Pall partners with Carson Helicopters on Sea King engine upgrade
Source: Pall Corporation, 10-Oct-12
Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, has entered into a new partnership agreement with Carson Helicopters, Inc. to provide an upgrade of its legacy Centrisep® engine advanced protection system (EAPS) for Sikorsky Sea King/S-61 helicopters. Carson, an FAA-approved helicopter innovator specializing in the overhaul, repair, and remanufacture of the [...]
Cobham partners with Carson Helicopters on Sikorsky retrofits
Source: Cobham, 02-Nov-11
Cobham and Carson Helicopters have announced a partnership to provide an advanced suite of avionics for Sikorsky S-61, S-76, and UH-60 derivative helicopter retrofits. The Integrated Systems business unit of Cobham Commercial Systems will supply a highly integrated flight deck that features large-format synthetic vision flight displays, advanced flight management capability, integrated hazard alerting (terrain, [...]
Carson set for expansion with 60+ new jobs
Source: HeliHub.com, 26-Apr-11
Carson Helicopters is in the process of planning applications to increase its warehouse and manufacturing buildings in the Philadelphia suburb of Hilltown by about 60%, Estelle Eberhardt has confirmed. This follows 40,000 sq.ft of warehousing built in 2008 on the site which they have made their headquarters for almost fifty years. Hilltown supervisors gave preliminary [...]
British International sell two Sikorsky S61s
Source: HeliHub.com, 14-Apr-11
British International have sold two of their Sikorsky S61N helicopters to Vector Aerospace. The pair are currently at Southampton Docks awaiting shipment across the Atlantic, destination British Columbia for work at Vector’s Vancouver International Airport base. Both airframes need extensive work to get them airworthy, one having not flown for 10 years. The particular airframes [...]
Carson Helicopters goes live with Pentagon 2000SQL software
Source: Pentagon 2000, 28-Mar-11
Pentagon 2000 Software, Inc., the leading provider of software solutions for the Aerospace & Defense industry, is proud to announce that Carson Helicopters, Inc., a Perkasie, PA based helicopter repair station, has gone live with the Pentagon 2000SQLTM system to run its operations. Business functions ranging from core accounting & financials to Maintenance Repair & [...]
The spat continues – Carson speaks out against NTSB
Source: Carson Helicopters, 12-Dec-10
Carson Helicopters has been an active participant in the NTSB investigation of the Weaverville crash of N612AZ and as such has not commented publicly during the investigation due to regulatory prohibitions. We have a strong commitment to all the people affected by this tragic accident and to current flight operators of the S61 helicopter to [...]
Carson S61 co-pilot disputes crash report
Source: Mercury News, 11-Dec-10
William “Bill” Coultas of Cave Junction says the NTSB ignored his written and oral testimony that loss of power in an engine caused the crash of the S61
NTSB issues summary of Carson S61 public meeting
Source: NTSB, 10-Dec-10
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD Public Meeting of December 7, 2010 (Information subject to editing) Aircraft Accident Report Crash During Takeoff of Carson Helicopters, Inc., Firefighting Helicopter Under Contract to the U.S. Forest Service, Sikorsky S-61N, N612AZ Near Weaverville, California August 5, 2008 NTSB/AAR-10/06 Stay Connected Receive Press releases by e-mail Subscribe to our RSS feeds This is [...]
NTSB pins blame on Carson Helicopters for fatal firefighting S61 crash
Source: KDRV, 08-Dec-10
The NTSB stated that Carson Helicopters deliberately withheld information on the aircraft’s safety specifications. Those actions “included the intentional alteration of weight documents and performance charts and the use of unapproved performance calculations”
NTSB to meet on 2008 USFS firefighting crash
Source: NTSB, 03-Dec-10
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting on Tuesday, December 7, at 9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L’Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. There is one item on the agenda. The Board will consider a final report on the following accident: On August 5, 2008, a Sikorsky [...]
Pall Teams with Carson Helicopters on S-61 Modernization Program
Source: Pall Corp, 22-Feb-10
Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Carson Helicopters, Inc. Pall will supply its Centrisep® engine advanced protection systems (EAPSs) to support a joint modernization program for the Sikorsky S-61 helicopter. With approximately 620 aircraft in service today, the S-61 model is [...]
Columbia Helicopters To Clarify Unfounded Allegations Related to Fatal Carson S61 Crash
Source: Columbia Helicopters, 12-Feb-10
Columbia Helicopters will hold a press/industry briefing at 10:00 AM Monday, February 22, 2010, regarding certain unfounded allegations related to the crash of a Carson Helicopters’ S-61 in 2008. Members of the media and all interested industry personnel are invited to attend. Columbia Helicopters’ Vice President of Marketing, Todd Petersen, and General Legal Counsel, Tonya [...]
Carson Helicopters report $500K in missing equipment
Source: KDRV, 18-Sep-09
The helicopter company says three rotor blades were stolen in July, valued at $250,000
Report finds discrepancies in helicopter’s documented weight
Source: Mail Tribune, 18-Sep-09
A report issued Wednesday on a 2008 helicopter crash that killed seven Southern Oregon firefighters revealed discrepancies in documents that recorded the weight of the helicopter.
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Carson Helicopters S61 ‘Shortsky’ in firefighting role
Source: Airliners.net, 05-Mar-09
