22-Dec-2009Source: Park Record
Some commercial helicopters will not be landing near the resort base of The Canyons ski area this winter because a permit for officials to build a helipad will likely be denied. Summit County Community Development Director Don Sargent said he intends to deny the permit after the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission voted against the application... Read more
22-Dec-2009Source: Northrop Grumman
Fire Scout was equipped with the Telephonics’ radar and FLIR Electro Optical Infrared system, and highlighted the versatility of the unmanned helicopter’s modular payload architecture and its flexibility in integrating off-the-shelf payloads.... Read more
22-Dec-2009
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Department is going to start putting information on its Web site about the helicopters’ activities when they involve extended, low flyovers.... Read more
22-Dec-2009Source: Vertical
United Rotorcraft Solutions (URS) has been awarded a completions contract by Newtown Aviation Ltd. of Ireland on a new Bell 407 with delivery expected by the end of February... Read more
22-Dec-2009Source: Marshall County Tribune
The Farmington-Rich Creek Volunteer Fire Department has plans to build a paved helicopter pad next to its fire hall on Wade Brown Road, the fire chief said... Read more
22-Dec-2009Source: Mica Heliskiing
Mica Heliskiing has announced the opening of another 3700 acres (1500 hectares) of new ski terrain within their 250,000 acre operating area.... Read more
22-Dec-2009Source: Ottawa Citizen
Sea trials for the new Cyclone helicopter will take place before the end of January on the east coast, Defence Watch has been told. Sources originally said the first of the new maritime helicopters was supposed to arrive at CFB Shearwater in December but now that delivery has slipped slightly.... Read more
22-Dec-2009Source: Arab News
Riyadh Gov. Prince Salman on Sunday launched the air ambulance service of the Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA) and inspected one of the three aircraft that have been put into service in Riyadh province.... Read more
22-Dec-2009Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The aircraft are part of more than $604 million worth of vehicles and equipment that the U.S. plans to give Mexico in the coming months.... Read more
22-Dec-2009Source: KGUN
On December 15th, 2009, at about 6:18 a.m., the DPS Air Rescue Helicopter stationed out of Kingman, Ariz., responded to a medical emergency involving a woman in active labor.... Read more
22-Dec-2009Source: Korea Times
AgustaWestland is bidding for a contract to provide Korea with its T-129 attack helicopters. The T-129, being developed for the Turkish Army, is an upgraded variant of the Agusta A129 Mangusta... Read more
22-Dec-2009Source: Royal Navy
Chief Petty Officer Aircrewman Dave Rigg, serving in 771 Naval Air Squadron based at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall, has been awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal for his part in a dramatic rescue operation far to the southwest of Land’s End... Read more
22-Dec-2009Source: Multiflight
Multiflight has sold one of its charter helicopters, a Eurocopter AS 365N2 Dauphin helicopter, to GNAAS... Read more
22-Dec-2009Source: Rotorhub
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has announced that the Ibaraki Prefectural Government has signed a deal for its latest BK117C-2 helicopter.... Read more
21-Dec-2009Source: Business Week
Albania signed a euro78.6 million ($113.2 million) deal Friday to buy five military helicopters from France-based Eurocopter.... Read more
21-Dec-2009Source: Ashbury Park Press
The agreement was signed between the Monmouth-Ocean Hospital Service Corp. and the Dallas-based Med-Trans Corporation, said Vincent Robbins, chief executive officer of MONOC.... Read more
21-Dec-2009Source: Patriot Aviation
Sir Peter Rigby’s Aviation Group, which trades as Patriot Aviation and Heliflight, has acquired London Helicopter Centres Ltd, the specialist helicopter charter and engineering company, headquartered in Redhill, Surrey and Enniskillen in Northern Ireland.... Read more
21-Dec-2009Source: News Mail
THE long-term unavailability of Bundaberg’s twin-engine rescue helicopter and impending cutbacks to the service’s staff is putting lives at risk, according to a former paramedic.... Read more
21-Dec-2009Source: Korea Times
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration is in favor of developing a homegrown light attack helicopter under the Korea Attack Helicopter program, multiple military sources said Sunday.... Read more
21-Dec-2009Source: Forsvaret
Three helicopters at Bardufoss Air Station and three computers in Maymana, highlighted that the Armed Forces Bell 412 has flown 100 ,000 hours.... Read more
21-Dec-2009Source: Boeing
Boeing have confirmed the Nov. 30 delivery of the first converted Chinook Mk3 helicopter to the Royal Air Force... Read more
21-Dec-2009Source: Defense Industry Daily
The Australian government recently announced a multi-year In Service Support contract to BAE Systems Australia Ltd... Read more
18-Dec-2009Source: JEMS
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has presented a $35,000 donation to MedEvac Foundation International, its third in a series, completing its total $105,000 pledge to the air-medical charitable and research organization and bringing it into the Foundation’s Chairman’s Circle of $100,000-plus donors.... Read more
18-Dec-2009Source: Rotorhub
The government of the Czech Republic has announced it is deploying helicopters to Afghanistan for the first time.... Read more
18-Dec-2009Source: Falmouth Packet
The announcement by the Secretary of State for Defence concerning the future plans for UK military helicopters will have a positive effect on operations at RNAS Culdrose.... Read more
18-Dec-2009Source: LaBarge
LaBarge has been awarded a multi-year contract valued at approximately $18.9 million from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. to produce electronic assemblies for various models of UH-60 BLACK HAWK helicopters through 2014... Read more
18-Dec-2009Source: US Navy
The newest MV-22 Osprey flight trainer was delivered to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif. Nov.16. The fully self-contained, $8.6 million containerized flight training device (CFTD) is the second of four MV-22 trainers for fleet use at MCAS Miramar, Calif.... Read more
18-Dec-2009Source: Vertical
Max-Viz, Inc., manufacturer of the EVS-100 and dual-wave length EVS-600, announced today that Forward. Vision will continue to be the exclusive sales channel and customer support provider to aftermarket and selected OEM’s for the EVS-x00 product line to General Aviation.... Read more
18-Dec-2009Source: Rotorhub
Eurocopter has joined the fray of first flights this month, by finally taking the wraps off its latest product, the EC175.... Read more
18-Dec-2009Source: QinetiQ
QinetiQ has successfully completed the integration of a beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) satellite communications system into each of the RAF’s fleet of 22 Mk3 Merlin’s in preparation for their possible deployment to Afghanistan.... Read more
18-Dec-2009Source: BAE Systems
BAE Systems, in concert with the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, scored four hits in four shots during the final phase of integrated testing of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS), a technology that adds low-cost precision laser guidance to 2.75-inch airborne rockets.... Read more
18-Dec-2009Source: Canadian Dept of National Defence
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, announced that Canada’s new fleet of 15 F-model Chinook helicopters will be based at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, Ontario.... Read more
18-Dec-2009Source: Helinet
Helinet Aviation Services announced today the launch of Helinet Technologies, a new division that formally consolidates the firm’s long-standing aerial surveillance solutions business into its own group within the company.... Read more
18-Dec-2009Source: Sikorsky
Sikorsky Global Helicopters announced that its Light Helicopters Division has delivered the first two S-434(TM) helicopters to the Ministry of Interior, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [Note: This is in line with Sikorsky’s official press release, but HeliHub.com reported this delivery on 17th June 2009….]... Read more
18-Dec-2009Source: Sikorsky
The S-76D(TM) helicopter program is entering production, signifying the latest major milestone in the program that is manufacturing the next generation model of the popular S-76(®) helicopter... Read more
18-Dec-2009Source: AOPA
Appareo Systems ALERTS (Aircraft Logging and Event Recording for Training and Safety) Vision 1000 is a cockpit imaging and flight data monitoring device.... Read more
18-Dec-2009Source: Able Engineering
Able Engineering & Component Services, Inc. will be much more visible at the upcoming Heli-Expo® in Houston, Texas. The event, from February 21-23, 2010, will set the stage for Able’s debut of a new, larger booth.... Read more
17-Dec-2009Source: Cay Compass
The two–year contract – with a possible two year extension – is being advertised overseas as well as locally. Applications will be reviewed by the Central Tenders Committee and the submission period will close at noon on Friday, 22 January.... Read more
17-Dec-2009Source: Bell
Beginning in the first quarter of 2010 all aspects of commercial spares support, technical support and continued airworthiness for the FAA type certificated Bell 47 helicopter (H-1, 2H1 and 2H3) will become the responsibility of Scott’s Helicopters, a Bell-approved Customer Service Facility (CSF) located in Le Sueur, Minn.... Read more
17-Dec-2009Source: Herald
Ministers have finally agreed to listen to demands from mountain rescue teams that a civilian helicopter be based in Fort William to help stricken climbers... Read more
17-Dec-2009Source: Canadian Helicopters
Canadian Helicopters Income Fund declares monthly distribution... Read more
17-Dec-2009
Councillors approved spending Can$3.5 million to outfit the police with a helicopter.... Read more
17-Dec-2009Source: AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland is pleased to announce that Bristow Group Inc. has taken delivery of two AW139 medium twin-engine helicopters during an official ceremony held at its Philadelphia facility. These aircraft will be used to perform offshore transport missions, reinforcing the continued success of the AW139 in the oil & gas industry... Read more
17-Dec-2009Source: EADS
Bruno Gallard has been appointed EADS Brasil’s Executive Director, replacing Eduardo Marson who has become Chairman of the EADS subsidiary’s Board of Directors. Mr. Marson will remain President of Helibras – Helicópteros do Brasi SA – a position he has held since last June.... Read more
17-Dec-2009Source: Dart Helicopter Services
DART Helicopter Services announces that their subsidiary partner Apical Industries, Inc. has received FAA approval for their AB139 & AW139 High Density Liferaft Kit. Transport Canada and EASA approvals are still pending.... Read more
17-Dec-2009Source: Wetzel Chronicle
Air Evac will be relocating its local base of operations to Wetzel County Hospital. The Wetzel County Commission and Wetzel County Building Authority executed a lease with the emergency air transportation company Dec. 8... Read more
17-Dec-2009Source: Scheibel
Schiebel recently conducted, in cooperation with Boeing, a demonstration for the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, integrating the CAMCOPTER® S-100 and ground unmanned systems for psychological operation missions in-theatre.... Read more
16-Dec-2009Source: Rotornews
Defense Holdings is demonstrating its revolutionary, patented AfterGlo® Brand Photoluminescent (PL) Aviation Safety Paint on the main and tail rotor blades of a Bell Helicopter Textron Model 407 helicopter belonging to the Fairfax County, Virginia Police Aviation Division. Sections of the rotor blades were painted in October 2009.... Read more
16-Dec-2009Source: Dart Helicopter Services
DART Helicopter Services (DHS) today announced a new distribution agreement with Red Box International. DHS customers now have a source to all Red Box ground power and start units currently sold in North America.... Read more
15-Dec-2009Source: Sikorsky
Sikorsky Military Systems and Elbit Systems have successfully completed the Armed BLACK HAWK (ABH) demonstrator program, proof-of concept for the development BATTLEHAWK(TM) helicopter.... Read more
15-Dec-2009Source: Gazette Virginian
Members of the North Halifax Volunteer Fire Department were joined by representatives from Halifax Regional Health System and Centra Health of Lynchburg to celebrate the department’s new helipad with a groundbreaking ceremony Friday.... Read more
15-Dec-2009Source: WLFI
The new Saint Elizabeth East is one step closer to opening its doors after a successful test landing on the hospital’s new rooftop helipad.... Read more
15-Dec-2009Source: Press Trust of India
In a big relief to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, pilot error was found to have caused the crash of the defence PSU’s Advance Light Helicopter (ALH) “Dhruv” in Ecuador in October... Read more
15-Dec-2009Source: Irish Times
A HELICOPTER pilot who landed his aircraft on the roof of a shopping centre to collect a set of keys has been given a six-month suspended sentence and fined €5,000. The judge said the man seemed to lack a grasp of common sense.... Read more
15-Dec-2009Source: Omniflight
Omniflight Helicopters, Inc., a leading national provider of air medical services, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with FlightSafety International, the world’s leading aviation training company.... Read more
15-Dec-2009Source: HAI
The Helicopter Association International (HAI) is proud to announce its “Salute to Excellence” award winners for 2010.... Read more
15-Dec-2009Source: Western Telegraph
The fight to keep 24-hour search and rescue cover at RAF Chivenor has been taken to the Senedd by Pembrokeshire AMs.... Read more
14-Dec-2009Source: Marine Corps Times
During the past year, the U.S. military reduced to 42 minutes from 100 minutes the average time it takes for a badly wounded service member in Afghanistan to reach a hospital, even as the casualty rate tripled, according to military commanders.... Read more
14-Dec-2009Source: News and Star
An air ambulance is currently based in Flimby to deal with emergencies on the south side of the River Derwent.... Read more
14-Dec-2009Source: Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics named Joseph LaMarca, Jr., as VP Communications effective Jan. 4, 2010. “With more than 25 years of experience in communications and management, Joe brings a wealth of talent and leadership expertise to his new position,” said Ralph Heath, executive VP, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics.... Read more
14-Dec-2009Source: ITAR-TASS
The Ulan-Ude aircraft plant that makes part of the Vertolyoty Rossii (Helicopters of Russia) holding, ends the year with a growth in sales of about 35 percent.... Read more
14-Dec-2009Source: Ski Channel
Opening Day at Great Canadian Heli-Skiing is not usually until after Christmas, but opened this week due to the great accumulation in snow... Read more
14-Dec-2009Source: UK MoD
The Sea King crews from 854 Naval Air Squadron were recently presented with their Afghanistan Operational Service Medals by Head of the Royal Navy, First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope.... Read more
14-Dec-2009Source: Telegraph
The future King graduated with “flying colours†according to the Ministry of Defence after an intensive training course at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire.... Read more
14-Dec-2009Source: KTEN
Recently, Lifestar moved from Wilson N. Jones hospital to a new facility off highway 75 near the Sherman-Howe line. Now, they are changing their name to match their parent company’s name... Read more
14-Dec-2009Source: MCA
A Coastguard SARÂ helicopter base has been in existence at Portland since 1995 – the helicopter that is currently being operated at this base is an AW139 provided by CHC Scotia.... Read more
14-Dec-2009Source: Dallas Morning News
Federal agents are investigating whether a helicopter they have held for 14 months at an airport in Texas was earmarked for shipment to Iran.... Read more
14-Dec-2009Source: EADS
The U.S. Army awarded the fifth year contract for the Lakota Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) to EADS North America for $247.2 million. This contract increases the company’s supply of 45 additional Lakotas along with hardware to equip the rotary-wing aircraft for medical evacuation, personnel transport and multi-mission applications.... Read more
14-Dec-2009Source: The Hill
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.), in whose district Lockheed Martin assembles the VH-71, said that he secured more than $100 million in the negotiated 2010 Pentagon spending bill to continue some work on the program. The funds would technically allow the work force in Owego, N.Y., to continue outfitting the helicopters with mission systems.... Read more
13-Dec-2009Source: Vertical
Elbit Systems of America has achieved another milestone for the Kollsman® GAViS™ (General Aviation Vision System). GAViS™ is now certified on the Sikorsky S-76A, S-76B and S-76C helicopters.... Read more
13-Dec-2009Source: Voxy
The Hawke’s Bay Helicopter Rescue Trust is stepping forward with the arrival of a twin engine BK117 on the 23rd December. Trust Chairman, John Newland announced that the Trustees agreed to go ahead with the biggest change in the history of the Trust since its inception in 1992.... Read more
13-Dec-2009Source: Huffington Post
A deployable energy absorber (think “honeycomb airbag”) may have some promise. NASA recently tested the technology by dropping a helicopter from 35 feet in the air.... Read more
13-Dec-2009Source: BC Local News
Cowichan District Hospital’s disabled helipad could be open by Monday, pending Transport Canada’s OK on tree safety and other work being finished this weekend, CDH’s site director says.... Read more
