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UM Survival Flight gets green light for new $11M HQ

UM Survival Flight gets green light for new $11M HQ

29-May-2011

The 80,000-square-foot building will be built on county property on Tooley Road, just north of M-59 in Howell Township. The 13-acre site, the former Hubbel farm, has access to the Livingston County Spencer J. Hardy Airport.... Read more

29-May-11 N911SL Bell OH-58C Fort Pierce, US-Florida

29-May-11 N911SL Bell OH-58C Fort Pierce, US-Florida

29-May-2011

“We saw him spinning and hit the ground,” Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Kevin Ale said.   The helicopter’s cockpit and cabin appeared intact, but its tail boom was bent and its rear rotor sheared off.  Pilot named as Deputy Shawn Sullivan... Read more

29-May-11 C-GHXJ Bell 206 Loon River, Canada

29-May-11 C-GHXJ Bell 206 Loon River, Canada

29-May-2011

Helicopter was doing a pipeline survey near Loon River, AB when the it struck a power line. The pilot managed to land the aircraft after the rotor blades sustained substantial damage – CADAORS ref 2011C1776... Read more

Spain arrests eight and impounds 16+ helicopters being exported to Iran

Spain arrests eight and impounds 16+ helicopters being exported to Iran

27-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Spains’s National Police have aborted the sale of a number of helicopters and fighter parts to Iran and Venezuela. A total of eight arrests have been made in relation to this deal, five Spanish businessmen and three Iranian nationals who had traveled to Spain to formalise the deal. Export of this type of equipment to... Read more

Lockheed Martin delivers AH-1Z targeting systems to USMC ahead of schedule

Lockheed Martin delivers AH-1Z targeting systems to USMC ahead of schedule

27-May-2011Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] recently began early delivery of Target Sight System (TSS) follow-on production units for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter.  The TSS units feature upgraded software to provide additional targeting capabilities. TSS is the multi-sensor fire control system for the AH-1Z, integrating state-of-the-art sensors to provide pilots with enhanced capabilities... Read more

Becker Avionics integrates DVCS-6100 into Bell 412s

Becker Avionics integrates DVCS-6100 into Bell 412s

27-May-2011Source: Becker Avionics

Becker Avionics’ DVCS6100 Digital Audio System was recently selected by the Houston PD Air Support Unit for integration into their newly acquired multi-mission Bell 412EP. Additionally, Australia’s Hunter Region Helicopter Rescue Service chose the DVCS for their new Bell 412EP. These aircraft are currently undergoing completion at Eagle Copters facility in Calgary Canada. The DVCS6100... Read more

27-May-11 N82772 Bell OH-58C Fort Pierce, US-Florida

27-May-11 N82772 Bell OH-58C Fort Pierce, US-Florida

27-May-2011

Wind gust blew something into the rotor blades while hovering at 3ft when it was hovering immediately outside its hangar... Read more

Campbell Helicopters: Pilot details released on May 20 crash nr Slave Lake, Alberta

Campbell Helicopters: Pilot details released on May 20 crash nr Slave Lake, Alberta

26-May-2011Source: Campbell Helicopters

ABBOTSFORD, BRITISH COLUMBIA– – 54-year-old Jean-Luc Deba has been named as the deceased pilot who manned a Bell 212 helicopter from the Campbell Helicopters’ fleet in Abbotsford on Friday, May 20. The helicopter was engaged in battling the blazes in Canyon Creek, 24 kilometres west of Slave Lake Alberta. The helicopter went down in shallow... Read more

Stanislaus sheriff’s B206 to fly again on reduced hours

Stanislaus sheriff’s B206 to fly again on reduced hours

26-May-2011Source: Modesto Bee

After being grounded for more than a year, the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Air Support Unit will go back on patrol this weekend.  Now it will be back in the air during peak hours Thursday through Saturday, thanks to funding from the Stanislaus Drug Enforcement Agency... Read more

Australia’s Commercial Helicopters add two Bell 212s

Australia’s Commercial Helicopters add two Bell 212s

26-May-2011

Business growth has led to Commercial Helicopters, who are based at Mudgee Airport, to increase their fleet of 12 aircraft with the arrival of two Bell 212 helicopters on Monday.  The pair were purchased from the Korean Government VIP flight.... Read more

26-May-11 N1815 Bell 206L-1 Newton, US-Kansas

26-May-11 N1815 Bell 206L-1 Newton, US-Kansas

26-May-2011

Post maintenance test flight.  Landed in corn field and fell onto its side.... Read more

City of Dallas’ new asset management barcoding project includes helicopter parts

City of Dallas’ new asset management barcoding project includes helicopter parts

25-May-2011Source: Wasp Barcode Technologies

Wasp Barcode Technologies, a leading provider of small business productivity solutions, today announced that the City of Dallas’ Department of Intergovernmental Services, a city division that manages and purchases Homeland Security equipment, has deployed Wasp’s automated asset tracking solution to help manage grant funded assets. Wasp MobileAsset – Professional Software has supplied the city with... Read more

Van Horn Aviation expands with move this summer to new facility

Van Horn Aviation expands with move this summer to new facility

24-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Van Horn Aviation, the manufacturer of helicopter rotor blades, is expanding its presence in Tempe (Arizona) with the purchase of a new facility four times the size of its existing location.  The move from a leased unit near Rural and Broadway roads is to a 23,000 sq.ft unit it is purchasing near Elliott Road and... Read more

Canadian 412s sent to Haiti had mechanical problems, lack of parts

Canadian 412s sent to Haiti had mechanical problems, lack of parts

24-May-2011

Situation reports covering the two-month mission show that at times, up to three of the six Griffons were unserviceable because of breakdowns, a lack of parts and inspections.    Another military post-operation report said the Griffons’ supply and movements system “for deployed operations is broken and needs to be fixed.”... Read more

24-May-11 N96SH Bell 47G.3B.1 Lakeville, US-Minnesota

24-May-11 N96SH Bell 47G.3B.1 Lakeville, US-Minnesota

24-May-2011

Pilot Kevin Rossan, 35, works for Scott’s Helicopter Services of LeSeuer, Minn., and was contracted by the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District to spray for mosquitoes.  Pilot reported engine failure for sudden descent which ended 30-40 feet from the shore of a lake in 12-15 feet of water.... Read more

23-May-11 C-FCSL Bell B206 Montreal, Canada

23-May-11 C-FCSL Bell B206 Montreal, Canada

23-May-2011

Early reports only, two serious injuries – 48-year old pilot from Blainville, and his passenger, a 49 year old from Montreal... Read more

Bangladesh to buy two Bell helicopters for Rapid Action Battalion

Bangladesh to buy two Bell helicopters for Rapid Action Battalion

23-May-2011Source: Daily Star

The government is going to purchase two choppers at a cost of Tk 90 crore (US$12.2M) to equip Rapid Action Battalion better for carrying out anti-crime operations through the air... Read more

Guardian Air marks 10th anniversary

Guardian Air marks 10th anniversary

23-May-2011Source: Verde Independent

Guardian Air celebrated its 10 years in the Verde Valley with tours of the aircraft and refreshments at the helicopter landing pad, just outside the hospital’s emergency room.... Read more

23-May-11 HK-4448 Bell 206L3 El Alto, Colombia (2F)

23-May-11 HK-4448 Bell 206L3 El Alto, Colombia (2F)

23-May-2011

Low level survey flight... Read more

23-May-11 C-GGOZ Bell B206 Calling Lake, Canada

23-May-11 C-GGOZ Bell B206 Calling Lake, Canada

23-May-2011

Helicopter was conducting slinging operations at an oil field well site when the conflicted with structures at the well site causing it to fall to the ground.  Pilot in his late 50s with non-life threatening injuries after a helicopter crash.  STARS air ambulance attended and ferried him to Edmonton for attention... Read more

21-May-11 OB-1891-P Bell 204B Cusco, Peru

21-May-11 OB-1891-P Bell 204B Cusco, Peru

21-May-2011

Crashed beside the runway at Cusco Airport on a post-maintenance test flight. Operator reports it as mechanical failure. On board were Jose Sanchez Caballero (pilot), Neffry Palomino and Daniel Delgado (mechanics).... Read more

20-May-11 C-FJUR Bell 212 Slave Lake, Canada (1F)

20-May-11 C-FJUR Bell 212 Slave Lake, Canada (1F)

20-May-2011

Firefighting operations, taking up water from lake, fel into lake 30m from shore and two thirds submerged.  Sole occupant pilot killed, later named as Jean-Luc Deba, 54, of Montreal.... Read more

NG’s rotorcraft technology contributes to US Navy’s successful test bed flight

NG’s rotorcraft technology contributes to US Navy’s successful test bed flight

18-May-2011Source: Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC) Digital Avionics Suite technology was recently used for the first time in the successful flight of a UH-1N helicopter that serves as an avionics test bed for future rotary wing hardware and software developments. The Test Bed for Rapid Warfighter Response and Experimentation, known as “T-Rex,” is operated by the U.S.... Read more

18-May-11 N341WN Bell UH-1H Ellensburg, US-Washington

18-May-11 N341WN Bell UH-1H Ellensburg, US-Washington

18-May-2011

Struck trees during low level manoeuvre... Read more

18-May-11 Bell B206 Los Angeles, US-California

18-May-11 Bell B206 Los Angeles, US-California

18-May-2011

A police helicopter made an emergency landing on a soccer field near the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum after a warning light came on indicating a possible problem.   [Type not confirmed, but photo shows B206 in a parking lot – is this at the soccer field?]... Read more

Finance company address for 7 UK helicopters

Finance company address for 7 UK helicopters

17-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

We have noticed that a total of seven helicopters on the UK Civil Aviation Authority register have last week had a change of address to a finance company.  The seven are:- * Bell 206 – G-CBYX, G-TTMB * Bell 206L – G-MAAX, G-OHHI, G-OLDN * Eurocopter AS355F – G-BSYI, G-ICSG All seven continue to be... Read more

CAE to add Bell 412 simulator in Mexico

CAE to add Bell 412 simulator in Mexico

16-May-2011Source: CAE

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... Read more

Shadin Avionics announces EASA fuel management STC for Bell 206/407

Shadin Avionics announces EASA fuel management STC for Bell 206/407

16-May-2011Source: Shadin Avionics

Shadin Avionics, a global leader in aircraft fuel management solutions, announces that EASA has approved an STC for the installation of a Shadin Fuel Management Kit into Bell 206 and 407 model helicopters and an STC for fuel flow transducer installation on Rolls-Royce Corporation 250 series aircraft engines. The Bell 206/407 STCs are the latest... Read more

16-May-11 Bell B412 Mapenduma, Indonesia

16-May-11 Bell B412 Mapenduma, Indonesia

16-May-2011

Mixed reports quoting three or four serious injuries and a total of 17 (or 10 plus three crew?) on board.  Weather reported as “very windy” but no other information at this time as to potential cause... Read more

US FY2012 defense policy includes $3.01 Billion for V-22, $1.18 Billon for other Bell programs

US FY2012 defense policy includes $3.01 Billion for V-22, $1.18 Billon for other Bell programs

13-May-2011Source: Congressman Mac Thornberry

Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon), the Vice Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today announced that the committee approved the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (H.R. 1540) by a vote of 60 to 1.  The bill authorizes $690 billion in total spending for the Department of Defense and the national security programs... Read more

ONR propels cutting-edge technologies at Naval Helicopter Assocation Symposium

ONR propels cutting-edge technologies at Naval Helicopter Assocation Symposium

13-May-2011Source: Office of Naval Research

ARLINGTON, Va.—When officials from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) showed up at the 63rd annual Naval Helicopter Association (NHA) Symposium in San Diego from May 9-12, they displayed a technology that allows helicopter aircraft commanders to “take the fight away from the boat.” The Low-Cost Imaging Terminal Seeker (LCITS) will give helicopters, such as the... Read more

AOG Heliservices win B407 component overhaul work

AOG Heliservices win B407 component overhaul work

13-May-2011Source: AOG Heliservices

AOG Heliservices Inc have announced that Helicopter Flight Services, New York has selected AOG to perform their 407 component overhauls.  Helicopter Flight Services operates out of the Downtown Manhattan Heliport, also known as the Wall Street Heliport. They have been operating in the New York area for 20 years, offering charter service and tours of... Read more

UK: Lothian Helicopters cease trading

UK: Lothian Helicopters cease trading

12-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Lothian Helicopters website has been reduced to the following notice Please note that Lothian Helicopters has gone into administration with effect from 11th May 2011 If you have purchased flights with Lothian Helicopters, please check with your credit card company or PayPal to seek a refund. Lothian were run by Iain Grindlay and opeated two... Read more

12-May-11 N9263Y Bell OH-58C New Athens, US-Illinois (1F)

12-May-11 N9263Y Bell OH-58C New Athens, US-Illinois (1F)

12-May-2011

Coroner reported that James Burks of Hot Springs, Ark. was pronounced dead at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville.   Sheriff’s Sgt. Michael Hundelt says the helicopter was spraying fungicide on a wheat field near New Athens when the rotor separated from the aircraft, causing it to crash.... Read more

Onondaga County Sheriff seeks $350K to keep Air 1 flying

Onondaga County Sheriff seeks $350K to keep Air 1 flying

11-May-2011

The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office asked county lawmakers today to release nearly $350,000 in funding to keep its helicopter flying after June 30.  “The ship will not fly unless they do that,” Sheriff’s Office Chief John Balloni said.... Read more

Snowy Hydro announces new 5 year Aus$2.5M sponsorship of SouthCare Rescue Helicopter

Snowy Hydro announces new 5 year Aus$2.5M sponsorship of SouthCare Rescue Helicopter

10-May-2011Source: Snowy Hydro

At the Snowy Hydro SouthCare Gala Ball held at the National Convention Centre on Saturday night, Snowy Hydro Limited Managing Director, Mr Terry Charlton, announced a new 5 year, major sponsorship contract worth $2.5 million. Mr Terry Charlton said, at the function, attended by more than 500 people: “There could be no better way to... Read more

Lee County MedStar chooses Donaldson B430 inlet barrier filter

Lee County MedStar chooses Donaldson B430 inlet barrier filter

10-May-2011Source: Donaldson

Donaldson Aerospace & Defense, a division of Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE: DCI), is helping to ensure optimal service to Florida residents and visitors who need emergency aero-medical transport. The company recently provided a new inlet barrier filter (IBF) system for a Bell 430 twin-engine helicopter in service with Lee County, Fla., MEDSTAR. MEDSTAR provides air... Read more

09-May-11 HK-4718 Bell 206L-3 Puerto Wilches, Colombia

09-May-11 HK-4718 Bell 206L-3 Puerto Wilches, Colombia

9-May-2011

5 passengers and 2 crew members who were injured and were airlifted by helicopters of the Armed Forces to hospitals in Bucaramanga and Barrancabermeja... Read more

Maine Forest Service tests Helitack program in Old Town drill

Maine Forest Service tests Helitack program in Old Town drill

4-May-2011Source: Bangor Daily News

Profile of Maine Forest Service, covering a fire drill observed by the news media which involved a Bell 407... Read more

04-May-11 Bell B206 Forrest Beach, Australia

04-May-11 Bell B206 Forrest Beach, Australia

4-May-2011

Clipped powerlines while crop spraying.  Pilot has electrical burns to his thighs... Read more

03-May-11 N38096 Bell 47 (Texas M74) New Columbia, US-Illinois

03-May-11 N38096 Bell 47 (Texas M74) New Columbia, US-Illinois

3-May-2011

Crashed into field after take-off... Read more

Bell subsidiary to “exclusively distribute” B429 barrier filter spares

Bell subsidiary to “exclusively distribute” B429 barrier filter spares

2-May-2011Source: Bell

Aeronautical Accessories is pleased to announce that it has exclusive distributor rights on the Bell 429 Inlet Barrier Filter (IBF) spares and replacement parts.  Manufactured by Donaldson Aerospace & Defense, a division of Donaldson Company, Inc. the barrier filters are installed on the aircraft at Bell Helicopter’s Mirabel, Quebec commercial assembly facility. The 429 IBF,... Read more

Ohio sheriff envisions new regional aviation unit

Ohio sheriff envisions new regional aviation unit

1-May-2011Source: Columbus Dispatch

Marion County Sheriff Tim Baileywill pitch his aviation unit idea to the first of several groups of sheriffs from Ohio’s other 87 counties during May... Read more

US Army Europe retires the UH-1

US Army Europe retires the UH-1

1-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

The US Army has slated the UH-1 for retirement from flying duties at the end of Fiscal 2012, and as that date approaches various bases are bidding farewell to the aircraft that proved so sigificant in the Vietnam war.  In Germany, a ceremony last Wednesday involved four aircraft flying from Hohenfels to Ramstein, where they... Read more

28-Apr-11 Bell 412 East Midnapore, India

28-Apr-11 Bell 412 East Midnapore, India

29-Apr-2011

Helicopter was being used by political figure and a flag being waved (or thrown?) by an enthusiastic supporter got caught up in the rotor blades.  Helicopter grounded for engineers, Politician continued by road... Read more

Bell assigned patent for “Automatic Velocity Control System for Aircraft”

Bell assigned patent for “Automatic Velocity Control System for Aircraft”

28-Apr-2011Source: HeliHub.com

United States Patent no. 7,931,238, issued on April 26, was assigned to Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas). “Automatic Velocity Control System for Aircraft” was invented by Kenneth E. Builta (Euless, Texas) and Kynn J. Schulte (Arlington, Texas). According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: “A flight control system... Read more

Scott’s Bell 47, Inc. opens new facility

Scott’s Bell 47, Inc. opens new facility

27-Apr-2011Source: Scott’s Bell 47

Scott’s – Bell 47, Inc. (SB47), newly established OEM for the Model 47 helicopter, today confirmed their move into a new facility sized for their expanding team of employees. The 8,000 sq ft facility was upgraded in March/April to accommodate an expanded design, supply chain & quality assurance team and with an eye to their... Read more

27-Apr-11 CC-PJI Bell B206 San Clemente, Chile (1F)

27-Apr-11 CC-PJI Bell B206 San Clemente, Chile (1F)

27-Apr-2011

Crashed while firefighting, pilot Matuaze Héctor de la Fuente, 54, died at the scene of the accident, while his passenger, Cristián Sánchez Gabriel Orellana, 38, was seriously injured... Read more

27-Apr-11 Bell UH-1N Hidden Mountain, US-New Mexico

27-Apr-11 Bell UH-1N Hidden Mountain, US-New Mexico

27-Apr-2011

News footage shows the UH-1N crashed near a ridgeline on Hidden Mountain.  While the tail appeared to be intact, fire destroyed the rest of the craft.  4 POB all rescued OK... Read more

FAA approves Dart LED Pulse Lights for Bell 204/205/210/212/214/412

FAA approves Dart LED Pulse Lights for Bell 204/205/210/212/214/412

26-Apr-2011Source: DART Helicopter Services

DART is pleased to announce that they have received FAA certification for their Cargo Mirror mounted LED Pulse Lights for Bell 204/205/210/212/214/412 model of aircraft. Transport Canada and EASA approvals have been previously received. DART LED Pulse Lights install easily on any DART Dual Cargo Mirror and provide excellent forward conspicuity for all Medium Bell... Read more

23-Apr-11 Bell OH-58D Kapisa province, Afghanistan (1F)

23-Apr-11 Bell OH-58D Kapisa province, Afghanistan (1F)

23-Apr-2011

The Kapisa deputy provincial governor Aziz Ul Rahman said that the helicopter had hit a cable.  Fatality later named as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Terry L. Varnadore II, 29, of Arden, N.C... Read more

$1000 report analyses four helicopter manufacturers (and mis-spells one!)

$1000 report analyses four helicopter manufacturers (and mis-spells one!)

21-Apr-2011Source: Reportlinker

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:  Comparative SWOT Analysis – Key Global Helicopter Makers – Eurocopter, Augusta Westland, Bell, Sikorsky This comparative SWOT analysis report provides key insights into the strategic business aspects of these 4 leading Global Helicopter Manufacturers based on a comprehensive assessment of their strategies... Read more

Bell awarded $43.1M more for Armed Scout Helicopter work

Bell awarded $43.1M more for Armed Scout Helicopter work

21-Apr-2011Source: US DoD

Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Hurst, Texas, was awarded a $43,100,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract April 12, 2011.  The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to increase the ceiling amount to $91,000,000 for engineering services and technical support for the aircraft managed by the Armed Scout Helicopter Project Management Office.  Work will be performed... Read more

FAA approves Dart’s automatic door openers for B206 series and 407

FAA approves Dart’s automatic door openers for B206 series and 407

21-Apr-2011Source: DART Helicopter Services

DART is pleased to announce that they have received FAA certification for their Automatic Door Opener Kits for the Bell 206A/B/L/L1/L3/L4 and 407 models of aircraft. Transport Canada and EASA approvals have been previously received. The DART Automatic Door Opener Kits feature sturdy gas springs. Door opening and closing is assisted by the action of... Read more

Bell launches new website ScoutsOut.com

Bell launches new website ScoutsOut.com

20-Apr-2011Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter announced today the release of a new website www.scoutsout.com that is dedicated to the men and women who fly and maintain the Kiowa Warrior. The site explores the aircraft’s history, current actions in theater and shows its transformation as the future Armed Aerial Scout solution. The site completes its mission with riveting, first-hand... Read more

Bell honours Kiowa Warriors in the first of the “Heroes of Aviation” paintings

Bell honours Kiowa Warriors in the first of the “Heroes of Aviation” paintings

20-Apr-2011Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced the Bell Helicopter “Heroes of Aviation” Series which pays tribute to the men and women who preserve freedom and save lives while using Bell Helicopters. The first painting of the Bell Helicopter Heroes of Aviation Series was unveiled at a ceremony at the 2011 Army Aviation... Read more

Eagle Copters wins contract to provide Houston Police with a B412EP

Eagle Copters wins contract to provide Houston Police with a B412EP

20-Apr-2011Source: Eagle Copters

Eagle Copters Ltd. (ECL) has been awarded a contract to provide the City of Houston and the Houston Police Department with a fully mission equipped Bell 412EP helicopter.  In operation since 1970, the Houston Police Department Air Support Division (Helicopter Patrol Division) has grown into the second largest municipal helicopter police air support unit in... Read more

‘Grand Landing’ of Mercy’s new Air Med helicopter set for April 28

‘Grand Landing’ of Mercy’s new Air Med helicopter set for April 28

19-Apr-2011Source: Globe Gazette

The public is invited to a “Grand Landing” Thursday, April 28, of Mercy Air Med’s new helicopter and Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa’s new medical transportation partner, Med-Trans Corp... Read more

Bell completes first flight of Block II Kiowa

Bell completes first flight of Block II Kiowa

19-Apr-2011Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT) announces the first flight of its OH-58 Block II demonstrator at its Xworx research and development facility in Fort Worth, Texas on April 14, 2011. “The flight was flawless and completed according to plan,” said Cathy Ferrie, Director of Bell Helicopter’s Xworx facility. “The Block II is... Read more

UK: Legal proceedings filed to close down Sterling Helicopters

UK: Legal proceedings filed to close down Sterling Helicopters

18-Apr-2011Source: HeliHub.com

In a recent filing in the London Gazette, one of the official journals of record of the British government, British helicopter operator Sterling Helicopters is facing complete closure. Published on Friday 15th April, a document dated Wednesday 13th April indicated that Toby Blackwell Ltd was seeking a petition to wind up (close) the company, claiming... Read more

Air Evac Lifeteam gives presentation to Randolph County Commission

Air Evac Lifeteam gives presentation to Randolph County Commission

18-Apr-2011Source: Randolph Leader

Air Evac is not attached to a specific hospital and is subsidized by the community through membership, which is like a form of insurance. Flights cost approximately $19,000-$20,000 with insurance covering only about half. Patients are asked to set up a payment plan for the remainder of the bill.... Read more

US Huey advisors step back, Iraqi instructors take lead

US Huey advisors step back, Iraqi instructors take lead

16-Apr-2011Source: US Air Force

CAMP TAJI, Iraq – After more than five years training side-by-side with their Iraqi counterparts in the skies, U.S. Air Force UH-1 Huey instructor pilots have taken a step back as Iraqi instructor pilots take over responsibility for training their own junior pilots. Last month, the 721st Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron’s two Huey instructor pilots,... Read more

Air Evac relocating base from Marianna to Forrest City Medical Center

Air Evac relocating base from Marianna to Forrest City Medical Center

15-Apr-2011Source: Times-Herlad

According to a press release from Air Evac, the decision to move the office was made to better align the company with its service area.... Read more

NTSB points to helicopter pilot’s failure to see power line as probable crash cause

NTSB points to helicopter pilot’s failure to see power line as probable crash cause

15-Apr-2011Source: Miami Herald

A helicopter pilot’s failure to see a power line during a deer survey was the probable cause of a fatal crash in the Sierra foothills last year that killed four people, the National Transportation Safety Board reported.   See also HeliHub.com page for this accident – 05-Jan-10 N5016U Bell B206 nr Redinger Lake, US-California (4F) Drugs... Read more

Bell taps Snyder to lead military programs

Bell taps Snyder to lead military programs

15-Apr-2011Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that Mitch Snyder has been promoted to executive vice president, Military Programs reporting directly to president and CEO, John L. Garrison.  Snyder will be responsible for all activities associated with Bell Helicopter’s Military Programs.  He will serve as a member of the Bell Helicopter Executive... Read more

HMLA-469 receives its first UH-1Ys at MCAS Camp Pendleton

HMLA-469 receives its first UH-1Ys at MCAS Camp Pendleton

15-Apr-2011Source: US Marine Corps

The last Marine Light Attack Helicopter squadron aboard Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, HMLA 469, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, received its first UH-1Y helicopter April 1, as part of the Marine Corps’ H-1 upgrade program. The upgrade will allow HMLA 469 to more effectively execute its mission of providing offensive... Read more

L-3 awarded $8M towards two “optionally unmanned” OH-58D Kiowas

L-3 awarded $8M towards two “optionally unmanned” OH-58D Kiowas

15-Apr-2011Source: US DoD

L-3 Communications Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah, was awarded on April 8 a $8,454,744 firm-fixed-price and cost plus fixed-fee contract for interim contractor support for level two manned-unmanned capability for the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter fleet.  Work will be performed at Salt Lake City with an estimated completion date of March, 31, 2014.  One bid... Read more

Bell-Boeing awarded $7M software order for CV-22 FTDs

Bell-Boeing awarded $7M software order for CV-22 FTDs

15-Apr-2011Source: US DoD

Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $6,981,897 cost-plus-fixed-fee order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-07-G-0008) to install, integrate, and test Block 10.3.01 hardware, vehicle management system math model software, computational system software, and instructor/operator station software into six CV-22 flight training devices.  Work will be performed at Kirtland Air... Read more

13-Apr-11 N887T Bell B206 Venice, US-Louisiana

13-Apr-11 N887T Bell B206 Venice, US-Louisiana

13-Apr-2011

Water taxying on floats, turned sideways and fell onto its side... Read more

13-Apr-11 Bell Huey II Taytay, Philippines

13-Apr-11 Bell Huey II Taytay, Philippines

13-Apr-2011

PAF Spokesman Lt. Col. Miguel Ernesto Okol clarified that the Air Force helicopter did not crash as it just “made a hard landing” as an emergency procedure.... Read more

11-Apr-11 9M-AXH Bell B206 Dataran Sibu, Malaysia (1F)

11-Apr-11 9M-AXH Bell B206 Dataran Sibu, Malaysia (1F)

11-Apr-2011

B206 crashed in the town square of Dataran Sibu, just opposite a hotel where Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is due to attend a function.  Sole occupant pilot Sahimi Razali died later in hospital from his injuries... Read more

Donaldson inlet barrier filters help improve Iraqi B407 performance and reliability

Donaldson inlet barrier filters help improve Iraqi B407 performance and reliability

8-Apr-2011Source: Donaldson

Donaldson Aerospace & Defense, a division of Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE: DCI), will provide Inlet Barrier Filter (IBF) systems and avionics bay filtration for new Bell 407 Trainers and Armed Scout Helicopters. The rotorcraft are being deployed to help increase the effectiveness of Iraq’s Security Forces. A significant aspect of the transition to full Iraqi... Read more

08-Apr-11 PT-YMJ Bell B206 Rio Grande da Serra, Brazil (2F)

08-Apr-11 PT-YMJ Bell B206 Rio Grande da Serra, Brazil (2F)

8-Apr-2011

Pilot Retoreto Seriba Marcelo, 39, and passenger Adrian Rodriguez, 54, were killed in the accident.... Read more

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