Maryland May Lose ‘Trooper’ Medevac Program

Senate Bill 650, co-sponsored by Senators Picken and Astle, seeks to eliminate the current Maryland Emergency Medical Department helicopter program in favor of third party vendors.

Source: Baynet, 01-Mar-09

Omniflight to Open New Air Medical Services Base in Roswell, New Mexico

Source: Omniflight, 01-Mar-09

AVIC inaugurates helicopter unit in Tianjin Binhai New Area

Source: China Business News, 01-Mar-09

Saskatchewan Air Ambulance considers adding helicopters

Source: Saskatoon Homepage, 01-Mar-09

LifeMed Alaska moves helicopter operations to Matanuska Valley

Source: Alaska Journal of Commerce, 01-Mar-09

Trade groups push for night use of NVG/EVS

Source: AIN, 01-Mar-09

North West Air Ambulance to employ paramedics from April

Source: Westmorland Gazette, 01-Mar-09

Cox Air Care upgrades with NVG

Source: Branson Daily News, 01-Mar-09

Carestar Helicopter Now Stationed in Fort Stockton

Source: NewsWest9, 01-Mar-09

British Columbia Police to add second helicopter

Source: Ottawa Citizen, 01-Mar-09

Police Aviation News – March 2009 edition

Source: Police Aviation News, 01-Mar-09

Rotorcraft Professional – March 2009 edition

Source: Rotorcraft Professional, 01-Mar-09

Private helipads get government nod in Mumbai

Source: Samay Live, 27-Feb-09

Man arrested for pointing laser at news helicopter in Maryland

Source: Washington Post, 27-Feb-09

Campaign To Save Avon And Somerset Constabulary’s Helicopter

Source: AboutMyArea, 27-Feb-09

Pawan Hans to order 16 helicopters – Eurocopter and Bell short-listed

Source: Financial Chronicle, 27-Feb-09

Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance flies 7,000th mission

Source: WNAA, 27-Feb-09

Russia is a ripe market for Western makers’ helicopters

Source: AIN, 27-Feb-09

American Eurocopter to Significantly Expand its Helicopter Engineering Capacity

Source: ALEA, 27-Feb-09

Los Angeles Police Department Takes Delivery of their 15th AS350B2

Source: ALEA, 27-Feb-09

American Eurocopter to offer the ALERTS Vision 1000 system as standard equipment on AS350

Source: American Eurocopter, 27-Feb-09

CEO Forum Addresses State of the Industry

Source: Vertical, 27-Feb-09

Customers Beginning to Discover New Sikorsky S-434(TM) Commercial Helicopter

Source: Sikorsky, 27-Feb-09

Greek court gives prison guard suspended sentence over helicopter escape

Source: Reuters, 27-Feb-09

Nigerial rig support helicopter fired at, one wounded

Source: UPI, 27-Feb-09

Police Aviation News – Heli-Expo 2009 edition

Source: Police Aviation News, 27-Feb-09

Eurocopter Malaysia to open simulator centre in 2011

Source: New Straits Times, 26-Feb-09

New helipad for Bristol Royal Infirmary at least two years away

Source: BBC, 26-Feb-09

Life Lion Uses New Technology To Save Lives

Source: WGAL, 26-Feb-09

Erickson Air-Crane moving HQ to Portland

Source: The Oregonian, 26-Feb-09

MD Helicopters’ Lynn Tilton Cautions Against Excess Optimism

Source: Vertical, 26-Feb-09

DRF celebrates 10 years of Baden Airpark base

Source: RTH, 26-Feb-09

Acquisition of Helicopter Parts Manufacturer PMC Moves RotorWay Towards Certification

Source: AOPA, 26-Feb-09

VIDEO: Erickson Air Crane S64E

Source: JustHelicopters.tv, 26-Feb-09

Placer County helicopter decision remains in midair after budget talks

Source: Granite Bay Press-Tribune, 26-Feb-09

Omniflight Appoints Cheryl A Nolan to the Post of VP and CIO

Source: Omniflight, 26-Feb-09

East/West Industries, Inc. celebrates 40 years of saving aircrew lives

Source: RotorNews, 26-Feb-09

PHOTO OF THE DAY: Mi-26 of China Flying Dragon Aviation

Source: Airliners.net, 26-Feb-09

Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance seeks more money

Source: TVAC, 25-Feb-09

HELI-EXPO 2009 Strikes Gold in the Golden State

Source: Vertical, 25-Feb-09

VIDEO: First Public Flight of Robinson R66

Source: LoopTV, 25-Feb-09

CareFlite integrating WAAS into approaches

Source: AIN, 25-Feb-09

New air ambulance service in Mumbai

Source: CNN-IBN, 25-Feb-09

Eurocopter has won half of the Chinese civil helicopter market

Source: Business News, 25-Feb-09

Calgary Man Faces Charges After Driving Onto EMS Helipad

Source: CTV, 25-Feb-09

Hartford Hospital may be forced to cut Life Star helicopter fleet

Source: Hartford Courant, 25-Feb-09

Heli-Expo 2009 – Quotable Quotes from Industry Leaders

Source: Rotorhub, 25-Feb-09

Northwest Helicopters Dedicates Restored Bell UH-1H

Source: Vertical, 25-Feb-09

Northwest Helicopters Unveils Newly Developed Carbon Fiber Main Rotor Blade

25-Feb-09

3 Phoenix TV stations to share helicopter to cover the news

Source: Arizona Republic, 25-Feb-09

SRT Helicopters Wins Advanced SAR Training Contract from China’s Ministry of Transport

Source: Vertical, 25-Feb-09

Scholarship Fund Created for Children of Parents Lost to Air Medical Accidents

Source: Vertical, 25-Feb-09

FARE Initiates Air-Medical and Critical-Care-Transport Safety Campaign

Source: Vertical, 25-Feb-09

Appareo Systems and the Eurocopter Group Unveil ALERTS Vision 1000

Source: Vertical, 25-Feb-09

Heli-Lynx Becomes an Official Sales Center for Honeywell 700D-2 Engine

Source: Vertical, 25-Feb-09

ALEA Announces Initiation of Law Enforcement Air Unit Accreditation Program

Source: Vertical, 25-Feb-09

Bristow defers some deliveries and freezes executive salaries

Source: AIN, 25-Feb-09

Industry perspective: Robinson Helicopter

Source: AIN, 25-Feb-09

Milestones – Helijet Achieves 140K Accident-FreeFleet Hours With S-76A

Source: Helijet, 25-Feb-09

Diamond Performance in City of the Oscars

Source: MD Helicopters, 25-Feb-09

Phoenix Heliparts to Do First Conversion of an MD 500E to an MD 530FF

Source: http://www.shephard.co.uk/news/1925/, 25-Feb-09

DART Announces FAA Approval of AKV’s T53 Engine Cycle Counter for Hueys

Source: Rotorhub, 25-Feb-09

Helicopter Technology Company (HTC) Increases Life on Main Rotor Blades

Source: Vertical, 25-Feb-09

Exclusive new safety feature allows display of attitude on Sandel’s SN3500 and SN4500 Primary Navigation Displays

Source: Sikorsky, 25-Feb-09

Sagem Avionics, Inc. Strengthens Law Enforcement Presence with Recent Orders

Source: Vertical, 25-Feb-09

StandardAero Highlights First Year under DAE Ownership at HAI 2009

Source: Vertical, 25-Feb-09

StandardAero Implements Flight Safety Management System

Source: Vertical, 25-Feb-09

JETNET Proudly Showcases AERODEX Evolution, Helicopter Data and Aviation Business Index Services at AIE 2009

25-Feb-09