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Arrius-equipped Ka226T among the best in class for safety and emissions

Arrius-equipped Ka226T among the best in class for safety and emissions

8-Dec-2009Source: http://www.rus-helicopters.ru/en/news/news_company/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=1758

Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise (KumAPE) has completed tests of a Ka-226T fitted with Turbomeca engines. The model uses French Arrius 2G turboshafts and a Russian VR-226N gearbox.... Read more

American Eurocopter receives historic D-Level repair designation

American Eurocopter receives historic D-Level repair designation

8-Dec-2009Source: American Eurocopter

In a celebration event on its Grand Prairie headquarters, American Eurocopter received D-Level certification from Eurocopter for the repair and overhaul of tailbooms and stabilizers for EC135 model aircraft. It becomes the first company to receive this designation outside of Europe.... Read more

AFS Certifies High Performance Engine Inlet Filter for AW139

AFS Certifies High Performance Engine Inlet Filter for AW139

7-Dec-2009Source: Donaldson

Aerospace Filtration Systems has received a Supplemental Type Certificate from the FAA for an Inlet Barrier Filter (IBF) system for the AgustaWestland AW139.... Read more

Priority 1 Air Rescue Provides Advanced Helicopter SAR Training for North Carolina State Highway Patrol

Priority 1 Air Rescue Provides Advanced Helicopter SAR Training for North Carolina State Highway Patrol

7-Dec-2009Source: Rotorhub

Priority 1 Air Rescue has completed Inland SAR training with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP) which included initial Class B External Rotorcraft Load and Helicopter Short-Haul Rescue in their recently acquired Bell 407.... Read more

American Eurocopter Delivers Second AS350B3 to Miami-Dade Police Dept

American Eurocopter Delivers Second AS350B3 to Miami-Dade Police Dept

7-Dec-2009Source: American Eurocopter

American Eurocopter delivered another AS350B3 helicopter to the Miami-Dade Police Department’s (MDPD) Aviation Unit. This is the second of four AS350B3s that have been ordered... Read more

Maritime Safety Administration Of China Takes Delivery Of Two Grand Helicopters

Maritime Safety Administration Of China Takes Delivery Of Two Grand Helicopters

7-Dec-2009Source: AgustaWestland

The MSA is responsible for monitoring all inland and coastal waters and these two helicopters will be dedicated to controlling and fighting water pollution.... Read more

Turbomeca Asia Pacific and Helipartner sign a Maintenance Centre Agreement at LIMA ‘09

Turbomeca Asia Pacific and Helipartner sign a Maintenance Centre Agreement at LIMA ‘09

7-Dec-2009Source: Turbomeca

In keeping with a commitment to serve their customers better, Turbomeca Asia Pacific Pte Ltd and Helipartner (M) Sdn Bhd further develop their partnership to vastly improve the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services being offered to helicopter operators.... Read more

Eurocopter delivered two EC155 to Chinese operator COHC

Eurocopter delivered two EC155 to Chinese operator COHC

7-Dec-2009Source: Eurocopter

Eurocopter delivered the first two EC155 B1 Dauphin helicopters to Citic Offshore Helicopter Co. Ltd. (COHC) in Shenzhen, China. The delivery is part of a contract signed on October 12, 2008 for a total of ten helicopters of this type.... Read more

Cuts in UK Police Air Support mooted

Cuts in UK Police Air Support mooted

7-Dec-2009

Plans to cut the number of Police helicopters around the UK have been revealed by the Home Office.... Read more

Flight Safety Foundation Launches Helicopter Work Group in Australia

Flight Safety Foundation Launches Helicopter Work Group in Australia

7-Dec-2009Source: Rotorhub

Flight Safety Foundation announced today the creation of the Australian Helicopter Advisory Group – a subsidiary of Foundation’s Australian Advisory Board and its mission is to pursue the continuous improvement of helicopter safety and the prevention of accidents.... Read more

Russian Helicopters and Uzrosavia boosting maintenance in Central Asia

Russian Helicopters and Uzrosavia boosting maintenance in Central Asia

7-Dec-2009Source: Russian Helicopters

Russian Helicopters, JSC, and UZROSAVIA (Uzbekistan) have signed an agreement on the principles of cooperation in service and maintenance of Russian rotorcraft. The 5 year agreement was signed in Moscow and will coordinate the cooperation of the two companies on service and maintenance of Russian rotorcraft in Uzbekistan and other Central Asian countries.... Read more

CALSTAR appoints new CFO

CALSTAR appoints new CFO

7-Dec-2009Source: Vertical

Lynn D. Malmstrom, a senior executive with more than 30 years of management experience, has been hired as the Chief Financial Officer of California Shock Trauma Air Rescue (CALSTAR).... Read more

Dart Announces FAA/EASA Approval of DART's Spacepodâ„¢ & LH Door Hinge Modification Kit for EC130

Dart Announces FAA/EASA Approval of DART's Spacepodâ„¢ & LH Door Hinge Modification Kit for EC130

4-Dec-2009Source: Dart Helicopter Services

DART Helicopter Services has announced that their affiliated partner, DART Aerospace Ltd., has received EASA approval of their Aft Facing Seats (2×2) for Bell 205/212/412 aircraft. Transport Canada approval and FAA approvals have been previously received.... Read more

Omniflight’s Southeast Regional Clinical Manager Named To State Of Alabama Board Of Nursing

Omniflight’s Southeast Regional Clinical Manager Named To State Of Alabama Board Of Nursing

3-Dec-2009Source: Omniflight

Omniflight Helicopters, Inc., a leading national provider of air medical services, announced today that Lynda LaRue, ADN, R.N., CMTE, regional clinical manager for the company’s Southeast region was named to the State of Alabama Board of Nursing.... Read more

Group 3 Aviation Announces Grand Opening of New Student Housing Facilities

Group 3 Aviation Announces Grand Opening of New Student Housing Facilities

3-Dec-2009Source: Group 3 Aviation

Group 3 Aviation Inc., an FAA & VA Approved Part 141 flight training facility and Part 135 charter service operating from the Van Nuys Airport (VNY), recently announced the grand opening of its new pilot housing.... Read more

CHC launches 2010 Safety & Quality Summit

CHC launches 2010 Safety & Quality Summit

3-Dec-2009Source: AOPA

CHC Helicopter has opened registration for the CHC Safety and Quality Summit, scheduled for March 22 through 24, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, with early-bird pricing until the end of 2009.... Read more

Hertfordshire Air Ambulance celebrates first birthday

Hertfordshire Air Ambulance celebrates first birthday

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

SkyTrac Systems to Exhibit at Aero Expo Mexico in Acapulco

SkyTrac Systems to Exhibit at Aero Expo Mexico in Acapulco

2-Dec-2009Source: SkyTrac Systems

SkyTrac Systems will be exhibiting at the Aero Expo Mexico trade show from December 3-5, 2009. Aero Expo is put on by Aero Eventos Mexicanos which was formed with the purpose of promoting the business environment in Mexico’s aviation industry.... Read more

Canadian aerospace in for rough patch, report says

Canadian aerospace in for rough patch, report says

2-Dec-2009Source: Globe & Mail

Canada’s aerospace industry will see prices, production and profits all fall in 2010, with no real recovery until 2011, according to a report by the Conference Board of Canada.... Read more

Gazpromavia looks to buy five Eurocopter EC225s to support Shtokman gas field

Gazpromavia looks to buy five Eurocopter EC225s to support Shtokman gas field

1-Dec-2009Source: UA Tenders

To win the tender “Gazpromavia”, Eurocopter specially developed a new modification of helicopters to the volume of the fuel tank 800 liters.... Read more

Eurocopter lightning test results verify finite element analysis

Eurocopter lightning test results verify finite element analysis

1-Dec-2009Source: FlightGlobal

Lightning strike tests at Eurocopter’s Donauwörth facility have verified finite element analysis accuracy for carbonfibre structure current flow simulation, according to a European research consortium... Read more

Cougar S92 inquiry asks Defence Department for explanation

Cougar S92 inquiry asks Defence Department for explanation

1-Dec-2009Source: Canada.com

The head of the inquiry investigating last spring’s helicopter crash that killed 17 offshore oil workers and aircrew off the Newfoundland coast announced Wednesday he has asked the Defence Department to send a witness to explain the federal role in SAR... Read more

Paradigm Helicopters takes delivery of first AS350B3 helicopter

Paradigm Helicopters takes delivery of first AS350B3 helicopter

1-Dec-2009Source: American Eurocopter

American Eurocopter announced today that Paradigm Helicopters has taken delivery of its first AS350B3 helicopter. Paradigm Helicopters is a commercial helicopter company located in Houston, Texas, that provides a variety of services including aerial photography, movie/TV camera operation, real estate and survey flights, utility patrols and tour packages.... Read more

San Diego Gets Extension On Firefighting Chopper

San Diego Gets Extension On Firefighting Chopper

1-Dec-2009Source: KPBS

Due to the continuing wildfire threat, San Diego-area emergency crews will have access to a large water-dropping aircraft until mid-December, a fire department spokesman said... Read more

Air Methods Maryland won’t have much impact on use of MSP medevac helicopters

Air Methods Maryland won’t have much impact on use of MSP medevac helicopters

1-Dec-2009Source: Herald Mail

The presence of a new air medical transport company in Hagerstown won’t have a major impact on use of Maryland State Police medevac helicopters at accident scenes, according to Dr. Robert Bass, executive director of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems... Read more

10th Anniversary appeal for Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance

10th Anniversary appeal for Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance

1-Dec-2009Source: Dorset Echo

The Somerset and Dorset Air Ambulance charity is trying to track down as many of the 7,000 people it has helped since its launch in March 2000.... Read more

AAMS Forges Landmark Agreement with Australia's ISAS

AAMS Forges Landmark Agreement with Australia's ISAS

1-Dec-2009Source: http://www.aams.org/Content/NavigationMenu/MediaRoom/PressReleases/AAMS_ISAS_Agreement_112009.doc

The Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) and the International Society of Aeromedical Services (Australasia), also known as ISAS, have signed a ground-breaking agreement to collaborate on international initiatives that will enhance the provision of air-medical transport services worldwide.... Read more

Helijet announces flight plans for 2010 Games: Clear skies ahead

Helijet announces flight plans for 2010 Games: Clear skies ahead

1-Dec-2009Source: Helijet

Charter flights from downtown Vancouver to Whistler will be available seven days a week during the morning and late afternoons.... Read more

Police Aviation News – December 2009 edition

Police Aviation News – December 2009 edition

1-Dec-2009Source: Police Aviation News

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Eurocopter Charts Future Growth In Malaysia

Eurocopter Charts Future Growth In Malaysia

30-Nov-2009Source: Bernama

World’s leading helicopter manufacturer, Eurocopter, hopes its participation in the Langkawi International Maritime Aerospace (LIMA) Exhibition 2009 is a reinforcement of its commitment to chart its future growth as the market leader in Malaysia.... Read more

UTRC Pioneers Fuel Cell-Powered Rotorcraft Flight

UTRC Pioneers Fuel Cell-Powered Rotorcraft Flight

30-Nov-2009Source: UTRC

United Technologies Research Center achieved first flight of a hydrogen/air fuel cell-powered rotorcraft. The successful technology demonstration was accomplished using a remote-controlled electric helicopter model modified to incorporate a custom Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell power plant.... Read more

Police Could File Charges Against KING Television Over Helicopter

Police Could File Charges Against KING Television Over Helicopter

30-Nov-2009Source: KIRO

The Pierce County prosecutor may file charges against KING-TV’s news director and helicopter pilot because the station’s chopper allegedly interfered with the investigation into the fatal shootings of four Lakewood police officers, said Ed Troyer of the sheriff’s office.... Read more

London's Air Ambulance chief sacked after raising financial concerns

London's Air Ambulance chief sacked after raising financial concerns

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

More laser attacks on Essex police helicopter pilots

More laser attacks on Essex police helicopter pilots

29-Nov-2009Source: Daily Gazette

Reckless yobs are putting lives at risk by shining laser pens at the police helicopter.  Essex Police revealed the lights were shone into pilots’ eyes 15 times so far this year, an increase from seven in 2008.... Read more

Air Ambulance helicopter price tag too high for Saskatchewan

Air Ambulance helicopter price tag too high for Saskatchewan

29-Nov-2009Source: Star Phoenix

The Saskatchewan Party government is grounding its long-cherished idea of a helicopter air ambulance service because of its hefty price tag.  A report commissioned by the government and released Thursday shows the initial capital costs would be $42.4 million and annual operating costs would be $9 million for a system based out of both Regina... Read more

Onboard Systems Launches Multi-Language Website

Onboard Systems Launches Multi-Language Website

28-Nov-2009Source: Onboard Systems

Onboard Systems, a leading provider of innovative helicopter cargo hook equipment, today announced that its new multi-language website is now live. Visitors can choose to review information online in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish by clicking on the appropriate language button at the top of the website screen. Because of the sheer volume of... Read more

Helicopter Service to NYC Airports Faces Uncertain Future

Helicopter Service to NYC Airports Faces Uncertain Future

28-Nov-2009Source: NY Times

Scheduled helicopter service between Manhattan and local airports will not resume before early next year — if ever.... Read more

North West Air Ambulance Board director honoured

North West Air Ambulance Board director honoured

28-Nov-2009Source: North West Air Ambulance

KNOWSLEY Council awarded one of its highest honours to North West Air Ambulance board director Jim Keight OBE.... Read more

Castleberry Introduces the New HeliSAS® Gyro

Castleberry Introduces the New HeliSAS® Gyro

27-Nov-2009Source: Castleberry

Castleberry Instruments and Avionics does it again with certification of its new autopilot gyro as an integral component in the Cobham Avionics HeliSAS® system... Read more

Bond Offshore Helicopters EC225 North Sea ditching report delayed

Bond Offshore Helicopters EC225 North Sea ditching report delayed

26-Nov-2009Source: STV

An official report to determine why a helicopter with 18 people on board ditched into the North Sea has been delayed, the Government announced on Tuesday.... Read more

First S76 Civil Helicopter Airframe Completed in China

First S76 Civil Helicopter Airframe Completed in China

24-Nov-2009Source: Sikorsky

ikorsky Aircraft Corp. and AVIC today celebrated completion of the first S-76C++(TM) civil helicopter airframe produced in China. The airframe is the first to be built under an agreement between Sikorsky and Changhe Aircraft.... Read more

TSA Opens Comment Period for NPRM to Strengthen Security at Aircraft Repair Stations

TSA Opens Comment Period for NPRM to Strengthen Security at Aircraft Repair Stations

22-Nov-2009Source: TSA

The proposed rulemaking would establish security requirements for maintenance and repair work conducted on aircraft and aircraft components at domestic and foreign repair stations certificated by the FAA... Read more

Alpha Aviation offer new ground school class

Alpha Aviation offer new ground school class

22-Nov-2009Source: Just Helicopters

Alpha Aviation offer new ground school class... Read more

Scam in Lagos State: Helicopters purchased for crime fighting are converted to commercial use

Scam in Lagos State: Helicopters purchased for crime fighting are converted to commercial use

22-Nov-2009Source: Sahara Reporter

Investigations by Saharareporters revealed that the revamping of Caverton was not the product of hard work on the part of its owners. Instead, it resulted from a questionable, and possibly fraudulent, attempt to convert helicopters belonging to the Lagos State government into private commercial use – and for private corporate profit.... Read more

HeliPartner and Turbomeca in joint venture

HeliPartner and Turbomeca in joint venture

22-Nov-2009Source: New Straits Times

Helicopter company HeliPartner (M) Sdn Bhd will sign a service centre agreement with a leading engine manufacturing company at Lima ’09. HeliPartner and Turbomeca Asia Pacific Pte Ltd are partnering to improve maintenance, repair and overhaul services offered to helicopter operators.... Read more

Sikorsky S92 reportedly failed FAA dry gearbox test by 20 minutes

Sikorsky S92 reportedly failed FAA dry gearbox test by 20 minutes

22-Nov-2009Source: Canadian Press

A test to certify the model of helicopter involved in a fatal crash off Newfoundland showed it would remain airborne for “around 10 minutes” – about one third of the time required – if oil leaked from its gearbox, aviation regulators say.... Read more

Recent crashes fuel push for more regulation of medical helicopter industry

Recent crashes fuel push for more regulation of medical helicopter industry

22-Nov-2009Source: Dallas Morning News

Twenty-nine deaths in 2008 – compared with seven killed in 2007 – spurred calls for regulators to impose new rules for helicopter operators. But some feel that’s not been enough; Congress is now poised to pass a series of new rules governing the nation’s fleet of medical helicopters.... Read more

Northstar Aerospace appoints Chief Strategy Officer, names new Chief Financial Officer

Northstar Aerospace appoints Chief Strategy Officer, names new Chief Financial Officer

21-Nov-2009Source: Northstar Aerospace

Northstar Aerospace Inc. has appointed Craig Yuen to the new role of Chief Strategy Officer and named Greg Schindler as the company’s Chief Financial Officer.... Read more

Midwest Medical Transportation to add new EMS helicopter at North Platte in spring 2010

Midwest Medical Transportation to add new EMS helicopter at North Platte in spring 2010

21-Nov-2009Source: North Platte Telegraph

Kim and Jill Wolfe, owners of Midwest Medical Transport, flew into North Platte on Friday to update local hospital officials on their plans to add a medical transport helicopter to their fleet.... Read more

Hindustan Aeronautics to fly light combat chopper soon

Hindustan Aeronautics to fly light combat chopper soon

21-Nov-2009Source: trak.in

A prototype of the light combat helicopter (LCH), designed and developed by the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), is set for its maiden flight soon, a top company official said Friday... Read more

Air Methods Maryland takes over Hagerstown base vacated by Stat MedEvac

Air Methods Maryland takes over Hagerstown base vacated by Stat MedEvac

21-Nov-2009Source: Herald-Mail

An air medical transport company based in Colorado began service out of Hagerstown Regional Airport this week, following a several-week gap after STAT MedEvac ended operations there in mid-October.... Read more

Forbes Traveler nominates Nimmo Bay as top helicopter tour destination

Forbes Traveler nominates Nimmo Bay as top helicopter tour destination

20-Nov-2009Source: Canada.com

New York-based Forbes Traveler ranks B.C.’s Nimmo Bay Resort as No. 1 in the world for helicopter tours into relatively inaccessible but visually stunning places.... Read more

United Rotorcraft Solutions installs LoJack in the San Antonio PD fleet

United Rotorcraft Solutions installs LoJack in the San Antonio PD fleet

20-Nov-2009Source: ALEA

United Rotorcraft Solutions (URS) recently completed a contract with the San Antonio (TX) Police Department (SAPD) Helicopter Detail. URS was contracted to install the LoJack system in all three of the Department’s Schweizer 333’s.... Read more

X2 Technology(TM) Demonstrator Wins 'Best of What's New' Award from Popular Science

X2 Technology(TM) Demonstrator Wins 'Best of What's New' Award from Popular Science

20-Nov-2009Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s X2 Technology(TM) demonstrator program has been recognized by Popular Science magazine with a 2009 “Best of What’s New Award.”... Read more

Merced sheriff adds Huey helicopter to its air arsenal

Merced sheriff adds Huey helicopter to its air arsenal

20-Nov-2009Source: Merced Sun-Star

Sheriff’s officials announced their plans this month to add a 1973 UH-1H Bell Helicopter to the department’s aviation unit. The Huey is a donation from the California Emergency Management Agency... Read more

Indonesia's East Kalimantan province to purchase a Bell 412EP

Indonesia's East Kalimantan province to purchase a Bell 412EP

20-Nov-2009Source: Antara

The regional government of East Kalimantan province will purchase a helicopter, type Bell-412 EP, worth Rp120 billion, East Kalimantan Governor Awang Faroek Ishak said.... Read more

FAA Proposes Limits on Companies Hiring FAA Inspectors

FAA Proposes Limits on Companies Hiring FAA Inspectors

20-Nov-2009Source: FAA

In a move to prevent potential conflicts of interests that could affect aviation safety, the Federal Aviation Administration is proposing to put limits on airlines and other operators hiring FAA safety inspectors and their managers for two years after those employees leave the agency.... Read more

Flight Management Systems successfully integrates Spectrolab SX-16 searchlight and the FMS Moving Map

Flight Management Systems successfully integrates Spectrolab SX-16 searchlight and the FMS Moving Map

20-Nov-2009Source: ALEA

Flight Management Systems of Calgary Canada announced that it has successfully integrated the Spectrolab SX-16 searchlight and the FMS Moving Map.... Read more

HAI Holds its Fall Helicopter Firefighting Safety Forum in Boise, Idaho

HAI Holds its Fall Helicopter Firefighting Safety Forum in Boise, Idaho

20-Nov-2009Source: RotorNews

Helicopter Association International (HAI) held its 2nd Annual Firefighting Safety Forum in Boise, Idaho, at the Hilton Garden Inn Boise Spectrum on Thursday, November 19. The Forum was conducted from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and included presentations from the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of the Interior’s Office of Aircraft Services... Read more

Forward Vision EVS Certified On Robinson R44 Helicopter

Forward Vision EVS Certified On Robinson R44 Helicopter

20-Nov-2009Source: RotorNews

Forward Vision Systems, Inc. and One Sky Aviation announced the completion and award of a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for installation of the Company’s “Enhanced Vision System” EVS 100/600 on the R44 Model Robinson Helicopter.... Read more

Pratt & Whitney Canada Signs FMP(R) Agreement With Falcon Aviation Services

Pratt & Whitney Canada Signs FMP(R) Agreement With Falcon Aviation Services

20-Nov-2009Source: Pratt & Whitney Canada

Pratt & Whitney Canada Customer Service Centre Europe GmbH, a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney Canada and MTU Aero Engines, has signed a four-year Fleet Management Program(R) agreement with Falcon Aviation Services of Abu Dhabi... Read more

Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter clocks up 6000th mission

Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter clocks up 6000th mission

20-Nov-2009Source: Northern Star

WHEN a cardiac patient needed to be transferred to Brisbane yesterday, he became the Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter’s 6000th mission.  And just as the rescue helicopter clocked up 6000 trips, new pilot Tom Hulse was aboard on his very first flight with the organisation.... Read more

FAA Takes Steps to Ensure ‘No-Radio’ Flights are Properly Tracked and Reported

FAA Takes Steps to Ensure ‘No-Radio’ Flights are Properly Tracked and Reported

19-Nov-2009Source: http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=10923

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is updating training and procedures for handling the loss of two-way communication with aircraft and how other agencies are notified, after a detailed review of air traffic contact with Northwest Airlines Flight 188 on October 21, 2009.... Read more

Currituck County providing $200K for new helicopter

Currituck County providing $200K for new helicopter

19-Nov-2009Source: Hampton Roads

Currituck County has agreed to donate $200,000 toward the purchase of a new Nightingale emergency and medical transport helicopter.  Operated through Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Nightingale had requested up to $1 million as part of a fundraising campaign for a $7 million aircraft... Read more

Zimbabwean Minister intervenes on helicopter wrangle

Zimbabwean Minister intervenes on helicopter wrangle

19-Nov-2009Source: Zimbabwe Telegraph

Zimbabwean Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Francis Nhema, has intervened in the helicopter wrangle that has seen the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) pushing the Zambezi Helicopter Company (ZHC) to a condemned helipad site in Chamabondo on the outskirts of Victoria Falls... Read more

Russian Helicopters offers Middle East operators new approaches to after-sale service and maintenance

Russian Helicopters offers Middle East operators new approaches to after-sale service and maintenance

19-Nov-2009Source: Russian Helicopters

Russian Helicopters held the first regional conferenceentitled New Approaches to Aftersale Service and Maintenance of Mi Helicopters which brought together representatives of the Russian industry, heads of Russian-made helicopter operators from the Middle East, and delegates from regional air authorities.... Read more

Budget cuts mean end of Colorado Springs police helicopter

Budget cuts mean end of Colorado Springs police helicopter

19-Nov-2009Source: FOX21

OX21 News has been telling citizens about the deep budget cuts the city of Colorado Springs  is facing because of slumping sales tax revenues.... Read more

Design Q unveils luxury heliport concept

Design Q unveils luxury heliport concept

19-Nov-2009Source: Flightglobal

A futuristic-looking heliport design that could transform VIP travel around the Middle East has been unveiled by international design consultancy Design Q.... Read more

Perla Group acquires DB Aerokopters in a multi-million dollar deal

Perla Group acquires DB Aerokopters in a multi-million dollar deal

19-Nov-2009

Dubai-based Perla Group International have recently reached an agreement to acquire 100% shares of Ukraine’s DB Aerokopter. DB Aerokopter designs and builds the AK1-3 petrol-powered, two-seater light helicopter.... Read more

Abu Dhabi Aviation and AgustaWestland create UAE joint venture company

Abu Dhabi Aviation and AgustaWestland create UAE joint venture company

19-Nov-2009

AgustaWestland and Abu Dhabi Aviation have reached an agreement to set up in the UAE a joint venture to operate in the field of maintenance and training for helicopters.... Read more

Era Helicopters and Seacor Environmental Services Conduct Joint SAR/EMS Demonstration

Era Helicopters and Seacor Environmental Services Conduct Joint SAR/EMS Demonstration

19-Nov-2009Source: Seacor Holdings

SEACOR Holdings Inc. (SEACOR) (NYSE: CKH) announced today that it conducted a joint Search and Rescue (SAR) and Emergency Medical Services demonstration on October 28 in Sabine Pass, Texas... Read more

New helicopter flight school opens at Medford airport

New helicopter flight school opens at Medford airport

19-Nov-2009Source: KDRV

Clay Clark has been flying for 10 years, and he will celebrate his new business, Table Rock Helicopters, with an open house this weekend.... Read more

Survival suits could have been safer, Cougar S92 crash inquiry hears

Survival suits could have been safer, Cougar S92 crash inquiry hears

17-Nov-2009Source: CBC

Emergency breathing devices for suits worn by passengers during offshore helicopter flights weren’t installed until nine years after they were first recommended and only after a helicopter crashed off the coast of Newfoundland in March, killing 17 people, an inquiry heard Monday.... Read more

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