16-Aug-2010Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters, Inc (MDHI) has announced the delivery of a new MD 902 to the Huaxi Village Group. The early delivery took place at a ceremony at MD’s Mesa completion facility on August 10, 2010. Huaxi Village, also known as “The No.1 Village of China,” located east of Jiangyin city in Jiangsu Province has a... Read more
10-Aug-2010Source: Police Aviation Services
Humberside Police Authority’s MD Explorer has just returned to service after a 10,000 hour inspection conducted by Police Aviation Services Ltd (PAS) in Gloucestershire UK. The helicopter is one of the busiest MD 902 Explorers in service and is now the second to have achieved the 10,000 hour milestone. PAS undertook a major role equipment... Read more
10-Aug-2010Source: West Yorkshire Police
A man has been arrested after a laser pointer was shone at West Yorkshire Police’s helicopter in the early hours of this morning. At just after midnight a laser was shone at the helicopter when it was flying over Leeds. The address was identified using specialist equipment on board the vehicle and the helicopter directed... Read more
10-Aug-2010Source: BBC
People who see the Sussex Police helicopter can now check what the force is doing on Twitter @suspol_heli... Read more
29-Jul-2010Source: KION
Three new pairs of night vision goggles were bought with money from a private donation. They’re worth $15,000 each.... Read more
29-Jul-2010
The proposed South East Air Support Unit would bring together an MD Explorer from Shoreham and an EC135 from Odiham. Note, neither operate the AS355 featured in the BBC story!... Read more
8-Jun-2010Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters, Inc (MDHI) and Avion Pacific Limited (AVION), MD’s Distributor for Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, announce a sales contract with Jiang Su Huaxi Group (HUAXI) for a September delivery of a new MD 902 Explorer. Huaxi Village, also known as “The No.1 Village of China,†located in the east of Jiangyin city... Read more
8-Jun-2010Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) has delivered the fourth in a fleet of Mexican Navy refurbished MD Explorers from its Mesa, Arizona based Factory Service Center. The four MD Explorers have now been returned to the Mexican Navy in a ‘like new’ condition and have been converted by the Mexican Navy from an armed configuration to... Read more
2-Jun-2010Source: Medical Aviation Services
Medical Aviation Services Ltd, a Specialist Aviation Services Group Company, is pleased announce the delivery of its latest MD 902 Explorer to Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust. As helicopter provider and licensed operator, MAS will also supply the pilots who will help the Trust’s clinical staff provide their vital skills throughout the county. The... Read more
28-Apr-2010Source: Netfrate
Netfrate, the top Transatlantic volume logistics provider to Russia, announced today that it has arranged for the trucking, packaging, survey and ocean transport of an MD Explorer® from the Port of Houston to St. Petersburg, Russia with on-carriage to Siberia (Novokuznetsk). The 32,000-pound helicopter was trucked from MD Helicopters Inc., located in Mesa, Arizona, on... Read more
28-Apr-2010Source: HeliHub.com
HeliHub.com understands that Essex Air Ambulance will be moving from their current Eurocopter EC135T2 to an MD Explorer, perhaps as early as June 2010. EAA already has experience of the type after operating one for their neighbouring county of Hertfordshire on similar EMS work – what better situation could you be in to compare two... Read more
23-Apr-2010Source: Aero Dynamix
Aero Dynamix (ADI) has been granted EASA Part 145 approval following the completion of the first EASA STC approval for a night-vision lighting system on an MD902 helicopter. “The European Community has a lot of aircraft flying EMS missions much like the U.S., and the FAA has identified several items that it believes could greatly... Read more
22-Feb-2010Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) today announced its fleet of NOTAR helicopters have clocked more than 1,000,000 flight hours since MDHI’s exclusive NOTAR anti-torque technology was introduced in 1991. MD Helicopters’ MD 520N, MD 600N and MD Explorer helicopters use and validate this technology. “NOTAR continues to perform to expectation and this is a significant milestone,â€... Read more
21-Feb-2010Source: MD Helicopters
MD Helicopters, Inc (MDHI) and the Air Operations Unit of the West Yorkshire Police have announced that an MD Explorer®, helicopter serial number 078 has extended its record for flight hours, reaching 11,565 hours as of mid-January of this year. The flight hours far exceed any other MD Explorer in the fleet. The Air Operations... Read more
15-Jan-2010Source: Gulf Times
THE Emergency Medical Services (EMS) at the Hamad Medical Corporation is planning to expand the air ambulance services to a round-the-clock operation by March-end... Read more
7-Jan-2010Source: Wiltshire Times
Criminals will have nowhere to hide in Wiltshire thanks to an £850,000 refit of the force’s helicopter and air ambulance which means its cameras can seek out people up to two miles away.... Read more
24-Dec-2009Source: Yorkshire Evening Post
West Yorkshire Police is celebrating 20 years of using one of its most effective weapons in the war on crime.... Read more
24-Dec-2009Source: Kent Online
It’s happy birthday to a charity which is literally one of Kent’s lifesavers. The Kent Air Ambulance was founded in November 1989 and exactly 20 years ago – on Wednesday, December 23, 1989 – it made its first life-saving mission.... Read more
22-Dec-2009Source: Arab News
Riyadh Gov. Prince Salman on Sunday launched the air ambulance service of the Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA) and inspected one of the three aircraft that have been put into service in Riyadh province.... Read more
2-Dec-2009Source: Watford Observer
The Hertfordshire Air Ambulance, which provides vital pre-hospital care to patients across the county, is celebrating its first birthday.... Read more
30-Nov-2009Source: Telegraph
Mr Philpott was dismissed as chief executive only 12 weeks after he took up the job, just days after he raised concerns about the charity’s financial controls and accountability with its board.... Read more
23-Oct-2009Source: Vertical
MD Helicopters, Inc (MDHI) will have a booth at this year’s Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) and will have on display the latest California Shock Trauma Air Rescue (CALSTAR) MD Explorer.... Read more
16-Oct-2009Source: BBC
There will be no Great North Air Ambulance Cover for the next few days. Two of the charity’s three helicopters, based at Otterburn and Carlisle Airport, are grounded with mechanical problems.... Read more
21-Sep-2009Source: Specialist Aviation Services
UK based operator and support organisation Specialist Aviation Services has announced the award of its new multi-year lighthouse maintenance contract with Trinity House.... Read more
18-Sep-2009Source: Specialist Aviation Services
UK based operator Specialist Aviation Services is pleased to announce that Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance has signed up to a ten year air ambulance package which will see the introduction of another brand new MD Explorer to the SAS fleet next year SAS subsidiary, Medical Aviation Services will provide a turnkey operation and support... Read more
27-Aug-2009Source: AFS
AFS has received an STC from EASA for an Inlet Barrier Filter (IBF) system for MD Helicopters’ (MDHI) MD900/MD902 Explorer series. The certification clears the way for MD Explorer operators to maximize engine protection while reaping performance and maintenance benefits available with an IBF.... Read more
16-Jul-2009Source: Dinnington Today
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23-Jun-2009Source: Ledger Dispatch
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22-Feb-2009Source: Vertical Magazine
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22-Feb-2009Source: Vertical Magazine
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22-Feb-2009Source: Vertical Magazine
MD Helicopters, Inc (MDHI) announced that it has received Type Certificate No. CT284 for its light twin engine helicopter, the MD Explorer® from Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) Aviation Register (AR), Russian Federation.... Read more
22-Feb-2009Source: Vertical Magazine
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