3-Oct-2011Source: HALO-Flight
Driscoll Children’s Hospital and HALO-Flight, Inc. have begun a partnership that will result in an unprecedented level of service for critically ill and injured children of South Texas. Beginning in September, HALO-Flight will dedicate a helicopter exclusively to Driscoll Children’s Hospital. This partnership will significantly reduce the time it takes to transport patients to the... Read more
29-Sep-2011Source: IHST
Aviation experts from around the world will gather at the International Helicopter Safety Symposium taking place in Fort Worth, Texas, on Nov. 8-9. The theme of the fifth annual symposium for the worldwide helicopter industry will be Human Factors: Our Collective Challenge – Our Individual Responsibility. The event is a gathering of helicopter operators, manufacturers,... Read more
23-Sep-2011
Children’s Medical Center in Dallas is adding a Sikorsky S76C++Â Â The article about this new helicopter states that it adds to an existing smaller helicopter, but research by the HeliHub.com team finds they currently operate an S76B registration N615D... Read more
15-Sep-2011
Photo shows B206 on its starboard side in a field. The pilot was up and walking around near the crash site, while his passenger was transported to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries, investigators said.... Read more
12-Sep-2011Source: World Record Helicopter Team
From: The World Record Helicopter Team & USA Academy Of Aviation Inc. French Valley Airport ( F70) Murrieta, Ca. Tel 951-551 6592- 951-600 2883. when: In September 2011. From Where: From Brown Airport, San Diego- to Savannah Hilton Head, GA, and back. Departure Time will be 6 o’clock AM. What is the current record and... Read more
11-Sep-2011Source: HAI
Visit www.rotor.com/heliexpo to register and make hotel reservations – today! Hotel rooms are selling faster than they have in the past 3 years… Register early for the best room selection! javascript:;... Read more
9-Sep-2011Source: HeliHub.com
The US Defense Department’s Inspector General has released a report this week after evaluating the Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (AMCOM) material purchases from Sikorsky. The items concerned related to a contract where Sikorsky supports the Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD), where the oganisation was checking whether the partnership agreement effectively minimized... Read more
1-Sep-2011Source: HeliHub.com
A jury is currently deliberating a case in Houston were a Department of Homeland Security pilot stands accused of lying about whether he flew his helicopter low over two would-be illegal immigrants in the Rio Grande in South Texas before one of the men drowned. Surveillance video footage allegedly shows pilot James Peters flying his... Read more
26-Aug-2011Source: Houston Chronicle
Life Flight was created 35 years ago this month, the brainchild of Dr. James “Red” Duke (who is still Life Flight’s medical director) and the late Lester “Whitey” Martin, former Houston Fire Department deputy chief and a champion of HFD’s early EMS services. (full story)... Read more
24-Aug-2011Source: HeilHub.com
The Rio Grande Valley’s longest-running helicopter ambulance will be permanently grounded this autumn, thanks to Texas state budget cuts. The South Texas Emergency Care Foundation has operated Valley AirCare since 1995, but operating their AS350B2 in recent years has been an increasing challenge as cost reimbursements continued a downward slide and fuel prices soared. With... Read more
24-Aug-2011Source: Courier Gazette
Profile article on the PHI Air Medical base at McKinney TX is featured here. The base operates a Eurocopter EC135P2+, registered N325PH... Read more
21-Aug-2011Source: City of DeSoto
The DeSoto Economic Development Corporation conducted a feasibility study for a heliport operation in DeSoto back in October 2009. It was determined that there was a market for a vertical flight facility in DeSoto’s Eagle Industrial Park, with the possibility of ancillary projects and businesses that would be supported by the new heliport. As a... Read more
18-Aug-2011
Emergency landing after crew smelled smoke inside the helicopter. Operated by South Texas Emergency Care, whose helicopter is flown as “Valley AirCare”... Read more
8-Aug-2011Source: Houston Chronicle
A Mexican military helicopter landed Saturday afternoon at Laredo International Airport by mistake, said a spokeswoman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. (Full story)... Read more
25-Jul-2011Source: Air Evac Lifeteam
Air Evac Lifeteam announced they will be opening an air ambulance base in McAllen, Texas, this fall. The base, scheduled to begin operations in October, will be located on the campus of McAllen Medical Center, but will serve all hospitals and communities within a 70-mile radius. Air Evac Lifeteam, the largest independently owned air medical... Read more
21-Jul-2011Source: Bell
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today, its Bell Helicopter Training Academy (BTA) has launched a new Tactical Flight Officer course. Designed as a two-part training program including an on-line academic session and resident hands-on training, the Bell Helicopter Tactical Flight Officer course presents officers with the practical skills and active engagement... Read more
20-Jul-2011Source: Connect Amarillo
The union representing the 100+ employees whose jobs Bell wants to move to Amarillo has already taken steps to try and block the company’s action. (full story)... Read more
20-Jul-2011Source: KHOU
After the Mayor of Houston cut their fuel budget by 75%, the Police’s aviation unit has cut their daily flying hours from 20 to 3. Full story... Read more
19-Jul-2011Source: KXAN
The workers who are affected are buyers of parts and materials for military aircraft such as the V-22 Osprey and H-1 model helicopters, produced in Amarillo. (full story)... Read more
16-Jul-2011
Window fell out on approach to land... Read more
7-Jul-2011
Cessna Citation VII N701HA was being ground handled when its wing struck the parked helicopter and damaged it.... Read more
3-Jul-2011
EMS helicopter had technical issue onsite on freeway and blocked road for three hours... Read more
2-Jul-2011Source: KLTV
A federal investigator says a Central Texas helicopter crash that killed a retired Austin firefighter apparently happened when the aircraft’s main rotor blades came off in flight. see full press story See also HeliHub.com page for this accident – 27-Jun-11 N7779M Robinson R22 Garfield, US-Texas (1F)... Read more
29-Jun-2011Source: StandardAero
StandardAero, one of the world’s largest providers of MRO services for the business aviation industry, is seeking qualified aviation professionals in your area. Our breadth of experience and extensive network of facilities places us at the forefront of the MRO industry, allowing us to provide a very competitive compensation and benefits program. We invite you... Read more
27-Jun-2011
An eyewitness described the aircraft as having “disintegrated†mid-air, according to Austin-Travis County EMS spokesman Warren Hassinger “Fire rescuers and EMS personal arrived on the scene and pretty much confirmed that it was not a survivable crash,†Hassinger said, adding that the victim was “burned beyond recognitionâ€. Pilot later named as 60 -year-old Steve Titsworth. ... Read more
23-Jun-2011Source: HeliHub.com
Commander Eric Gleason has taken over as Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Air Station Houston in a recent ceremony. He succeeds Cmdr. Christopher Moss. The Commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District, Rear Adm. Roy Nash, presided over the ceremony. Gleason, a 1992 Coast Guard Academy graduate, arrives in Houston from Coast Guard Air Station... Read more
21-Jun-2011Source: American Eurocopter
Today, American Eurocopter announced the delivery of the first Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)-capable EC135 in the United States. The aircraft was delivered to Paradigm Helicopters and will be put into operation in the Houston, Texas area. “This delivery highlights the dedication of our employees and our company to providing our customers with the most... Read more
16-Jun-2011Source: Times Union
A client of a Texas lawyer who pleaded guilty to helping in a judge’s extortion scheme in Brownsville has sued to recoup more than $5 million in attorney fees.... Read more
7-Jun-2011Source: Carter Aviation Technologies
Carter Aviation Technologies, LLC (Carter) of Wichita Falls, Texas is announcing that they have completed a long awaited move to a new facility in Wichita Falls. Since 1994 Carter has been housed in two small industrial buildings that accommodated their machine and composite shops and a small fabrication area. Both buildings encompassed less than 3000... Read more
6-Jun-2011Source: KDFW Fox 4
Early Friday morning, Dallas police found out about a chopper parked at the Century Inn in the 2100 block of Northwest Highway, near Loop 12. [File photo]... Read more
3-Jun-2011Source: Lobo Leasing
Perella Weinberg Partners today announced that certain funds within Perella Weinberg Partners’ Asset Based Value strategy have teamed with helicopter industry veterans Howard Wolf, Bill Wolf, Bruce Mauldin and John Contas to form Lobo Leasing, LLC, a joint venture to acquire helicopter and helicopter-related assets for lease to operators. Lobo Leasing will serve as a... Read more
29-May-2011
Aircraft crashed in a pasture and then burst into flames. Firefighters extinguished the flames on the helicopter, then put out a grassfire that was started by the crash.... Read more
27-May-2011Source: Uniflight
We are Pleased to Announce the Relocation to our New Offices Effective May 16, 2011 Our New Physical Address: 2617 Aviation Parkway Grand Prairie, Texas 75052-7608 Remittance Address: P.O. Box 540335 Grand Prairie, Texas 75054-0335 Telephone and Fax numbers will stay the same. Phone 972-623-3444 or Fax 972-623-2414... Read more
27-May-2011Source: Becker Avionics
Becker Avionics’ DVCS6100 Digital Audio System was recently selected by the Houston PD Air Support Unit for integration into their newly acquired multi-mission Bell 412EP. Additionally, Australia’s Hunter Region Helicopter Rescue Service chose the DVCS for their new Bell 412EP. These aircraft are currently undergoing completion at Eagle Copters facility in Calgary Canada. The DVCS6100... Read more
25-May-2011Source: Wasp Barcode Technologies
Wasp Barcode Technologies, a leading provider of small business productivity solutions, today announced that the City of Dallas’ Department of Intergovernmental Services, a city division that manages and purchases Homeland Security equipment, has deployed Wasp’s automated asset tracking solution to help manage grant funded assets. Wasp MobileAsset – Professional Software has supplied the city with... Read more
24-May-2011Source: Uniflight
Grand Prairie, Texas, Uniflight has announced the recent appointment of Mr. David R. “Dave†Horton to the position of General Manager for the company’s Grand Prairie, Texas operations.  Horton will oversee daily operations as well as strategic planning and implementation as an integral part of the ongoing growth and diversification at Uniflight.  The company is also undergoing a transition to... Read more
16-May-2011
Force landed in field. Aircraft less than one year old... Read more
3-May-2011
Hard landing, rolled over, broke skid... Read more
2-May-2011Source: Uniflight
Uniflight has recently announced the addition of the EC145 model type aircraft to its extensive list of American Eurocopter Service Center designations. The company is also authorized to perform maintenance under the service center agreement for the EC120, AS350, AS355, BO105, BK117, and EC135 model type aircraft. Based in Grand Prairie, Texas with locations in... Read more
25-Apr-2011Source: El Paso Inc
After a year-long approval process, Del Sol Medical Center’s newly constructed helipad is open to air ambulances. A grand opening celebration will be held Tuesday.... Read more
20-Apr-2011Source: Eagle Copters
Eagle Copters Ltd. (ECL) has been awarded a contract to provide the City of Houston and the Houston Police Department with a fully mission equipped Bell 412EP helicopter. In operation since 1970, the Houston Police Department Air Support Division (Helicopter Patrol Division) has grown into the second largest municipal helicopter police air support unit in... Read more
15-Apr-2011Source: Bell
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that Mitch Snyder has been promoted to executive vice president, Military Programs reporting directly to president and CEO, John L. Garrison. Snyder will be responsible for all activities associated with Bell Helicopter’s Military Programs. He will serve as a member of the Bell Helicopter Executive... Read more
5-Apr-2011Source: American Heroes Air Show
Buckle up the entire family for high-flying excitement when the American Heroes Air Show, the nation’s premier aviation event devoted exclusively to helicopters, returns to the Texas Military Force’s historic Camp Mabry in Austin on Saturday, April 16th. Since it’s inception in 1993 near Los Angeles, this admission-free event has grown from coast to coast... Read more
5-Apr-2011Source: SEI Industries
SEI Industries Ltd. is pleased to announce the delivery of six Bambi Buckets to the AASF, Army Aviation Support Facility in Austin Texas for use in the new LUH, UH-72 Lakota aircraft program. The Bambi Bucket, 120 USG/460 Litres capacity model has been chosen as the Weapon of Choice for the UH-72 Lakota aircraft, the... Read more
5-Apr-2011Source: Halo-Flight
After conducting a nationwide search of potential candidates, HALO-Flight, Inc.’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Tom Klassen has been appointed Executive Director of the non-profit air and ground ambulance service effective March 21, 2011. He will succeed Randy Rowe, Jr., who served in this position since 2003. Tom is responsible for the... Read more
1-Apr-2011
Emergency landing following bird strike which broke windshield and injured passenger... Read more
19-Mar-2011
The pilot set down the helicopter in a field near the corner of Regal Row and Empress Row around 9:30 a.m. after smoke began to fill the cockpit. The problem turned out to be an air conditioning belt that overheated.... Read more
17-Mar-2011
Bird strike on approach to land at base... Read more
17-Mar-2011
Tail rotor strike during landing... Read more
7-Mar-2011Source: American Eurocopter
Extends training relationship that has lasted more than 20 years and implements AEC’s AS350 Level B Full Flight Simulator as an integral part of the department’s training program American Eurocopter announced today that the Texas Department of Public Safety has signed a simulator training contract with the company’s Training Center in Grand Prairie, Texas. The... Read more
7-Mar-2011Source: Air Methods
Air Methods Corporation (Nasdaq:AIRM), the largest air medical transportation company in the world, announced today the acquisition of United Rotorcraft Solutions (URS) by its Products Division. URS is a full-service helicopter and fixed-wing completions center and Maintenance Repair Operation (MRO). Founded by Dave and Traci Brigham in 2005, URS initially served the very unique demands... Read more
7-Mar-2011
US Army helicopter made precautionary landing which required engineers to be called out from its Fort Hood base... Read more
6-Mar-2011Source: American Eurocopter
American Eurocopter announced today that the Federal Aviation Administration has granted its AS350 Full Flight Simulator (FFS) Level B and NVG training certification continuing the company’s enhancement of its training capabilities in support of its helicopter operators’ efforts to improve flight safety. With the Level B certification, American Eurocopter’s Part 135 customers can incorporate the... Read more
6-Mar-2011Source: Aero Dynamix
Aero Dynamix Inc., located in Euless Texas, is very proud to announce significant expansion of their facilities so that they can better support the growing customer base. Aero Dynamix has outgrown their current 8,200 square foot facility and is currently in the process of expanding into a 24,300 square foot facility. “The customer demand for... Read more
5-Mar-2011Source: Aero Dynamix
Aero Dynamix Inc. is very proud to have the Bell 206B owned and operated by NASCAR legend Andy Petree in their booth (Booth #1337) this year at Heli Expo and would like to invite you by to see it. “We are tremendously excited to have Andy’s helicopter on display in our booth†stated General Manager... Read more
5-Mar-2011Source: Alamo Helicopter Tours
Alamo Helicopter Tours, a San Antonio based helicopter tour company and flight school, today announced that it has been awarded a Part 135 Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The Part 135 certificate allows Alamo Helicopter Tours to operate as an air taxi, providing transportation to and/or from any location in the United States. ... Read more
1-Mar-2011Source: United Rotorcraft Solutions
United Rotorcraft Solutions (URS) recently completed an avionics upgrade on a Bell 407 for DS Aviation of Dallas, TX. The new helicopter was originally customized by URS and delivered to DS Aviation in early 2010. The customer wanted to incorporate the latest glass cockpit and brought the aircraft back to United Rotorcraft to perform the... Read more
22-Feb-2011Source: Lycoming
Air Power Inc., located at Arlington, Texas, Municipal Airport in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, has joined Lycoming’s worldwide distributor network. Founded in 1992, Air Power is an industry leader in the sale of factory engines and parts for general aviation, with over 27,000 factory engines sold worldwide. “Air Power is set-up to reach out to... Read more
22-Feb-2011Source: Galveston Daily News
Shell pays about $1.5M annually in taxes by using Scholes International Airport. These are imposed on passengers flying on large helicopters such as S-92s and S-76s, which PHI operates at Scholes. To avoid the tax, Shell has asked PHI to move its base from the island to a non-airport field in Alvin. Click on the... Read more
17-Feb-2011Source: American Eurocopter
Grand Prairie, TX – February 17, 2011 – American Eurocopter, the number one commercial helicopter manufacturer in the United States, announced today that Treg Manning has joined the company as Vice President of Sales. Manning brings more than 20 years of experience in the aviation community to American Eurocopter. He started his management career in... Read more
16-Feb-2011Source: United Rotorcraft Solutions
DECATUR, TX, FEBRUARY 15, 2011:Â United Rotorcraft Solutions (URS) delivered a second customized Eurocopter AS350B2 to Veracity Aviation of New Braunfels, TX on February 11, 2011. URS completed the avionics and communications integration with the Honeywell KY196A Comm, the Garmin GNS430W Comm/NAV/GPS, GMX200 MFD, GTS800 TAS, GMA340 GTX327 Transponder and a GMA340 Audio control and... Read more
14-Feb-2011Source: Galveston Daily News
Corporate officers with PHI have grounded whirling rumors that they planned to move longtime operations from the island to the mainland.  PHI has about nine helicopters at Scholes International Airport to shuttle crews to and from offshore rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.... Read more
9-Feb-2011Source: Bell
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT) officially dedicated their newest flight hangar at the Military Aircraft Assembly and Delivery Center in Amarillo, TX for work specifically supporting the U.S. Army’s OH-58 Kiowa Warrior program. “We, at Bell Helicopter, are honored by the confidence and trust the U.S. Army, the Program Executive Officer of Army Aviation,... Read more
4-Feb-2011Source: Donaldson
While thousands enjoy one of the sports world’s most popular annual events, air crews with the Dallas Police Department’s (DPD) Helicopter Unit will be patrolling the skies over this year’s Super Bowl. On every flight, while these airborne law enforcers carry out their vital public safety missions, Inlet Barrier Filters (IBFs) from Donaldson Aerospace &... Read more
2-Feb-2011
Emergency landing (or was it a “hard landing”?) made after reported loss of power... Read more
27-Jan-2011Source: San Angelo Standard Times
Police identified the pilot as Richard Zane Whitesides, aged 21. The R22 was impounded, and contained both firearms and several empty beer cans. Dusty Whitaker, prinicpal of Whitesides’ employer Texas Extreme Helicopters said the flight was not authorized. Whitesides was fired the next day... Read more
27-Jan-2011Source: American Eurocopter
American Eurocopter has delivered two AS350 B3 helicopters to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Aircraft Section. These are the first AS350 B3’s in the Aircraft Section’s all-Eurocopter fleet, which includes 13 Eurocopter AS350-series AStar helicopters and one EC145. The new AS350 B3’s provide increased power and performance and build on the proven reliability... Read more
25-Jan-2011Source: HeliHub.com
Amarillo College officials are to be presented with a state grant from the Texas Workforce Commission of more than $160,000 to support a Bell training program. The ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday on the second floor of the College Union Building on their Washington Street Campus. Texas Workforce Commission’s Chairman Tom Pauken is... Read more
23-Jan-2011
United Rotorcraft Solutions (URS) delivered a completed Eurocopter AS350B3 to Hospital Wing of Memphis, TX on Friday January 14, 2011. The AS350B3 helicopter was customized for air medical operations. The avionics and communications integration included a Garmin GNS 530AW, Garmin GNS430AW NAV/Comm/GPS, GTX330 Transponder, the GEA-43 Encoder, Honeywell Radar Altimeter along with the Technisonic TFM500... Read more
18-Jan-2011Source: DAC International
DAC International of Greenwich AeroGroup, Inc. announced today they have hired Dave Alderman as Director of United States Business Development. Based in South Carolina, Alderman will handle commercial airline and military sales. He has more than 25 years of aviation sales and marketing, program management and avionics experience with major aerospace companies such as Bombardier... Read more
16-Jan-2011Source: News Channel 10
Bell Helicopter has added another hangar to their assembly and delivery center. A ribbon cutting was held Wednesday afternoon.... Read more