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Aeronautical Accessories introduces high intensity discharge lights

Aeronautical Accessories introduces high intensity discharge lights

13-Dec-2010Source: Aeronautical Accessories

PINEY FLATS, Tenn. (December 13, 2010) – Aeronautical Accessories, Inc. has announced that it has developed new High Intensity Discharge (HID) lights to add to its existing family of lighting accessories. The company announced today that it will be offering the new supplemental type certificate (STC) certified HID Nightscanner® and HID Nightscanner® Plus lighting products... Read more

UK: Devon & Cornwall Police launch operations blog

UK: Devon & Cornwall Police launch operations blog

13-Dec-2010Source: HeliHub.com

As police forces aim to be come more accountable to the residents of the area they serve, a number of those operating helicopters have launched a page on their website to list the tasks they fly – usually as a way of minimising noise complaints.  These usually take the form of a table listing date,... Read more

US seizes three helicopters linked to Guatemalan drug lord

US seizes three helicopters linked to Guatemalan drug lord

13-Dec-2010Source: Brownsville Herald

Two 407s and a Eurocopter were seized, having been exported from the U.S. to Guatemala and Canada were seized in Washington and Idaho states as federal investigators continue to locate assets of drug lord Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, a Matamoros native currently imprisoned in the US.... Read more

The spat continues – Carson speaks out against NTSB

The spat continues – Carson speaks out against NTSB

12-Dec-2010Source: Carson Helicopters

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... Read more

New commander for RNZAF’s No.3 Squadron

New commander for RNZAF’s No.3 Squadron

12-Dec-2010Source: Southland Times

A former Central Southland man today takes command of a Royal New Zealand Air Force squadron poised to retire the UH-1 and introduce the NH90... Read more

UK: New Sea King squadron takes over in Afghanistan

UK: New Sea King squadron takes over in Afghanistan

12-Dec-2010Source: Royal Navy

857 Naval Air Squadron has handed over responsibility for Sea King airborne surveillance and control duties in Helmand province, Afghanistan, to 854 Naval Air Squadron. Both squadrons are based at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose and take it in turns to deploy to Camp Bastion in southern Afghanistan. Commander Pat Douglas, the Sea King Force... Read more

Alaska Electric Light & Power launch helicopter avalanche control system

Alaska Electric Light & Power launch helicopter avalanche control system

12-Dec-2010Source: Juneau Empire

Specialist equipment hangs 150 feet from a helicopter and moves snow by emitting precise blasts using mixtures of oxygen and hydrogen. This will replace the need for moving snow with explosives.... Read more

College student sentenced to jail for pointing laser at helicopter

College student sentenced to jail for pointing laser at helicopter

12-Dec-2010Source: Columbus Dispatch

Judge Laurel A. Beatty sentenced Shapiro to 20 days in jail and 100 hours of community service.... Read more

Bell to add 100+ workers in Amarillo for AH-1Z

Bell to add 100+ workers in Amarillo for AH-1Z

12-Dec-2010Source: Amarillo Globe News

Bell Helicopter’s Amarillo work force will grow by more than 100 workers next year as the company expands production of the Marine Corps’ newest attack helicopters, officials have confirmed... Read more

New base for UT Lifestar in Sevier County

New base for UT Lifestar in Sevier County

12-Dec-2010Source: UT Lifestar

Representatives of UT LIFESTAR dedicated the newly constructed Sevier County base of operations during a partnership luncheon celebration at the base, located at the Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge airport in Sevierville. The Sevier County base continues to be the most heavily utilized of the five bases of operation for UT LIFESTAR, the air medical transport service of The... Read more

Carter to partner AAI for DARPA Transformer program

Carter to partner AAI for DARPA Transformer program

11-Dec-2010Source: Carter Aviation Technologies

AAI, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that its team has been selected to participate in Phase I of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Transformer program. The winning team also includes fellow Textron businesses Bell Helicopter and Textron Marine & Land Systems, as well as... Read more

Versatile Helicopters sues Columbus Police over “unsafe” 500E

Versatile Helicopters sues Columbus Police over “unsafe” 500E

11-Dec-2010Source: Columbus Dispatch

The pilot of the 12-year-old 500E sold last year to Versatile Helicopters, of Chemainus, British Columbia, was forced to make an emergency landing following engine failure, the company said in court papers filed yesterday in U.S. District Court.... Read more

Canadian Helicopters confirms converstion to a corporation on 31st Dec

Canadian Helicopters confirms converstion to a corporation on 31st Dec

11-Dec-2010Source: Canadian Helicopters

MONTREAL, December 10, 2010 – Canadian Helicopters Income Fund (CHL.UN) (the “Fund”) confirmed today its intention to complete on December 31, 2010, the conversion of the Fund from an income trust to a dividend paying corporation (the “Arrangement”) as further described in the Fund’s management information circular dated May 13, 2010. The completion of the... Read more

US Navy Awards $45.8M to ready unmanned K-MAX for deployment

US Navy Awards $45.8M to ready unmanned K-MAX for deployment

11-Dec-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

Washington, December 10th, 2010 — The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Kaman Aerospace [NASDAQ GS: KAMN] a $45.8 million contract for K-MAX® unmanned aircraft systems for a U.S. Marine Corps evaluation of unmanned cargo resupply in an operational forward deployed environment. “The K-MAX UAS was specifically designed for the... Read more

Carson S61 co-pilot disputes crash report

Carson S61 co-pilot disputes crash report

11-Dec-2010Source: Mercury News

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... Read more

Inspections keep HMM-265 blades spinning

Inspections keep HMM-265 blades spinning

10-Dec-2010Source: US Marine Corps

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan  — Between training exercises and deployments, the CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter is an asset used throughout the Marine Corps, said Maj. Cory Dekraai, an Ann Arbor, Mich. native and aircraft maintenance officer with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine... Read more

Three Latvian air crew freed in Darfur after 36 days captivity

Three Latvian air crew freed in Darfur after 36 days captivity

10-Dec-2010Source: UN World Food Programme

KHARTOUM – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed the news that three Latvian men working as helicopter aircrew for the WFP United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) in the western Sudanese region of Darfur, have been freed after more than a month in captivity. WFP said that the three Latvians, a pilot,... Read more

NTSB issues summary of Carson S61 public meeting

NTSB issues summary of Carson S61 public meeting

10-Dec-2010Source: NTSB

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... Read more

New management team at Eagle Pass Heliskiing

New management team at Eagle Pass Heliskiing

10-Dec-2010Source: Eagle Pass Heliskiing

Eagle Pass Heliskiing announces a NEW executive management team and a new kind of heli-ski experience. The company offers the world’s best heli-ski destination experience – snow, terrain, service and quality in a safe and socially responsible manner. Eagle Pass offers boutique small group heliskiing as well as an ultra-luxurious private group heli-skiing option. The... Read more

A160T program awarded $12.8M to develop payload integrations

A160T program awarded $12.8M to develop payload integrations

10-Dec-2010Source: US DoD

Frontier Systems, Inc., Irvine, Calif., is being awarded a $12,800,000 (NTE) cost plus fixed-fee contract modification (HR0011-07-C-0100).  This modification provides for the development of necessary planning, payload integrations, and air vehicle improvements in support of an operational demonstration to further evaluate the military utility of the A160T integrated with a modified ARGUS-IS pod which includes... Read more

Miami-Dade Police ready to add UAVs

Miami-Dade Police ready to add UAVs

10-Dec-2010Source: Miami New Times

The Miami-Dade Police Department is poised to become the first large metro force to regularly use drones in its aerial missions. The department has a deal in place to buy a T-Hawk from defense firm Honeywell... Read more

TLH Heliskiing and Tyax Wilderness Resort re-open on New Years Eve

TLH Heliskiing and Tyax Wilderness Resort re-open on New Years Eve

10-Dec-2010Source: TLH Heliskiing

TLH Heliskiing is ready to re-open for the winter heli-ski season this December 31st, complete with multi-million dollar renovations to the base lodge at Tyax Wilderness Resort . Gold Bridge, British Columbia, December 7, 2010 – TLH Heliskiing will open for the 2010/2011 winter heli-ski season this December 31st, 2010 with a New Years Eve... Read more

Eurocopter X3 achieves 180 knots ahead of schedule

Eurocopter X3 achieves 180 knots ahead of schedule

10-Dec-2010Source: Eurocopter

Marignane, December 9, 2010 – Step 1 speed objective of 180 kts is attained ahead of schedule for this innovative rotary-wing aircraft. Eurocopter’s X3 high-speed hybrid helicopter demonstrator, which performed its maiden flight on September 6, 2010, has reached on November 29th the program’s Step 1 speed objective: attaining a true airspeed of 180 kts... Read more

Eurocopter Canada delivers 600th helicopter to local market

Eurocopter Canada delivers 600th helicopter to local market

10-Dec-2010Source: Eurocopter Canada

Fort Erie, ON — Eurocopter Canada Limited (ECL) delivered the 600th helicopter today for the Canadian market to Héli-Inter Inc., a major helicopter charter company headquartered in St- Hubert, Quebec. The powerful Eurocopter AS350 B3 light helicopter will be flown primarily in Northern Quebec, supporting mineral exploration and development programs. “We are delighted to reach... Read more

Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency takes delivery of three AW139s

Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency takes delivery of three AW139s

10-Dec-2010

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce the official handover of three AW139 helicopters to the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) during a ceremony held today at AgustaWestland Malaysia’s facility near Kuala Lumpur. In the presence of Tan Sri Dato’ Haji Muhyiddin Yassin, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, the aircraft were handed over by... Read more

HFI adds translation software to its website

HFI adds translation software to its website

10-Dec-2010Source: HFI

Helicopter Foundation International (HFI) announces an easier way for the international community to navigate, search, and retrieve information. When visiting the HFI Web site, the international visitor can now utilize translation software that offers access in more than 50 different languages with just the click of a mouse. Visitors to the site will now be... Read more

AH-1Z earns US Navy approval for full rate production

AH-1Z earns US Navy approval for full rate production

10-Dec-2010Source: Bell

[This is Bell’s formal press release. Here on HeliHub.com we ran this story on 1st December] FORT WORTH, TEXAS (December 8, 2010) Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that the U.S. Marine Corps’ newest attack helicopter, the AH-1Z Cobra, was approved for full rate production Nov. 28. The H-1 program office... Read more

Cat-A approved for Bell 429

Cat-A approved for Bell 429

10-Dec-2010Source: Bell

FORT WORTH, TEXAS (December 8, 2010) – Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced that the FAA has completed its review and approval of the Bell 429 Category A Helipad Flight Manual Supplement, following earlier approvals by EASA and Transport Canada. The finalization of the Category A Helipad Flight Manual Supplement validates... Read more

Bond Aviation Group awarded £6.5M lighthouse contract

Bond Aviation Group awarded £6.5M lighthouse contract

9-Dec-2010Source: Bond Aviation Group

[This is the official press release from Bond. HeliHub.com ran the story “Northern Lighthouse Board upgrading to EC135 on 1st December” back on 24th November] Gloucestershire-based, Bond Aviation Group, one of Europe’s leading helicopter service providers, has been awarded a long-term contract with the Northern Lighthouse Board valued at £6.5m. Following a competitive tendering exercise,... Read more

NEMSPA launches survey on promposed EMS regulations

NEMSPA launches survey on promposed EMS regulations

9-Dec-2010Source: NEMSPA

The National EMS Pilots Association is gathering feedback from helicopter EMS pilots on proposed regulations that may become the most far-reaching rules to date for the Air Medical industry. The survey is for active EMS helicopter pilots only. The FAA Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) that addresses the safety of commercial helicopter operations is... Read more

Keystone Med-Flight signs distribution agreement with mVisum

Keystone Med-Flight signs distribution agreement with mVisum

9-Dec-2010Source: Keystone Med-Flight

Keystone announced today that it has signed a distribution and license agreement with the mobile health care communication firm mVisum, Inc. This agreement authorizes Keystone to distribute and sell mVisum’s unique medical data transmission system for use on medically configured aircraft. mVisum’s technology provides the ability to send, review, and respond to diagnostic quality medical... Read more

Date set for 2011 Wings Wheels & Rotors evemt at Los Alamitos

Date set for 2011 Wings Wheels & Rotors evemt at Los Alamitos

9-Dec-2010Source: Wings Wheels & Rotors

WWRE 2011 is an open house and family event sponsored by the Los Alamitos Area Chamber of Commerce and the California National Guards Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB). All the activities will take place on the flightline on Los Alamitos Army Airfield (KSLI). Los Alamitos Army Airfield is the last remaining military airfield in the... Read more

First flight of Eurocopter’s Armed Aerial Scout 72X technical demo aircraft

First flight of Eurocopter’s Armed Aerial Scout 72X technical demo aircraft

9-Dec-2010Source: EADS North America

Arlington, Virginia and Grand Prairie, Texas, December 8, 2010 – EADS North America today announced that it has flown the second of three company-funded Armed Aerial Scout 72X Technical Demonstration Aircraft (TDA). The flight took place yesterday at the company’s American Eurocopter facility in Grand Prairie, Texas and lasted 40 minutes. The objective of this... Read more

Japan selects Mitsubishi’s proposal to build 40 UH-60J SAR helicopters

Japan selects Mitsubishi’s proposal to build 40 UH-60J SAR helicopters

9-Dec-2010Source: Sikorsky

December 8, 2010 Stratford, Conn., – Japan’s Ministry of Defense has selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ (MHI) proposal to supply the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) with a new fleet of advanced UH-60J search and rescue helicopters. The aircraft will be produced under license from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The... Read more

Van Horn Aviation expands dealer network into Canada

Van Horn Aviation expands dealer network into Canada

9-Dec-2010Source: Van Horn Aviation

TEMPE, Ariz., December 8, 2010 – Composite tail rotor blade manufacturer Van Horn Aviation (VHA) recently added two Canadian companies as authorized dealers for its composite tail rotor blades. AOG Heli Services (www.aogheliservices.com) based at Norman Rogers Airport in Kingston, Ontario, and Avialta Helicopter Maintenance Ltd. (www.avialta.com) based at Villeneuve Airport in Edmonton, Alberta, have... Read more

Three helicopters crash in same US county within hours

Three helicopters crash in same US county within hours

9-Dec-2010Source: HeliHub.com

As the temperatures in Florida plummet, so helicopters are called in to fly low level over fields to minimise the chance of frost ruining the crop. Sadly, these operations brought no fewer than three casualties in one County earlier today. Robinson R44 N666SL clipped a post at Palm Beach Glades County Airport, Pahokee around 2am... Read more

All Rega mountain bases now equipped with AW109SP Da Vinci

All Rega mountain bases now equipped with AW109SP Da Vinci

8-Dec-2010Source: HeliHub.com

Swiss Air Ambulance, known locally as Rega, has now upgraded all their mountain bases to the AgustaWestland Da Vinci, based on AW109SP model – the last two bases to upgrade were at Zweisimmen and Mollis. The crew of the helicopter base at Zweisimmen upgraded to an AW109SP Da Vinci last Saturday with a patient transfer... Read more

UK: Sloane Helicopters introduces in service the first EMS Grand in the UK

UK: Sloane Helicopters introduces in service the first EMS Grand in the UK

8-Dec-2010Source: Sloane Helicopters

[HeliHub.com has already provided links to a press report on this operation. This press release provides a lot more detail than the press report] Sloane Helicopters Limited is pleased to announce the entry into service of the UK’s first Agusta EMS Grand, G-HEMZ, with the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance, one of the busiest... Read more

Russia starts process to get Ka32 certified in Brazil

Russia starts process to get Ka32 certified in Brazil

8-Dec-2010Source: HeliHub.com

Russian Helicopters have recently started the formal process of obtaining certification for the Kamov Ka32A11BC in Brazil. They are expecting the issuing of the approval certificate in the second half of 2011. They believe that the process should be simplified by the fact that this model has already been certified by EASA and Transport Canada.... Read more

HFI extends 2011 scholarship application deadline

HFI extends 2011 scholarship application deadline

8-Dec-2010Source: HFI

Helicopter Foundation International (HFI) is pleased to announce that the deadline to apply for the 2011 series of scholarships has been extended to December 31, 2010. HFI scholarships are designed to answer the need for qualified helicopter pilots and maintenance technicians, and to provide further training for safety managers and other professionals in the safety... Read more

Curtiss-Wright wins Chinook component contract

Curtiss-Wright wins Chinook component contract

8-Dec-2010Source: Charlotte Business Journals

The Boeing Co. has awarded Curtiss-Wright Controls a contract to supply data components for the Chinook helicopter.... Read more

East Anglian Air Ambulance moves second base from Wyton to Cambridge

East Anglian Air Ambulance moves second base from Wyton to Cambridge

8-Dec-2010Source: East Anglian Air Ambulance

The East Anglian Air Ambulance has moved its Western operational base to Cambridge Airport as it launches an enhanced and more sustainable service which it believes will help save more lives across Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. The charity has worked closely with the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) in developing the new service... Read more

StandardAero signs Mirabel Heli Support as an RR250 Authorized Support Center

StandardAero signs Mirabel Heli Support as an RR250 Authorized Support Center

8-Dec-2010Source: StandardAero

StandardAero announced today that it has signed Mirabel Heli Support, Inc., in Mirabel, Quebec, as an Authorized Support Center for Turbine Engine MRO. The agreement is for one year and includes optional one-year extensions at the end of each expiry date. “Today’s announcement establishes a three-fold strategic alliance between the end operator, StandardAero, and Mirabel... Read more

NTSB pins blame on Carson Helicopters for fatal firefighting S61 crash

NTSB pins blame on Carson Helicopters for fatal firefighting S61 crash

8-Dec-2010Source: KDRV

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”... Read more

Philippines cancels $73M helicopter procurement

Philippines cancels $73M helicopter procurement

8-Dec-2010Source: Inquirer

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.... Read more

Lycoming adds UK’s Airpart Supply as distributor

Lycoming adds UK’s Airpart Supply as distributor

8-Dec-2010Source: Lycoming

Lycoming Engines, a division of Avco Corporation, has added Airpart Supply Ltd., located at Wycombe Air Park near London’s Heathrow Airport, to its worldwide distributor network. Founded in 1984, Airpart Supply Ltd. is an independent, privately owned United Kingdom based company supplying parts, components and services to airline, regional, corporate and general aviation aircraft. Its... Read more

HAI reminds owners on FAA aircraft re-registration and renewal program

HAI reminds owners on FAA aircraft re-registration and renewal program

8-Dec-2010Source: HAI

The Federal Aviation Administration’s final rule on Aircraft Re-Registration and Renewal of Aircraft Registration, which was published on July 20, 2010, requires re-registration of aircraft every three years. To allow an orderly process for re-registration, the final rule established a three-year phase-in schedule for re-registration of all aircraft, based on the month in which the... Read more

Two arrested for flashing laser at CHP helicopter

Two arrested for flashing laser at CHP helicopter

8-Dec-2010Source: KRCR

Kevin Wayne Foster, 39, of Shasta Lake, and a 16-year-old teen were booked into the Shasta County jail Monday evening after Sheriff’s Department officials said they had flashed a green laser at a CHP helicopter.... Read more

URS delivers customized AS350B2 to Veracity Aviation

URS delivers customized AS350B2 to Veracity Aviation

7-Dec-2010Source: United Rotorcraft Solutions

DECATUR, TX, DECEMBER 7, 2010: United Rotorcraft Solutions (URS) delivered a completed Eurocopter AS350B2 to Veracity Aviation of New Braunfels, TX. The helicopter was outfitted with a full VIP leather interior to include a quick-change rear bench from three seats with arm rests to four seats and includes a CD Player, AM/FM radio and MP3... Read more

UK: Sloane Helicopters provides A109 Power EMS to Magpas

UK: Sloane Helicopters provides A109 Power EMS to Magpas

7-Dec-2010Source: Sloane Helicopters

Sloane Helicopters is pleased to announce that it is providing one A109 Power EMS to Magpas, the Emergency Medical Charity, for the Magpas Helimedix to fill in an operational gap into the Air Ambulance services operating from RAF Wyton. The aircraft is equipped with the standard EMS factory fit and with customised oxygen and radio... Read more

Russian Helicopters add more details on offshore Mi-171 contract

Russian Helicopters add more details on offshore Mi-171 contract

7-Dec-2010Source: Russian Helicopters

[HeliHub.com ran a story on the sale of these helicopters prior to Russian Helicopters issuing this press release] The Russian multi-role Mi-171A1, manufactured by the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, a subsidiary of the Russian Helicopters holding company, won the tender of Brazil national oil company Petrobras to operate in the Amazon Basin. Brazilian operators bid in... Read more

Connexxion to lose one million Euros on Helinet

Connexxion to lose one million Euros on Helinet

7-Dec-2010Source: Rotorspot.nl

The Amsterdam-based Helinet helicopter company is bankrupt. Helinet, who wanted to set up a helicopter network connecting 22 cities in the Netherlands and Belgium, has run out of money. Regional carrier Connexxion loses one million euros. Helinet wanted to set up its own heliports in 22 Dutch and Belgian municipalities, but did not get any... Read more

Max-Viz and One Sky Aviation announce STC for AW109 enhanced vision system

Max-Viz and One Sky Aviation announce STC for AW109 enhanced vision system

7-Dec-2010Source: Max-Viz

Max-Viz and One Sky Aviation have announced the award of FAA STC # SR02377AK for the installation of Max-Viz EVS-1500 dual optical zoom infrared Enhanced Vision System (EVS) on Agusta A-109 series helicopters TCDS H7EU. “This STC has been the most globally customer driven certification program we have initiated, with 4 additional follow on orders,... Read more

Yemen buys four Huey IIs with training and support package

Yemen buys four Huey IIs with training and support package

7-Dec-2010Source: Bell

FORT WORTH, TEXAS (December 6, 2010) – Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, was awarded a $27M contract to provide the Yemen government with a comprehensive mission package to support military requirements. The package includes: four commercially designated Huey II aircraft, pilot and maintenance training, spares, special tooling and dedicated service representatives. “This... Read more

Wikileaks – Spanish PM cost Rolls-Royce £200M NH90 engine contract

Wikileaks – Spanish PM cost Rolls-Royce £200M NH90 engine contract

7-Dec-2010Source: This is Derbyshire

It is claimed the Spanish military had decided in favour of R-R, but the decision was overturned and the £200M contract was handed to US firm General Electric after an intervention by Prime Minister after US lobbyied Jose Luis Zapatero direct.... Read more

Eurocopter Canada delivers EC120 to Winnipeg Police

Eurocopter Canada delivers EC120 to Winnipeg Police

7-Dec-2010Source: Eurocopter Canada

Winnipeg, MB – Law enforcement in Manitoba’s capital city entered a new era today with the delivery of the first Eurocopter EC120 B helicopter for the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS). The 200-kilometer an hour helicopter will provide faster response times, enhanced public and officer safety and serve as a ‘force multiplier’ providing versatile aerial support... Read more

AgustaWestland holds first 109LUH/LOH operators conference

AgustaWestland holds first 109LUH/LOH operators conference

7-Dec-2010Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that over 40 delegates attended the first AgustaWestland AW109 LUH/LOH Operators Conference recently held at AgustaWestland’s Vergiate plant in Italy. The event brought operators and industry together to discuss the helicopter’s operations in the Far East, Africa, and Europe. Delegates were also given presentations and updates by... Read more

Sacramento County Sheriff back in the air after 19 months

Sacramento County Sheriff back in the air after 19 months

7-Dec-2010Source: DailyMe

Sacramento Sheriff-elect Scott Jones announced the relaunch of the department’s Air Operations unit at Mather Field on Sunday. A helicopter lifted off in rainy skies Sunday afternoon for the first daily beat patrols since July 2009.... Read more

Longbow LLC awarded $26M for Apache Longbow fire control radar support

Longbow LLC awarded $26M for Apache Longbow fire control radar support

7-Dec-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

ORLANDO, FL, December 6th, 2010 — The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NYSE: NOC], has received a $26.8 million contract from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command for LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR) Life Cycle Contractor Support. The follow-on contract includes integrated logistics for... Read more

S-76Dâ„¢ enters final assembly

S-76Dâ„¢ enters final assembly

7-Dec-2010Source: Sikorsky

COATESVILLE, Pa. – Final assembly production of the S-76Dâ„¢ helicopter has commenced at Sikorsky Global Helicopters’ manufacturing facility, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today, marking a significant milestone in delivering the next generation of the popular S-76® helicopter. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Aero Vodochody in the Czech Republic, which has produced... Read more

SkyBOOKS releases 4.4.2 and streamlines maintenance functionality

SkyBOOKS releases 4.4.2 and streamlines maintenance functionality

7-Dec-2010Source: Skybooks

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (December 6, 2010) – SkyBOOKS, Inc., a Textron, Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, and affiliate of Bell Helicopter, has issued Release 4.4.2 of its Electronic Record Keeping Program. Release 4.4.2 streamlines maintenance functionality to the web-based solution. Streamlined features include: Streamlined Flight Time Functionality * Flight Log Records and Aircraft Usage are automatically posted... Read more

Atlas to operate first Russian-built helicopters in Brazil’s civil market

Atlas to operate first Russian-built helicopters in Brazil’s civil market

6-Dec-2010Source: Logitec

The Brazilian helicopter company Atlas Air Taxi Aereo has just confirmed that it signed a contract with Moscow’s JSC Russian Helicopters agency on 25 Nov 2010 for two Mil Mi-171A1 transport helicopters. Including a considerable guarantee and training services, the deal will represent the Brazilian civil market’s first commercial use of a Russian aircraft. Negotiations... Read more

Complete Register – Luxembourg – December 2010

Complete Register – Luxembourg – December 2010

6-Dec-2010Source: HeliHub.com

This news item is part of the HeliHub.com “Complete Registers” series, listing every helicopter Currently registered in a particular country. While the majority of our updates continue to be focused on monthly or quarterly reviews of the registrations which have changed (added, removed, change of ownership etc), the “Complete Registers” series allows us to include... Read more

Unmanned K-MAXs to be put to work in Afghanistan

Unmanned K-MAXs to be put to work in Afghanistan

6-Dec-2010Source: CT Now

The US Navy will pay $45.8 million for two K-MAX medium-lift aircraft, which have been redeveloped by Lockheed Martin and Kaman for use as unmanned battlefield helicopters.... Read more

Eurocopter expects NATO approval for NH90 by January

Eurocopter expects NATO approval for NH90 by January

6-Dec-2010Source: Reuters

Eurocopter chief executive Lutz Bertling has said he expects final approval from NATO’s procurement agency Nahema for the NH90 transport helicopter... Read more

First US trained helicopter pilots return to Afghanistan

First US trained helicopter pilots return to Afghanistan

6-Dec-2010Source: US Air Force

First Lieutenants Abdul Saboor Amin and Ahmad Fawad Haidari became the first two Afghan Air Force helicopter pilots to successfully complete language and pilot training in the United States, recently returning to begin Mi-17 conversion training at the Afghan Air Force Base in Kabul, Afghanistan. The only two candidates out of 62 who were able... Read more

Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland air ambulance upgrade to 109S Grand

Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland air ambulance upgrade to 109S Grand

6-Dec-2010Source: Channel 4

DLRAA has upgraded from a 109E Power to a brand new 109S Grand... Read more

Air Methods CEO sells 9,543 shares

Air Methods CEO sells 9,543 shares

6-Dec-2010Source: Gurufocus

Director, CEO of Air Methods Corp. Aaron D Todd sells 9,543 shares of AIRM on 09/09/2010 at an average price of $48.73 a share.... Read more

Bid approach for Vector Aerospace – strategic review implemented

Bid approach for Vector Aerospace – strategic review implemented

6-Dec-2010Source: Vector Aerospace

Vector Aerospace Corp (“Vector” or the “Corporation”) announced today that Vector’s Board of Directors has commenced a review of strategic alternatives with the objective of enhancing shareholder value. A special committee of Vector’s Board of Directors has been established to oversee such review and has retained Scotia Capital Inc. as its financial advisor. The alternatives... Read more

Kazan nine month results show turnover up 36%, profit 46%

Kazan nine month results show turnover up 36%, profit 46%

6-Dec-2010Source: HeliHub.com

Revenue at OAO Kazan Helicopter Plant (KHP) for the first nine months of 2010 totalled 13.7 billion rubles, some 35.7% up on a year earlier, according to a the company’s quarterly report. This has been driven entirely by higher sales volume. Net income doubled to 2.27 billion rubles, and gross profit increased by 46,4% –... Read more

CHC buddies up with Big Sisters

CHC buddies up with Big Sisters

6-Dec-2010Source: CHC

With the goal of giving First Nations girls a head start to succeed in school and beyond, CHC Helicopter has donated $10,000 to support the Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland Study Buddy program. CHC Helicopter’s contribution to the program will support five First Nations girls with a Study Buddy tutor for an entire year.... Read more

Luther to add backup helipad

Luther to add backup helipad

6-Dec-2010Source: Leader Telegram

A backup helipad is planned for the Mayo One air ambulance at Luther Midelfort’s Eau Claire campus. The Eau Claire Plan Commission will discuss a proposal Monday... Read more

Boeing to provide two A160T Hummingbirds for USMC testing

Boeing to provide two A160T Hummingbirds for USMC testing

6-Dec-2010

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has awarded the company a $29.9 million contract for Cargo Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Services to support the U.S. Marine Corps. Boeing will provide two A160T Hummingbird unmanned vehicles, three ground control stations, spares, training and support.... Read more

New MedEvac EC135 for Cape May County

New MedEvac EC135 for Cape May County

6-Dec-2010Source: Cape May County Herald

The new MedEvac EC135 is a joint venture between Cooper University Trauma Center and Atlantic Air Ambulance. The helicopter is based at the Millville Municipal Airport... Read more

Australia ponders standardised firefighting procedures

Australia ponders standardised firefighting procedures

6-Dec-2010

The issue of a lack of standardised procedures was highlighted in the investigation by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau of a midair collision between a AS350B and a BK117... Read more

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