8-Aug-2010
Crashed and burst into flames while taking part in a CIS competition in helicopter sports. The 74-year-old pilot was performing a loop-the-loop but didn’t have enough height as he came out of the manoeuvre... Read more
6-Aug-2010Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters, Inc (MDHI) has announced the appointment of Christophe Nurit as Vice President of Sales and Marketing, reporting to Robert Molsbergen, President. Nurit brings with him a wealth of aerospace sales and marketing experience to the position. He is joining MD from Bell Helicopter where he spent more than eleven years in progressively important... Read more
29-Jul-2010Source: KION
Three new pairs of night vision goggles were bought with money from a private donation. They’re worth $15,000 each.... Read more
29-Jul-2010
The proposed South East Air Support Unit would bring together an MD Explorer from Shoreham and an EC135 from Odiham. Note, neither operate the AS355 featured in the BBC story!... Read more
29-Jul-2010Source: MD Helicopters
Mesa, Arizona, July 28, 2010… On June 29, MD Helicopters delivered a brand new MD 500E to the Hawaii County Fire Department. The Department covers 4000 square miles and operates approximately 300 missions a year, with half fire and half rescue. The unit flies 1000 hours a year. The new MD 500E will replace an... Read more
21-Jul-2010Source: TheIndyChannel
After exploring various options to fund air support operations, officials determined the best option would be to sell the police MD600 and two Hughes helicopters to free up money to operate the remaining aircraft.... Read more
21-Jul-2010Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) announced that its popular MD 500E to MD 530F helicopter conversion program has added a new member. The San Diego County Sheriffs Department’s A.S.T.R.E.A (Aerial Support to Regional Enforcement Agencies) division took delivery of its freshly converted MD 530F helicopter early this month. The helicopter, purchased new by the Sheriff’s Department... Read more
21-Jul-2010Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters, Inc (MDHI) has announced the delivery a new MD 500E® to the Pasadena Police Department, Pasadena, California. The Pasadena Police Air Support Unit conducted substantial research to identify helicopters that could operate with reduced noise and meet their law enforcement needs. According to Pasadena Air Operations OIC, Captain Bob Mulhall, “The MD 500E... Read more
17-Jul-2010
Skid stuck in ground during run-on autorotation landing on training flight... Read more
25-Jun-2010Source: clicRBS
The helicopter model MD500 that Governor Yeda Crusius delivered to the 12th Military Police Battalion (12th Battalion) on Thursday morning [File photo]... Read more
22-Jun-2010Source: Patriarch Partners
On Thursday, June 17th at the annual Turnaround Atlas Awards, Patriarch Partners, LLC (“Patriarch”) was honored by the Global M&A Network as the 2009 Private Equity Firm of the Year. Patriarch also received the Turnaround of the Year award for the firm’s acquisition of Stila Cosmetics in April 2009, at the awards ceremony held at... Read more
8-Jun-2010Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters, Inc (MDHI) has announced the appointment of Gary Dolski as Vice President of Customer Support, reporting to Robert Molsbergen, President. Dolski’s leadership spans Aftermarket Sales, Field Service, Customer Support, and Spares with responsibilities that include Warranty, Technical Publications, Aftermarket Business Development, Repair and Overhaul and the MDHI Authorized Service Center Network. Dolski joins... Read more
8-Jun-2010Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters, Inc (MDHI) and Avion Pacific Limited (AVION), MD’s Distributor for Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, announce a sales contract with Jiang Su Huaxi Group (HUAXI) for a September delivery of a new MD 902 Explorer. Huaxi Village, also known as “The No.1 Village of China,†located in the east of Jiangyin city... Read more
8-Jun-2010Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters, Inc (MDHI) is pleased to announce that INDES Aviation has joined MDHI as an authorized Sales Representative for Romania and Bulgaria. INDES Aviation will offer the full line of MD Helicopters and customization options. INDES Aviation is a maintenance management and logistics support company serving the civil and military aerospace sectors. Utilizing regional... Read more
8-Jun-2010Source: MD Helicopters
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... Read more
2-Jun-2010Source: Medical Aviation Services
Medical Aviation Services Ltd, a Specialist Aviation Services Group Company, is pleased announce the delivery of its latest MD 902 Explorer to Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust. As helicopter provider and licensed operator, MAS will also supply the pilots who will help the Trust’s clinical staff provide their vital skills throughout the county. The... Read more
25-May-2010Source: BBC
Police report two people had been seen hanging off the helicopter’s tail fin and swinging on the pilot’s door. When the pilot asked them to stop they became verbally aggressive and one grabbed the pilot around his throat.... Read more
1-May-2010Source: Maui News
Maui County Council’s Budget and Finance Committee agreed to a budget of about $735,000 for the helicopter, about $90,000 less than the Maui Fire Department had requested... Read more
28-Apr-2010Source: Netfrate
Netfrate, the top Transatlantic volume logistics provider to Russia, announced today that it has arranged for the trucking, packaging, survey and ocean transport of an MD Explorer® from the Port of Houston to St. Petersburg, Russia with on-carriage to Siberia (Novokuznetsk). The 32,000-pound helicopter was trucked from MD Helicopters Inc., located in Mesa, Arizona, on... Read more
28-Apr-2010Source: HeliHub.com
HeliHub.com understands that Essex Air Ambulance will be moving from their current Eurocopter EC135T2 to an MD Explorer, perhaps as early as June 2010. EAA already has experience of the type after operating one for their neighbouring county of Hertfordshire on similar EMS work – what better situation could you be in to compare two... Read more
23-Apr-2010Source: Aero Dynamix
Aero Dynamix (ADI) has been granted EASA Part 145 approval following the completion of the first EASA STC approval for a night-vision lighting system on an MD902 helicopter. “The European Community has a lot of aircraft flying EMS missions much like the U.S., and the FAA has identified several items that it believes could greatly... Read more
13-Apr-2010Source: FlightGlobal
“MD’s failure to secure financing … left it holding a massive inventory as it was only able to deliver about 40 helicopters globally in 2009, 30 aircraft short of its target” quotes the FlightGlobal article... Read more
7-Apr-2010Source: FlightGlobal
A new glass cockpit option for the MD500 is nearing FAA certification, expected by the end of this month, following first flight of the new configuration at United Rotorcraft Solutions facility in Texas... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: Pasadena Independent
Executives from MD Helicopters presented a key to the new helicopter to Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard during a brief afternoon ceremony introducing the public to the new member of Pasadena PD.... Read more
21-Mar-2010Source: Houston Examiner
Police officers could be removed from the helicopter patrols that have long provided the eye in the sky for HPD officers on the ground, depending on the outcome of a study now commissioned by Houston’s new mayor.... Read more
12-Mar-2010Source: Mid-Continent Instruments
The Wichita Police Department’s Air Section has recognized Mid-Continent Instruments’ excellent customer service with the WPD Certificate of Appreciation. Lt. Paul Shields and David Fry, Director of Maintenance, presented Mid-Continent Instruments President and CEO Todd Winter with the award recently. Mid-Continent literally helped keep the Air Section’s 2003 MD500E Light Single Helicopter in the air,... Read more
11-Mar-2010
Registration is N520PG (LN090) or N911PG (LN091)... Read more
9-Mar-2010Source: DART Helicopter Services
DART Helicopter Services is pleased to announce that their affiliated partner Tyler Technologies Inc. has received FAA and Transport Canada Approval of their Power Bench for the MD 369/A/D/E/F/FF/H/HE//HM/HS/500N model of helicopters. Tyler has modified its Special Operations Platform (TSOP) for the special needs of power companies. By lowering and extending our standard support frame,... Read more
26-Feb-2010Source: EMTEQ
MD Helicopters has selected EMTEQ to develop and supply exterior lighting provisions for the MD900, MD500, and MD600 series helicopters production lines including Dual Mode Anti-Collision Lights, Position Lights, and Tail Lights. While selected for the production programs, EMTEQ FC Exterior Lighting products specific to these platforms will also be available for aftermarket installations designed... Read more
22-Feb-2010Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) today announced its fleet of NOTAR helicopters have clocked more than 1,000,000 flight hours since MDHI’s exclusive NOTAR anti-torque technology was introduced in 1991. MD Helicopters’ MD 520N, MD 600N and MD Explorer helicopters use and validate this technology. “NOTAR continues to perform to expectation and this is a significant milestone,â€... Read more
22-Feb-2010Source: MD Helicopters
Lynn Tilton, Chief Executive Officer, MD Helicopters, Inc. has announced the appointment of Robert Molsbergen to President of MD Helicopters, Inc., reporting directly to her. Mr. Molsbergen has held senior C-level positions within the marine, aerospace, industrial and power generation markets. He provides MD Helicopters with proven global leadership experience managing high growth companies where... Read more
22-Feb-2010Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters, Inc (MDHI) delivered three new MD 500E® Helicopters to the Houston Police Department Air Support Division over the span of three months last fall. The first delivery was made at the 2009 Airborne Law Enforcement Association (ALEA) Annual Conference and Exposition on July 23. The two newest were delivered on September 29 and... Read more
22-Feb-2010Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) announces a new level of service and customer support in its Mesa, Arizona based Factory Service Center. To meet the increasing needs of customers to revitalize existing aircraft, MD Helicopters has committed new resources to the following highly popular and successful programs: MD 500E to MD 530F Conversions MD 900 to... Read more
21-Feb-2010Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters, Inc. delivered a new MD 500E® to the St. Louis Metro Air Support Unit in January. This new helicopter will be utilized to perform search and rescue missions, increase patrols of the region’s critical infrastructure and provide support to first responders. The Metro Air Support Unit is a consolidated flight Unit initiated in... Read more
21-Feb-2010Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters, Inc (MDHI) and the Air Operations Unit of the West Yorkshire Police have announced that an MD Explorer®, helicopter serial number 078 has extended its record for flight hours, reaching 11,565 hours as of mid-January of this year. The flight hours far exceed any other MD Explorer in the fleet. The Air Operations... Read more
21-Feb-2010Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) will display two helicopters in Booth 3841 at Heli-Expo being held February 21 -23 in the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. MD Helicopters’ Chief Executive Officer, Lynn Tilton, and President, Robert Molsbergen will be on site along with other representatives from the company. Lynn Tilton will hold a... Read more
4-Feb-2010Source: Business Insider
Tilton’s point is simple: the country cannot thrive as simply a service-based economy.... Read more
4-Feb-2010Source: Business Insider
Tilton’s point is simple: the country cannot thrive as simply a service-based economy.... Read more
28-Jan-2010Source: STL Today
Area police have acquired a new helicopter for air patrols, using a $1.5 million Homeland Security grant... Read more
15-Jan-2010Source: Gulf Times
THE Emergency Medical Services (EMS) at the Hamad Medical Corporation is planning to expand the air ambulance services to a round-the-clock operation by March-end... Read more
7-Jan-2010Source: Wiltshire Times
Criminals will have nowhere to hide in Wiltshire thanks to an £850,000 refit of the force’s helicopter and air ambulance which means its cameras can seek out people up to two miles away.... Read more
24-Dec-2009Source: Yorkshire Evening Post
West Yorkshire Police is celebrating 20 years of using one of its most effective weapons in the war on crime.... Read more
24-Dec-2009Source: Kent Online
It’s happy birthday to a charity which is literally one of Kent’s lifesavers. The Kent Air Ambulance was founded in November 1989 and exactly 20 years ago – on Wednesday, December 23, 1989 – it made its first life-saving mission.... Read more
22-Dec-2009Source: Arab News
Riyadh Gov. Prince Salman on Sunday launched the air ambulance service of the Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA) and inspected one of the three aircraft that have been put into service in Riyadh province.... Read more
15-Dec-2009Source: Irish Times
A HELICOPTER pilot who landed his aircraft on the roof of a shopping centre to collect a set of keys has been given a six-month suspended sentence and fined €5,000. The judge said the man seemed to lack a grasp of common sense.... Read more
9-Dec-2009Source: News and Sentinel
Wood County Sheriff’s Department officials said they have applied for a $95,000 grant to refurbish the department’s helicopter. Wood is the only county in the state that has a helicopter as part of its sheriff’s department.... Read more
2-Dec-2009Source: Watford Observer
The Hertfordshire Air Ambulance, which provides vital pre-hospital care to patients across the county, is celebrating its first birthday.... Read more
30-Nov-2009Source: Telegraph
Mr Philpott was dismissed as chief executive only 12 weeks after he took up the job, just days after he raised concerns about the charity’s financial controls and accountability with its board.... Read more
1-Nov-2009Source: Tulsa World
Because of budget cuts, Saturday will be the last night either one of the two police helicopters will be flying in Tulsa for the foreseeable future.  Officials have said they will be saving $195,000 for the duration of the fiscal year by grounding the helicopters. The four officers assigned to the unit have been reassigned... Read more
23-Oct-2009Source: Vertical
MD Helicopters, Inc (MDHI) will have a booth at this year’s Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) and will have on display the latest California Shock Trauma Air Rescue (CALSTAR) MD Explorer.... Read more
16-Oct-2009Source: BBC
There will be no Great North Air Ambulance Cover for the next few days. Two of the charity’s three helicopters, based at Otterburn and Carlisle Airport, are grounded with mechanical problems.... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: AZ Central
With prices for new helicopters too expensive, particularly given the city’s fiscal constraints, the City Council this week approved purchase of a 1998 model MD500E, a general purpose utility and executive transport helicopter that has been widely popular with law enforcement agencies.... Read more
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