell helicopters for Rapid Action Battalion

Bangladesh to buy two Bell helicopters for Rapid Action Battalion

23-May-2011Source: Daily Star

The government is going to purchase two choppers at a cost of Tk 90 crore (US$12.2M) to equip Rapid Action Battalion better for carrying out anti-crime operations through the air... Read more

Imperial Beach discuss helicopter noise with US Navy

Imperial Beach discuss helicopter noise with US Navy

23-May-2011Source: Imperial Beach Patch

Imperial Beach residents met with U.S. Navy representatives, meeting first at a community center before moving to the corner of Iris Avenue and Fifth Street.   The meeting was held to discuss helicopter noise and its impact on neighborhoods adjacent to the Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach.... Read more

Turkey develops missile for T129 helicopters

Turkey develops missile for T129 helicopters

23-May-2011Source: Hurriyet Daily News

Turkey’s first active laser-guided missile, the “Cirit,” has been receiving attention from other countries as well, Turkish executives have told the Anatolia news agency.... Read more

Guardian Air marks 10th anniversary

Guardian Air marks 10th anniversary

23-May-2011Source: Verde Independent

Guardian Air celebrated its 10 years in the Verde Valley with tours of the aircraft and refreshments at the helicopter landing pad, just outside the hospital’s emergency room.... Read more

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