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SkyBOOKS to host Electronic Record Keeping Forum

SkyBOOKS to host Electronic Record Keeping Forum

6-Oct-2011Source: SkyBOOKS

SkyBOOKS Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, and affiliate of Bell Helicopter will host an Electronic Record Keeping Program forum and user training  during the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) annual conference at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The forum will commence at 1:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday, October 11, in Room N214. ... Read more

Aspen Avionics leases new hangar

Aspen Avionics leases new hangar

6-Oct-2011Source: Aspen Avionics

Aspen Avionics has leased a 10,000-square foot hangar at Albuquerque’s Double Eagle II Airport as the company expands its test bed capabilities. Double Eagle II Airport (AEG), on Albuquerque’s west side, is an active general aviation airport with 240 based aircraft and approximately 12,000 annual operations. “Aspen continues to invest in future products, and in... Read more

Bell sells 429 and 407GX in Europe

Bell sells 429 and 407GX in Europe

6-Oct-2011Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced the signing of three purchase agreements, which included the Bell 429 and Bell 407GX, received during the 6th International Business Aviation Exhibition Jet Expo in Moscow and the Helitech Conference in Duxford, United Kingdom – continuing to grow its presence in the European and Russian markets... Read more

University of Michigan EC155 completion on schedule

University of Michigan EC155 completion on schedule

6-Oct-2011Source: Metro Aviation

Survival Flight conducted an initial review of the EC155 B1 aircraft last week. On the agenda for the configuration team was to approve the final paint layout and review the medical system installation. With the approval of the new paint scheme and the medical system configuration, Metro Aviation, Inc. continues to proceed with an on... Read more

Bell wins environmental award

Bell wins environmental award

6-Oct-2011Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), was recognized for its recycling program by the North Texas Corporate Recycling Association (NTCRA) at the Green Awards event on Wednesday, Sept. 28.  Bell Helicopter was claimed winner of the Stupendous Recycling Service category. “We are extremely pleased to be recognized for our recycling program at Bell... Read more

Vietnam’s SSFC orders third EC225

Vietnam’s SSFC orders third EC225

6-Oct-2011Source: Eurocopter

The Southern Service Flight Company (SSFC) of Vietnam has signed a contract with Eurocopter South East Asia for a third EC225, with an option for another, to be added to its fleet for offshore oil and gas operations. It is scheduled to be delivered in early 2013. SSFC purchased its first rotary-wing aircraft from Eurocopter... Read more

PHPA calls for volunteers at 23rd October event

PHPA calls for volunteers at 23rd October event

5-Oct-2011Source: PHPA

We would like to invite you to join us at this year’s Wings, Wheels, and Rotors Expo at the Los Alamitos Army Airfield & Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, on Sunday October 23. The PHPA Booth will be placed on the Helicopter Ramp at the West end of the Tarmac and we need... Read more

Tanzania hotel adds helicopter transfers to airport

Tanzania hotel adds helicopter transfers to airport

5-Oct-2011Source: AllAfrica

The newly opened Holiday Inn Hotel in Dar es Salaam central business district has launched a six- minute helicopter service between the hotel and Julius Nyerere International Airport to beat the commercial capital’s traffic jams.  (full story)... Read more

Emco Wheaton ensures safe hot refueling of helicopters

Emco Wheaton ensures safe hot refueling of helicopters

5-Oct-2011Source: Emco Wheaton

The hot refueling of helicopters is a potentially hazardous and dangerous operation but is a necessity in time sensitive operations where it can make the difference between life and death. Developed for the UK Ministry of Defense to use in combat situations and now being specified by the US Forest Service and FAA, the G457... Read more

Elite Helicopters to host Cabri demo

Elite Helicopters to host Cabri demo

5-Oct-2011Source: Elite Helicopters

Our students, clients, instructors and admin staff were invited to view the new Guimbal Cabri G2 2-seat helicopter at Helitech this week, and everybody was supremely impressed with this wonderful new aircraft. So much so, that we have arranged with the UK distributor to bring the Cabri to Goodwood in the very near future, where... Read more

Sponsors sought for first manned untethered flight of M400X Moller Skycar

Sponsors sought for first manned untethered flight of M400X Moller Skycar

5-Oct-2011Source: Moller International

Moller International, Inc. (MI) (OTCQB:MLER), the developer of the Skycar® aircraft, the Rotapower® line of rotary engines and the Aerobot® line of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) announced today that sponsorship packages are available for the first manned, untethered flight of the Moller Skycar® M400X. The Company is beginning an eighteen month campaign celebrating Dr. Paul... Read more

FAA releases independent report on ATC training

FAA releases independent report on ATC training

5-Oct-2011Source: FAA

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Randy Babbitt today announced a set of recommendations from an independent panel on how to improve all aspects of an air traffic controller’s experience at the FAA, including hiring, training, placement and career development. “Our air traffic controllers do a phenomenal job every day helping passengers reach their destinations safely,”... Read more

Safe Flight Instrument Corporation celebrates 65 years

Safe Flight Instrument Corporation celebrates 65 years

5-Oct-2011Source: Safe Flight

Safe Flight Instrument Corporation, the longest privately-held avionics manufacturer under continuous management, marks this year’s National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) convention with the celebration of its 65th anniversary and the announcement of several new programs and certifications. Established in October, 1946 to develop the invention of Leonard Greene’s Stall Warning System, the company has gone... Read more

Sikorsky parent UTC announces new org structure

Sikorsky parent UTC announces new org structure

5-Oct-2011Source: United Technologies

United Technologies Corp. have announced a new organizational structure that groups some of the company’s businesses into new aerospace and commercial organizations.  This new structure will allow United Technologies to better serve customers through greater integration across product lines and to drive growth by taking full advantage of technology investments and the company’s global footprint.... Read more

HeliFlite introduces private helicopter airport transfer services

HeliFlite introduces private helicopter airport transfer services

5-Oct-2011Source: HeliFlite

HeliFlite announces 24/7 airport helicopter transfer services. Airport transfers are available to and from private area airports: Teterboro (TEB) and White Plains (HPN) as well as international hubs such as Newark (EWR), John F. Kennedy (JFK) and LaGuardia Airport (LGA). The flight time into any of the 3 New York City heliports is under 15... Read more

120,000th student completes training at Bell’s Training Academy

120,000th student completes training at Bell’s Training Academy

5-Oct-2011Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced that on Friday, August 2, Shannon Halter became the 120,000th student to complete training from the Bell Helicopter Training Academy (BTA). Pictured below, Trey Wade, Director of the Bell Helicopter Training Academy and Charles Fisher, Manager Technical Training for Bell Helicopter present Shannon Halter of United... Read more

Dart announces TC approval of B412 Electric Step Replacement Pneumatic Actuator

Dart announces TC approval of B412 Electric Step Replacement Pneumatic Actuator

5-Oct-2011Source: DART Helicopter Services

DART Helicopter Services announces Transport Canada Approval of DART Aerospace’s Electric Step Replacement Pneumatic Actuator for the Bell 412/412EP model of aircraft.  FAA approval has been previously received. The DART Step Actuator Release System replaces electrical linear step actuators with pneumatic actuators. This modification is designed to permit the passenger steps to remain in the... Read more

Bell helicopter down in East River, New York – 1 fatal

Bell helicopter down in East River, New York – 1 fatal

4-Oct-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Follow the HeliHub.com reports at the page for this accident – 04-Oct-11 Bell 206 New York, US-New York (1F) [File Photo] William P Johnson – HeliHub.com... Read more

World’s first dual-motor hybrid helicopter flies

World’s first dual-motor hybrid helicopter flies

4-Oct-2011Source: Eurocopter

Eurocopter has successfully tested a hybrid helicopter that combines a turboshaft internal combustion engine with an electric motor for a world premiere, marking a new milestone in its innovation roadmap that opens the way for further enhancements in rotary-wing aircraft safety. For this initial breakthrough in exploring the hybrid concept, Eurocopter is using the supplemental... Read more

Three years later, Eurocopter UK sells two new EC120s

Three years later, Eurocopter UK sells two new EC120s

4-Oct-2011Source: HeliHub.com

In the last few weeks Eurocopter UK has sold not one but two Eurocopter EC120s, both of which have been stored for over three years awaiting a purchaser. Serial 1536 was yesterday registered to Eurocopter UK on the British register as G-CGYL, but arrived at their Oxford base in primer finish by May 2008.  The... Read more

8,000th image filed in HeliHub.com gallery

8,000th image filed in HeliHub.com gallery

4-Oct-2011Source: HeliHub.com

HeliHub.com is having increasing success with its “Gallery” feature, recording over 8,000 images in its main Gallery, and around 190 photographers have joined as members of the Gallery. The Flickr gallery provides users of HeliHub.com the opportunity to upload their own photos, and the early success is demonstrating just how valuable this will become over... Read more

Fatal Helicopter Accident Summary – September 2011

Fatal Helicopter Accident Summary – September 2011

4-Oct-2011Source: HeliHub.com

The team at HeliHub.com provide a record of as many helicopter accidents and incidents as we can.  Inevitably this includes what we believe to be the full list of fatal helicopter accidents, and we are presenting here the summary for September 2011.  We indicate the number of fatalities in the summary line with the number... Read more

National Park Service, FAA to consider Bay Area tour rules

National Park Service, FAA to consider Bay Area tour rules

4-Oct-2011Source: Mercury News

The National Park Service and the FAA are starting work on a public plan that could result in new limits on helicopter and airplane tours over the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. (see full story)... Read more

Liferaft manufacturer Winslow acquired by Goodrich

Liferaft manufacturer Winslow acquired by Goodrich

4-Oct-2011Source: Goodrich

Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) has acquired Winslow Marine Products Corporation (Winslow), a leading provider of life rafts to the corporate aviation, helicopter, and marine markets.  The transaction closed on September 30, 2011. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Winslow, a privately-held company, employs approximately 70 people at its Lake Suzy, Fla. facility.  Founded in 1941, Winslow has a... Read more

SMS Success Story – Facilities Maintenance, Inspection and Management

SMS Success Story – Facilities Maintenance, Inspection and Management

4-Oct-2011Source: CHC

Nestling on a remote headland on the western coast of Australia, Exmouth is the latest base to be added to the CHC Australia portfolio and acts as an EC225 operating base in support of two offshore installations. The base is home to only six personnel who rotate in for two weeks on and two weeks... Read more

Able Engineering & Component Services wins excellence award

Able Engineering & Component Services wins excellence award

4-Oct-2011Source: Able Engineering

Able Engineering & Component Services has been named Arizona’s outstanding international business. The Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations presented its 2011 International Business Award for Excellence in Global Business to Lee Benson, CEO of the Able Group of Companies, during the Committee’s International State of the State luncheon Sept. 26. Able provides cost-effective repair and... Read more

PAMA looks ahead to National Aviation Maintenance Symposium

PAMA looks ahead to National Aviation Maintenance Symposium

4-Oct-2011Source: PAMA

The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) is pleased to announce their National Aviation Maintenance Symposium will be held in the Ann Arbor Michigan area at Eastern Michigan University on January 19th and 20th, 2012! The National Aviation Maintenance Symposium will feature exhibitors, speakers and presenters for aviation maintenance professionals. The Symposium will provide the opportunity... Read more

Air Traffic Control Association makes award for North Sea WAM system

Air Traffic Control Association makes award for North Sea WAM system

3-Oct-2011Source: Saab

NATS, the leading provider of air traffic services and solutions in the United Kingdom, received the 2011 Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) Earl F. Ward Memorial Award for their deployment of Saab AB subsidiary Saab Sensis Corporation’s Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) in the North Sea. Presented at the annual ATCA conference, the Ward Award is... Read more

Russian Helicopters makes two acquisitions

Russian Helicopters makes two acquisitions

3-Oct-2011Source: Russian Helicopters

Russian Helicopters, the holding company controlling the Russian rotorcraft industry assets and a subsidiary of United Industrial Corporation Oboronprom, has started reforming its acquisition activities, including the processes leading to the rendering of services, delivery of equipment, materials, parts, and units – everything necessary for the business of the holding company. The reform is carried... Read more

Society of Experimental Test Pilots honours Sikorsky’s Bredenbeck

Society of Experimental Test Pilots honours Sikorsky’s Bredenbeck

3-Oct-2011Source: Sikorsky

Kevin Bredenbeck, the pilot who flew the revolutionary X2 Technologyâ„¢ demonstrator last year to an unofficial speed record for conventional helicopters, has been recognized by the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP) with the Iven C. Kincheloe Award for the year’s outstanding professional accomplishment in the conduct of flight testing, Sikorsky Aircraft announced today. Sikorsky... Read more

Second fatal Robinson R66 accident reported

Second fatal Robinson R66 accident reported

3-Oct-2011Source: HeliHub.com

A second fatal accident has been reported to a Robinson R66.  User “kylesampson” posted the following message on an online forum – “I’m not a pilot I just wanted to get this out there. My wifes uncle just died in a R66 in South Dakota. Anyone who has one better wait and see what happens... Read more

HFI to hold silent auction at Heli-Expo 2012

HFI to hold silent auction at Heli-Expo 2012

3-Oct-2011Source: HFI

Helicopter Foundation International will be holding its inaugural Annual Fundraising Silent Auction at HELI-EXPO 2012. This is a great opportunity to help the Foundation ensure the future of the industry through its educational outreach efforts. By participating, you can help support: • the next generation of pilots and maintenance technicians through the Foundation’s Scholarship Program... Read more

Register Update – Switzerland – September 2011

Register Update – Switzerland – September 2011

3-Oct-2011Source: HeliHub.com

This news item is part of the HeliHub.com “Register Updates” series, listing helicopters which have been added to a particular national register, removed from it or the listed owner has changed. Our coverage represents the majority of registration and owner changes within the global civilian helicopter fleet. Most updates are weekly or monthly, although some... Read more

Register Update – Norway – September 2011

Register Update – Norway – September 2011

3-Oct-2011Source: HeliHub.com

This news item is part of the HeliHub.com “Register Updates” series, listing helicopters which have been added to a particular national register, removed from it or the listed owner has changed. Our coverage represents the majority of registration and owner changes within the global civilian helicopter fleet. Most updates are weekly or monthly, although some... Read more

Register Update – Canada – September 2011

Register Update – Canada – September 2011

3-Oct-2011Source: HeliHub.com

This news item is part of the HeliHub.com “Register Updates” series, listing helicopters which have been added to a particular national register, removed from it or the listed owner has changed. Our coverage represents the majority of registration and owner changes within the global civilian helicopter fleet. Most updates are weekly or monthly, although some... Read more

Register Update – Ireland – September 2011

Register Update – Ireland – September 2011

3-Oct-2011Source: HeliHub.com

This news item is part of the HeliHub.com “Register Updates” series, listing helicopters which have been added to a particular national register, removed from it or the listed owner has changed. Our coverage represents the majority of registration and owner changes within the global civilian helicopter fleet. Most updates are weekly or monthly, although some... Read more

Register Update – United Kingdom – September 2011

Register Update – United Kingdom – September 2011

3-Oct-2011Source: HeliHub.com

This news item is part of the HeliHub.com “Register Updates” series, listing helicopters which have been added to a particular national register, removed from it or the listed owner has changed. Our coverage represents the majority of registration and owner changes within the global civilian helicopter fleet. Most updates are weekly or monthly, although some... Read more

Helitech cancels 2012 event in Portugal

Helitech cancels 2012 event in Portugal

3-Oct-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Helitech organisers confirmed to HeliHub.com at Duxford that they are not going to be running an event in Portugal in 2012 as previously planned. The poor economic situation is cited as the main reason, particularly as both Portugal and Spain form part of the “PIGS” countries.  This acronym coined by the financial media brings together... Read more

Civilian aviation NV conference set to change industry

Civilian aviation NV conference set to change industry

3-Oct-2011Source: Night Flight Concepts

Night Flight Concepts, a leading provider of comprehensive night vision solutions, is pleased to report that NIGHTCon 2011 (www.nightcon.com)- the inaugural Night Vision Conference dedicated to civilian aviation – was a resounding success. The event featured outstanding involvement from Federal Aviation Administration representatives and unprecedented collaboration among leading NVG industry providers resulting in plans for... Read more

New speed record for San Diego to Savannah and back

New speed record for San Diego to Savannah and back

3-Oct-2011Source: HAI

The World Record Helicopter Team, based in Murrieta Calif., set a new world speed record from San Diego Calif. to Savannah/Hilton Head Ga. and back, on Sept. 17, 2011. Flying a Robinson R44 Raven II, the four-man team departed from Brown Field when the race clock started at 7:28 a.m. Despite some extreme weather conditions... Read more

IHST launches Interactive Flight Data Monitoring Tool

IHST launches Interactive Flight Data Monitoring Tool

3-Oct-2011Source: IHST

In February 2010, the IHST Helicopter Flight Data Monitoring (HFDM) Working Group began a project to provide guidance to the industry to develop a base set of HFDM events. Research found that HFDM event sets – a collection of programmed events used to detect unsafe practices in flight operations –were readily available for fixed-wing aircraft.... Read more

HALO-Flight provides faster transport to Children’s Hospital

HALO-Flight provides faster transport to Children’s Hospital

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

HAI encourages members to sign petition

HAI encourages members to sign petition

3-Oct-2011Source: HAI

HAI President Matt Zuccaro strongly urges all members of the general aviation community to join the more than 6,000 individuals who have signed a new petition on the White House Web site asking President Obama to take general aviation “user-fees” off the table. To sign the petition to the President, click here. General aviation is an... Read more

The Best Time to Find a Job

The Best Time to Find a Job

3-Oct-2011Source: JSFirm

Jeff Richards, JSfirm.com Sales Manager, announced their recent study shows more people start new jobs in January and most begin their new career search the last three months of the year. “This is critical information for hiring companies” said Richards. “Companies should begin running job advertisement campaigns and recruiting in October, November, and December.” JSfirm.com... Read more

Conklin & de Decker announce NBAA Show Special

Conklin & de Decker announce NBAA Show Special

3-Oct-2011Source: Conklin & de Decker

Conklin & de Decker Associates has announced it will offer attendees at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) 2011 Meeting and Convention a special 15 percent discount on their most popular data products during the three-day show from October 10th through the 12th, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The four databases available at the special... Read more

Amateur-build buyer suspended for registration and airworthiness violations

Amateur-build buyer suspended for registration and airworthiness violations

1-Oct-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Here’s an interesting, and impactful story of the US legal system proving an amateur-built helicopter was both incorrectly registered and violated certain airworthiness regulations.  The potential exists for the details of this case to be felt wider in the future.  See NTSB statement and comment from Reigel Law Firm.  Actual accident referred to was N75EW... Read more

Mexican State of Jalisco takes delivery of S-70i

Mexican State of Jalisco takes delivery of S-70i

1-Oct-2011Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has delivered an S-70i BLACK HAWK helicopter to Jalisco, the first state government in Mexico to acquire the newest variant of the world’s most employed military utility aircraft. Jalisco state police will deploy the aircraft for general law enforcement with initial aircraft operation anticipated during October’s XVI Pan American Games. Sikorsky is... Read more

VTOL UAV Safety Manual launched for film ndustry

VTOL UAV Safety Manual launched for film ndustry

1-Oct-2011Source: Air Drone

Mundus Group, Inc.  subsidiary Air Drone’s Justin Chapman wrote in 2010 the FAA Manual for movie industry safety and standardization of operational regulations and compliance for UAV VTOL cinematography delivery systems. Justin Chapman has become well known in the RC Remote Controlled helicopter world — winning more than 50 RC helicopter contests. Mr. Chapman’s aerial... Read more

StockMarket.aero from Component Control sets record

StockMarket.aero from Component Control sets record

1-Oct-2011Source: Component Control

Component Control announced that StockMarket.aero, the company’s free, online aviation parts marketplace, has achieved a record 37 million qualified line items of available inventory and capabilities from its 2,300+ customers and aircraft parts vendors. This achievement is a record for StockMarket.aero and it also surpasses the stock listings of similar industry services that charge for... Read more

HAI Member Reception at NBAA

HAI Member Reception at NBAA

1-Oct-2011Source: HAI

For all HAI members attending the NBAA Annual Meeting & Convention (Oct. 10-12, 2011) and for those members who live in the Las Vegas area, we invite you to join the HAI Board Members at a reception on Mon., Oct. 10 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Wynn Hotel & Casino in Las... Read more

HAI Salute to Excellence — Only one month left to nominate

HAI Salute to Excellence — Only one month left to nominate

1-Oct-2011Source: HAI

For more than 50 years, HAI has recognized the outstanding achievements and exceptional merits of individuals and organizations through the Salute to Excellence Awards program, and there is now only one month left to nominate for the 2012 program! Winners will be recognized at the Salute to Excellence Awards dinner, to be held Feb. 13 during... Read more

EADS CEO visits Helibras factory

EADS CEO visits Helibras factory

1-Oct-2011Source: HeliHub.com

EADS CEO Louis Gallois paid a visit this Wednesday to the Helibras factory in the Brazilian city of Itajubá. His delegation was received by Helibras President Eduardo Marson Ferreira, Executive Vice President Eduardo Mauad and Chairman of the Board Daniel Mandelli.  The visitors then took a tour of the facilities including the Squirrel assembly line,... Read more

CHC appoints new CFO

CHC appoints new CFO

30-Sep-2011Source: CHC

CHC Helicopter said today that Joan Hooper has been named senior executive vice president and chief financial officer of the world’s largest helicopter-services company. Ms. Hooper, a former senior finance executive at companies including Dell and AT&T, succeeds Rick Davis, who stepped down as CHC’s CFO in early August.  Doug Yakola, a senior advisor at... Read more

37 arrests at Chinook plant on drugs charges

37 arrests at Chinook plant on drugs charges

30-Sep-2011Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Agents from the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Agency raided Boeing’s Ridley Park plant on Thursday and charged 37 people with distributing or trying to get prescription drugs (full story)... Read more

Auyuittuq Aviation launches helicopter ops on Baffin Island

Auyuittuq Aviation launches helicopter ops on Baffin Island

29-Sep-2011Source: Discovery Air

Discovery Air Inc. subsidiaries Air Tindi Ltd. and Great Slave Helicopters Ltd. have formed a new partnership – Auyuittuq Aviation – with a group of Inuit shareholders from the Kivalliq and Baffin regions of Nunavut to better serve the needs of the burgeoning mining industry on Baffin Island. “The mining and exploration industries in Nunavut... Read more

Gama introduces Garmin G500H EFIS to European heli operators

Gama introduces Garmin G500H EFIS to European heli operators

29-Sep-2011Source: Gama Engineering

Gama Engineering Ltd in partnership with Garmin is now offering the recently certified G500H Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS) to the UK and continental Europe helicopter community. The recently certified Garmin G500H, EFIS is the affordable all-glass avionics flight display designed specifically for the VFR Part 27 helicopters including the Bell 206, Bell 407, Eurocopter... Read more

Gama appointed first European distributor for Cobham’s HeliSAS

Gama appointed first European distributor for Cobham’s HeliSAS

29-Sep-2011Source: Gama Engineering

Gama Engineering Ltd’s appointment as a distributor Cobham’s HeliSAS Autopilot and Stability Augmentation System offers European helicopter operators an opportunity to introduce a new standard in flight safety. HeliSAS replaces old analogue systems with a significantly lighter autopilot system that reduces pilot workload and increases helicopter stability. HeliSAS is already FAA certified and EASA validation... Read more

New name in UK – Gama Engineering

New name in UK – Gama Engineering

29-Sep-2011Source: Gama Engineering

Gama Group company Lees Avionics Ltd have completed the acquisition of the trade and assets of Mann Aviation Group Engineering Ltd to create a new force to support the engineering and certification needs of corporate, regional, general aviation aircraft and helicopter operators. The Gama Group today announced the formation of Gama Engineering Ltd. Established at... Read more

CHC refinances two S92s and three Super Pumas

CHC refinances two S92s and three Super Pumas

29-Sep-2011Source: Milestone

CHC Helicopter, the world’s largest helicopter-services company, and Milestone Aviation Group, a leading global helicopter leasing company, today announced the commencement of a significant new financing relationship. The companies have agreed to terms on the sale-leaseback of five aircraft: two Sikorsky S92 and three Eurocopter AS332L2. The first part of the transaction valued at over... Read more

Eurocopter’s EC225 FFS logs 1000 hours in first six months

Eurocopter’s EC225 FFS logs 1000 hours in first six months

29-Sep-2011Source: Eurocopter

Eurocopter’s latest high-fidelity helicopter training device, the EC225 simulator at its new North Sea Service Centre in Aberdeen, Scotland offers unmatched training opportunities for helicopter pilots who fly in the challenging off-shore environment for the oil and gas industry, as well as for crews performing search and rescue missions. This simulator which has demonstrated more... Read more

Doug Doty Memorial Scholarship now accepting applications

Doug Doty Memorial Scholarship now accepting applications

29-Sep-2011Source: Doug Doty Foundation

Hillsboro Aviation and The Doug Doty Vertical Flight Foundation has teamed up to offer the non-profit foundation’s first Bell 206B3 JetRanger Scholarship. The purpose of this scholarship is to help helicopter pilots advance to the next level in their training and make positive contributions to the aviation industry. The scholarship includes enrollment in Hillsboro Aviation’s... Read more

Swajas Air IPO closing date extended, price cut

Swajas Air IPO closing date extended, price cut

29-Sep-2011

The public issue of Swajas Air Charters, a non-scheduled airline operator servicing a fleet of fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters across India, will now close on October 5 with a revised price band of Rs 84 to Rs 90 per share, according to NSE (National Stock Exchange of India) website. The BRLM to the issue has... Read more

Guardian Mobility updates its AS350 Flight Data Monitoring STC

Guardian Mobility updates its AS350 Flight Data Monitoring STC

29-Sep-2011Source: Guardian Mobility

Guardian Mobility today announced that its STC (Supplemental Type Certificate) for installation of its Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) equipment on the Eurocopter AS350 family of helicopters, already in service, has been modified to enhance functionality. These enhancements add real-time satellite communications and a powerful Air Data Computer. Approval is imminent. In addition to the full-featured FDM... Read more

Corporate Jet & Helicopter Finance Asia conference – closing report

Corporate Jet & Helicopter Finance Asia conference – closing report

29-Sep-2011Source: Corporate Jet Investor

Paul Jebely, head of aviation finance Asia and Africa at Clyde & Co, was the chairman on day two of Corporate Jet & Helicopter Finance Asia 2011.  He closed the conference saying: “I now have the privilege of closing the first ever Corporate Jet & Helicopter Finance Asia conference. What happened here was important. A... Read more

Bristow to present at the Johnson Rice Energy Conference

Bristow to present at the Johnson Rice Energy Conference

29-Sep-2011Source: Bristow Group

Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), the leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, today announced that the Company will be attending the Johnson Rice Energy Conference to be held in New Orleans, October 3-6, 2011. Jonathan Baliff, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is scheduled to present on Wednesday, October 5, at 10:45 a.m. Central... Read more

CHC orders 20 more EC225s

CHC orders 20 more EC225s

29-Sep-2011Source: Eurocopter

CHC Helicopter has ordered and will incorporate 20 more Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma twin-engine helicopters into its operations over the next several years, CHC and Eurocopter announced today. Deliveries of the newly ordered EC225s – including an option for four additional aircraft beyond the initial 20 – will occur during the next four-plus years, into... Read more

Multiflight hands over third Dauphin to Great North Air Ambulance

Multiflight hands over third Dauphin to Great North Air Ambulance

29-Sep-2011Source: Multiflight

The third Dauphin helicopter bought from Multiflight by the Great North Air Ambulance Service was officially handed over to the charity at Helitech 2011 today, Wednesday September 28th. Multiflight Managing Director Steve Borrowdale made the official hand over to GNAAS Chief Executive Graham Pickering today at Helitech 2011, the largest dedicated helicopter event in Europe.... Read more

Germany’s Heli Aviation orders two more Cabris

Germany’s Heli Aviation orders two more Cabris

29-Sep-2011Source: HeliHub.com

German operator Heli Aviation has recently confirmed orders for two more Guimbal Cabri helicopters following great success and high utilization with their first two.  Operating from Augsburg near Munich, the company has flown 800 hours in 15 months on their first aircraft, and are flying the second at a similar rate – it equates to... Read more

Sheriff selling naming rights to helicopter

Sheriff selling naming rights to helicopter

29-Sep-2011Source: Post-Standard

Sheriff Kevin Walsh is trying to sell naming rights to Onondaga County’s Bell 407 as a way of keeping it flying in the face of budget cuts.  A sponsor’s financial contribution would be in exchange for having the company’s name displayed prominently on it.  While it will retain its “Air-1” radio call sign, it would... Read more

Eurocopter UK targets EC145T2 at emergency services

Eurocopter UK targets EC145T2 at emergency services

29-Sep-2011Source: Eurocopter

The EC145 T2 evolved version of Eurocopter’s popular twin-engine EC145 – which is making its debut appearance at the annual Helitech helicopter exposition in Duxford – responds to the UK’s demanding emergency services needs. Eurocopter’s evolutionary approach for this enhanced rotary-wing aircraft retains the EC145’s proven technologies – providing a good useful load, extended range,... Read more

AW189 makes Helitech debut

AW189 makes Helitech debut

29-Sep-2011Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that a full scale mock-up of the all new AW189, first unveiled at Paris Air Show in June, is making its debut appearance at Helitech which is being held at Duxford, UK, from 27th to 29th September. The new generation twin-engine AW189, 16 to 18-seat long range... Read more

Experts share views at International Helicopter Safety Symposium

Experts share views at International Helicopter Safety Symposium

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

ASU final call for AMTC Night Vision Awards entries

ASU final call for AMTC Night Vision Awards entries

29-Sep-2011Source: ASU

Aviation Specialties Unlimited, (ASU) announced that they are accepting nominations for the Night Vision Awards, to be presented at the AMTC Conference in St Louis, Missouri, October 1, 2011. This is the third and final award presentation for 2011. The night vision awards were created to acknowledge companies that use night vision systems and further... Read more

HAI at Helitech

HAI at Helitech

29-Sep-2011Source: HAI

From Sept. 27-29, HAI will be attending Helitech 2011 at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, England. Come along to Booth 1405 and meet HAI President Matt Zuccaro; Karen Gebhart, HAI’s vice president of Business Development & Expositions; and Lisa Henderson, HAI’s manager of Advertising & Exhibit Sales. Helitech is the largest dedicated helicopter exhibition... Read more

HFI 2011 Scholarship Program deadline fast approaching

HFI 2011 Scholarship Program deadline fast approaching

29-Sep-2011Source: HFI

Helicopter Foundation International (HFI) is accepting applications for the 18 scholarships the organization awards to students of the helicopter industry. On July 1, HFI began accepting scholar submissions. We are now more than halfway to the closing date. The deadline for submitting an application for the Commercial Rating, Maintenance Technician Certificate and Michelle North Scholarship... Read more

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