Mexico certifies Sikorsky S76D
Source: Sikorsky, 13-May-13
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced that the S-76D™ helicopter has been awarded Type Certification by Mexico’s civil aviation authority, the Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC). Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). The S-76D helicopter is the newest product from Sikorsky Aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded Type Certification [...]
Bell showcases versatile aircraft at AeroExpo 2013
Source: Bell, 29-Apr-13
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), visited with many customers and enthusiasts last week in San Pedro Totoltepec, Mexico at the 10th annual AeroExpo held April 18 to April 20 at Toluca International Airport. Five Bell Helicopter aircraft were displayed at the event, including three corporate-configured Bell 407s, as well as a Bell [...]
Mexico orders six GrandNew for Presidential flight
Source: HeliHub.com, 22-Apr-13
Mexico has ordered six AgustaWestland AW109SP GrandNew helicopters for VVIP work in their Presidential flight. SEDENA (Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional), the government agency responsible for the Army and Air Force, says the total contracted value is 776 million pesos – about $63.1M at today’s prices. The Presidential fleet is tasked with flying the President [...]
Transportes Aereos Pegaso Signs for Two EC155s
Source: Eurocopter, 08-Mar-13
On the final day of the Heli-Expo air show in Las Vegas, Mexican operator Transportes Aéreos Pegaso, the largest oil and gas transportation provider in the Gulf of Mexico, signed on for two EC155s. Live from the Eurocopter booth, Transportes Aéreos Pegaso CEO Enrique Zepeda and Eurocopter President and CEO Lutz Bertling celebrated the signature, [...]
Mexico’s ASESA signs for six S-76D
Source: Sikorsky, 07-Mar-13
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the signing of a contract with ASESA (Aeroservicios Especializados, S.A. de C.V.), a Mexican helicopter service provider, for the purchase of six S-76D™ helicopters to serve the offshore oil transport mission. Sikorsky, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), announced the sale at the 2013 Heli-Expo Industry Show. The sale [...]
Eurocopter inaugurates Mexican centre for high-technology components
Source: Eurocopter, 15-Feb-13
Eurocopter expanded its global industrial footprint and enhanced the company’s presence in Mexico with today’s inauguration of a new manufacturing center of excellence at Querétaro, which is to produce high-technology aircraft structural metallic components. The event was attended by Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, along with other key government, local and Eurocopter officials. Located at [...]
Mexico approves Dart’s AS350/355 Vertical Reference Floor Window Kits
Source: DART Helicopter Services, 05-Dec-12
DART Helicopter Services is pleased to announce their receipt Mexican approval (DGAC) for Vertical Reference Floor Window Kits fitted for AS350 and AS355 series of helicopters. The DART Vertical Reference Floor Window Kits are available in three sizes to fit various operational requirements. You can now look through the floor window with ease for vertical [...]
CAE Bell 412 simulator in Mexico earns FAA Level-D approval
Source: CAE, 01-Nov-12
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Simulation has qualified the CAE Bell 412 full-flight simulator (FFS) in Toluca, Mexico to Level D, the highest standard for flight simulation training devices. The simulator was initially approved by Mexico’s Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC). CAE Mexico is Mexico’s first helicopter training facility to use an [...]
Ex-Im Bank approves $50M finance for Mexican offshore S76D fleet
Source: Ex-Im Bank, 29-Oct-12
The board of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) authorized more than $50 million to guarantee a loan extended by Apple Bank to Aeroservicios Especializados S.A. DE C.V. (ASESA) of Mexico that will finance the export of a fleet of Sikorsky S-76D™ helicopters to Mexico. Ex-Im Bank’s credit will support approximately 450 U.S. jobs, according to bank estimates derived from [...]
Eurocopter and Turbomeca launch maintenance training centre in Mexico
Source: Eurocopter Mexico, 25-May-12
Eurocopter de México (EMSA) and Turbomeca México (Safran Group) have signed a cooperation agreement for the training of helicopter maintenance technicians and recently opened their first joint training center in Mexico, which is also the first of its kind on the American continent to offer Spanish-speaking instructors. This new center, inaugurated today by Eurocopter’s Executive [...]
Mexican Police JetRanger down, 3 injured
Source: HeliHub.com, 17-May-12
T his 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 [...]
CAE opening locations in Australia, Brazil, China and Mexico in 2012
Source: CAE, 13-May-12
CAE announced today on the eve of the European Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (EBACE) that it will begin training pilots and maintenance technicians this summer for Gulfstream G450 and G550 business aircraft operators in Asia at the Shanghai Eastern Flight Training Centre (SEFTC), located in Shanghai Pudong Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone. Shanghai is CAE’s [...]
Strong Bell 407GX sales in Central and South America
Source: HeliHub.com, 02-May-12
The HeliHub.com team has noticed that the early sales of the Bell 407GX demonstrate particular success for Bell in Central and South America. Of the first 14 off the production line, more than half are in that region, with three in Brazil and one each to Chile, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Panama. The 407GX is [...]
Heliservicio Campeche signs with CAE for B412 and S76 training
Source: CAE, 26-Apr-12
CAE has signed a training service contract with Heliservicio Campeche, a leading helicopter operator serving Mexico’s offshore oil and gas industry, for Bell 412 and Sikorsky S-76 training. Heliservicio Campeche pilots will conduct Bell 412 training at the new Toluca training center. Sikorsky S-76 training will be delivered at the CAE North East Training Center, [...]
SkyTrac Systems to exhibit at AeroExpo show in Mexico this week
Source: SkyTrac Systems, 24-Apr-12
SkyTrac Systems is pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting at the AeroExpo 9th Annual International Aviation Trade Show and Convention from April 26th – 28th, 2012 in Toluca, Mexico. AeroExpo is an important Aviation business event in Latin America, and the Toluca International Airport is considered to be the number one airport in [...]
Sikorsky opens office in Mexico
Source: Sikorsky, 17-Feb-12
Sikorsky Export Corporation, a subsidiary of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp has opened a business office in Mexico City. The office will provide sales and logistics support to the growing number of BLACK HAWK aircraft operated by the Mexican armed forces. Among those attending a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the [...]
Mexico’s Pegaso recognized for flying an EC135 for over 2000 hours in one year
Source: Eurocopter, 15-Feb-12
Eurocopter presented yesterday an award of excellence to Transportes Aereos Pegaso for the more than 2,000 flight hours logged in 2011 by one of this operator’s EC135 P2 helicopters during oil and gas industry transportation missions in the Gulf of Mexico. The milestone aircraft, which carries Mexican registration number XA-UDN, accumulated a total of 2,014 [...]
Sikorsky signs MOU with ASESA of Mexico
Source: Sikorsky, 14-Feb-12
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Mexican helicopter service provider ASESA (Aeroservicios Especializados, S.A. de C.V.) to jointly explore assembly and service opportunities in support of BLACK HAWK helicopters. “The MOU marks another step in our commitment to support BLACK HAWK aircraft operated [...]
StandardAero Signs Three FBOs as Rolls-Royce Support Centers
Source: StandardAero, 14-Feb-12
StandardAero announced today that it has signed three 6-year agreements with Fixed Base Operators (FBOs) in Brazil, Mexico, and Guatemala. Helipark Taxi Aereo E Manutencao Aeronautica Ltda. (Helipark) of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Servicio Tecnico Aereo De Mexico (STAM) of Mexico City, Mexico, and Aeroservicios AVE, S.A. (AVESA) of Guatemala City, Guatemala have signed with StandardAero [...]
Bell delivers first 407GX
Source: Bell, 12-Feb-12
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today it has delivered its first Bell 407GX to a long-time Bell 407 customer, AVEMEX, S.A. de C.V., located in Toluca, Mexico. AVEMEX has been operating Bell 407 helicopters for nine years. “The delivery of the first Bell 407GX is the culmination of the promise that [...]
Turbomeca adds subsidiary in Mexico
Source: Turbomeca, 12-Feb-12
Turbomeca (Safran group) announces the creation of Turbomeca Mexico , Located in. the federal capital of Mexico , Called Federal District – DF. Turbomeca Mexico is Aimed at Supporting Turbomeca engines operators in Mexico, Central America and north of South America ( Bolivia , Colombia , Ecuador and Venezuela ). The primary goal of Turbomeca [...]
Uniflight awarded Mexican DGAC certification
Source: Uniflight, 12-Feb-12
Uniflight, LLC of Grand Prairie, Texas is extremely pleased to announce that it has been awarded a Repair Station certificate by Mexico’s Director General of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC). A team from the DGAC recently visited the Uniflight facility in Grand Prairie and performed a very in-depth inspection of its services and capabilities. After the completion [...]
CAE Mexico training centre opens with B412 simulator
Source: CAE, 05-Jan-12
CAE today announced that Mexico’s first business jet and civil helicopter training centre is open and ready for pilot training. New full-flight simulators (FFS) for the Bombardier Learjet 40/45 aircraft and the Bell 412 helicopter were recently qualified to Level D-equivalent standards by Mexico’s Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil (DGAC). The new CAE training centre [...]
Three Mi-17V-5 for Mexico
Source: Novosti, 02-Jan-12
Mexico bought three Russian Mi-17V-5 tactical transport helicopters, an informed source in the Mexican military circles told a Russian news agency (see full story). File photo
Helipool Europe adds EC120 from Mexico
Source: HeliHub.com, 09-Dec-11
Swiss operator Helipool Europe has this week added Eurocopter EC120B HB-ZMR to its fleet, having imported it from Mexico. It is expected to be based at Balzers. The company also owns an AS350B3 and an EC130B4 both of which are leased to Air Glaciers at Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland with it’s famous holiday resorts Grindelwald and [...]
Bell delivers three 412s and a 429 into Mexico
Source: Bell, 27-Oct-11
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today it has delivered four Bell aircraft into Mexico – three Bell 412s and the first Bell 429 into Mexico earlier this year. The three Bell 412s were delivered to Heliservicio Campeche to support its oil & gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Bell Helicopter [...]
Eurocopter begins construction of new Mexican facility
Source: Eurocopter, 27-Oct-11
A groundbreaking ceremony yesterday marked the official start of construction work on Eurocopter’s new manufacturing plant in Querétaro, Mexico, which will manufacture aeronautical components and subassemblies. This industrial facility – situated within the Aerotech Park adjacent to Querétaro International Airport – will be dedicated to the production and assembly of helicopter and aircraft components, such [...]
Mexican State of Jalisco takes delivery of S-70i
Source: Sikorsky, 01-Oct-11
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has delivered an S-70i BLACK HAWK helicopter to Jalisco, the first state government in Mexico to acquire the newest variant of the world’s most employed military utility aircraft. Jalisco state police will deploy the aircraft for general law enforcement with initial aircraft operation anticipated during October’s XVI Pan American Games. Sikorsky is [...]
Pegaso leases four new EC145s from Milestone
Source: Milestone Aviation Group, 08-Sep-11
Milestone Aviation Group, the first global finance company focused exclusively on the helicopter and private jet markets, announced today the lease to Transportes Aereos Pegaso (Pegaso) of four new Eurocopter EC-145 helicopters. Pegaso, a leading Mexican air transport company and long-standing Eurocopter customer, will use the four helicopters to serve its new long-term contract with [...]
Did helicopter pilot lie in drowning case?
Source: HeliHub.com, 01-Sep-11
A jury is currently deliberating a case in Houston were a Department of Homeland Security pilot stands accused of lying about whether he flew his helicopter low over two would-be illegal immigrants in the Rio Grande in South Texas before one of the men drowned. Surveillance video footage allegedly shows pilot James Peters flying his [...]
Three UH-60Ms handed over to Mexican Navy
29-Aug-11
The transfer of the helicopters from the United States Northern Command demonstrates American goodwill and commitment to help Mexico against “international criminal organizations that represent a threat to the peace and democracy of our nation,” said Rear Adm. Jorge Carlos Morales Gonzalez, who accepted the aircraft for the Armada de Mexico. (see full story)
Mexican military helicopter lands in Texas by mistake
Source: Houston Chronicle, 08-Aug-11
A Mexican military helicopter landed Saturday afternoon at Laredo International Airport by mistake, said a spokeswoman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. (Full story)
Mexico’s State of Jalisco to purchase S-70i
Source: Sikorsky, 21-Jun-11
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the contract to sell one S-70i BLACK HAWK helicopter to the state of Jalisco in Mexico. With the sale, Jalisco will become the first state in Mexico to acquire its own BLACK HAWK helicopter. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Jalisco is one of 31 states in [...]
CAE to add Bell 412 simulator in Mexico
Source: CAE, 16-May-11
CAE today announced on the eve of the European Business Aviation Convention and Exposition (EBACE) that it will double the number of locations in its global business aviation training network from four to eight over the next 24 months. This will provide CAE business aviation customers with conveniently accessible training in every major region of [...]
Mexican operator Pegaso orders five EC145s, plus five more on option
Source: HeliHub.com, 10-Mar-11
Transportes Aéreos Pegaso, who already operate one of the largest Eurocopter fleets in Latin America, have placed an order for five Ec145s to fulfil a transportation contract with CFE (Comisión Federal de Electricidad). The customer is the national electricity company for Mexico. Pegaso already operates six EC145s, including the one shown in the photo below [...]
Barefoot waterski speed record broken – behind an AW119
Source: HeliHub.com, 08-Mar-11
Mexican businessman Fernando Reina Iglesias broke the world speed record for barefoot water skiing on 2nd March, it has emerged. Towed behind an AgustaWestland AW119 in Acapulco, Reina reached 153mph, breaking the previous record of 135mph set by American skier Scott Pellaton 22 years ago. Public notary Manlio Favio Pano witnessed the event, helping the [...]
Eurocopter to create production line in Querétaro, Mexico
Source: Eurocopter, 09-Feb-11
Eurocopter will create a new industrial facility in Querétaro, Mexico to support its global production network, further reinforcing the company’s manufacturing capabilities while also augmenting its presence in the Latin American marketplace. This selection results from a comprehensive study to determine the optimum location for this latest production facility in Eurocopter’s international industrial network, with [...]
Town of Ciudad Juárez to add public safety helicopter
Source: HeliHub.com, 07-Feb-11
Meixco’s State Government of Chihuahua will donate one helicopter to the town of Ciudad Juárez to strengthen their public safety department. No details were given on the type of helicopter or its current/potential equipment level. The announcement was made by Governor César Duarte Jáquez while visiting the town last Tuesday for a regional security meeting [...]
Mexico Federal Police takes delivery of three UH-60Ms
24-Jan-11
[We include this Sikorsky press release merely for completeness. HeliHub.com reported this story over seven weeks ago here] The Department of State has delivered three UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopters to the Government of Mexico’s Federal Police (FP). Designed and manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), the aircraft are the first [...]
FAA raises safety rating for Mexico
Source: FAA, 02-Dec-10
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced that Mexico complies with international safety standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), based on the results of a November FAA review of Mexico’s civil aviation authority. Under the leadership of Secretary Juan Molinar and Director General Hector Gonzalez [...]
Mexican Federal Police take delivery of three UH-60Ms
Source: Policia Federal, 01-Dec-10
In a ceremony headed by the Secretary of Public Security, Genaro Garcia Luna Engineer and U.S. Ambassador Carlos Pascual Mexico , in the Command Center of the Federal Police , carried out the delivery of three UH-60M Black Hawk, aircraft entirely new, specially designed to the specifications required by the federal Public Security Secretariat. The [...]
US gives Mexico three UH-60Ms for counter narcotics work
Source: US Embassy in Mexico, 26-Nov-10
The United States Department of State announced today the delivery of three Black Hawk UH-60M helicopters to the Government of Mexico’s Federal Police force (SSP). The helicopters, valued at $64 million, mark the first Merida Initiative aviation delivery to the SSP and will compliment the SSP’s current air fleet by expanding law enforcement operations, allowing [...]
SkyTrac Systems to exhibit at Expo CIAM 2010 show in Mexico
Source: SkyTrac Systems, 18-Nov-10
SkyTrac Systems is pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting at the CIAM Trade Show and Congress from November 20-22, 2010 in Cancun, Mexico. CIAM 2010 is the “Latin American business meeting”, that brings together the most important aircraft manufacturers, equipment, services and aviation systems within the Latin American Aviation Community. Cancun is the [...]
Kaman inaurugates manufacturing facility in Mexico
Source: Kaman, 12-Nov-10
Kaman Aerostructures, a division of Kaman Aerospace Corporation, today formally inaugurated its new state of the art manufacturing facility in the city of Chihuahua. On hand for the ceremony were Alberto Chretin Castillo, Secretary of the Economy representing César Horacio Duarte Jáquez, Governor of the State of Chihuahua; Marco Adán Quezada Martinez, Mayor of Chihuahua; [...]
Eurocopter’s investment in Mexico to generate up to 10,000 jobs
Source: Vuelo Libre, 29-Oct-10
New facility expected to generate 10,000 direct and indirect jobs and stimulate the market for suppliers of parts of the aviation sector,
Jet Rescue opens new EMS service in Mexico City
Source: Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, 20-Oct-10
Mexico City – Jet Rescue Air Ambulance is proud to announce the opening of a new business unit based in Mexico City. The “Critical Air” business unit offers emergency evacuation by means of its A-119 Koala air ambulance helicopter. Quick response teams are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in most weather [...]
Mexico orders six more EC725s
Source: Eurocopter, 21-Sep-10
The Mexican Ministry of Defense has signed an agreement with Eurocopter for the purchase of six EC725 helicopters. Together with the same number of rotary-wing aircraft ordered in March of last year, Eurocopter will now be supplying a total of 12 EC725s to Mexico’s SEDENA (SecretarÃa de La Defensa Nacional) beginning in the second quarter [...]
Mexico signs deal for six Eurocopter EC725s
Source: Expatica, 16-Sep-10
Mexico signed a deal with France to buy six military helicopters from Eurocopter on Wednesday, officials said, amid increasing pressure on its troops in a wave of drug-related violence.
Night Flight Concepts completes training for Mexican SAR unit
Source: Night Flight Concepts, 16-Sep-10
Night Flight Concepts (NFC), provided specialized Airborne Law Enforcement Training to the Mexico State Government’s Air Rescue Unit. Night Flight Concepts is the industry’s premier provider of night vision goggle equipment, training, and maintenance solutions. The Mexico State Government’s Air Rescue Unit training was conducted on-site at the Units location in Toluca, Mexico. The training [...]
Sikorsky awarded $36M contract to convert three UH-60M to Mexican Navy spec
Source: US Dept of Defense, 13-Sep-10
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Sept. 7 a $36,580,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement to convert three diverted UH-60M aircraft to the Mexico Navy configuration to include the integrated operator manuals, technical data packages, and the aircraft warranty. Estimated completion time is Dec. 31, 2010, with work to be performed at Stratford, [...]
Sikorsky awarded $35M contract for three UH-60M for Mexican Navy
Source: US DoD, 07-Aug-10
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Aug. 3 a $35,252,210 firm-fixed-price contract for three UH-60M aircraft for the Mexico Navy and three auxiliary power units inlet barrier filter kits for the UH-60M. Work is to be performed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2012. One bid was solicited [...]
JetRanger stolen by drug cartel recovered by Mexican military
Source: NTR Zacatecas, 03-Aug-10
A helicopter and trailer, which had been stolen by organized crime on Thursday July 29, were recovered yesterday by soldiers assigned to the Eleventh Military Zone. [file photo]
FAA finds Mexico does not meet ICAO safety standards
Source: FAA, 31-Jul-10
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced that Mexico is not in compliance with international safety standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), following an assessment of the country’s civil aviation authority. As a result, the United States is downgrading Mexico from a Category 1 to [...]
MD Helicopters delivers refurbished MD Explorer back to Mexican Navy
Source: MD Helicopters, 08-Jun-10
MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) has delivered the fourth in a fleet of Mexican Navy refurbished MD Explorers from its Mesa, Arizona based Factory Service Center. The four MD Explorers have now been returned to the Mexican Navy in a ‘like new’ condition and have been converted by the Mexican Navy from an armed configuration to [...]
Municipal Government of Nezahualcoyotl stops flying B206 over safety issues
Source: ToDoTeotihuacan, 03-Jun-10
The president, Edgar Sánchez Navarro, announced that the Bell 260 type helicopter owned by the Municipal Government of Nezahualcoyotl no longer fly over the streets of the town as its technical conditions do not guarantee safety for the crew of the ship to the locals. [file photo]
Arizona Governor seeks helicopters, UAVs from Obama for Mexican border
Source: Arizona Republic, 24-May-10
In a May 20 letter, released by Brewer’s office on Friday, the governor asks the federal government to reallocate some of the nation’s network of OH-58 Kiowa helicopters to Arizona for use in border missions. Click on the “Arizona Republic” link for the press story, or here for the full 18-page pack sent by the [...]
Alpha Unmanned Systems presents its UV helicopters at Mexican security expo
Source: Defensa, 25-Apr-10
Alpha Unmanned Systems exhibits two of its helicopter UAVs – Command and Sniper – at this week’s Security Expo 2010 in Mexico City
Mexico: Jet Rescue´s New Helicopter Emergency Medical Service
Source: Jet Rescue, 14-Apr-10
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance is proud to announce the opening of a new business unit based in Mexico City. The “Critical Air” business unit offers emergency evacuation by means of its A-119 Koala air ambulance helicopter. Quick response teams are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in most weather conditions to ensure [...]
United Rotorcraft Solutions expanding business into Latin America
Source: United Rotorcraft Solutions, 07-Apr-10
United Rotorcraft Solutions (URS), currently supporting some Latin American customers, has taken steps to expand their business in that region. At February’s HAI Hel-Expo, URS introduced their recently appointed Director of New Business Development, Mr. Luis Vargas, whose present focus is Latin America. Luis holds an MBA with concentration in international business and entrepreneurship, a [...]
Government of Mexico chooses Guardian Mobility
Source: Guardian Mobility, 21-Feb-10
Guardian Mobility announced today that it will be supplying the Mexican Government with 65 Guardian 3 aircraft tracking devices, along with Guardian Mapping, in collaboration with its Mexican partner EZC Inc. Guardian will be showing these products at Heli-Expo in booth #3040 from February 21 to the 23 in Houston. The Mexican Government is equipping [...]
Mexico accident rate three times world average – Eurocopter commits to help
Source: La Jornada, 11-Feb-10
Eurocopter’s Serge Durand said that it is disturbing that while the worldwide helicopter accident rate is 4.5 per 100 thousand flight hours in Mexico is three times greater
US gives Mexico five Bell 412s to aid drug war
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 22-Dec-09
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.
SkyTrac Systems to Exhibit at Aero Expo Mexico in Acapulco
Source: SkyTrac Systems, 02-Dec-09
SkyTrac Systems will be exhibiting at the Aero Expo Mexico trade show from December 3-5, 2009. Aero Expo is put on by Aero Eventos Mexicanos which was formed with the purpose of promoting the business environment in Mexico’s aviation industry.
Night Flight Concepts completes NVG Training for Mexico State Government Air Rescue Unit
Source: Vertical, 13-Aug-09
The comprehensive NVG training package took place at the Palm Beach Helicopters flight training facility in Lantana, Florida in the newly NVG STC Bell 206B Jet Ranger.
The Mexican Ministry of Defense Orders 6 EC725 Helicopters from Eurocopter
Source: Eurocopter, 10-Mar-09
AerolÃneas Ejecutivas Signs A Contract For Fifteen AgustaWestland Helicopters
Source: AgustaWestland, 28-Feb-08
AerolÃneas Ejecutivas Signs A Contract For Fifteen AgustaWestland Helicopters
