26-Mar-2010Source: Aerometals
Industry leader Aerometals today announced the acquisition of the operating assets of global filtration leader FDC/aerofilter. This acquisition expands the companies’ previous collaborative integration and development efforts. The combining of these two industry leaders creates a diversified and innovative aerospace company with a global reach. The acquisition creates a diversified company with FDC as the... Read more
26-Mar-2010Source: Business Week
Liberty Helicopters Inc. is offering to fly weary commuters from New Jersey to Manhattan for about $200 a day, saving them 14 hours in traffic a week and signaling that Wall Street may have seen the worst of the recession.... Read more
26-Mar-2010Source: RIA Novosti
Russia has delivered the first batch of Mi-35M Hind E attack helicopters to Brazil, a Russian state arms exporter said on Thursday.... Read more
26-Mar-2010Source: U.S. Navy
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — Capt. Thomas Huff, Commander, Naval Test Wing Atlantic (center left) and Lt. Col. Roger Cordell, Commander, U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (center right), pose with the Tactical Airlift, Adversary and Support programs (PMA-207) and USNTPS UH-72A team with the five new UH-72A Lakota helicopters in front of... Read more
26-Mar-2010Source: Aero Dynamix
Aero Dynamix, Inc, (ADI) has been awarded STC approval by the FAA for the installation of a Night Vision Lighting System in an AgustaWestland AW119 MKII Helicopter for AgustaWestland. The aircraft, modified by AgustaWestland located in Philadelphia PA, was outfitted with NVG compatible lighting to provide safety enhancements for night flight operations. STC SR09519RC for... Read more
26-Mar-2010Source: Justice News Flash
This refers to the accident of Bell 206 N5016U – see HeliHub.com accident page here... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: AgustaWestland
Northstar Aerospace (Canada) Inc., a subsidiary of Northstar Aerospace, Inc. (“Northstar”), has been awarded a $7 million contract to manufacture rotor heads for the AgustaWestland Lynx helicopter, a multi-purpose helicopter used in military applications. Northstar will manufacture the rotor heads at its Milton, Ontario site with delivery to AgustaWestland’s Yeovil, England facility to begin in... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: KKTV
A bidder from North Dakota has purchased a Colorado Springs Police helicopter that was auctioned off on-line after the city came up short of funds to keep the police choppers in the air.... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: Shephard Press
Elbit Systems and ATK are working on a JV to provide a lightweight low-cost armament package for light helicopters. Light Enhanced Armament Package (LEAP), as it’s known, has been revealed on a mock-up of a Eurocopter EC635 at the FIDAE Airshow in Chile... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: STARS
Husky Energy’s President & Chief Executive Officer John C.S. Lau presented the Alberta Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) with a $100,000 cheque today at the Calgary STARS base to fund two new ultrasound machines. “The use of ultrasounds offers another important, sophisticated tool to assist our air medical crew in caring for the critically... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: News of the North
The EC145 replaces the Ministry’s venerable Bell-222 and is expected to enter into service during the second part of 2010... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: McCook Daily Gazette
How much is a prototype helicopter worth? Who’s going to determine its value? And if the helicopter and its technology are sold, how much of Red Willow County’s $300,000 loan can be recouped? Should the county pay storage costs accruing on the helicopter?... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: Jackson Sun
A spokeswoman says weather concerns prompted her medical transport company to turn down what appears to be the flight that led to a fatal Hospital Wing medical helicopter crash in Brownsville early this morning.... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: NBC San Diego
On Thursday, Martz contacted NBCSanDiego to say that he had passed his “helicopter pilots license test today with the FAA. I am back and fully licensed.”... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: Click 2 Houston
Employees of the Houston mayor’s office have been lining up for rides in what one pilot called “open season” for City Hall staffers to have fun aboard police helicopter flights on taxpayers’ dime... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: RPP
Deputy head of International Cooperation of the Russian Technologies corporation, Sergei Goreslavski, avoided comment in Santiago on how many helicopters would buy Chile, but the figure of five aircraft had been earlier... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: Gander Beacon
The House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence agreed to undertake a review of Canadian Forces SAR response times, including those for Squadron 103 at 9 Wing Gander.... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: UPI
Phoenix police arrested a teenager for allegedly pointing a laser beam at a police helicopter, authorities said. The 14-year-old boy apparently admitted involvement after being arrested.... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: CT Now
The companies, divisions of United Technologies Corp., sued the government in 2005 in an attempt to keep the documents under wraps after Connecticut news reporters requested copies of them... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: DynCorp International
The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command has awarded a contract to DynCorp International to provide helicopter maintenance support services for the Royal Saudi helicopter fleet. The contract, which was awarded under the Foreign Military Sales program, has a two year base period with a contract value of $17.2 million, and three one-year option periods.... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: Universal Wing
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Mar 24, 2010 — Universal Wing Technologies Inc. announces the commencement of its first commercial survey contract of 2010. Field engineers are currently undertaking a magnetometer-based mission for a third party client using the company’s Sky Dart system. The Sky Dart is a versatile helicopter-towed bird system developed by the payload specialists... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: HeliHub.com
Eurocopter, or predecessor Aerospatiale to be precise, started the AS350 serial numbers at 1001 and have in recent months been fast approaching 4999. The manufacturer then faced a dilemma, as the AS355 numbers start from 5001 and are currently approaching 5800, with production continuing and could potentially exceed 1,000 units taking the serial numbers over... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: Rutland Herald
North Country Heliflite offers scenic tours of the area from an R44. The flights are also available for aerial photography, land surveying and rides for charitable events, weddings, birthday parties and graduations.... Read more
25-Mar-2010Source: Eurocopter
Marignane, Eurocopter and Funkwerk Avionics have successfully completed a helicopter test flight with an EC145 in the Galileo test bed GATE in Berchtesgaden, Southern Germany. The test flight was observed by IFEN GmbH, the operator of the GATE test bed. The test marked the first time that signals from the future European satellite navigation system... Read more
24-Mar-2010Source: Sikorsky
BOGOTA, Colombia, March 24, 2010 – Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced today an agreement with the Colombian Ministry of Defense to establish an S-70™ BLACK HAWK Helicopter Training Facility at the Colombian Air Force Base in Melgar, Colombia. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:... Read more
24-Mar-2010Source: Bell
FORT WORTH, Texas (March 24, 2010) – Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced the appointment of Larry D. Roberts as senior vice president, Commercial Business, responsible for the sales, marketing and program development of Bell’s line of proven, reliable, commercial helicopters. “Larry is a dynamic leader with unparalleled expertise in the... Read more
24-Mar-2010Source: United Rotorcraft Solutions
DECATUR, TX, MARCH 23, 2010: United Rotorcraft Solutions (URS) was awarded a FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) SR09567RC for their Lead Acid Battery Maintainer on March 22, 2010. The STC is for the Bell 407. Weighing less than 5 pounds, the maintainer increases battery life and can be left on without harming the battery. It... Read more
23-Mar-2010Source: Bristow Group
HOUSTON, March 23, 2010 – Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), a leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, announced today that it has won four contracts for work in Brazil and the U.K. North Sea totaling in excess of $275 million over their initial five-year terms. William E. Chiles, President and Chief... Read more
23-Mar-2010Source: CAE
Montreal, March 23, 2010 – (NYSE: CAE; TSX: CAE) – CAE today announced that the Government of Canada has awarded CAE a contract valued at approximately C$250 million for a comprehensive CH147F Chinook helicopter aircrew training solution. The contract was awarded under the program called the Operational Training Systems Provider (OTSP) and is in support... Read more
23-Mar-2010Source: HeliHub.com
The Helitech Brasil exhbition, due to be staged in Sao Paulo from 25-27 May has been cancelled. The event website contains this notice “Unfortunately, due to the current economic conditions, we’ve had to make the decision to postpone Helitech Brasil for this year. Many of our exhibitors are seeing their budgets drastically cut and without... Read more
23-Mar-2010Source: HeliHub.com
Heli Aviation at Nördlingen Airport has received their first Cabri G2 from the French manufacturer Helicopteres Guimbal, and becomes the first helicopter school in Germany to offer the type on their fleet. A second example is due to join the fleet in the autumn of this year. Heli-Aviation also offer ab initio training on the... Read more
23-Mar-2010Source: WBOY channel 12
Air Evac opened up its new facility on the grounds of Wetzel County Hospital over the weekend.... Read more
23-Mar-2010Source: HeilHub.com
British JetRanger owner Joel Tobias regularly blogs about flying his JetRanger, and it’s great to read stories written by such an enthusiastic private pilot. However, as he leads his readers through night training exercises, a sense of alarm was raised in a recent missive:- “there were no emergencies, but we did become involved in a... Read more
23-Mar-2010Source: 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
23-Mar-2010Source: 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
23-Mar-2010Source: 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
23-Mar-2010Source: 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
22-Mar-2010Source: Orange County Register
Due to budget cuts, Huntington Beach has decreased its flight time to 40 hours from 60, saving about $108,000. Anaheim has cut their hours to 45 from 60, reducing costs by $311,000, and the Sheriff’s Department slashed its air time in half – from five hours a day to two and a half, saving $700,000.... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: The Ledger
An Orlando man is in jail today on charges he shot at a law enforcement helicopter.... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: DART Helicopter Services
DART Helicopter Services is pleased to announce that their subsidiary partner Apical Industries has received ANAC approval of the EC145 Tri-Bag Emergency Float Systems with & without Liferafts in Argentina. Transport Canada, FAA and EASA approvals have been previously received. The Apical EC145 Emergency Float Kits consist of: four emergency floats attached to the skid... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: Sikorsky
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, March 22, 2010 – Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has successfully completed the first flight of its second S-76D™ helicopter. The prototype aircraft successfully completed its initial test card during a flight on March 19 that lasted approximately 30 minutes. The S-76D helicopter is the latest version of the S-76® helicopter. Sikorsky is... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: Mer et Marine
Flying from bases at Le Touquet, Cherbourg, Lanvéoc-Poulmic and La Rochelle Hyères, the 35F unit flew 529 operational missions in 2009, flying 750 hours and rescuing 196 people... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: HAI
HAI President Matt Zuccaro testified today, March 17, 2010, at a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The hearing examined the disparate safety statistics between FAA part 121 scheduled air carrier services and part 135 on-demand charter operations. A video of Mr. Zuccaro’s testimony and responses to Congressional inquiry can be viewed... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: Pasadena Independent
Executives from MD Helicopters presented a key to the new helicopter to Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard during a brief afternoon ceremony introducing the public to the new member of Pasadena PD.... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: Uruguay al Dia
Next Monday, the Air Force will deploy two twin-engine Bell 212 helicopters to meet humanitarian missions in Bukavu airport in the Republic of Congo.... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: Flug Revue
The EC135 helicopter fleet at the Army Aviation Training School in Bückeburg has achieved since 2000, the number of 50,000 flight hours.... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: CBC
A 56 year-old man fell from a platform at the Iron Ore Co mine and died while waiting for an air ambulance to arrive.... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: HeliHub.com
After two years operating in the UK, the two British Mi-17s have now been shipped to Afghanistan, where they have been donated to the local forces. Purchased from Bulgaria, and serialled ZB697 and ZB698, the two helicopters were shipped out Thursday last week aboard an An-124 freighter operated by Polet, and were still in their... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: Wisconsin State Journal
The company, founded in 2000 at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport, customizes medical helicopters from around the U.S. and provides maintenance work on medical, government, corporate and privately owned helicopters.... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: Australian Dept of Defence
Greg Combet, the Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, today announced the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) has signed a contract with the US Army Security Assistance Command to acquire seven CH-47F Chinook helicopters, two Simulators and associated spares. “The aircraft will replace the existing fleet of six CH-47D Chinooks operated by C Squadron of... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: KVIA ABC7
Texas deploys military OH-58 Kiowa and UH-72 Lakota helicopters to the area between El Paso and Brownsville as part of the first phase of the state’s spillover violence contingency plan.... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: Research and Markets
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Rotorhub Handbook” subscription to their offering, priced at 106 Euros per copy and available in June 2010 Provides an essential users guide to the civil and para-public helicopter as well as the equipment used in these areas. It incorporates information from the Public Service Aviation Handbook... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: Mer et Marine
Two Dauphins for delivery in 2011 and 2012 will replace two French Air Force Super Pumas... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: Business First
Air Evac Lifeteam, an independently owned, for-profit air ambulance provider, plans to open an office in Hardinsburg, in Breckenridge County, in June.... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: Chicago Tribune
The National Transportation Safety Board attributed the fatal 2008 crash of an Air Angels medical helicopter in Aurora to the pilot’s “inadequate preflight planning” and flying too low, which caused the copter to strike a radio tower.... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: Yahoo! Philippines
The Republic of Singapore Navy has achieved a milestone in its air and sea capabilities. For the first time, it has naval helicopters working alongside its frigates to accomplish what is described as “the best of both worlds”.... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: NZ Herald
Billionaire businessman Michael Erceg flew his executive helicopter – and the Dutch businessman who was his passenger – into treetops that he apparently failed to see in time, according to a NZ Civil Aviation Authority report... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: Aero Dynamix
Aero Dynamix, Inc, (ADI) has been awarded the first ever STC approval by the FAA for the installation of a Night Vision Lighting System in a Bell 429. The HEMS aircraft, owned and operated by Air Methods Corporation, was outfitted with NVG compatible lighting to provide safety enhancements for night flight operations. For ADI, located... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: US Coast Guard
KODIAK, Alaska – Eight Alaska-based Coast Guardsmen from Air Station Kodiak will be awarded the American Helicopter Society’s prestigious William J. Kossler Award at the American Helicopter Society Forum in Phoenix May 12 for saving the lives of seven commercial fishermen in 2009. “It’s great to see this national-level attention for the great work done... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: Arizona Daily Star
Seven air ambulance companies have agreed to make changes in how pilots communicate with each other as they approach a Flagstaff hospital. The changes come as a result of the June 2008 mid-air collision of two medical helicopters that killed seven over the skies of Flagstaff.... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: HeliHub.com
Eurocopter have issued “Information Notice” document number 2157-I-00 in which they express the opinion that all SA360C Dauphins are now withdrawn from use, and have asked any operator to contact them by 1st May 2010. If none come forward by that date, they will commence the withdrawal of the type certificate. A total of 2... Read more
22-Mar-2010Source: Dedalo
Two Agusta-Bell AB.212 helicopters of 21 ° Gruppo of the 9th Wing of the Air Force returned yesterday from Afghanistan to Italy in a USAF C-17... Read more
21-Mar-2010Source: http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/flying-school-before-driving-3424845
After turning 16, Sam Botherway is now able to fly himself anywhere, but under proposed new driving laws, his mother would have to drop him at the airfield first.... Read more
21-Mar-2010Source: Okotoks Western Wheel
Dr. Greg Powell, president and CEO of STARS air ambulance, will be speaking in Okotoks on March 25 and his message will be clear: The sooner a patient reaches critical care the more likely a positive outcome becomes.... Read more
21-Mar-2010Source: Houston Examiner
Police officers could be removed from the helicopter patrols that have long provided the eye in the sky for HPD officers on the ground, depending on the outcome of a study now commissioned by Houston’s new mayor.... Read more
21-Mar-2010Source: Ski Rebel
Canadian company Eagle Pass Heliskiing, based in Revelstoke, is taking advantage of new technologies and development by supplying each participant on its trips with a ‘SnowPulse Lifebag’ inflatable backpack... Read more
21-Mar-2010Source: Stuff
The council had resolved to close its facility when the new heliport was operational, but on Thursday it revoked this decision after helicopter operators said they did not want to use the new 3.5-hectare site.... Read more
21-Mar-2010
A press report of the situation at Waterford appeared in many Irish news sources this week, here is how RTE reported it. The Facebook group “Save 24hr Search & Rescue Helicopter Cover in South-East” describes itself thus:- SIGN THE PETITION NOW! http://www.petitiononline.com/sar01/ On 15th March 2010, the Irish Government put a price on peoples heads….... Read more
21-Mar-2010Source: Press-Enterprise
Riverside Community Hospital has been the only trauma center south of San Francisco without a helicopter landing pad, hospital officials said, but no longer.... Read more
21-Mar-2010Source: Hartford Business Journal
The state has made it clear that they have no plans to reduce the program’s funding as part of budget planning for the 2010 or 2011 fiscal years.... Read more
20-Mar-2010Source: Helibras
Eurocopter and its Helicópteros do Brasil-Helibras affiliate company today marked the construction start-up for a new rotary-wing center of excellence in Itajuba, Brazil, where Helibras will produce, assemble and maintain EC725 helicopters being acquired by the Brazilian armed forces. Production of the EC725 at Itajuba will result in a doubling of production capability for Helibras... Read more
20-Mar-2010Source: World Record Helicopter Team
The World Record Helicopter Team and the USA Academy Of Aviation have announced a “Fund Racer†helicopter world speed record attempt to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Date: April 7, 2010 (weather permitting) Pilots: Chief Pilot Johan Nurmi, Brent McNevin and Travis Reid Helicopter: Robinson R44 Clipper From: Los Angeles International Airport (rooftop helicopter... Read more
20-Mar-2010
Power Flow Systems, Inc. is in the final stages of STC approval to bolt-on their industry leading high performance exhaust system to a Lycoming O-320 powered Robinson R22. This product, Power Flow’s first on a rotorcraft, was designed in cooperation with Performance Aviation in New Zealand where it has already received CAA approval. The PFS... Read more
20-Mar-2010Source: Bristow Group
Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), a leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, today announced that the Company will be presenting at the 38th Annual Howard Weil Energy Conference to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 21 – 25, 2010. William E. Chiles, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bristow... Read more
20-Mar-2010Source: Broadpoint
Broadpoint, an industry leader in telecommunications and network solutions, has announced its contract with SandRidge Energy to provide critical offshore aviation communications to the Federal Aviation Administration. Using Broadpoint’s expansive digital communications network, the Federal Aviation Administration was able to successfully upgrade critical airspace communications equipment, located on offshore oil platforms owned by SandRidge Energy,... Read more
