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Sacramento Metro Fire chooses Becker system for UH-1

Sacramento Metro Fire chooses Becker system for UH-1

6-Mar-2013Source: Becker Avionics

The Sacramento Metro Fire Air Operations unit recently received a grant to upgrade its avionics and selected the Becker Avionics DVCS6100 digital airborne audio control system for one of its UH-1 multi-mission helicopters. The aircraft is currently undergoing an avionics upgrade at Advanced Helicopter Services (AHS) facility in Woodland, CA-near Sacramento. The popular Becker DVCS6100... Read more

Bell 412EPI – with integrated glass flight deck and BLR upgrades

Bell 412EPI – with integrated glass flight deck and BLR upgrades

5-Mar-2013Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), today introduced an upgrade to one of the company’s most versatile and reliable helicopters – the new Bell 412EPI. The upgrade improves the Bell 412EP platform with the Bell BasiX ProTM fully integrated glass flight deck, which provides critical flight information at a glance for greater situational... Read more

Bell 407GT – the armed version of the 407GX

Bell 407GT – the armed version of the 407GX

5-Mar-2013Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), introduced today at HELI-EXPO 2013 the new Bell 407GT, the armed version of the Bell 407GX, its state-of-the-art light commercial helicopter. The commercially qualified Bell 407GT incorporates the performance and reliability of the Bell 407 platform with the Garmin G1000HTM flight deck, providing critical flight information at... Read more

Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System Aces New Platform Test

Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System Aces New Platform Test

5-Mar-2013Source: BAE Systems

BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS®) is headed for a new platform. A Bell Helicopter test pilot fired seven APKWS 70-millimeter rockets from a Bell Helicopter 407GT at Yuma, Arizona, as part of a qualification of the weapon’s safety and suitability on that platform. By completing the guided shots, Bell has qualified the... Read more

Bristow Academy Announces Agreement with Aero Dynamix

Bristow Academy Announces Agreement with Aero Dynamix

5-Mar-2013Source: Bristow Academy

Bristow Academy announced today an agreement with Aero Dynamix to use Aero Dynamix night vision systems to enhance its night vision training program, as well as offer the installation of Aero Dynamix night vision systems to its customers worldwide. Both companies are industry leaders in night vision applications – Bristow Academy in rotary pilot training... Read more

Donaldson announces Canadian STC for LongRanger inlet barrier filter

Donaldson announces Canadian STC for LongRanger inlet barrier filter

5-Mar-2013Source: Donaldson

Donaldson Aerospace & Defense, a division of Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE: DCI), is pleased to announce a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from Transport Canada (TC) for an Inlet Barrier Filter (IBF) system for the Bell 206L/LR helicopter.  The IBF provides critical year-round engine protection in all environments, from typical ramp operations to off-airport and remote... Read more

BLR sells 600th FastFin System

BLR sells 600th FastFin System

5-Mar-2013Source: BLR Aerospace

BLR Aerospace opens Heli-Expo 2013 with 600 FastFin® Tail Rotor Enhancement and Stability Systems sold to date, and a rapidly expanding military presence. Overall, the company continues to deliver strong growth. Sales increased over 30 percent in 2012, and BLR’s global military footprint skyrocketed with large fleet-wide conversion sales to Colombia, Peru, Pakistan, and the... Read more

ASU Announces STC for Bell 205A-1 for Aerial Firefighting

ASU Announces STC for Bell 205A-1 for Aerial Firefighting

4-Mar-2013Source: ASU

ASU announced today that they received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Bell 205A-1 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The new STC was completed for the San Diego Sherriff’s Department. This aircraft will be used for aerial firefighting, search and rescue, airborne law enforcement and hoist equipmen. “This is the seventh aircraft modification... Read more

FlightSafety now offers B212/412/430 training in Dallas

FlightSafety now offers B212/412/430 training in Dallas

3-Mar-2013Source: FlightSafety

FlightSafety International announces that it now offers training for Bell Helicopter operators at its newly expanded Learning Center in Dallas, Texas. “The relocation of our Bell Helicopter training programs to the Dallas Learning Center will significantly enhance the service our Customers receive and further increase the quality and value we provide,” said David Davenport, Senior... Read more

Bilingual pilots launch Ravco training program

Bilingual pilots launch Ravco training program

3-Mar-2013Source: Ravco

Eight Foreign National military pilots graduated with flying colors today from RAVCO’s inaugural Spanish language mountain helicopter course at its Leadville Mountain/High Altitude Training and Test Site.  The three week training program featured advanced instruction and techniques flying in some of most technical and demanding flying environments available in the United States. “This is graduate... Read more

Israel Certifies Bell 429

Israel Certifies Bell 429

1-Mar-2013Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today that the Bell 429 has earned Civil Aviation Authority of Israel (CAAI) type acceptance to operate in Israel, as well as approval to fly at an increased maximum gross weight of 7,500 lbs. Israel marks the sixteenth country to approve the increased maximum gross weight.... Read more

Bell at Heli-Expo – Relentlessly focused on its customers

Bell at Heli-Expo – Relentlessly focused on its customers

1-Mar-2013Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), will showcase a number of aircraft and program updates at HELI-EXPO 2013, the world’s largest helicopter trade show and exposition, hosted by Helicopter Association International (HAI) in Las Vegas March 5-7. Bell Helicopter invites show attendees to its opening event on March 5, at 11:30 a.m., where... Read more

Astronics Max-Viz-1500 approved for Bell 206/407 in China

Astronics Max-Viz-1500 approved for Bell 206/407 in China

1-Mar-2013Source: Astronics

Astronics Corporation’s Max-Viz-1500 enhanced vision system has received approval by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for retrofit installation in Bell B206B/206L-4/407 helicopters. Astronics Executive Vice President Elliott Troutman said, “Astronics concurs with Bell Helicopter’s assessment that China will be the world’s strongest helicopter growth market with a need for 2,000 aircraft during the... Read more

HFI to display three heritage helicopters at Heli-Expo 2013

HFI to display three heritage helicopters at Heli-Expo 2013

1-Mar-2013Source: HFI

At HELI-EXPO 2013, Helicopter Foundation International (HFI) is proud to again feature a Heritage of Helicopters display in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. HFI has secured the loan of these historic aircraft from several museums and foundations, and curators from these museums will speak about their respective rotorcraft and their unique... Read more

Philadelphia TV station launches LongRanger 4 ops

Philadelphia TV station launches LongRanger 4 ops

28-Feb-2013

WCAU-TV, the NBC owned and operated station in Philadelphia, has rolled out a newly-added LongRanger 4 (see full story). HeliHub.com editor note – this is a 2004-build aircraft, operated by Helicopters Inc... Read more

STS Component Solutions expands into rotorcraft market

STS Component Solutions expands into rotorcraft market

28-Feb-2013Source: STS Component

STS Component Solutions is pleased to announce the expansion of their service and support offerings into the helicopter and business jet markets.  This growth is a result of the development of some new OEM partnerships that have been established with the Donaldson Company, Skurka Aerospace and Esterline Mason in addition to increasing our current portfolio... Read more

Bell confirms HeliHub.com stories on Nigerian 429s

Bell confirms HeliHub.com stories on Nigerian 429s

25-Feb-2013Source: Bell

Four weeks ago, HeliHub.com ran two stories on Bell 429s being delivered into Nigeria Jan 23 –Nigerian Police receive a Bell 429 Jan 24 –First EMS Bell 429 arrives in Nigeria for NEMA And then on Friday February 22nd, Bell issued the following:- Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today the delivery... Read more

Change of leadership at Scott’s – Bell 47

Change of leadership at Scott’s – Bell 47

24-Feb-2013Source: Scott’s – Bell 47

Scott’s – Bell 47, Inc. (SB47) announced today a change of leadership related to the successful completion of their start-up phase, after acquisition of the Bell 47 Type Certificates in 2010. Chris Meyer, formerly of Northwest Airlines Corp, has been appointed General Manager of SB47, and Neil Marshall is departing from his full time role... Read more

FAA had twice suspended licence of pilot in fatal crash

FAA had twice suspended licence of pilot in fatal crash

21-Feb-2013Source: LA Times

The pilot of a helicopter that crashed in Acton this month had his pilot privileges suspended twice in the last decade, according to FAA records (see full story). Details on the accident referred to can be found at 10-Feb-13 N59518 Bell 206B Acton, US-California (3F)... Read more

Nigeria validates higher weight Bell 429

Nigeria validates higher weight Bell 429

21-Feb-2013Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has validated the Bell 429 for operation in Nigeria and endorsed the Bell 429 gross weight increase to 3402 kg (7,500 lbs.). Nigeria is the fifteenth country to approve the increased maximum gross weight for the Bell 429... Read more

Cadorath announces 178 new Bell extended repairs

Cadorath announces 178 new Bell extended repairs

20-Feb-2013Source: Cadorath Aerospace

Cadorath Aerospace announcedit’s development of 178 new Bell Helicopter repairs in 2012. The Cadorath Aerospace design and engineering department continues to develop approved repairs for the Bell Helicopter line numbering close to a total of 900 repairs now available. Cadorath Aerospace completed a long list of new extended repairs throughout 2012 on the Bell Helicopter... Read more

Bell unveils product line up for IDEX

Bell unveils product line up for IDEX

19-Feb-2013Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), revealed its exhibitor booth on opening day at the IDEX Air Show in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Bell Helicopter prominently displayed 1/10th scale models of a V-22 Osprey, AH-1Z, 407AH and UH-1Y in its booth, in addition to a UH-1Y Yankee utility helicopter on static display. A new... Read more

Starlite lease in two Bell 412s for Namibia contract

Starlite lease in two Bell 412s for Namibia contract

15-Feb-2013Source: HeliHub.com

South African operator Starlite Aviation are leasing in two Bell 412s from Falcon Aviation Services in the UAE, with delivery expected imminently.  The pair have been leased in for an initial twelve months to support an offshore oil exploration contract off the coast of Namibia, starting in March 2013.  They will initially be based at... Read more

ASA releases new flashcards for R22 and TH-67

ASA releases new flashcards for R22 and TH-67

15-Feb-2013Source: ASA (Aviation Supplies & Academics)

Check out our new Helicopter Flashcards for the Robinson R22 and TH-67 training helicopters. Civilian and military students, instructors, and pilots of all levels will find these flashcards serve to greatly facilitate memorization and understanding of the systems and functions of each aircraft. The R22 Helicopter Flashcards Study Guide contains nearly 400 flashcards covering the... Read more

Flagstaff hospital’s helicopter fills in for DPS

Flagstaff hospital’s helicopter fills in for DPS

15-Feb-2013Source: Arizona Daily Sun

Flagstaff Medical Center’s air arm is stepping in to help with search and rescue missions in northern Arizona at a time when the state Department of Public Safety’s Flagstaff-based helicopter is grounded much of the time due to budget constraints. (see full story)  Editor note – the helicopter at this hospital is a Bell 407... Read more

Meridian Helicopters moves to new facility

Meridian Helicopters moves to new facility

15-Feb-2013Source: Meridian Helicopters

Meridian Helicopters, a subsidiary of the Cadorath Group, has moved into a new facility in Lafayette, Louisiana. Meridian Helicopters provides reworked parts distribution support, consulting, brokering and technical support for the global Bell Helicopter network. “Our new facility provides us the ability to have five helicopters in progress at any one time. Meridian Helicopters business... Read more

LifeFlight Eagle buys two Bell 407GX

LifeFlight Eagle buys two Bell 407GX

14-Feb-2013

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today an agreement with LifeFlight Eagle for the supply of two Bell 407GX aircraft. LifeFlight Eagle will utilize the helicopters to transport critically ill and injured persons in the Kansas City, MO area. “Our current fleet of Bell 407’s has demonstrated a high degree of safe,... Read more

Sundown Flight: Final flight of the UH-1N Huey

Sundown Flight: Final flight of the UH-1N Huey

14-Feb-2013Source: US Marine Corps

Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter 269 bid fair winds and following seas to the UH-1N Huey as it completely transition to the new up-to-date model UH-1Y Huey, Feb. 5. The squadron held a “sundown” ceremony for the aircraft to commemorate its final flight with the squadron. Col. Scott S. Jensen, Marine Aircraft Group 29... Read more

2nd MAW squadrons team up to prepare for WTI

2nd MAW squadrons team up to prepare for WTI

14-Feb-2013Source: US Marine Corps

Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467 provided command and control functions as well as strike and escort support during an exercise for various 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing assets Jan. 31. The exercise was conducted to prepare Marines for the Weapons and Tactics Instructors course, where pilots from every branch of Marine aviation learn how to... Read more

RSG completes Bell 429s for European and Latin American customers

RSG completes Bell 429s for European and Latin American customers

13-Feb-2013Source: RSG

In December 2012, RSG received its first two Bell 429s for completion at their Fort Worth, Meacham Field location. The first 429 will departed in January for a Latin American customer and the second will depart for Europe this month after a signature, first class RSG completion treatment. The aircraft arrived green from Bell’s, Mirabel... Read more

Bell awarded patent for twin-tail tiltrotor

Bell awarded patent for twin-tail tiltrotor

11-Feb-2013Source: HeliHub.com

WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization has recently published details of an application from Bell for “An aft-loading aircraft with a twin T-tail assembly is provided. In one example embodiment, the aft-loading aircraft includes a fuselage portion having an aft opening with a cargo door, a first and second vertical stabilizer attached to the fuselage... Read more

Canadian military reports on CH-146 Griffon accident of July 6th 2009

Canadian military reports on CH-146 Griffon accident of July 6th 2009

6-Feb-2013Source: Canadian military

The Flight Safety Investigative Report and Epilogue of the fatal air accident involving the Griffon helicopter CH146434 that occurred on July 6, 2009, near Kandahar Air Field, is now available on the Air Force Directorate of Flight Safety website. The Flight Safety Investigative Report describes factual data and includes a comprehensive analysis of all factors... Read more

DeSoto County Sheriff adds JetRanger

DeSoto County Sheriff adds JetRanger

6-Feb-2013

DeSoto County Sheriff  is buying a 1976-build Bell Jet Ranger helicopter from the Georgia State Highway Patrol (see full story) File photo... Read more

PKL Services awarded $16M more for USMC helicopter maintenance

PKL Services awarded $16M more for USMC helicopter maintenance

5-Feb-2013Source: US DoD

PKL Services Inc.,* Poway, Calif., is being awarded a $16,321,932 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00421-09-C-0023) to exercise an option for reset organizational level maintenance services in support of Marine Corps AH-1W, UH-1N, CH-53D/E, and CH-46E aircraft platforms.  Work will be performed in Camp Pendleton, Calif. (30 percent); Jacksonville, Fla. (25 percent); Iraq/Afghanistan... Read more

ExecuJet Africa showcasing helicopter charter at Mining Indaba 2013

ExecuJet Africa showcasing helicopter charter at Mining Indaba 2013

4-Feb-2013Source: ExecuJet Africa

ExecuJet Africa, the continent’s leading business aviation company, is once again exhibiting at the Mining Indaba 2013 event from 4-7 February in Cape Town. The company will be showcasing its full suite of business aviation services, including helicopter charter solutions. ExecuJet Africa will be at stand 1919 highlighting its services of helicopter management, rotary wing... Read more

Bell civil helicopter sales up 50% in 2012

Bell civil helicopter sales up 50% in 2012

4-Feb-2013Source: HeliHub.com

Bell is waiting until Heli-Expo at the start of March to release detailed figures on its 2012 production, but HeliHub.com can reveal that the output from its civil helicopter lines was up just over 50%, rising from 125 helicopters in 2011 to 188 in 2012.  These high-level figures have been put together from press releases... Read more

Transwest Helicopters to overhaul two Gulf of Mexico Bell 412s

Transwest Helicopters to overhaul two Gulf of Mexico Bell 412s

3-Feb-2013Source: Transwest Helicopters

Transwest Helicopters Ltd, who in October 2011 relocated from the Chilliwack Airport in Southwest British Columbia to the Oliver Airport in the Southern Interior, is pleased to announce that the company has won a contract to overhaul two Bell 412 helicopters at its brand new hangar facility in Oliver British Columbia Canada this winter. These... Read more

Court denies Bell’s approach in trade secrets row

Court denies Bell’s approach in trade secrets row

1-Feb-2013Source: Law360

A Texas federal judge on Wednesday shot down Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.’s bid to block an aircraft repair company from selling a fuselage repair fixture (see story)... Read more

Northrop Grumman awarded H-1 mission computer contract by US Navy

Northrop Grumman awarded H-1 mission computer contract by US Navy

31-Jan-2013Source: Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Corporation NOC -0.64%  has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command to provide Gen II mission computers for the H-1 Upgrade helicopter program. Under the $9.3 million firm-fixed-price order, Northrop Grumman will supply Gen II mission computers and trays for the H-1 Upgrade program’s Lot 10 production aircraft. Deliveries... Read more

St. Vincent StatFlight to add new base with Bell 407

St. Vincent StatFlight to add new base with Bell 407

28-Jan-2013Source: St. Vincent Health

St. Vincent Health officials have announced plans to expand access to its air medical program with the opening of a new air medical base of operations to be located at Rush Memorial Hospital in Rushville. The new StatFlight base, scheduled to open in late spring 2013, will place a new state-of-the-art helicopter, a Bell 407,... Read more

Three more 407s delivered to Iraqi military

Three more 407s delivered to Iraqi military

25-Jan-2013Source: US Army

The U.S. Army Security Assistance Command with U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command and Program Executive Office Aviation facilitated and delivered three Bell 407 Scout helicopters to Iraqi Army Aviation today. This marks the sixth completed delivery of Iraqi Armed 407 Scout helicopter through Foreign Military Sales that began in 2010. “Many of the organizations... Read more

First EMS Bell 429 arrives in Nigeria for NEMA

First EMS Bell 429 arrives in Nigeria for NEMA

24-Jan-2013Source: HeliHub.com

Yesterday we recorded a Bell 429 arriving in Nigeria last Thursday for the Nigerian Police – but actually it was one of a pair arriving on the same shipment.  The second, in a striking orange and white scheme is for NEMA – the National Emergency Management Agency – and is in an EMS configuration. Still... Read more

Guyana – Air Services Limited busy and considering second helicopter

Guyana – Air Services Limited busy and considering second helicopter

23-Jan-2013Source: Stabroek News

The potential for commercial helicopter services in Guyana is a goldmine of opportunity, says Air Services Limited (ASL) General Manager Annette Arjoon-Martins (see story).  Air Services Limited currently operates a fleet of 23 aircraft of six different types and one Bell LongRanger IV which are flown by a flight crew of twenty-four experienced pilots.  The... Read more

Cobham granted HeliSAS™ CAAC certification in China

Cobham granted HeliSAS™ CAAC certification in China

23-Jan-2013Source: Cobham

Cobham Commercial Systems has announced a significant milestone for their HeliSAS™ Stability Augmentation System and Autopilot.  The Civilian Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has granted Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) #VSTC0591 to Cobham, allowing installation of HeliSAS on hundreds of Bell 407 helicopters in that country. With more than 100 systems installed in the United States,... Read more

Nigerian Police receive a Bell 429

Nigerian Police receive a Bell 429

23-Jan-2013Source: HeliHub.com

The first Bell 429 arrived in Nigeria last Thursday, marked up in the colours of the Nigerian Police.  Still lacking blades, boom and with plenty of packaging still in place, the helicopter was photographed out in the open at Lagos Airport pending a short land trip to the Police hangar read for preparation and test... Read more

Singapore CAA approves Bell maintenance facility

Singapore CAA approves Bell maintenance facility

23-Jan-2013Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today that Bell Helicopter Asia, its maintenance service facility in Singapore,  has received a Part 145 Maintenance Organization Approval certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS). This certification allows Bell Helicopter to complete comprehensive repair, completion, maintenance and customization solutions for its expanding fleet... Read more

Bell honours Air Methods founder

Bell honours Air Methods founder

21-Jan-2013Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), honored Air Methods founder Roy Morgan with the first Bell Helicopter Vertical Flight Hall of Fame award at the 10th annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards in Beverly Hills on January 18. The award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the rotorcraft industry. “To be... Read more

Australian Helicopters and Flying Doctor on standby to secure soldier safety

Australian Helicopters and Flying Doctor on standby to secure soldier safety

18-Jan-2013Source: Australian Helicopters

Australian Helicopters Pty Ltd (AHPL) and the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) have joined forces to provide emergency medical evacuation during Australian Army training exercises in remote areas. The partnership between the two organisations will ensure that Australian soldiers receive the best possible care and support, according to AHPL Managing Director, Scott Swift.... Read more

Bell delivers 100th H-1 to the US Marine Corps

Bell delivers 100th H-1 to the US Marine Corps

17-Jan-2013Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), today delivered the 100th of a planned total of 349 H-1 helicopters during a ceremony at its Amarillo Assembly Center. The US Marine Corps H-1 helicopter program is comprised of both the UH-1Y utility helicopter and the AH-1Z attack helicopter. John Garrison, president and CEO of Bell Helicopter said, “We are... Read more

Bell benefits from 10 year property tax abatement

Bell benefits from 10 year property tax abatement

15-Jan-2013Source: ABC7 Amarillo

Amarillo City commissioners have approved a 10-year property tax abatement for a new military assembly center for Bell (see full story and video)... Read more

Chile approves Bell 429, including weight increase

Chile approves Bell 429, including weight increase

15-Jan-2013Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today that Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC) has validated the Bell 429 for operations in Chile. Additionally, DGAC has endorsed the operation of the Bell 429 at 3402 kg (7,500 lbs.). This approval, based on Transport Canada’s certification, makes Chile the fourteenth country to increase the maximum... Read more

EASA Approves FastFin for Bell 205s

EASA Approves FastFin for Bell 205s

15-Jan-2013

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified the FastFin® Tail Rotor Enhancement and Stability System for installation and flight on Bell 205 helicopters. BLR Aerospace recently received EASA approval for FastFin on Bell 212 helicopters and certification efforts are underway for the Bell 412. Following up on the successful FastFin certification for Bell 212s,... Read more

Oregon UH-1 operator for sale

Oregon UH-1 operator for sale

15-Jan-2013Source: HeliHub.com

Classifieds website Craigslist is currently hosting the following advert (here) “Timberline Air Service is a complete turn-key external load helicopter company that is currently operating Bell UH-1Ls. Timberline has been operating since 1983, the company includes complete ground support equipment, extensive spares inventory to support both UH-1Ls. Timberline has an excellent work history and potential... Read more

Elbit to continue supporting Israeli Air Force’s Flight Academy

Elbit to continue supporting Israeli Air Force’s Flight Academy

14-Jan-2013Source: Elbit

Elbit Systems Ltd. (the “Company”) recently announced that it was awarded two follow-on contracts by the Israeli Ministry of Defense (“IMOD”) for the operation and maintenance of the Israeli Air Force’s (“IAF”) Flight Academy trainer aircraft and helicopters. These contracts were part of the Company’s December 31, 2012 announcement regarding contract awards by the IMOD... Read more

Sikorsky Helitech partners with Euravia to support P&WC PT6T engines in Australasia

Sikorsky Helitech partners with Euravia to support P&WC PT6T engines in Australasia

14-Jan-2013Source: Euravia

EURAVIA is pleased to announce the signing of a two year teaming agreement with SIKORSKY HELITECH, Australia to provide P&WC PT6T engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services in the Asia Pacific region. Based in Lancashire, England, EURAVIA specialises in aftermarket services for a wide range of P&WC PT6 engines. The strategic partnership will support... Read more

Property tax abatement entices Bell

Property tax abatement entices Bell

11-Jan-2013Source: ABC7 Amarillo

Amarillo City commissioners approved a 10-year property tax abatement for a new military assembly center for Bell (see full story)... Read more

Harrison flight nurse completes 1,500 flights for Air Evac Lifeteam

Harrison flight nurse completes 1,500 flights for Air Evac Lifeteam

11-Jan-2013Source: Newton County Times

Boone County base flight nurse Lee Bailey recently completed his 1500th flight for Air Evac Lifeteam (see full story)... Read more

Custom Helicopters loses JetRanger on collapsing ice floe

Custom Helicopters loses JetRanger on collapsing ice floe

11-Jan-2013Source: HeliHub.com

This news item is part of the accident data provided by HeliHub.com on this site.  Information provided in this update may potentially be incomplete or inaccurate as we frequently post these stories only a very short time after the accident has occurred.  Users of HeliHub.com are advised to carry out their own checks and searches,... Read more

Dart offers Field Maintenance Tool Kits for Bell 407

Dart offers Field Maintenance Tool Kits for Bell 407

10-Jan-2013Source: DART Helicopter Services

DART Helicopter Services is pleased to offer Red Barn Machine’s Field Maintenance Tool Kits for Bell 407 aircraft. The Bell 407 Field Maintenance Tool Kit comes in a flyaway case with easy layout guide and includes over 30 tools to perform routine maintenance on your Bell 407. Tools come packaged in a sturdy Pelican case... Read more

10th Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards takes flight

10th Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards takes flight

7-Jan-2013Source: Kiddie Hawk Air Academy

The 10th Annual “Living Legends of Aviation”® Awards, presented by Bell Helicopter and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, announce some of this year’s honorees. The awards will be held January 18, 2013, at the Beverly Hilton. The 10th annual awards will be hosted by John Travolta, “The Official Ambassador of Aviation”®, and will celebrate a decade of recognition during aviation’s second hundred years. The program... Read more

Bell receives 407 HF Antenna STC approval

Bell receives 407 HF Antenna STC approval

7-Jan-2013Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, under its Aeronautical Accessories brand, announced it received FAA/STC approval for an HF Antenna for the Bell 407 helicopter model. The HF antenna is designed to interface with many types of HF radios, thereby increasing reception in remote areas, improving safety and communications.  A “towel bar style,” the HF antenna runs the full... Read more

UK – Helicopter Museum Huey becomes Vietnam film star

UK – Helicopter Museum Huey becomes Vietnam film star

7-Jan-2013Source: The Helicopter Museum

The Helicopter Museum came alive with the sounds of “Action!” and “Cut!” last week as a small film crew recorded a number of scenes for their début feature using one of the more iconic aircraft in the museum’s vast collection. With the use of  some clever lighting angles and a large Green Screen backdrop, the... Read more

Oklahoma Army National Guard to replace Kiowa with Lakota in 2013

Oklahoma Army National Guard to replace Kiowa with Lakota in 2013

7-Jan-2013Source: Oklahoma ANG

The Oklahoma Army National Guard announced today they will receive four UH-72A “Lakota” helicopters this year. The helicopters will replace four OH-58C “Kiowa” helicopters that have been in service for more than 30 years. The first two Lakotas are scheduled to arrive in Oklahoma in April with the final two following in May. The UH-72A... Read more

LifeTeam launch LongRanger 4 ops in Nebraska

LifeTeam launch LongRanger 4 ops in Nebraska

4-Jan-2013Source: LifeTeam

A local press report confirms that LifeTeam from Kansas have this week launched operations from Central Nebraska Regional Airport with a Bell LongRanger IV helicopter [editor note, N45EA, serial 51104].  The following is text of a LifeTeam press release from May 2012 when they announced their plans:- When faced with a medical emergency, Nebraska residents... Read more

Japan approves BLR FastFin on Bell 412EP

Japan approves BLR FastFin on Bell 412EP

3-Jan-2013Source: BLR Aerospace

The Japan Civil Aviation Bureau has approved the BLR Aerospace FastFin® Tail Rotor Enhancement and Stability System for installation on Bell 412EP helicopters. Nagano FFDR (Fire Fighting, Disaster, Relief, and Rescue) has selected the FastFin System for its Bell 412EP helicopter and will become the nation’s first operator to install and use the system. Nagano... Read more

Air Evac Lifeteam adds base at Carrollton, Georgia

Air Evac Lifeteam adds base at Carrollton, Georgia

3-Jan-2013Source: Douglas County Sentinel

The base is being temporarily housed at Tanner Medical Center while company officials seek a permanent location. (see full story)... Read more

Iran’s new Toufan 2 helicopter looks rather like a Cobra

Iran’s new Toufan 2 helicopter looks rather like a Cobra

3-Jan-2013

Iran has unveiled its latest combat helicopter Toufan 2 during a ceremony attended by the country’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi. (see full story)... Read more

Bell awarded $418M for UH-1Y and AH-1Z long-lead parts

Bell awarded $418M for UH-1Y and AH-1Z long-lead parts

1-Jan-2013Source: US DoD

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $418,851,869 modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-12-C-0009) to provide additional funding for the procurement of long lead parts and components required for the manufacture of 15 Lot 10 UH-1Y and 10 Lot 10 AH-1Z helicopters for the Marine Corps.  Work will... Read more

Bell assigned new rotor hub patent

Bell assigned new rotor hub patent

1-Jan-2013Source: USPTO

Bell Helicopter Textron, Fort Worth, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,336,815) developed by Richard Rauber, Arlington, Texas, Frank B. Stamps, Colleyville, Texas, and James Lee Braswell Jr., Colleyville, Texas, for a “constant-velocity drive system for gimbaled rotor hubs.” The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A constant-velocity... Read more

Turkish Forestry Dept orders five Bell 429s

Turkish Forestry Dept orders five Bell 429s

1-Jan-2013Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today that it has signed an agreement with the Republic of Turkey Undersecretariat for Defence Industries for the supply of five Bell 429 aircraft. The Bell 429s will be operated by the Turkish General Directorate of Forestry (TGDF) to protect forest resources and coordinate firefighting operations.... Read more

Air Methods to acquire 20 Bell 407GX

Air Methods to acquire 20 Bell 407GX

1-Jan-2013Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today an agreement with Air Methods for the supply of 20 Bell 407GX aircraft. Air Methods will dedicate the helicopters to air medical transport for critically ill and injured patients throughout the United States. “Air Methods’ order for 20 new Bell 407GXs is part of our... Read more

Bell signs $243M deal for 407 cabin manufacture in India

Bell signs $243M deal for 407 cabin manufacture in India

21-Dec-2012Source: Dynamatic Technologies

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. Company (NYSE: TXT), has signed a Memo of Understanding (MoU) with Dynamatic Technologies to explore establishing Dynamatic® as a sub-contractor for its Bell 407 Air Frame Cabin Assembly, Air Frame Component and Details. The estimated business volume of the work proposed is approximately $243 million USD over a ten year... Read more

Bell awarded $28M more for H-1 upgrade contracts

Bell awarded $28M more for H-1 upgrade contracts

21-Dec-2012Source: US DoD

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Hurst, Texas, is being awarded a $15,307,118 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-12-C-0009) to provide systems engineering and program management services in support of the H-1 Upgrade Program.  Work will be performed in Hurst, Texas and is expected to be completed in December 2013.  Contract funds... Read more

Bell to expand facilities in Tennessee

Bell to expand facilities in Tennessee

20-Dec-2012Source: Bell

See story from six weeks ago where HeliHub.com noted Bell’s consideration of this expansion program Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today it will expand its completion and customer delivery facilities located in Piney Flats, Tenn. This announcement represents a $10.1 million investment by Bell Helicopter and was achieved through collaboration with... Read more

Venezuela approves Bell 429, including weight increase

Venezuela approves Bell 429, including weight increase

20-Dec-2012Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today that Instituto Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil (INAC) has validated the Bell 429  to operate in Venezuela. Additionally INAC has endorsed the operation of the Bell 429 at 3402 kg (7,500 lbs.). This approval, based on Transport Canada’s certification, makes Venezuela the thirteenth country to endorse... Read more

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