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 [...]
American Eurocopter delivers 250th EC135 in the US
Source: American Eurocopter, 14-Feb-12
American Eurocopter today announced the delivery of its 250th EC135®. The milestone helicopter was recently delivered to Med-Trans Corporation of Dallas. “It has been a year of milestones for American Eurocopter,” said Marc Paganini, President and CEO of American Eurocopter. “This 250th delivery of an EC135 showcases the popularity of the platform in the United [...]
American Eurocopter delivers 3,000th aircraft
Source: American Eurocopter, 13-Feb-12
From Heli-Expo 2012, American Eurocopter today announced that it reached a corporate milestone with the delivery of its 3,000th aircraft at the end of 2011: an EC130 delivered to Air Methods Corporation, the world’s largest air medical transportation provider. “This is yet another distinguished milestone in our company’s history in the United States,” said Marc [...]
American Eurocopter marks US Coast Guard’s 1,250,000 hours in H-65 fleet
Source: American Eurocopter, 13-Feb-12
American Eurocopter presented the U.S. Coast Guard with a certificate of commendation for attaining 1.25 million fleet flight hours on the H-65 Dolphin multi-mission helicopter. The accomplishment was recognized during a presentation at Eurocopter’s exhibit at Heli-Expo 2012, the world’s largest helicopter exhibition. American Eurocopter delivered the first Coast Guard H-65 in 1985 and has [...]
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Exceeds 10,000 Flight Hours
Source: American Eurocopter, 12-Feb-12
American Eurocopter today announced the Hillsborough County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) has exceeded 10,000 hours of flight time on its fleet of aircraft from American Eurocopter — three AS350 B2’s and one EC120. Since the delivery of the first AS350 in September 2002, the HCSO has utilized its fleet to answer more than 17,000 calls [...]
P&WC’s latest generation PT6C-67C engine reaches 1,000 deliveries
Source: P&WC, 12-Feb-12
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) announced today at Helicopter Association International’s HELI-EXPO 2012 that it has delivered its 1,000th PT6C-67C engine to AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company. Pratt & Whitney Canada is a United Technologies Corp. company (NYSE:UTX). The PT6C-67C, the latest generation engine in the PT6C turboshaft family, powers the AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter. This family of engines was [...]
P&WC delivers 75,000th production engine – a PT6C for an AW139
Source: P&WC, 12-Feb-12
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) is celebrating a major milestone with the delivery of its 75,000th engine. The engine, a PT6C-67C, was delivered recently to AgustaWestland for installation on the AW139. P&WC is a United Technologies Corp. company (NYSE:UTX). P&WC’s relationship with AgustaWestland is in its fifth decade. Since delivery of the first Twin-Pac® engine for the [...]
P&WC’s PW200 family surpasses 5,000,000 flying hours
Source: P&WC, 12-Feb-12
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.’s (P&WC) PW200 turboshaft engine fleet recently flew its 5 millionth hour, further confirming the engine series’ leadership position in the global light-twin helicopter markets. P&WC is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company. “This remarkable milestone demonstrates the tremendous success of the PW200 engine family has made over the past two decades,” said [...]
Robinson delivers R66 serial number 100
Source: Robinson, 11-Feb-12
On 23 December 2011, R66 serial number 0100 rolled off Robinson’s production line, one year and two months after the R66 Turbine received FAA certification. The 5-place R66 is Robinson’s largest and most powerful helicopter. The idea, conceived more than a decade ago, was to produce a reasonably priced, low maintenance, high performance turbine helicopter [...]
Air Comm to celebrate 25th anniversary at Heli-Expo 2012
Source: Air Comm, 08-Feb-12
Air Comm Corporation will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a special event on Monday, Feb. 13, at 2 p.m. in its Heli-Expo Exhibit 9743. The media and show attendees are invited to the celebration. Attendees may enter a drawing for a MacBook Air, and the winner will be announced during the event. Beer, wine, and [...]
OH-58D Kiowa Warrrior fleet reaches 2,000,000 flight hours milestone
Source: Bell, 07-Feb-12
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced that the U. S. Army’s OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter fleet have accumulated 2 million flight hours. Over 750,000 of these flight hours have been flown in combat. “The Kiowa Warrior continues to be the workhorse of Army aviation and this recent milestone is another example [...]
Helijet celebrates 2,000,000th passenger milestone
Source: Helijet, 05-Feb-12
Richmond’s Helijet International celebrated its two millionth passenger on Thursday, a major industry milestone the scheduled helicopter carrier has achieved after 25 years in business and flying more than 22 million kilometres. The milestone passenger, Godfrey D. Archbold, President and CEO, Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia, arrived at the Vancouver Harbour terminal [...]
Eurocopter celebrates 20 years in 2012
Source: Eurocopter, 30-Jan-12
In 1992, the Eurocopter Group was created via the merger of the helicopter divisions of Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm (MBB) in Germany and Aerospatiale in France. At that time, the Group had around 12,000 employees and 11 subsidiaries and participations. Twenty years later, the Group boasts an impressive track record, with 20,000 employees in the Group and 30 [...]
German Federal Police EC135 fleet reaches 100,000 hours
Source: Eurocopter, 16-Jan-12
Eurocopter recognized the German Federal Police for reaching the 100,000 total flight hour mark with its EC135 fleet, which performs thousands of operations annually across Germany for law enforcement, home security and Helicopter Emergency Medical Services missions. “The flight time logged by the German Federal Police marks a true milestone for the EC135, as this [...]
100th NH90 delivered before end of 2011
Source: HeliHub.com, 04-Jan-12
Industry sources have confirmed to HeliHub.com today that the 100th NH90 was delivered on 29th December 2011. The landmark aircraft was handed over by AgustaWestland to the Italian military. We are endeavouring to obtain a breakdown by customer and by manufacturer of these 100. Jeremy Parkin – HeliHub.com
Germany: DRF base at Dresden exceeds 1,500 missions in 2011
Source: HeliHub.com, 30-Dec-11
On 17th December, the DRF base at Dresden – known in Germany as “Christoph 38″ – flew its 1,500th mission. The particular incident was a road accident were a 46-year old female driver sustained serious pelvic and leg injuries after her car left an icy road and hit a tree. Onsite assessment by local paramedics [...]
Austria: Salzburg EMS base marks 10,000 missions
Source: HeliHub.com, 30-Dec-11
On 29th December, the Austrian OAMTC organisation flew the 10,000th mission from its base at Salzburg. A 44 year old female driver skidded on icy roads and ended up against a tree, resulting in the milestone call-out 10 minutes flight from Salzburg for “Christoph 6″, a Eurocopter EC135. The team involved were emergency physician Josef [...]
Air Evac Lifeteam reaches landmark 1,000,000 members
Source: Air Evac Lifeteam, 23-Dec-11
One million members! The Air Evac Lifeteam air ambulance company reached a milestone today with the announcement they have signed up their one millionth Air Evac Lifeteam member. “This is a great achievement for the company overall,” said Vice President of Membership Keith Hovey. “But more importantly, it means that a million people will not [...]
HAI Executive VP celebrates 25 years service
Source: HAI, 22-Dec-11
Edward F. DiCampli, HAI’s Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary, has reached an amazing milestone, celebrating 25 years of committed service to HAI and the international helicopter community. Reflecting on his quarter of a century of dedicated work towards the success of HAI, DiCampli notes how, when he joined the association in Aug. 1985, the [...]
Robinson starts production of the 100th R66
Source: HeliHub.com, 11-Dec-11
Robinson Helicopter Co have started production of the 100th R66 – the company distributed a photo via Twitter at 3.21pm Pacific time on Saturday afternoon. See original posting here. As pointed out here by Rotorcorp, the Robinson parts people, what Robinson Helicopter Co lack in volume of tweets, they certainly make up for in quality! [...]
Malaysian Helicopter Services reaches 1,000,000 hours with Turbomeca
Source: Turbomeca, 06-Dec-11
On the occasion of the exhibition LIMA (Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition) in Malaysia, Turbomeca (SAFRAN Group) announced that its Arriel and Makila the 21 Malaysian Helicopter Services Helicopters (MHS), reached a million hours of flight. MHS is now the operator of the largest civil helicopters in Malaysia. The fleet is deployed MHS currently [...]
Gulf Helicopters’ AW139 fleet passes 20,000 hour milestone
Source: AgustaWestland, 15-Nov-11
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the AW139 medium twin helicopter fleet operated by Gulf Helicopters of Qatar has achieved the milestone of 20,000 flying hours. Gulf Helicopter is one of the largest AW139 operators worldwide and a prime player in the Middle East with 12 helicopters of this type already in [...]
Robinson hold ceremony for 10,000th helicopter
Source: HeliHub.com, 12-Nov-11
Robinson Helicopter Co held a ceremony on Thursday 10th November for local press and dignitaries to celebrate the production of the 10,000th helicopter at their Torrance factory. A press release is reportedly forthcoming. Until then, these are the pertinent points gleaned from local press reports Employment is increasing, with 200 new jobs in 2011 taking [...]
Reno-based Care Flight celebrates 30 years
Source: Colorado Flight for Life, 31-Oct-11
The first civilian hospital based helicopter air ambulance; “Flight For Life” started at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Denver, Colorado in 1972. Flight nurses Jane Miller and Margaret Tole began flying with Flight for Life in 1975. Care Flight was born in 1981 when Miller accepted the position of Chief Flight Nurse, and along with Tole, [...]
WNAA pilot clocks up 3,000th mission
Source: WNAA, 28-Oct-11
Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance (WNAA) Pilot Richard Craske flew his 3000th mission in Warwickshire on Friday 14 October 2011. A woman in her 40s was injured while exercising a horse on a long rein, or lunging, in the Shipston-on-Stour area. The crew were called because of initial concerns about possible head and back injuries. [...]
US Army to receive 10,000th Turbomeca Arriel engine
Source: Turbomeca, 27-Oct-11
Turbomeca (Safran group) is proud to deliver its 10,000th Arriel production engine, which will power a United States Army UH-72A Lakota helicopter. During a ceremony at the Turbomeca USA site today, Olivier Andriès, Turbomeca Chairman & CEO and Russ Spray, Turbomeca USA President & CEO, presented the United States Army a commemorative plaque to mark [...]
Lifeline at Rockford’s OSF Saint Anthony marks 30 years
Source: Rockford Register Star, 26-Oct-11
OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center celebrates 30 years of its Lifeline medical helicopter program Wednesday, and staff say health system officials have invested in major equipment upgrades and training during the last few years to make the aircraft more dependable and in demand for the region. (see full story)
Boeing and Australian Army graduate 100th helicopter pilot
Source: Boeing, 24-Oct-11
Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the Australian Army today announced the graduation of the 100th helicopter pilot to earn their wings through the Helicopter Qualification Course delivered under the Army Aviation Training and Training Support (AATTS) program in Oakey. “Graduating the 100th helicopter pilot is a significant achievement for both Boeing and the Australian Army. It [...]
Starflight celebrates 25 years
Source: HeliHub.com, 07-Oct-11
Starflight operates in a 75 nautical-mile radius of Jamestown in the northern reaches of New York state, and flies patients to specialty centers in Buffalo, Rochester, Pittsburgh, Erie and Cleveland. They are celebrating their 25th anniversary. The service is provided by WCA Hospital, working together with the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office. The program operates two [...]
Safe Flight Instrument Corporation celebrates 65 years
Source: Safe Flight, 05-Oct-11
Safe Flight Instrument Corporation, the longest privately-held avionics manufacturer under continuous management, marks this year’s National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) convention with the celebration of its 65th anniversary and the announcement of several new programs and certifications. Established in October, 1946 to develop the invention of Leonard Greene’s Stall Warning System, the company has gone [...]
8,000th image filed in HeliHub.com gallery
Source: HeliHub.com, 04-Oct-11
HeliHub.com is having increasing success with its “Gallery” feature, recording over 8,000 images in its main Gallery, and around 190 photographers have joined as members of the Gallery. The Flickr gallery provides users of HeliHub.com the opportunity to upload their own photos, and the early success is demonstrating just how valuable this will become over [...]
RAF celebrates 40 years of Puma ops
Source: Royal Air Force, 30-Sep-11
The Royal Air Force Puma helicopter officially celebrates its 40th anniversary today; with the first aircraft having undertaken its first operational flight on 29th September 1971. Video of Puma in Action The Puma helicopter, currently serving with 33 and 230 Squadrons at RAF Benson, has seen stalwart Service over its forty year career, deploying on [...]
Eurocopter marks 10,000 hours for Chiltern Police EC135T2 Henlow base
Source: Eurocopter, 29-Sep-11
Eurocopter today celebrated the 10,000 flight hour milestone for Chiltern Air Support Unit EC135 T2 helicopter based at RAF Henlow – the Royal Air Force station in Bedfordshire, England. A 10,000-flight hour certificate was presented by Markus Steinke, Managing Director of the Eurocopter UK Ltd. affiliate, to Doug MacKay, Unit Executive Office at RAF Benson [...]
Chinook at 50 – Boeing opens new $130M facility
Source: Boeing, 21-Sep-11
RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa., Sept. 21, 2011 — The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) and the U.S. Army celebrated the opening of the newly renovated H-47 Chinook manufacturing facility today. The event coincided with the 50th anniversary of the H-47 Chinook’s first flight. “Boeing has made a $130 million investment to create a world-leading aircraft manufacturing facility to support continuing U.S. [...]
NAS North Island celebrates 100 years
Source: Fleet Week San Diego, 20-Sep-11
More than 250 classic racing cars will take to the specially-constructed track on the runway at Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) September 24-25 for the 14th annual Fleet Week Coronado Speed Festival. While the Festival’s mission is to honor San Diego’s military every year, this year it will help commemorate a momentous milestone. The Coronado Speed Festival will [...]
Heliswiss JetRanger passes 18,000 flight hours
Source: HeliHub.com, 16-Sep-11
Heliswiss is celebrating one of its JetRangers passing 18,000 flight hours on 31st August. Delivered new in 1980 from the Agusta production line, and serialled 8606, this aircraft was flown in Austria as OE-DXV until purchased by Heliswiss in March 1986. Later the same year they passed it to their Spanish associate Heliswiss Iberica for [...]
Eurocopter starts building EC145 #500
Source: HeliHub.com, 15-Sep-11
Industry sources are telling HeliHub.com that Eurocopter have started production of the 500th EC145 at their plant at Donauworth, with the forward frame holding the windows for serial number 9500 already on the production line. The landmark aircraft is expected to take to the air in approximately three months from now. This figure does not [...]
First two HH-60G Pave Hawks achieve 10,000 hours
Source: Sikorsky, 15-Sep-11
Nearly 30 years after entering service with the U.S. Air Force, two HH-60G PAVE HAWK helicopters have both achieved 10,000 flight hours during their simultaneous flights on Aug. 30 over Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. The Sikorsky Aircraft designed-and-built helicopters are the first-ever U.S. Air Force H-60 aircraft to have reached this high flight time [...]
Royal Navy observer marks 6,000 flying hours
Source: Royal Navy, 14-Sep-11
A Lynx helicopter flight commander embarked on Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring has achieved 6,000 hours of helicopter flight. Fleet Air Arm Lieutenant Commander Joe Harper clocked up his six-thousandth helicopter flying hour whilst taking off at night from HMS Daring’s flight deck. The 6,000 hours have been achieved during 32 years of constant service [...]
UK SAR pilot achieves 7,000 hours
Source: Royal Navy, 01-Sep-11
A helicopter pilot based at HMS Gannet in Prestwick – the UK’s busiest helicopter search and rescue unit – has become one of the Royal Navy’s most experienced flyers. For Lieutenant Commander Roger Stringer (49), who lives in Mauchline near Ayr in Scotland, completed his 7000th flying hour at the controls of a Sea King [...]
HeliHub.com files 10,000th helicopter industry news story
Source: HeliHub.com, 31-Aug-11
In the last week, the HeliHub.com team have filed the 10,000th news story on this website. The team’s dedication to the task, with stories sourced from all corners of the globe in our efforts to provide the industry with the best service bar none. We run a wider range of stories than any other industry [...]
UH-72A deliveries reach half-way stage
Source: EADS North America, 25-Aug-11
EADS North America has achieved another milestone on the UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) program as the company has delivered more than half of the planned 345 Lakotas to the U.S. Army. The UH-72A Lakota, built by the company’s American Eurocopter business unit, is one of the U.S. Army’s most successful acquisition programs and [...]
Robinson produce 4,500th R22 helicopter
Source: HeliHub.com, 01-Aug-11
In recent weeks, Robinson Helicopter Co have produced and shipped the 4,500th example of their iconic two seater R22. This aircraft, and serial #4501, have been registered on 14th June in the name of Southern Ivy International Flight Academy in the Chinese city of Nanjing. They have been allocated the marks B-7032 and B-7033 respectively. [...]
L-3 produces 60,000th Stormscope® weather mapping system
Source: L-3 Avionics Systems, 31-Jul-11
L-3 Avionics Systems announced this week that it has produced its 60,000th Stormscope®Weather Mapping System, a product continuously manufactured since its 1976 introduction to general aviation. First released as the Stormscope WX-7, the instrument has become an industry standard for severe weather detection in light aircraft. L-3 donated the milestone system to the EAA for [...]
L-3 Avionics Systems sells 15,000th Collision Avoidance System
Source: L-3 Avionics Systems, 28-Jul-11
L-3 Avionics Systems announced today that sales of their collision avoidance systems have surpassed 15,000 units. The SkyWatch® collision avoidance system was the first active traffic detection system certified for general aviation and is widely used in light aircraft, helicopters and business jets. Midland Instruments, an L-3 Avionics Systems dealer since September 2008, purchased the [...]
Royal Navy Sea Kings complete 1,000th Afghanistan mission
Source: UK MoD, 24-Jul-11
The Royal Navy’s Sea King Mk7 Force completed their 1,000th operational mission in Afghanistan this week Sea King helicopter squadrons from Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose have been operating from Camp Bastion since 2009 and have contributed to the confiscation of significant amounts of IED-making equipment, arms and drugs, and the detainment of suspected [...]
Eurocopter hands over 1000th EC135 to ADAC in ceremony at Donauworth
Source: Eurocopter, 20-Jul-11
Eurocopter today delivered the 1,000th EC135 to its new owner. Fifteen years after the first of these helicopters rolled off the production line at the Eurocopter plant in Donauwörth, the group’s President and CEO Lutz Bertling handed the keys of the new aircraft on this landmark occasion to Peter Meyer, the President of ADAC, Germany’s [...]
Eurocopter delivers 100th EC225 to Bristow for lease to MHS
Source: Eurocopter, 18-Jul-11
Eurocopter today marked the 100th delivery of an EC225, which was received by Bristow Group Inc. (Bristow) – the leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry worldwide. The landmark EC225 was supplied in the oil and gas configuration, but it can be used by Bristow in other missions due to the multi-role [...]
7,000th image filed in HeliHub.com gallery
Source: HeliHub.com, 14-Jul-11
HeliHub.com is having increasing success with its “Gallery” feature, recording over 7,000 images in its main Gallery, and about 170 photographers have joined as members of the Gallery. The Flickr gallery provides users of HeliHub.com the opportunity to upload their own photos, and the early success is demonstrating just how valuable this will become over [...]
Sikorsky delivers 300th UH-60M to US Army
Source: Sikorsky, 07-Jul-11
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the delivery of the 300th UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter to the U.S. Army. Sikorsky is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company. “The war-fighter has provided outstanding reviews of the UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter’s performance in theater,” said Lt. Col. Heyward Wright, Product Manager, representing Col. Thomas Todd of the U.S. [...]
RTE’s fleet reach 250,000 hours on Turbomeca engines
Source: Turbomeca, 27-Jun-11
At the International Paris Air Show, Olivier Andries, Chairman and CEO of Turbomeca (Safran group) and Régis Magnac, Director of RTE, company in charge of the Electricity Transmission Network (TEN), are celebrating 250.000 flight hours for Turbomeca engines Used in aerial work helicopter for surveillance and maintenance of the French Electricity transmission network (high and [...]
58th Special Ops Wing celebrates a UH-1H passing 15,000 airframe hours
Source: US Air Force, 24-Jun-11
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — Forty years after it came into the Air Force inventory, the 58th Special Operations Wing celebrated a rare mark of longevity when UH-1H 69-6650 passed 15,000 hours in the air May 25. “As only the second UH-1 to surpass that number of flying hours, we wanted to mark the [...]
Colombian Black Hawk fleet exceeds 300,000 hours
Source: Sikorsky, 23-Jun-11
PARIS – Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today at the Paris Air Show that Colombia’s UH-60 BLACK HAWK helicopter fleet has surpassed the 300,000 flight hour milestone. Colombia’s Army, National Police, and Air Force combine to operate nearly 100 BLACK HAWK helicopters for a variety of missions including search and rescue, medical evacuation, disaster relief, anti-drug, [...]
Kocoglu Aviation AW109 Power fleet reaches 10,000 hour milestone
Source: AgustaWestland, 22-Jun-11
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the fleet of eight AW109 Power light twin helicopters of Kocoglu Aviation Inc. of Turkey has achieved the milestone of 10,000 flight hours in just two years. The eight AW109 Powers, operated by Sky Line Transportation Trade Inc., a Kocoglu Group company, have been successfully operating [...]
HeliFlite marks 20,000 accident-free hours
Source: HeliFlite, 07-Jun-11
Founded in 1998, HeliFlite is a full service helicopter operator offering on demand charter, a 25-hour HeliCard, fractional ownership and aircraft management services. HeliFlite’s outstanding safety record has been recognized by ARGUS International who has awarded HeliFlite “Platinum” status as well as Wyvern who has audited the company seven times and recommends HeliFlite as a [...]
ThedaStar celebrates 25 years in Wisconsin
Source: ThedaCare, 07-Jun-11
It was more than eight years ago, but Kyle Kienitz remembers Dec. 24, 2002, as if it was yesterday. At age 22, the U.S. Marine was home in Brillion on leave when the vehicle he was driving rolled over seven times, ejecting him and leaving him a paraplegic. ThedaStar responded to the scene and transported [...]
Christoph Europa 1 marks 50,000th mission
Source: HeliHub.com, 02-Jun-11
ADAC, the German-based rescue organisation, has announced that it’s “Christoph Europa 1″ base achieved its 50,000th mission on 18th May. Based at Aachen-Merzbrück airfield, the helicopter was on its 725th Use this year after being called to an emergency to Baesweiler. These impressive figures reflect a high daily operating frequency, which averaged five missions per [...]
French 22S Squadron celebrates 150,000 flight hours of Alouette III
01-Jun-11
22S Squadron, based at Lanvéoc Poulmic, recently celebrated 22 S 150,000 flight hours on their Alouette III helicopters. More than 200 pilots, crew and engineers were on hand to participate in the event. [French Navy photo]
British Apache fleet clocks up 100,000 flying hours
Source: UK MoD, 30-May-11
The British Army’s Apache attack helicopter has clocked up a landmark 100,000 flying hours, a third of which have been flown on operations in Afghanistan. The achievement – equivalent to a single helicopter staying aloft for 11-and-a-half years – has occurred as the Apache has become a vital battlefield tool in Afghanistan. As well as [...]
ÖAMTC base at Krems marks 25,000th mission
Source: HeliHub.com, 30-May-11
27 years after being launched, the “Christopherus 2″ of the ÖAMTC air ambulance in AUstria launched its 25,000th mission. Based at Krems, the EC135 was flown by Gerhard Trötzmüller with doctor Robert Mosser and flight paramedic Armin Schwanzer to transport a 52 year old patient with severe head injuries in the Regional Hospital of St. [...]
HealthNet celebrates 25 years in West Virginia
Source: Gazette Mail, 16-May-11
Small spaces and high speeds are a normal part of Becky Oakley’s day. The program director for HealthNet’s Charleston and Beckley service areas, Oakley oversees the emergency helicopter service that has transported more than 600,000 people since its start in 1986.
Carilion Clinic Life-Guard celebrate 30 years on Saturday
Source: Carilion Clinic, 13-May-11
Come celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Carilion Clinic Life-Guard and the 25th anniversary of Carilion Clinic’s ground services on Saturday, May 14th @ 3p.m. at Down by the River. Life-Guard will be there, along with ambulances, flight and ground crews, Q99 and free food! For more information and for ticket prices to Down by the [...]
Three Sea King pilots reach flying milestones in Afghanistan
Source: Royal Navy, 09-May-11
Camp Bastion in the heart of the Afghanistan desert is home to thousands of coalition service men and women. Three of them have been serving with Joint Helicopter Force (Afghanistan), flying Sea King Mk4 helicopters from 845 and 846 Naval Air Squadrons. Lieutenants Nick Plenty and Ally Macleod and Petty Officer Aircrewman Richard Symonds have [...]
Australia’s CareFlight marks 25 years
Source: Parramatta Advertiser, 09-May-11
The first CareFlight base was established in the grounds of Westmead Hospital with only one doctor on duty each day. In 2011, CareFlight celebrates its 25th anniversary with eight bases around Australia and up to 11 doctors rostered on duty each day of the year.
Aero Vodochody supplies 300th S-76 to Sikorsky
Source: Aero Vodochody, 09-May-11
AERO Vodochody dispatched through its company gates the 300th helicopter S-76 manufactured for Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. AERO Vodochody dispatched through its company gates the 300th helicopter S-76 manufactured for Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. It is a great success of AERO Vodochody, which produces the complete S-76 helicopter ready for installation of dynamic parts for Sikorsky Aircraft [...]
Max-Viz ships landmark 1,000th Enhanced Vision System
Source: Max-Viz, 05-May-11
Max-Viz, Inc. has shipped its 1,000th Enhanced Vision System (EVS), marking a significant point in the company’s history. The unit, an EVS-1500, was shipped to the AgustaWestland factory in Italy and is expected to be installed on an AW139 within the next few weeks. “We are very proud of our product and the marketplace acceptance [...]
HeliHub.com files 9,000th helicopter industry news story
Source: HeliHub.com, 05-May-11
Earlier today, the HeliHub.com team have filed the 9,000th news story on this website. The team’s dedication to the task, with stories sourced from all corners of the globe in our efforts to provide the industry with the best service bar none, with many stories not being covered by any other industry website and an [...]
Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance marks 8,000th mission
Source: Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance, 05-May-11
Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance (DSAA) has completed its 8,000th mission since its launch in March, 2000. The milestone call-out was to take an 18-month-old burns victim from Shaftesbury to Salisbury District Hospital, which has a specialist burns unit. During 2010, the Air Ambulance attended 788 incidents, 51 per cent of them (403) in Dorset [...]
V-22 fleet reaches 100,000 hour milestone with Eaton onboard
Source: Eaton, 02-May-11
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation is a key component supplier for the Bell-Boeing-built V-22 Osprey, which recently surpassed 100,000 flying hours during a U.S. Marine Corps combat mission in Afghanistan. Manufactured under a 50-50 strategic alliance between Bell Helicopter and Boeing, the V-22 Osprey is a multirole combat aircraft using tiltrotor technology to combine the [...]
Sikorsky celebrates 100th MH-60R and 200th MH-60S
Source: Sikorsky, 29-Apr-11
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), and the U.S. Navy have celebrated the production of 100 MH-60R and 200 MH-60S SEAHAWK® multi-mission helicopters for the U.S. Navy. “MH-60 helicopters perform an important role protecting the fleet and its sailors, and conducting a host of multi-mission operations,” said Rear Adm. Paul Grosklags, [...]
Selex Galileo delivers 250th Aircraft Gateway Processor for the AH-64D
Source: Selex Galileo, 19-Apr-11
SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, has delivered the 250th Aircraft Gateway Processor (AGP) to Boeing (Mesa, AZ), prime contractor for the AH-64D Apache helicopter. This important milestone comes less than a year after SELEX Galileo announced delivery of the 100th AGP and is a testament to the successful collaboration with Boeing. The AGP is an [...]
Eurocopter delivers the milestone 1,000th Dauphin
Source: Eurocopter, 19-Apr-11
Eurocopter’s 1,000th helicopter from its Dauphin family was delivered today to India’s Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited, the world’s largest civilian operator of this successful twin-engine, medium weight rotary-wing aircraft. Pawan Hans’ milestone helicopter is an AS365 N3 version, configured for offshore oil and gas drilling missions, and it brings the Indian operator’s fleet to a [...]
6,000th image filed in HeliHub.com gallery
Source: HeliHub.com, 29-Mar-11
HeliHub.com is having increasing success with its “Gallery” feature, recording over 6,000 images and increasing at a rate of approximately 450 per month The Flickr gallery provides users of HeliHub.com the opportunity to upload their own photos, and the early success is demonstrating just how valuable this will become over time. HeliHub.com plans to utilise [...]
Methven Heliski previews its 25th Winter Season
Source: Methven Heliski, 25-Mar-11
This season at Methven Heli we will be celebrating 25 years of operation! With a strong La Nina situation the longrange prediction is for a cold winter with plenty of snow. There has been some concern following the recent Christchurch earthquake however business is normal for Methven and for guests travelling though Christchurch there are [...]
London’s Air Ambulance reaches 25,000 missions by helicopter and car
Source: London’s Air Ambulance, 22-Mar-11
London’s Air Ambulance, the Charity which runs London’s only air ambulance has today attended its 25,000th mission. The service, which has been in operation for 23 years, also celebrates a year of being a 24hr operation next month, in April 2011, thanks to the continued support of its sponsors and the London community. London’s Air [...]
