07-May-13 RP-C7788 Eurocopter SE313B Barangay Rawis, Philippines
07-May-13
EMergency landing on shoreline shortly after take-off. Pilot Capt. Dino Garcia and passengers Decoroso Asinas, and Efipanio Pinca suffered minor injuries while the last passenger Andre Abalon suffered serious head injuries after being struck by the rotor blades
Philippine Navy signs for three AW109 Powers
Source: AgustaWestland, 28-Mar-13
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce the signing of a contract with the Philippine Navy for three AW109 Power maritime helicopters plus two options. The helicopters will be used for a wide range of naval missions including economic zone protection, surface surveillance, SAR and maritime security. The aircraft will be delivered in 2014 [...]
PZL-Świdnik delivers last two W3 Sokols to Philippine Air Force
Source: PZL Swidnik, 18-Feb-13
PZL-Świdnik, an AgustaWestland company, is pleased to announce that the last two of eight Sokol helicopters have been delivered to the Philippine Air Force. The Sokols were transported from Lublin Airport to Clark Air Base near Manila on board an An-124 Ruslan large cargo airplane. The two Sokol helicopters follow the six aircraft delivered to [...]
MV-22s train in the Philippines with local Air Force
Source: US Marine Corps, 05-Feb-13
Three MV-22B Osprey aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Okinawa, Japan, arrived in Puerto Princesa, Palawan on Jan. 22 to conduct bilateral training with elements of the Philippine Air Force. “The flights we are conducting are important for our [...]
Philippines Navy orders three AW109E Powers
Source: Philippine Star, 01-Jan-13
The Philippine Dept of National Defense has announced an order for three AW109E Powers worth 1, 337,176,584 Philippine Pesos – roughly $32.5M at today’s rates. See full story
Fifth and sixth Sokols delivered to the Philippine Air Force
Source: PZL-Świdnik, 06-Dec-12
PZL-Świdnik, an AgustaWestland company, is pleased to announce that the second batch of Sokol helicopters in combat utility configuration has been delivered to the Philippine Air Force. The two additional helicopters follow the four Sokols delivered by PZL-Świdnik to the customer in February 2012. The second batch of Sokols are part of a contract signed [...]
Philippine procurement board blocks attack helicopter purchase
Source: Philippine Star, 13-Nov-12
The inter-agency Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) has rejected a request by the Department of National Defense (DND) to acquire 10 attack helicopters from France through negotiated procurement. (see full story) We assume these would be Tiger helicopters
Philippine National Police look to purchase15 helicopters
Source: Police Aviation News, 24-Oct-12
One of the highlight presentations of the Tangent Link POLICE AVIATION event held in the Prince Hotel & Residence in central Kuala Lumpur this week was that given by Police Senior Superintendent Joselito F Salido of the Philippine National Police [PNP]. During times when it seems few worthwhile sales opportunities are to be found in the law [...]
21-Aug-12 Eurocopter Bo105C Donsol, Philippines
21-Aug-12
Emergency landing into water 1m deep while on search for light aircraft – one of whose occupants was Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo. The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) identified the five people on board the helicopter as Navy pilots Lt. Rowene Colita, Lt. Jg. Nelson Alquiza, co-pilot; AD3 (Aviation Machinest-3) Rodrigo Gernale, AD2 Leo Calmante [...]
Helicopters NZ wins AW139 offshore contract in Philippines
Source: Canadian Helicopters, 15-Aug-12
Canadian Helicopters Group Inc. (TSX:CHL.A CHL.B) (the “Company”), an international provider of helicopter transportation and related support services, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Helicopters (NZ) Limited (“HNZ”) has entered into an offshore oil and gas helicopter support contract with Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (“Shell”). Beginning in September 2013 , HNZ will provide crew [...]
25 helicopters due for Philippine Air Force this year
Source: HeliHub.com, 28-Jun-12
The Philippine Air Force recently announced during the Air Power Symposium 2012 held at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia in Pasay City that it will take delivery of a further 25 helicopters before the end of 2012. The statement is believed to be part of its preparation for the forthcoming 65th PAF anniversary [...]
22 face court over Philippine National Police R44 sale
Source: Rappler, 07-Jun-12
Charges were filed on Wednesday 6th against Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo, former National Police chief Jesus Verzosa, a businessman, and 19 retired and active police officers over the sale of second-hand R44s to the Philippine National Police. (see full story) see earlier HeliHub.com story – Controversy surrounds R44 acquisition by Philippine National Police
First batch of Philippine Air Force Sokols enter service
Source: AgustaWestland, 12-Mar-12
PZL–Åšwidnik SA, an AgustaWestland company, is pleased to announce that the first four Sokol helicopters for the Philippine Air Force were officially handed over to Voltaire Tuvera Gazmin, Secretary of National Defense, by MieczysÅ‚aw Majewski, President of PZL-Åšwidnik, during a ceremony held today at Clark Air Base 40 miles northwest of Manila. The aircraft will [...]
11-Mar-12 Bell UH-1H Kitcharao, Philippines
11-Mar-12
Helicopter was hovering near the ground when it suddenly crashed.
Philippine Coast Guard to add seven helicopters
Source: Philippine Coast Guard, 29-Jan-12
More sea and air assets will soon be seen in stations of the Philippine Coast Guard as P1.6 billion will be earmarked for the acquisitions of equipment to boost the maritime agency’s search and rescue capabilities. Transportation and Communications Secretary Mar Roxas said the additional fund, which was directed by President Benigno S. Aquino III, [...]
Enstrom delivers first 280FX in four years
Source: HeliHub.com, 20-Oct-11
Across the industry we have seen different signs of the global recession affecting us in many different ways. One of the most tangible demonstrations of this is in new helicopter production, something that HeliHub.com monitors closely. One of the helicopter types we have identified is the piston-engined Enstrom 280FX. The most recent serial number was [...]
01-Oct-11 Bell UH-1H Mount Sinumaan, Philippines (3F)
01-Oct-11
Reported mechanical problems, crashed onto mountain and rolled for some distance
Controversy surrounds R44 acquisition by Philippine National Police
Source: HeliHub.com, 27-Jul-11
The Philippine National Police “PNP” have a total of three Robinson R44 helicopters, acquired in 2009. These consist of two Raven Is and one Raven II, and the PNP believed at the time that they were all being acquired factory-new. A big national controversy has been raised in recent weeks after it turned out that [...]
Philippines to receive eight Sokols, looks to upgrade MD 520s
Source: Flightglobal, 31-May-11
AgustaWestland subsidiary PZL Swidnik will deliver four W-3A Sokol transport helicopters to the Philippines by November this year, with another four in the second quarter of 2012. The air force is also contemplating major avionics upgrades to its MD 520 light attack helicopters.
13-Apr-11 Bell Huey II Taytay, Philippines
13-Apr-11
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.
Philippines cancels $73M helicopter procurement
Source: Inquirer, 08-Dec-10
The Philippine government said Tuesday it had cancelled a 73 million dollar deal to buy military helicopters following allegations of collusion with a Polish defense contractor.
More surplus UH-1s en route to the Philippines
Source: Flightglobal, 25-Nov-10
The Philippine air force will receive five used Bell UH-1 transport helicopters under a deal facilitated by the US Army Security Assistance Comman
Philippines suspends $90m worth helicopter purchases amid corruption allegations
Source: Saudi Gazette, 05-Oct-10
Tenders involved PZL Swidnik with a $60 million contract to supply eight combat utility helicopters, and MD Helicopters with six night-capable attack helicopters worth $29 million
Philippine Coast Guard allocated funds for two helicopters
Source: GMA, 20-Sep-10
Hoping to boost the country’s capacity to respond to sea tragedies, the Aquino government has allotted P1.6 billion for the Philippine Coast Guard to acquire two new choppers equipped for SAR operations and other functions.
Philippine lawmaker sees anomaly in PZL deal
Source: ABS-CDS, 18-Sep-10
Casiño said it was suspicious that 5 of the 6 interested bidders backed out of the bidding process. These included such big names in the industry like Boeing, Asia Aerospace/MD Helicopter Inc., Eurocopter, Elbit System/Joavi Phils. and the Russian Federation.
Philippine Air Force grounds Huey fleet
Source: Manila Bulletin, 12-Sep-10
The entire fleet of Philippine Air Force UH-1Hs has been grounded by following the incident last Friday wherein one of their choppers was engulfed in flames after making an emergency landing in Ilocos Norte (details here)
Philippines airforce to spend $150 mln on upgrades
Source: Reuters AlertNet, 06-Jul-10
Lieutenant-General Oscar Rabena said the airforce would get 15 combat utility and night-capable helicopters, 10 refurbished UH-1H helicopters, a long-range maritime patrol plane, a refurbished C-130 transport, basic trainer jets and long-range radar systems.
Philippines CAA makes Robinson safety course mandatory
Source: Manila Bulletin, 03-Jun-10
Pilots rated to fly Robinson R-44 and R22 helicopters will be required to undergo a Safety Awareness Seminar on June 7th
Philippines grounds all Robinsons
Source: ABS-CBN, 19-May-10
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) sgrounded 33 R44s and 18 R22s following a fatal R44 accident which killed the four occupants and a fifth person on the ground.
17-May-10 RP-C2550 Robinson R44 Barangay Iyam, Philippines (5F)
17-May-10
Deceased included Quezon Governor Rafael Nantes and two children, one named as Rowena Navales, 14
Philippines orders eight W3A Sokols from PZL
03-Mar-10
Philippine Air Force chief Lt. Gen. Oscar Rabena told reporters the eight W-3A Sokol helicopters would cost P3 billion or roughly P375 million each
Philippine National Police buy three Robinson R44s
Source: GMA News, 11-Feb-10
Last Wednesday night, three brand new helicopters touched down on the parade ground of Camp Crame, headquarters of the Philippine National Police.
06-Apr-09 RP-1946 Bell B412 near Tinoc township in Ifugao province, Philippines (8F)
06-Apr-09
8-Apr-09 RP-1946 Bell B412 near Tinoc township in Ifugao province. , Phillipines
Bidding for attack helicopters fails anew, Philippine military chief says
Source: PhilStar, 10-Mar-09
