11-Oct-2009Source: Kauai World
It may be a more dangerous time to be injured or lost in the woods on Kaua‘i, and brush fires may burn longer and stronger than they otherwise might. A helicopter pilot ready, willing, able and certified to do certain types of rescues and fire suppression may be over 90 miles and several hours away... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: Rotorhub
Two Boeing programs, the Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW) and the AH-64 Apache, participated in a successful integrated capabilities event this summer at the U.S. Army’s C4ISR On-The-Move (OTM) Event 09 at Fort Dix, N.J.... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: Rotorhub
The Pumas of 752 Squadron, Portuguese Air Force have celebrated 40 years of service and 70,000 flight hours.... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: Rotorhub
The new Reconfigurable Transportable Consolidated Automated Support System (RTCASS) is arriving at Marine Corps air stations around the world.... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: Wall St Journal
European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co NV’s (EAD.FR) chief executive has appealed to French parliamentarians for funding from a planned state loan to finance research and development into future generations of helicopters, it was revealed Friday.... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: Radio NZ
The joint initiative involves the district health board, Skyline Aviation and the Hawke’s Bay Air Ambulance Charitable Trust, which says the facility is world class.... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: Carolina Live
Carolina Lifecare is close to resuming medical helicopter service to the Grand Strand.... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: The Californian
The move comes just nine months after the board killed the program because of budget problems, and as Sheriff Mike Kanalakis’ challenger for re-election seeks to make it a campaign issue.... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: Jerusalem Post
Developed by Steadicopter, the Black Eagle 50 mini rotary UAV is just over two meters long and can carry a minimal payload of 3 kg. The unmanned helicopter can stay in the air for up to three hours and reach altitudes of 9,000 feet. It can transmit footage back to a command center from distances... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: EBAN
Denmark’s Bel Air, which has entered a “Call off” contract with Maersk Oil, says it has fully complied with the new European performance requirements for offshore helicopters that come into force in 2010.... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: Shiells Gazette
Newcastle Crown Court heard that the police aircraft, code-named India 99, was passing over Wessington Way in Sunderland on May 10, and had been summoned to provide light for the emergency services rescuing two stranded climbers, when it was targeted.... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: Bolivian News Agency
President Evo Morales on Saturday welcomed the decision by his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who asked the U.S. Congress to approve a donation of four helicopters to the fight against drugs in Bolivia.... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: Formby Times
Just before 10.30pm several men gained entry to the military base where the Force helicopter is stored and damaged the aircraft. A high speed police chase ensued from Southport to Liverpool city centre as a silver Audi A4 with blacked out windows was seen travelling at high speed along Formby Bypass with a number of... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: AZ Central
With prices for new helicopters too expensive, particularly given the city’s fiscal constraints, the City Council this week approved purchase of a 1998 model MD500E, a general purpose utility and executive transport helicopter that has been widely popular with law enforcement agencies.... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: Russian Helicopters
Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise, JSC, part of the industrial holding managed by Russian Helicopters, has produced the first shipment of the anti-submarine Ka-28 for The Republic of China Navy. The helicopters were ordered by Rosoboronexport. The first three of nine helicopters are completing tests.... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: NJ.com
A lawsuit filed by the operator of Linden Municipal Airport is taking aim at what the operator believes represents a threat to private helicopter travel in the metropolitan area.... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: Orange County Register
Sixteen months after the decision to order the night-vision technology, the equipment is ready. The helicopter crews are trained. But they remain tucked in at night in the midst of fire season.... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: All The Articles
Zip Aviation has taken delivery of its first Bell Helicopter 206L Long Ranger and plans to use the helicopter for charter service from Manhattan’s West 30th Street Heliport. This will be the first time for a Bell helicopter to be flown from the 30th St. Heliport.... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: Vertical
Red Box International, were delighted when they were offered the chance to power the static aircraft during Helitech 2009... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: SCNow
A new Lifecare helicopter is expected to be back up in the air in Horry County within the next three days, perhaps as early as Friday evening, according to Matthew Smith, Chief of Medical Operation... Read more
10-Oct-2009Source: Sikorsky
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s X2 Technology(TM) demonstrator program has been recognized by Popular Mechanics magazine with a 2009 Breakthrough Innovator Award.... Read more
10-Oct-2009Source: Carter Aviation Technologies
Carter Aviation Technologies (Carter) of Wichita Falls, TX is releasing updated information on their plans to commercialize their new Personal Air Vehicle (PAV) design.... Read more
9-Oct-2009Source: LaBarge
LaBarge, Inc. has been awarded a $1.8 million contract from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. to continue to produce electronic assemblies for various models of UH-60 BLACK HAWK helicopters. LaBarge has supported the BLACK HAWK helicopter program since 2005.... Read more
9-Oct-2009Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
The massive chopper, an S64E Helitanker, can scoop and dump up to 2,650 gallons of water per trip. It will be controlled by city fire officials but be available to fight blazes throughout the county during the next two months.... Read more
9-Oct-2009Source: USCG
On October 1, 2009, the U.S. Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate’s HH-60 Conversion Project held a ribbon cutting ceremony at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., in honor of the Medium Range Recovery Helicopter achieving Initial Operational Capability (IOC).... Read more
9-Oct-2009Source: Thales
Coinciding with the ceremony to mark the beginning of the 2009-2010 training year, the French Army Light Aviation training application school (EA-ALAT) today inaugurated two helicopter simulator training centres: the Tiger simulation centre at the Franco-German Tiger training school, and the EA-ALAT simulation centre.... Read more
9-Oct-2009Source: RotorNews
Aircell announces its new ATG 5000 High Speed Internet unit for the business aviation market. The system delivers high speed Internet service via the Aircell® Network in an affordable and lightweight package. It was specifically designed for aircraft operators that don’t require the comprehensive capabilities of the Aircell Axxess® cabin system... Read more
9-Oct-2009Source: Raytheon
The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon Company a $13 million contract to develop additional sensor prototypes for the Advanced Distributed Aperture System, which gives helicopter pilots 360-degree situational awareness.... Read more
9-Oct-2009Source: Russian Helicopters JSC
Before type certification by EASA, several Ka-32A11BCs were operated by EU countries for firefighting and mountain electric lines assembly pursuant to a Specific Airworthiness Specification. The EASA.IM.R.133 type certificate has opened the skies of EU states for the Ka-32A11BC lifting limitations for commercial operation by private European companies. Before type certification by EASA, several Ka-32A11BCs... Read more
9-Oct-2009Source: Boeing
Boeing recently announced that the AH-6i light attack/reconnaissance helicopter successfully completed its first flight on Sept. 16, seven months after the company started work on the prototype aircraft. During the 36-minute flight at the Boeing Rotorcraft Systems facility in Mesa, Ariz., the helicopter demonstrated its flight characteristics and several handling maneuvers.... Read more
9-Oct-2009Source: ASO
Aircraft Shopper Online (www.aso.com), a leading online marketplace for pre-owned aircraft, announced the release of the latest version of the ASO website today. With newly added user friendly features, buying and selling aircraft is easier than ever.... Read more
9-Oct-2009Source: Rotorhub
Eurocopter is pleased to receive the 2009 French-Japanese Investment Award, presented by the French Agency for International Investment (AFII) in Tokyo.... Read more
9-Oct-2009Source: Vertical
Eagle Eye Solutions, LLC an industry recognized leader in providing Air Medical Resource Management training delivered their highly acclaimed AMRM training program in September to Boston MedFlight, a not-for-profit critical care transport service based in MA.... Read more
9-Oct-2009Source: Vertical
SkyBOOKS, an affiliate of Bell Helicopter, has developed an integrated inventory tracking module to expand the scope of their aviation tracking capabilities.... Read more
9-Oct-2009Source: RotorNews
DART Helicopter Services is pleased to announce that their subsidiary partner Apical Industries Inc., has received FAA approval of their Emergency Float Systems with & without Liferafts for the Eurocopter AS355NP model, adding to previously approved AS355E, F, F1, F2, N models.... Read more
9-Oct-2009Source: Las Vegas Sun
The Boulder City Municipal Airport Advisory Committee voted unanimously Oct. 6 to reconfigure the landing area for tour helicopters that use the airport. The helicopters’ landing site will be moved off of a taxiway.... Read more
9-Oct-2009Source: Vertical
Absolute Fire Solutions (AFS) is pleased to announce that Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated of Portland, Oregon has chosen the new FASTTrack system by AFS to record fill and drop performance data on its S-64 Aircrane Helitanker fleet.... Read more
9-Oct-2009Source: Vertical
Lycoming Engines has extended its offer to give customers a zero-time rebuilt engine for the price of a factory overhaul to December 4, 2009. The offer was originally scheduled to end August 31, 2009.... Read more
9-Oct-2009Source: Arkansas Times
The state has announced $9.6 million in federal stimulus money will go to state and local law enforcement needs, including $3.5 million for a new State Police helicopter with a hoist to use in rescue efforts in remote areas.... Read more
7-Oct-2009Source: Daily Times
The college announced Tuesday a new partnership with Albuquerque-based Enchantment Helicopters that will allow students to earn an associate degree in helicopter technology beginning in January. A new helicopter aviation program at San Juan College is set to take flight this spring.... Read more
7-Oct-2009Source: Rotorhub
PremiAir today announced the appointment of Neil Gibson to lead the company’s highly successful Charter & Management business. The appointment will be effective at the end of November 2009.... Read more
7-Oct-2009Source: Hampton Roads
After debating for months, Currituck County commissioners could decide Oct. 19 whether to donate $1 million toward a new helicopter for the Nightingale air ambulance.... Read more
7-Oct-2009Source: KTVZ
The Roseburg Planning Commission recently approved the hospital’s request to construct a landing area for helicopters in the rear parking lot.... Read more
7-Oct-2009Source: AMT
In an unprecedented public/private partnership, WestWind Technologies, Inc. celebrated the grand opening of its new Huntsville Aircraft Modification & Integration Center on September 29, 2009.... Read more
7-Oct-2009Source: EADS
EADS North America’s Armed Scout 645 will be the centerpiece of the company’s presence Oct. 5-7 at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual convention – underscoring the helicopter’s readiness as a low-risk, highly capable and best-value solution to fulfill the Army’s current and long-term Armed Aerial Scout mission requirements.... Read more
7-Oct-2009Source: News Tribune
The relatives of a Lake Tapps-area man who died in a helicopter crash three years ago have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the aircraft’s manufacturer and some of its suppliers.... Read more
7-Oct-2009Source: The Age
A search and rescue helicopter carrying a medical team should be provided for the thousands of Australians who trek Papua New Guinea’s Kokoda Track, a local expert says.... Read more
7-Oct-2009Source: Multiflight
Multiflight appears on the Yorkshire Business Insider’s Growth 100 list for 2009 as being a company that stands out to have done exceptionally well to achieve growth in such difficult times.... Read more
6-Oct-2009Source: Northrop Grumman
The new LONGBOW Fire Control Radar Block III system hardware and operational software successfully completed the first half of initial flight tests on an AH-64D Apache attack helicopter. The U.S. Army conducted the tests at the Yuma Proving Grounds in southern Arizona.... Read more
6-Oct-2009Source: Examiner.com
Westchester residence can feel safer now that there are two helicopters patrolling the skies. The criminals may out run our ground police, but they can never out run the Westchester County Aviation Unit.... Read more
6-Oct-2009Source: Vertical
Eagle Helicopters is pleased to announce that they have received Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) approval of the installation of the Sagem Avionics, Inc. (Safran group) Integrated Cockpit Display System (ICDS) with a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Eurocopter AS 350/EC-130 family of aircraft in Brazil.... Read more
6-Oct-2009Source: Asbury Park Press
PHI, based in Louisiana, declined to renew its contract with MONOC and issued its required 60-day notice Thursday... Read more
6-Oct-2009Source: Vertical
The Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) today applauded the White House for nominating Mark R. Rosekind, Ph.D., an expert on fatigue and its effects on productivity and safe flight operations, to the National Transportation Safety Board.... Read more
6-Oct-2009Source: Vertical
Advanced Helicopter Services is pleased to announce it has received certification from Turbomeca as a Turbomeca Service Center providing Level 1 & 2 Maintenance with the sale of associated parts and Front office support services for the Arriel and Arrius family of turbine engines.... Read more
6-Oct-2009Source: AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland is pleased to announce the award of the Apache Integrated Operational Support contract by the UK Ministry of Defence to meet the Apache Attack Helicopter Future Support Arrangements requirement. The contract valued at £439 million (€480 million), for the initial period to March 2014... Read more
6-Oct-2009Source: American Eurocopter
During the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) convention in Denver, Colorado, today, American Eurocopter donated $10,000 to the Airborne Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission (ALEAC).... Read more
6-Oct-2009Source: Eurocopter
During the official visit of the French President to Kazakhstan, EADS and Eurocopter signed a cooperation agreement with the sovereign wealth fund SAMRUK-KAZYNA to create a public-private joint venture in Kazakhstan in order to develop helicopter activities.... Read more
6-Oct-2009Source: RotorNews
Atlanta-based Precision Aviation Group, exclusive provider of ISMRO® (Inventory Supported Maintenance Repair & Overhaul), announces a maintenance agreement between its subsidiary, Precision Heliparts-Canada and Cleveland, OH-based Parker Hannifin.... Read more
6-Oct-2009Source: EADS
EADS North America and the U.S. Army successfully loaded four U.S. Army UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) and one additional company-owned EC145 helicopter onto a U.S. Air Force C-17, validating the transportability of the LUH.... Read more
6-Oct-2009Source: Philly.com
Even as state officials scramble for new sources of revenue to help balance the beleaguered budget, they are coalescing behind a plan to add this item to the long list of Pennsylvania products exempted from the state sales tax: Helicopters.... Read more
6-Oct-2009Source: ATK
Alliant Techsystems has been awarded a $25 million contract option to provide lightweight (LW) 30mm M789 High Explosive Dual Purpose (HEDP) tactical ammunition for the AH-64D Apache attack helicopter. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Contracting Center, Rock Island, Ill., awarded the contract.... Read more
6-Oct-2009Source: ASU
ASU, a company that prides itself in being the largest turn-key provider for night vision solutions worldwide, today announced that it has launched its new and improved website.... Read more
6-Oct-2009Source: Scandinavian Oil & Gas
Neptune Marine Oil & Gas has completed a US$340 million upgrade of its deepwater drillship, the Neptune Explorer. The Pelican Class drillship, acquired in April 2005, has undergone major upgrading and reactivation works at the Sembawang Shipyard in Singapore... Read more
6-Oct-2009Source: Vertical
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has notified Air Evac Lifeteam that the company has been cleared in an investigation that began in May 2007 with the execution of search warrants at the company’s headquarters in West Plains, Mo., according to Air Evac Lifeteam President and CEO Seth Myers.... Read more
6-Oct-2009Source: Goodrich
Goodrich Corporation will equip GE T700 engines powering Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk, Jayhawk and Seahawk model helicopters for the U.S. Army, Coast Guard and Navy, as well as Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopters for the U.S. Army, with a new low cost enhanced digital electronic control unit (EDECU).... Read more
6-Oct-2009Source: Angel MedFlight
“Blue Cross did not deny coverage but dragged its feet in response to the family’s request despite federal law requiring health insurance companies to respond to emergency transportation requests within 48 hours,†said Michael Ward, staff counsel at Angel Medflight.... Read more
5-Oct-2009Source: Sydney Morning Herald
New Civil Aviation Safety Authority requirements that will make it mandatory for police helicopters to have two engines... Read more
5-Oct-2009Source: Canada.com
A spokesman for Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Saturday an investigation has been launched after a Canadian Forces helicopter pilot landed in Kenora recently – apparently to pick up some cheeseburgers.... Read more
5-Oct-2009Source: Seattle Times
The News Tribune of Tacoma reports the surviving children of Russell Lee Tom claim the helicopter he was piloting – a Robinson Helicopter Co. R44 – was poorly designed “defective and unsafe.” Their suit was filed in Pierce County Superior Court on Wednesday.... Read more
5-Oct-2009Source: Globes
US subsidiary Elbit Systems of America, LLC, announced that it completed flight tests of its SWORD obstacle warning system for helicopters.... Read more
5-Oct-2009Source: Southland Times
Te Anau-based South-West Helicopters will be split into two after being bought by Southern Lakes Helicopters and HeliOtago for an undisclosed sum.... Read more
