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AeroX launches statewide AAM weather study in North Carolina

AeroX launches statewide AAM weather study in North Carolina

2-Feb-2023Source: AeroX

AeroX has contracted with low-altitude weather specialist TruWeather Solutions to assess weather conditions across North Carolina and engage the community in planning how to build the weather infrastructure required to expand existing and future drone and air taxi service. AeroX was awarded funding by the North Carolina General Assembly to build an urban advanced air... Read more

True Blue Power launches online, lithium-ion aircraft battery training

True Blue Power launches online, lithium-ion aircraft battery training

2-Feb-2023Source: True Blue Power

True Blue Power, the first company in the world to engineer and certify lithium-ion main ship batteries for aviation, is leading the charge on lithium-ion battery training. You can now receive one credit hour toward Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) and Inspection Authorization (IA) refresher certification when you complete the free, on-demand... Read more

Volatus Aerospace buys Empire Drone in New York

Volatus Aerospace buys Empire Drone in New York

2-Feb-2023Source: Volatus Aerospace

Volatus Aerospace Corp. (TSXV: VOL) (OTCQB: VLTTF) (“Volatus” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that it has finalized the arms-length acquisition of New York based Empire Drone Company LLC. The acquisition, first announced November 28th, 2022, provides Volatus with expanded distribution for drone technologies in the American Market and a corresponding increase in gross margin... Read more

TAAS joins Air Ambulances UK

TAAS joins Air Ambulances UK

2-Feb-2023Source: Air Ambulances UK

Air Ambulances UK (AAUK), the national organisation championing, supporting and representing the lifesaving work of the UK’s air ambulance charities are pleased to announce The Air Ambulance Service (TAAS) as our newest member. Membership is offered to air ambulance charities, NHS Trusts and Ambulance Services as well as businesses and organisations involved with or supportive of the... Read more

AirLife Denver pilot arrested and charged with DUI

AirLife Denver pilot arrested and charged with DUI

2-Feb-2023Source: CBS Colorado

A Colorado AirLife helicopter pilot, described by sheriff’s deputies as “unsteady” and “wobbling,” was arrested earlier this month and charged with DUI as he was headed to apparently fly a medical helicopter from his work base in Lincoln County, according to a CBS News Colorado Investigation. See Full Story.... Read more

Peel Health Campus helipad set to be removed in upgrade plan

Peel Health Campus helipad set to be removed in upgrade plan

2-Feb-2023Source: Mandurah Mail

City of Mandurah Councillor Don Pember says losing the helipad at Peel Health Campus would be a step backwards for locals needing transfer to Perth. The state government has plans for a major redevelopment of Peel Health Campus, once the department of health takes over from current operators Ramsay Health Care in August 2024. See... Read more

USHST Names new Government Co-Chair

USHST Names new Government Co-Chair

2-Feb-2023Source: USHST

Wayne Fry, FAA Flight Standards Division Manager for General Aviation Safety Assurance, has been named the new government co-chairman of the United States Helicopter Safety Team (www.ushst.org). The USHST was formed in 2013 as a regional partner within the International Helicopter Safety Team (now the Vertical Aviation Safety Team, VAST, https://vast.aero/) to lead a government... Read more

HAI Announces Winners of 2023 ROTOR Magazine Photo Contest

HAI Announces Winners of 2023 ROTOR Magazine Photo Contest

2-Feb-2023Source: HAI

Helicopter Association International (HAI) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 ROTOR Magazine Photo Contest. The popular contest attracts hundreds of entries annually from photographers around the world. This year’s Grand Prize went to Dianne Bond of Pensacola, Florida, USA, who says that as a photographer, she sees the world a little differently... Read more

Schweizer appoints Sales Director for Latin America

Schweizer appoints Sales Director for Latin America

2-Feb-2023Source: Schweizer

With Schweizer helicopter production back in full gear, Schweizer is pleased to announce Francisco Camoes has joined the helicopter manufacturer as Sales Director for Latin America. Based in Mexico City, Camoes is responsible for supporting government, public agency, military, commercial, and VIP clients with aircraft sales, operational support, parts procurement, and event participation. Camoes is... Read more

AIR partners with SeaKeepers to promote eVTOL in yachting industry

AIR partners with SeaKeepers to promote eVTOL in yachting industry

2-Feb-2023Source: AIR Partners

AIR, creator of eVTOLs for the consumer market, announced its partnership with The International SeaKeepers Society, an educational organization for members of the yachting community. The partnership will ensure AIR’s eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) models are available for use as auxiliary equipment to extend yachters’ reach and access points beyond yacht capabilities. AIR and SeaKeepers’... Read more

UK temporarily grounds AW159 Wildcat

UK temporarily grounds AW159 Wildcat

1-Feb-2023Source: HeliHub.com

HeliHub.com can confirm that the Army Air Corps and the Royal Navy in the UK temporarily grounded the Leonardo AW159 Wildcat in the last 7-10 days, but essential flying has restarted. The decision has been taken after a post-flight check identified a tail rotor gearbox ball race which had gone out of tolerance.  This is... Read more

Asian Sky Group appoints new Consultancy Services Director

Asian Sky Group appoints new Consultancy Services Director

1-Feb-2023Source: Asian Sky Group

Asian Sky Group (ASG) announces that Dennis Lau has been named Consultancy Services Director of the Hong Kong-based business aviation transaction and consultancy specialists. Dennis has more than 15 years of experience working in both business and commercial aviation, and has a skillset honed in the UK as well as in Hong Kong. He joins... Read more

Heliport approved at Ocean Medical Center

Heliport approved at Ocean Medical Center

1-Feb-2023Source: Brick Shorebeat

The Eurocopter EC-135 was tied down at a temporary helipad at Ocean Medical Center on Thursday afternoon, its side emblazoned with its “AirMed 2” callsign, and covers on its rotor tips. But less than an hour later, it was in the air, passing over the Herbertsville section of Brick Township on its way to Jersey... Read more

WAI Receives $100,000 Grant from the William Penn Foundation

WAI Receives $100,000 Grant from the William Penn Foundation

1-Feb-2023Source: WAI

Women in Aviation International (WAI) has received a $100,000 grant from the William Penn Foundation Special Gifts Program to support the organization’s work to increase the number of women involved in all aspects of aviation. “With COVID’s profound effect on the aviation industry, we need more women to pursue aviation careers to meet the current... Read more

Devon Air Ambulance celebrates 196th Community Landing Site

Devon Air Ambulance celebrates 196th Community Landing Site

1-Feb-2023Source: Devon Air Ambulance

This latest surveyed, floodlit landing site will enable Devon Air Ambulance to land safely in the town during the hours of darkness, allowing their specialist medical crew to swiftly reach patients who may be critically ill or injured close by. Graham Coates, Landing Site Manager at Devon Air Ambulance said: “It’s great news that a... Read more

The Air Ambulance Service appoints five new trustees

The Air Ambulance Service appoints five new trustees

1-Feb-2023Source: The Air Ambulance Service

The Air Ambulance Service (TAAS) is delighted to announce the appointment of five new members to the charity’s Board of Trustees. TAAS plays a critical role in saving lives and relies on the hard work and goodwill of many people, including numerous dedicated volunteers, as it receives no government funding. The new Trustees will join... Read more

Aeronamic to manufacture fans for Lilium Jet

Aeronamic to manufacture fans for Lilium Jet

1-Feb-2023Source: Aeronamic

Aeronamic has decades of experience in manufacturing high-speed rotating components and precision parts for commercial and defense aviation. “We are beyond proud that this collaboration has come about and that Aeronamic will contribute to the development of Lilium’s sustainable, high-speed air mobility eVTOL aircraft,” thus Reinoud Siezen, VP Business Development & Programs at Aeronamic. “The... Read more

Sikorsky awarded $42M contract for CH-53K test tooling

Sikorsky awarded $42M contract for CH-53K test tooling

1-Feb-2023Source: US DoD

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a Lockheed Martin Co., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded a $34,045,729 firm-fixed-price modification (P00003) to an order (N0001922F2312) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001919G0029). This modification exercises an option to provide validation and test tooling in support of achieving a production quantity at full rate of up to 24 CH-53K aircraft... Read more

Airspeeder signs 2-year broadcast deal with Fox Sports Australia

Airspeeder signs 2-year broadcast deal with Fox Sports Australia

1-Feb-2023Source: Airspeeder

The new programming lineup features highlights from the first Airspeeder EXA Series Race in South Australia, a “Finding Extreme Pilots Series,” and “How to Build a Flying Car” series looking at how these eVTOL vehicles are built, devised for Australia’s more established motorsport technology fans. The 30-minute shows target a technology, sci-fi and electric motorsport... Read more

eVTOL OEM estimates 40% saving on helicopter operations costs

eVTOL OEM estimates 40% saving on helicopter operations costs

1-Feb-2023Source: ARC Aerosystems

The UK startup, which has designed two UAVs for cargo transportation to date, has just unveiled its first passenger plane. The new ARC Linx P9, which debuted at the Airfinance Journal event in Dublin last week, has been billed as the “world’s most advanced nine-seater aircraft with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability.” Designed as a cost-effective, low-carbon... Read more

First Airbus H160 arrives in UK for JCB Excavators

First Airbus H160 arrives in UK for JCB Excavators

31-Jan-2023Source: HeliHub.com

The first H160 has been delivered to the UK, the fourth civil market delivery to date from the production line in Marignane, France, and the second H160 this year.  The aircraft arrived at Oxford Airport on Saturday 28th January. The helicopter is in the colours of the global brand JCB Excavators, and is one of... Read more

Columbia Helicopters sells Vertol to HeliSwiss International 

Columbia Helicopters sells Vertol to HeliSwiss International 

31-Jan-2023Source: Columbia Helicopters

Columbia Helicopters, the world’s leading heavy-lift helicopter OEM, MRO, and operator, announced today it sold and has delivered a Columbia Model 107-II Vertol to Heliswiss International AG (HSI). The sale makes HSI the official launch customer for the aircraft in Europe. Due to the uncertain future of the Ka32 and the imposed sanctions by European... Read more

US Navy HSC-5 Squadron completes Albanian training

US Navy HSC-5 Squadron completes Albanian training

31-Jan-2023Source: US Navy

Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5 completed inland training using an Albanian range in Bizë, Albania, Jan. 15-17, 2023. The training varied from mountain flying – a challenging and dangerous proposition for helicopters due to the thin air and high engine power requirements – to low-level tactical flying, off-airport landing, and multi-unit coordinated exercises featuring... Read more

Uzbekistan Helicopters considering buying two Airbus H145s

Uzbekistan Helicopters considering buying two Airbus H145s

31-Jan-2023Source: Uzbekistan Helicopters

On January 24-26, 2023 the management of Uzbekistan Helicopters LLC, which is a structural subdivision of Uzbekistan Airways JSC, is in France and Germany with official visit. Current visit provides for further cooperation between two sides on the supply of new Airbus H145 helicopters. The increase in the fleet with modern helicopters of new modifications... Read more

Lilium and GKN partner for Lilium Jet wiring system

Lilium and GKN partner for Lilium Jet wiring system

31-Jan-2023Source: Lilium

Lilium N.V. (NASDAQ: LILM) developer of the first all-electric vertical take-off and landing (“eVTOL”) jet, and GKN Aerospace, the world-leading developer of sustainable aerospace technology, have signed an agreement to work together to design and build an integrated and certifiable EWIS solution. From its facility in the Netherlands, GKN Aerospace will build the EWIS hardware... Read more

Hartzell Engine Tech Achieves FAA PMA for Robinson Sky-Tec Starters

Hartzell Engine Tech Achieves FAA PMA for Robinson Sky-Tec Starters

31-Jan-2023Source: Hartzell Engine Tech

Hartzell Engine Tech recently received FAA Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) for its Sky-Tec HT (High Torque) starters for Robinson two-place R22 and four-place R44 light utility helicopters. The company’s Sky-Tec HT starter for Lycoming engines features an integrated self-resetting Kickback Protection System (KPS) to protect the powerplant and starter from an engine kickback. “Hartzell Engine... Read more

First 480B flies after Enstrom reopening

First 480B flies after Enstrom reopening

31-Jan-2023Source: Enstrom

Enstrom is excited to announce the flight of the first new 480B Helicopter after reopening just eight months ago. The turbine-powered 480B is the 1317th Enstrom helicopter built, and the 255th 480 series helicopter. This aircraft wasn’t an unfinished left-over airframe, but was built using components procured, machined, fabricated, and assembled onsite. The stunning black... Read more

New helipad for Northeast Georgia Medical Center

New helipad for Northeast Georgia Medical Center

31-Jan-2023Source: Northeast Georgia Medical Center

Patients in north Georgia who need lifesaving, emergency care will now be able to get that care even quicker than before at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) in Gainesville. Standing in front of NGMC’s new patient tower construction site in Gainesville on Jan. 11, Sen. Jon Ossoff held a press conference to announce funding that supports... Read more

Noida Authority looks for company to build a heliport, finds 1 taker, again

Noida Authority looks for company to build a heliport, finds 1 taker, again

31-Jan-2023Source: The Times of India

After floating the global tender for the second time in a year, the Noida Authority has again received a lone bid from a private company for the heliport project. See Full Story.... Read more

Two firms vie to dry lease medical helicopter to Bulgaria

Two firms vie to dry lease medical helicopter to Bulgaria

31-Jan-2023Source: SeeNews

Bulgaria’s 1.76 million euro ($1.9 million) tender for hiring an emergency medical services helicopter under dry lease has attracted offers from Belgian airline operator Heliventure FTO and Slovakia’s Air Transport Trading, according to Bulgaria’s public procurement register. See Full Story.... Read more

Blackhawk Aerospace Composites is now Aerospace Composites Solutions

Blackhawk Aerospace Composites is now Aerospace Composites Solutions

31-Jan-2023Source: Blackhawk Aerospace

Blackhawk Aerospace Composites, a comprehensive aerospace composite design and manufacturing firm, announced today that it has rebranded and changed its name to Aerospace Composites Solutions (ACS). The company’s new name reflects an expanded focus in niche aerospace and defense applications as the result of ownership change at the beginning of the year. Blackhawk Aerospace Co-founder... Read more

Life Flight Network to add base in Washington’s Grays Harbor County

Life Flight Network to add base in Washington’s Grays Harbor County

31-Jan-2023Source: Life Flight Network

Life Flight Network announced the addition of a new critical care transport base in Hoquiam, Washington. Slated to begin operations in mid spring, Life Flight Network’s industry leading flight crew will be based at Bowerman Airport with both fixed and rotor wing aircraft. The new base, part of their continued effort to expand rural access to... Read more

Vertical Aerospace appoints CFO

Vertical Aerospace appoints CFO

31-Jan-2023Source: Vertical Aerospace

Vertical Aerospace (Vertical) [NYSE: EVTL], a global aerospace and technology company that is pioneering zero-emissions aviation, announces it has strengthened its executive leadership team with the appointment of John Martin as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). John joins Vertical after a successful thirty year career in senior operational and financial management roles of large, international businesses.... Read more

USN, USAF, USCG Participate in Mass Casualty Personnel Recovery Event

USN, USAF, USCG Participate in Mass Casualty Personnel Recovery Event

30-Jan-2023Source: HSC-3

Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 3 Chief of Naval Operations Search and Rescue Model Manager (SARMM) oversaw a joint agency search and rescue personnel recovery event off the coast of Southern California, Jan. 19-20. In addition to HSC-3, the mass casualty simulation involved service members assigned to HSC-8, HSC-23, Coast Guard Sector San Diego, and... Read more

Eurocontrol and EASA release environmental transparency report

Eurocontrol and EASA release environmental transparency report

30-Jan-2023Source: EASA

In close cooperation with European air navigation service providers, EUROCONTROL and EASA have released two reports on measuring air navigation service providers environmental impact and a guidance on how these organisations can reduce their carbon footprint as the aviation sector seeks to reduce its emissions by 55% by 2030 and reach climate-neutrality by 2050. The... Read more

MightyFly unveils 2nd Generation eVTOL for Door-to-Door Delivery

MightyFly unveils 2nd Generation eVTOL for Door-to-Door Delivery

30-Jan-2023Source: MightyFly

Just 21 months after receiving $5.1M seed funding and with only 9 months from concept to first flight, MightyFly is ready to unveil the next generation of its aircraft, the MightyFly Cento. Aircraft Specs & Cargo Logistics Platform Capabilities The Cento, previously referred to as the MF-100, is a hybrid, electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing... Read more

NATA Announces New AAM Committee Leadership

NATA Announces New AAM Committee Leadership

30-Jan-2023Source: NATA

On Wednesday, January 18, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) held a successful Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Town Hall in conjunction with its AAM Committee meeting in Washington, DC, announcing new committee leadership relative to infrastructure and flight operations. The Town Hall: AAM Landscape fostered connections between the AAM community and NATA’s other policy committees,... Read more

US Government passes bill to improve FAA NOTAM system after recent meltdown

US Government passes bill to improve FAA NOTAM system after recent meltdown

30-Jan-2023Source: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A bill to improve the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) pilot safety notification system, and two bills to improve and increase transparency in federal programs for disaster assistance, were approved today by the U.S. House of Representatives today.  The aviation bill to address the NOTAM (Notice to Air Mission) system follows the January 11, 2023, NOTAM... Read more

Air Methods and City of Neodesha partner for primary air transport of residents

Air Methods and City of Neodesha partner for primary air transport of residents

30-Jan-2023Source: Air Methods

The City of Neodesha recently announced they have entered into a one-call agreement with Air Methods to provide emergency air transport services to residents in need. Through this partnership, Air Methods will be the primary air transport service utilized by residents, whether they are being transported from local hospitals or require direct from scene air... Read more

CHC Brazil Wins Five New Contracts with Petrobras

CHC Brazil Wins Five New Contracts with Petrobras

30-Jan-2023Source: CHC

 CHC do Brasil, part of CHC Helicopter, a global leader in helicopter services, is today pleased to announce it has signed five exclusive contracts with Petrobras, one of the world’s largest energy companies, valued in the millions. The agreements provide for the offshore transportation of passengers and small loads to Campos Basin – the main... Read more

Vertiport Operations Collaborate with Siemens and Skyway

Vertiport Operations Collaborate with Siemens and Skyway

30-Jan-2023Source: Vertiport

Siemens and Skyway are working together to determine the electrical and digital infrastructure needed to support vertiport operations. Vertiports are hubs for VTOLs (vertical take-off and landing vehicles) such as air taxis and drones. The scope of collaboration involves both companies researching the energy demands of vertiports and developing sustainable electrical supply, standard charging processes,... Read more

WAI and Harvard University Offer Emerging Leaders Scholarships

WAI and Harvard University Offer Emerging Leaders Scholarships

30-Jan-2023Source: Women in Aviation

Rising women leaders in the aviation and aerospace industry are encouraged to apply to attend Women in Leadership: A Program for Emerging Leaders, a three-day professional development program hosted by Women in Aviation International and instruction by Harvard University’s Division of Continuing Education. Generously funded by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, this course will take place... Read more

Dufour Aerospace closes new investment from Vista to accelerate growth

Dufour Aerospace closes new investment from Vista to accelerate growth

30-Jan-2023Source: Dufour Aerospace

Dufour Aerospace AG announced that it successfully completed a Series B investment from Vista Global Holding Limited (Vista), the world’s leading global private aviation group, further supporting the continued development of sustainable aviation technologies. In addition to Vista, the existing investors and two new investors participated in the funding round. Vista’s investment and deep industry... Read more

Living Legends of Aviation honour Hillsboro Aviation CEO

Living Legends of Aviation honour Hillsboro Aviation CEO

30-Jan-2023Source: Hillsboro Aviation

Max Lyons, owner and CEO of Hillsboro Aviation, was honored at the 20th annual Living Legends of Aviation awards event in Los Angeles last week. Lyons received the Elling Halvorson Vertical Flight Hall of Fame Award, which honors individuals who have had a major impact on the world of vertical flight. Lyons is an aviator,... Read more

SLSQ purchases first Entrol H14 FTD Level 5 simulator in Australia

SLSQ purchases first Entrol H14 FTD Level 5 simulator in Australia

30-Jan-2023Source: Entrol

Entrol will install the device based on the Bell 429 by mid-2023 in Surf Life Saving Queensland’s base in Archerfield Airport, on the eastern coast of Australia. This simulator will be equipped with real GTN 750 and GTN 650 units, Entrol’s cylindrical visual system with a 200º x 40º FOV, Entrol’s high-end vibration system to... Read more

Brighton hospital helipad plan delayed by a year due to cladding concerns

Brighton hospital helipad plan delayed by a year due to cladding concerns

30-Jan-2023Source: BBC

Brighton hospital’s helipad has been delayed by a further year over fears helicopters could blow cladding off the hospital’s walls, the BBC has found. The platform at the Royal Sussex County Hospital was originally meant to open in 2019, but was hit with multiple delays due to the pandemic. Plans to launch it in November... Read more

Himachal govt to construct heliport in Hamirpur

Himachal govt to construct heliport in Hamirpur

30-Jan-2023Source: ThePrint

Hamirpur (HP), Jan 13 (PTI) The Himachal Pradesh government will construct a modern heliport near Daroohi village on the boundary of Hamirpur town, an official said on Friday. See Full Story.... Read more

Living Legends of Aviation honour Hillsboro Aviation CEO

Living Legends of Aviation honour Hillsboro Aviation CEO

27-Jan-2023Source: Hillsboro Aviation

Max Lyons, owner and CEO of Hillsboro Aviation, was honored at the 20th annual Living Legends of Aviation awards event in Los Angeles last week. Lyons received the Elling Halvorson Vertical Flight Hall of Fame Award, which honors individuals who have had a major impact on the world of vertical flight. Lyons is an aviator,... Read more

Bristow UK launches 2023 cadet programme and IR scholarship

Bristow UK launches 2023 cadet programme and IR scholarship

27-Jan-2023Source: Bristow

Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL) is looking for the pilots of the future to join their prestigious 2023 UK cadet programme. Run in partnership with Helicentre Aviation the Bristow UK cadet programme offers a unique pathway to becoming a helicopter pilot. There are four places available on this year’s course which will take cadets from... Read more

Leonardo switches AW09 power from Honeywell HTS900 to Safran Arriel 2K

Leonardo switches AW09 power from Honeywell HTS900 to Safran Arriel 2K

26-Jan-2023

Leonardo and Safran Helicopter Engines announced today they have joined forces to further enhance the capabilities and competitiveness of the next generation AW09 single-engine helicopter. The production aircraft will feature the 1,000 shp class of power Arriel 2K engine, the newest generation of the Arriel family. The selection of the new engine guarantees the most... Read more

South African Police adds new Airbus H125 to fleet

South African Police adds new Airbus H125 to fleet

26-Jan-2023Source: SAPS

The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), General Fannie Masemola has officially handed over a brand new H125 airbus helicopter to the Division: Visible Policing and Operations to bolster the organisation’s crime combatting efforts. The newly procured H125 airbus adds to the SAPS existing fleet of helicopter’s across the country whose aim... Read more

US Dept of Energy helicopters to test radiation ahead of Super Bowl

US Dept of Energy helicopters to test radiation ahead of Super Bowl

26-Jan-2023Source: US Dept of Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will conduct low-altitude helicopter flights over Glendale, Arizona, and surrounding areas Sunday, Jan. 15, through Wednesday, Jan. 18, in preparation for Super Bowl LVII on Sunday, Feb. 12. NNSA’s Nuclear Emergency Support Team (NEST) aircraft will measure expected background radiation as part of standard preparations to protect... Read more

AirNova plans French vertiport network

AirNova plans French vertiport network

26-Jan-2023Source: AirNova

The eVTOLs are not yet authorized to fly in French airspace, but the vertiport market is already taking off. The Bordeaux-based company Airnova is proposing to create a network of these platforms throughout France, starting with the southwest. For the past four years, Bordeaux-based real estate developer Laurent Mathiolon has been working on a concept... Read more

Devon Air Ambulance release Mission Stats for 2022

Devon Air Ambulance release Mission Stats for 2022

26-Jan-2023Source: Devon Air Ambulance

Mission statistics for 2022 reveal just how vital the response of the Devon Air Ambulance medical emergency service is to the people of Devon, as they experience another incredibly busy year.  Throughout another challenging year for many public services and charities, the crew at Devon Air Ambulance has been tasked to attend over 1828 incidents across Devon... Read more

Bell Boeing awarded $12.7M for V-22 proprotor gearbox work

Bell Boeing awarded $12.7M for V-22 proprotor gearbox work

26-Jan-2023Source: US DoD

Bell Boeing Joint Program Office, Amarillo, Texas, was awarded a $12,700,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee undefinitized order (N0001923F2620) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001922G0002). This order provides non-recurring engineering for the integration, qualification, documentation and testing in support of the improved proprotor gearbox input quill and clutch design on the MV-22, CV-22, and CMV-22 Osprey aircraft... Read more

CBAA Joins the CanaDAC Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Task Group

CBAA Joins the CanaDAC Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Task Group

26-Jan-2023Source: CBAA

In order to influence the direction and priorities of AAM development in Canada, the CBAA has joined the CanaDAC Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Task Group #2. This group is part of a joint initiative between the Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium and Transport Canada. The initial objective is to compile an inventory of anticipated AAM... Read more

US Marines’ new helicopter easily lifts F-35

US Marines’ new helicopter easily lifts F-35

26-Jan-2023Source: US Marines

A non-flyable F-35C Lightning II airframe is flown as part of a CH-53K King Stallion external load certification lift Dec. 13, 2022, at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. The structure is from the first F-35C carrier variant aircraft, CF-1, a former developmental flight test jet from the Patuxent River F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF).... Read more

Montana National Guard Begins Full Time Helicopter Operations in Billings

Montana National Guard Begins Full Time Helicopter Operations in Billings

26-Jan-2023Source: Montana National Guard

Stationing helicopters full time in Billings will improve the National Guard’s ability to quickly respond to requests for assistance from authorities in Eastern Montana, Northern Wyoming, and the eastern Dakotas. In the past 12 months, Montana Army National Guard helicopters have rescued more than 90 people in the region following floods, accidents, and other emergencies.... Read more

Heli-One Norway Supports Leonardo for AW101 Maintenance

Heli-One Norway Supports Leonardo for AW101 Maintenance

26-Jan-2023Source: Heli-One

Heli-One, a leading provider of helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, has recently been contracted by Leonardo to support the fleet of AW101 SAR Queen helicopters operated by the Royal Norwegian Air Force. Personnel from Heli-One’s Stavanger facility will be working with Leonardo staff to perform line maintenance, increasing the amount of trained personnel... Read more

LifeFlight Australia sets rescue record in 2022

LifeFlight Australia sets rescue record in 2022

26-Jan-2023Source: LifeFlight Australia

LifeFlight Australia has notched up another record-breaking calendar year, with its fleet of helicopters, Air Ambulance jets, Critical Care Doctors, Flight Nurses and Flight Paramedics helping a total of 6,978 people in 2022. LifeFlight Group Head of Operations Yvette Lutze said that total reflected over 20 people helped each day, proving how indispensable the aeromedical service is across... Read more

Skyroads starts automated AAM test area at Augsburg Airport

Skyroads starts automated AAM test area at Augsburg Airport

26-Jan-2023Source: Skyroads

Skyroads has started to set up the first fully automated Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) flight test area at Augsburg Airport. This is a major step towards the implementation of AAM and its integration into current aviation. The Skyroads system will enable fleet operators, ground infrastructure and vertiport operators as well as aircraft manufacturers to test their vehicles and infrastructure at an early stage of development – while guaranteeing full safety.... Read more

Airbus reports 2022 numbers – orders down 11%, deliveries up 2%

Airbus reports 2022 numbers – orders down 11%, deliveries up 2%

25-Jan-2023Source: Airbus

In 2022, Airbus Helicopters logged 374 gross orders (net: 362) (Ed – down 10.74% from 419 in the bounce-back year of 2021), highlighting the ongoing market recovery with an impressive 216 light single engine helicopters sold. Deliveries increased from 338 in 2021 to 344 in 2022 (Ed: Up 1.77%), contributing to Airbus Helicopters’ preliminary 52%... Read more

FL – Walton County to get new Air Methods helicopter

FL – Walton County to get new Air Methods helicopter

25-Jan-2023Source: Walton County Sheriff's Office

A helicopter providing lifesaving medical transport is coming to Walton County. Announced at the Walton County Board of County Commissioner meeting Tuesday, Walton County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with Air Methods Corporation to bring a Bell 407 helicopter to the area. After the closure of the only emergency room in Walton County Fire Rescue’s service... Read more

Connecticut Delegation Requests Briefing on US Army’s Decision to Reject Sikorsky Bid for FLRAA

Connecticut Delegation Requests Briefing on US Army’s Decision to Reject Sikorsky Bid for FLRAA

25-Jan-2023Source: John B. Larson

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro, John Larson, Joe Courtney, Jim Himes and Jahana Hayes announced they have requested a detailed briefing by the U.S. Army about why Sikorsky’s bid to build long-range assault aircraft was rejected. The Connecticut delegation has approached the U.S. Army leadership on multiple occasions... Read more

Macfarlanes advises CHC on sale of Offshore Helicopter Services UK

Macfarlanes advises CHC on sale of Offshore Helicopter Services UK

25-Jan-2023Source: Macfarlanes

Macfarlanes is advising CHC Helicopter Group, the global helicopter company specialising in transportation and search and rescue operations, in addition to maintenance and overhaul services, on its sale of Offshore Helicopter Services UK (OHS UK) to Ultimate Aviation Group, a South African headquartered international aviation business. CHC will retain its existing UK offshore oil and... Read more

Uruguay National Police contracts Rotorcorp for R44 overhaul kits

Uruguay National Police contracts Rotorcorp for R44 overhaul kits

25-Jan-2023Source: Rotorcorp

In June of 2022, Rotorcorp was awarded a contract issued by the Uruguay Interior Ministry to provide 2200-hour maintenance kits, Lycoming O-540 engines, and other spare parts required to complete the overhaul of two Robinson R44 police helicopters operated by the Uruguay National Police. In December 2022, Rotorcorp President Sean Casey made good on the... Read more

Meet the BHA at RotorTech

Meet the BHA at RotorTech

25-Jan-2023Source: RotorTech

RotorTech, in association with BHA, will incorporate a ‘Meet the BHA’ initiative for its 2023 Event with a BHA meeting area and a seminar event hosted by Tim Fauchon, CEO of the association. The seminar will include a swift round-up of EASA, Department for Transport, and CAA issues and plans which may affect the private... Read more

Leonardo delivers first AW169M to Guardia di Finanza

Leonardo delivers first AW169M to Guardia di Finanza

24-Jan-2023

Leonardo and Guardia di Finanza (Italy’s Police Force with general capability in economic and financial matters as well as the only maritime Police Force in Italy) celebrated today the delivery of the operator’s first AW169M light-intermediate twin engine helicopter in a special configuration featuring skids. The handover was performed at Leonardo’s Vergiate assembly line (Varese)... Read more

Norwegian regional Police chief requests helicopter to patrol Russian border

Norwegian regional Police chief requests helicopter to patrol Russian border

24-Jan-2023Source: The Barents Observer

A former commander with the Kremlin-linked Wagner private military company fled across the border to Norway in dramatic circumstances last Friday. Local police fear life and health are at risk if more illegal border crossers are coming in the polar night with temperatures down to minus 25 Celsius. See Full Story.... Read more

Ocean Medical Center Proposes Helipad

Ocean Medical Center Proposes Helipad

24-Jan-2023Source: Brick Shorebeat

A small heliport would be constructed on the property of Ocean Medical Center in Brick Township under a proposal submitted to township officials by Air Methods Corporation, a privately-owned medical helicopter operator. See Full Story.   ... Read more

The Air Ambulance Service reports on 2022 missions

The Air Ambulance Service reports on 2022 missions

24-Jan-2023Source: The Air Ambulance Service

Your local air ambulance was called out to over 3,000 potential lifesaving missions throughout 2022 as the vital charity continued to provide support to the NHS and local communities when it mattered most. The Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance (WNAA) along with the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance, (DLRAA) have worked tirelessly around the... Read more

Preowned Single Engine Helicopter Sales Decline

Preowned Single Engine Helicopter Sales Decline

24-Jan-2023Source: Aero Asset

Aero Asset’s Heli Market Trends 2022 Annual Single Engine Report shows preowned helicopter sales were down 12 percent compared to 2021. The report covers single engine preowned helicopter models in production and variants, with recent retail sales activity in all configurations. For the year, 2022 saw 212 units sell, 12 percent lower than 2021. The... Read more

Schweizer appoints Senior Sales Rep for Europe and UK

Schweizer appoints Senior Sales Rep for Europe and UK

24-Jan-2023Source: Schweizer

Schweizer is pleased to announce Peter Behr has joined the helicopter manufacturer as Senior Sales Representative for Europe and the U.K. Based in Germany, Behr is responsible for providing current and new Schweizer customers long-term, personalized Schweizer support by overseeing aircraft sales, parts sales and service, and tailor-made solutions. Behr has an impressive track record... Read more

Schiebel Camcopter demonstrates ASW capability at NATO exercise

Schiebel Camcopter demonstrates ASW capability at NATO exercise

24-Jan-2023Source: Schiebel

Schiebel, together with Thales and sponsored by the U.K. Royal Navy participated in REPMUS (Robotic Experi- mentation and Prototyping using Maritime Uncrewed Systems) and Dynamic Messenger 2022 in Portugal. Togeth- er, the companies successfully demonstrated the Camcopter S-100 and its anti-submarine warfare (ASW), intelli- gence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and cargo delivery capabilities, which all... Read more

UK CAA sets out vision for future of UK airspace

UK CAA sets out vision for future of UK airspace

24-Jan-2023Source: UK CAA

The UK Civil Aviation Authority has today (23 January) set out a vision for the future of UK airspace which will help deliver quicker, quieter and cleaner journeys, as well as create more capacity for the benefit for those who use and are affected by UK airspace. The aviation and aerospace regulator has developed a... Read more

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