Proposals for how the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) could take on the safety certification and approval of offshore helidecks, raising safety levels through a CAA-directed scheme that would have powers to stop flights to helidecks that fail to meet the minimum standards, were announced today as part of a consultation on the area. The… Read more »
The UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) conducted an inaugural Workshop supporting the implementation of the new regulations requiring all heliport operators to hold either a GCAA Heliport Certificate or Landing Area Acceptance. See Full Story
After nearly seven months, Derriford Hospital is close to finishing the new helipad, which will be in operation by June, allowing a wider range of aircraft to land on site and being accessible 24 hours a day. Currently the hospital does not have a recognised helipad and instead has a small grassed-over area adjacent to… Read more »
Meeting in a special called session Tuesday afternoon, the Paris Municipal Regional Planning Commission spent most of an hour discussing proposed regulations for heliports. See full story
The future Telluride Medical Center to be constructed in Mountain Village will have a helipad after Mountain Village officials gave the project a green light Thursday. A conditional use permit for the designated helicopter landing zone was approved by both the Mountain Village Design Review Board and the Mountain Village Town Council without opposition after… Read more »
The future Telluride Medical Center to be constructed in Mountain Village will have a helipad after Mountain Village officials gave the project a green light Thursday. A conditional use permit for the designated helicopter landing zone was approved by both the Mountain Village Design Review Board and the Mountain Village Town Council without opposition after… Read more »
The push is on for approval of a helipad atop the new John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital at the Buffalo-Niagara Medical Campus but, before construction, the pad needs to be signed off by local, state, and federal officials. See Full Story
A man wearing body armor and carrying a gun was arrested while walking on a helicopter pad at Boston Medical Center on Saturday, according to Boston police. See Full Story
The dream of a Helipad for the Guyra community is within sight following a significant contribution announced this week. Costa, Australia’s largest horticultural business and owner of the Guyra tomato glasshouse has contributed $17,000 towards the project. See Full Story
If you notice more helicopters in the air in and around Highland, there’s a reason. Sheriff’s Aviation has completed its move from Rialto Airport to San Bernardino International Airport. See Full Story
The first helicopter test landing has taken place on the new south Glasgow hospital’s helipad. Yesterday a Scottish Ambulance Service EC135 air ambulance operated by Bond Air Services performed a perfect landing on the state-of-the-art helipad on the roof of the 14 storey hospital. The helipad has a dedicated rapid access lift which can transfer… Read more »
Kaleida Health is seeking permission from the state to build a $1.1 million helipad on the roof of the new John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital now under construction on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. See Full Story
Ambulance helicopters will again be allowed to land at Royal Melbourne Hospital after a helipad was shut down due to nearby construction work. See Full Story
Ornge helicopters are again flying in and out of Health Sciences North’s Ramsey Lake Health Centre after a faulty elevator cut off access to the hospital’s helipad last month. See Full Story
The helipad at the Royal Melbourne Hospital has been closed for weeks due to concerns that a nearby crane on a construction site is intruding airspace. See Full Story
On cloudy days, like the ones Utah Valley has been experiencing lately, it will take little effort to spot one of the new MountainStar helicopters flying across the sky. See Full Story
WellSpan York Hospital, today, officially opened its new, state-of-the-art helipad as part of the hospital’s ongoing $50 million overhaul of its emergency department, enhancing the hospital’s ability to provide advanced, life-saving specialty care to the region’s sickest and most seriously injured patients. WellSpan York Hospital is the only Level 1 Regional Resource Trauma Center in… Read more »
Mumbai is expected to have more helipads now because the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has framed a policy on it in its new development plan. See Full Storey
The new helipad at the Didsbury hospital should be completed by the late summer of this year, according to officials involved with the project. See Full Story
Guidance Aviation has officially announced the launch of its “LZ Network”, emphasizing off-airport operations and real world training. The off-airport network of helipads and landing zones includes a floating helipad atop the organization’s 75’ft houseboat. Students practice pinnacle landings, confined areas, off-airport operations, and water landings. In addition to the over-water helipad on Lake Powell,… Read more »
A number of hospitals in Wales have existing helicopter landing sites but only three currently support 24-hour-a-day landings – Ysbyty Gwynedd, in Bangor; Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, in Rhyl and Morriston Hospital, in Swansea. The £180,000 investment announced today means helicopter landing sites, which have already been cleared for day landings, will become available for night… Read more »
The facility at King’s will be London’s third helipad, and serve a trauma population of 5.5 million people across south east London and Kent. The multi-million pound helipad will speed up the time it takes helicopters to transfer critically ill patients to King’s. The helipad will be built on top of an existing tower-block on… Read more »
Jackson South Community Hospital celebrated the opening of its new helipad with an inaugural helicopter landing Friday, Jan. 23. The new helipad will allow air ambulance transfers between Jackson South and other hospitals. See Full Story
“In any self-respecting metropolis, all means of transportation are important,” Coderre said. “It’s done in New York and across the world. Even the plans for the MUHC (McGill University Health Centre) called for one (but it didn’t come through). … They have one on the island in Toronto, in Mississauga. Even Mont-Tremblant has one.” See… Read more »
Helicopters serving Norwalk Hospital could be flying in over a residential neighborhood from the northwest — if only a few times a year — under a proposed new flight path plan. See Full Story
Beijing’s highest helipad located on the 81st floor of China World Summit Wing was formally put into operation and is expected to provide both emergency rescue and sightseeing services after its successful test flights on Tuesday, Jan. 6. See Full Story
A proposed hospital helicopter landing pad that’s drawn opposition from nearby residents and business owners is set for a public hearing Monday, Jan. 12, before Mason’s City Council. See Full Story
In a move that may help corporate heads, industrialists, VIPs and VVIPs visiting the city, the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) plans to build a new helipad, with parking space for two choppers, in south Mumbai. See Full Story
Swift County will contribute $13,333 toward the cost of constructing a helipad two blocks west of the Swift County-Benson Hospital. The site is a vacant lot just to the east of the Civic Center and north of Swift County Human Services building. See Full Story
Top brass in Russia will now be swift and mobile not only at drills, but also while navigating through Moscow. Their new berthing and helipad facility on the Moscow River will provide jamless access to the newly-built national defense HQ by air and water. See Full Story
Manatee County on Dec. 6 will unveil a new helistop that will allow helicopters to land at the Public Safety Center in the event of a disaster. Manatee County Emergency Management officials worked with SRQ Composite Squadron, FL-044 Florida Wing, an auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, to design the helistop. The Public Safety Center… Read more »
Praesidian Capital Europe (“Praesidian”), which provides senior and subordinated debt along with growth capital predominantly to UK companies, announced today that it has provided first lien debt to support the acquisition of Helideck Certification Agency Limited (“HCA”) by a group of private investors. Headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland, HCA is the leading provider of inspection and… Read more »
Ho Chi Minh City’s leaders have abandoned plans to add a helicopter pad and tunnel to the downtown administrative center, an official said. See Full Story
Quilcene Fire Rescue (QFR) has designated a new helicopter landing zone in Quilcene while the usual site is unavailable for about six months. See Full Story
Since work began 14 months ago on the PRL Logistics Inc. facility at Kenai Landing, CEO Ron Hyde has strived to be a good neighbor in the community. See Full Story
The audit was performed with assistance from the Civil Aviation Authority Norway (CAA Norway). Objective The objective of this audit was to review and evaluate the company’s management of emergency preparedness and helicopter operation at Ekofisk 2/4-L. We requested a presentation of the processes that COPSAS has established to ensure that prerequisites, limitations and recommendations… Read more »
The Philadelphia 76ers are planning to install a helipad and two large signs on the practice facility and offices the team is planning to build in Camden. See Full Story
Sometimes more isn’t better, it’s more confusing. Case in point, city of Homer Ordinance 14-49, with 136 words in the title. While it was clear it had to do with helipads and heliports, small wonder it caused confusion. See Full Story
The Wellington waterfront whirr made by a Helipro chopper is a thing of the past with the closure of five of its bases, including one at Queens Wharf. See Full Story
Installation of a helicopter pad has begun outside the new Sierra Vista Regional Health Center emergency department and when it is done it will have the capacity for two medical helicopters, JEDunn Construction superintendent Jesse Hunt said. See Full Story
The Sheffield Helipad Appeal: ‘Saving Time, Saving Lives’, is being launched by Sheffield Hospitals Charity to raise funds to build a new helipad very close to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department at the Northern General. The new helipad will mean that patients requiring life-saving treatment can be transferred to the Major Trauma Centre (MTC)… Read more »
Two helicopters descended from a cloudless sky to touch down at the newly opened private heliport just past the serene neighborhoods on Hanna Road in the Oak Ridge area Friday. See Full Story
The borough council will soon adopt an ordinance that will limit the hours and number of flights of a proposed heliport use at Fort Monmouth. See Full Story
About 40 residents turned out Thursday night to a hearing in Bushkill Township concerning plans by an Upper Mount Bethel Township businessman to construct a helicopter pad on Keller Road. See Full Story
United States, Boise, Idaho based Aviation Specialties Unlimited Inc., (ASU) announced today, from the showroom floor at the Helitech International Convention in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that the company has signed a new sales and service agreement with Vienna, Austria based Helikopter Air Transportation GmbH (HeliAir).With the agreement, ASU will train HeliAir technicians on night vision goggle… Read more »
We are very excited to be launching our brand new appeal today: The Helipad Appeal. The “Saving Time, Saving Lives” campaign is kicking off today with a launch at the Northern General Hospital – the site where the new helipad will be built. The appeal is being launched to raise funds to build a new… Read more »
The very first helicopter has landed at the Karolinska University Hospital’s brand new helipad in Solna, near downtown Stockholm. The local EC 135 EMS helicopter SE-JFN, piloted by Richard Johansson of Scandinavian MediCopter, did the landing on Friday afternoon. The new two-place helipad sits on top of a new trauma center that is being built… Read more »
SWH Civils has recently tendered for and won the contract for the construction of a helipad at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth. This exciting project, which is due to commence at the end of October, will provide a new helicopter landing facility enabling a wider range of aircraft to land at Derriford Hospital Emergency Unit. The works… Read more »
The reform of Fire Department “Regulation No. 10” was announced Monday by Mayor Eric Garcetti and other officials during a news conference on the rooftop helipad of the downtown AT&T Center. “Every rule that we have is well-intentioned, well thought-out, but often outdated,” the mayor said. See Full Story
A Florida man was arrested after deputies say he refused to move his car so a helicopter could land and transport a victim to the hospital after a serious car accident. See Full Story
ROYAL Navy officials are set to spend £4million on a new city helipad – after losing the one they used when Plymouth City Airport closed. See Full Story
CORNWALL Air Ambulance says a new helipad to be built at Derriford Hospital will make a dramatic difference to Cornish patients. The hospital – the South West’s Major Trauma Centre – announced today that £1.7m of funding has been agreed for a purpose-built helipad, which will be in operation by Summer 2015. The announcement comes… Read more »
Helipad LLC has launched a new pilot kneeboard designed by helicopter pilots for helicopter pilots. “Although we specifically designed our kneeboards with the helicopter pilot in mind, any pilot who desires the ability to maintain hardcopy checklists or approach plates and an iPad or iPad Mini within a tightly spacedor open cockpit environment would benefit… Read more »
The New Jersey Department of Transportation has re-affirmed its approval for Atlantic Health System to construct and operate a restricted use helipad at Overlook Medical Center. See full story
The designing plan of the new administrative center of Ho Chi Minh City must include the construction of a helipad inside its headquarters, the municipal government said in a recent fiat. See Full Story
Air Ambulances which cover Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales today welcomed an upgrade of the helipad at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). The upgrade, which will take about seven weeks to complete with work beginning from today (18 August), will allow some of the newer larger air ambulances to land on the site… Read more »
A final location for the Mannum hospital helipad is still up in the air with an agreement between the Mid Murray Council and Mannum Health Advisory Committee (HAC) yet to be reached. See Full Story
The public hearing has not yet been scheduled, but the application to establish a private heliport on a rural estate is sparking lots of comments on the county planning department’s online input system. See Full Story
The helipad project in Taman Titiwangsa, Kuala Lumpur is expected to be operational by the end of the year, said Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Seri Ahmad Phesal Talib. See Full Story
St. Vincent Heart Center is seeking city permission to build a helipad on church-owned property south of 103rd Street in Carmel, about a half-mile from the specialty hospital. See Full Story
The developers behind the $200 million Trinity Point Marina development have re-submitted plans for a helipad in Lake Macquarie despite community concerns about noise. “See Full Story“
The Board of Adjustment unanimously approved a request from Portsmouth Regional Hospital for a special exemption to build a helipad in the hospital’s parking lot. See full story
