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Police Aviation News – August 2009 edition

Police Aviation News – August 2009 edition

1-Aug-2009Source: Police Aviation News

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Kazan Helicopter Plant hosts mayor of Istanbul

Kazan Helicopter Plant hosts mayor of Istanbul

31-Jul-2009Source: Kazan

July, 24 was held the official visit of two important visitors on the Kazan helicopter plant. The Interest to manufacture of the world famous helicopters of mark “Mi” and ANSAT was shown by the mayor of the city of Kazan Ilsur Metshin and the mayor of Istanbul Kadir Topbas.... Read more

Uttarakhand Chief Minister orders transfer of land for use as helipad

Uttarakhand Chief Minister orders transfer of land for use as helipad

31-Jul-2009Source: PTI

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank today ordered transferring of 21 hectares land in Joshimath area to Chamoli district administration for the construction of a helipad, stadium and an auditorium.... Read more

Cayman Islands Police EC135 controversy rumbles on

Cayman Islands Police EC135 controversy rumbles on

31-Jul-2009Source: Cay Compass

Governor Stuart Jack asked the Auditor General Dan Duguay in September to undertake an investigation into the purchase of the helicopter. Mr. Duguay found that there was no clear documentation of what the required operational capabilities of the helicopter should be, and limited communication between the police and the Civil Aviation Authority about the helicopter.... Read more

Heavy Lift Helicopter Community Celebrates Propulsion First

Heavy Lift Helicopter Community Celebrates Propulsion First

31-Jul-2009Source: Rotorhub

The CH-53K’s engine, the GE38, took center stage at a ceremony held at General Electric in Lynn, Mass., last week.... Read more

Pilot My-Cast℠ by Garmin Coming to the iPhone™ and iPod Touch® for US, Canadian subscribers

Pilot My-Cast℠ by Garmin Coming to the iPhone™ and iPod Touch® for US, Canadian subscribers

31-Jul-2009Source: Garmin

iPhone and iPod Touch users can soon download Pilot My-Cast by Garmin, a premier cell phone application that provides critical aviation weather data, flight planning and flight filing services to U.S. and Canadian based subscribers.... Read more

Canadian engine flies Chinese attack helicopter

Canadian engine flies Chinese attack helicopter

31-Jul-2009Source: Canada.com

China’s newest attack helicopter is powered by Canadian-built engines, a development military analysts say could spark a backlash against Canada’s aerospace industry from U.S. lawmakers concerned about technology being transferred into the wrong hands.... Read more

DART Announces ANAC Approval of Apical’s AS350 Cable Cutters Kit

DART Announces ANAC Approval of Apical’s AS350 Cable Cutters Kit

31-Jul-2009Source: Vertical

DART Helicopter Services announces that their subsidiary partner Apical Industries has received ANAC approval for their AS350 Cable Cutters Kit in Brazil. Transport Canada, FAA and EASA approvals have been previously received.... Read more

Carter Celebrates 15th Anniversary

Carter Celebrates 15th Anniversary

31-Jul-2009Source: Carter

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Trinidad and Tobago Orders Four AW139 Helicopters

Trinidad and Tobago Orders Four AW139 Helicopters

31-Jul-2009Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the government of Trinidad and Tobago has signed a contract to purchase four AW139 medium twin turbine helicopters. Trinidad and Tobago’s Air Guard (TTAG) will establish a dedicated unit to use these helicopters for search and rescue, surface surveillance, law enforcement, drug interdiction and disaster relief... Read more

Garmin® Celebrates the Delivery of the 100,000th GNS 400/500 Series Product

Garmin® Celebrates the Delivery of the 100,000th GNS 400/500 Series Product

30-Jul-2009Source: Garmin

It is estimated that Garmin’s 400/500 series avionics have been installed on approximately half of all U.S. single and twin-engine piston and turbine aircraft, which makes it among the most popular avionics of all time.... Read more

L-3 Avionics’ Trilogy™ Receives TSO and AML STC

L-3 Avionics’ Trilogy™ Receives TSO and AML STC

30-Jul-2009Source: L-3 Avionics

Designed as a backup for glass cockpit avionics, Trilogy is the first solid-state integrated standby system created specifically for Part 23 aircraft.... Read more

UTair launches operations from Murmansk with Mi-8 helicopters

UTair launches operations from Murmansk with Mi-8 helicopters

30-Jul-2009Source: UTair

The new subsidiary signed an agreement with the authorities of Murmansk Region to carry passengers and cargoes into some not easily accessible areas of the Region and perform MEDEVAC flights. UTair Murmansk is also planning to enter into contracts on rendering air services along the North Sea Route – the shortest Arctic waterway connecting European... Read more

Abu Dhabi Aviation looks further afield

Abu Dhabi Aviation looks further afield

30-Jul-2009Source: The National

The company has leased helicopters to air operators or to oil and gas firms in Ethiopia, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and recently signed new alliances with India’s Heligo, for the use of one Agusta Westland 139, and an offshore support firm for Petrobras... Read more

Raytheon tapped for Royal Australian Navy AS350BA fleet support

Raytheon tapped for Royal Australian Navy AS350BA fleet support

30-Jul-2009Source: Rotorhub

Raytheon Australia has been tapped to provide in-service support for the Royal Australian Navy’s Aerospatiale AS350BA Squirrel helicopters through to their planned life of type with an initial five year contract announced 29 July.... Read more

Garmin® G600 Upgrades Add Synthetic Vision and Autopilot Interface

Garmin® G600 Upgrades Add Synthetic Vision and Autopilot Interface

30-Jul-2009Source: Garmin

Gary Kelley, Garmin’s VP of marketing said “With the addition of SVT and the GAD 43, the G600 takes another step forward by giving pilots the benefits of flying with 3D virtual reality and enhanced autopilot reliability.”... Read more

New downtown helicopter shuttle to start from Tokyo's Narita Airport in September

New downtown helicopter shuttle to start from Tokyo's Narita Airport in September

30-Jul-2009Source: Asahi

Mori Building Co., developer of Tokyo’s plush Roppongi Hills complex, will offer a helicopter service from Sept. 16 to shuttle passengers between downtown and Narita Airport for a minimum one-way fare of 50,000 yen... Read more

EADS North America’s LUH platform meets key U.S. Army armed aerial scout performance requirement

EADS North America’s LUH platform meets key U.S. Army armed aerial scout performance requirement

30-Jul-2009Source: EADS

EADS North America today announced it has completed a series of successful “high/hot” flight demonstrations of its UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) platform.... Read more

Rolls-Royce secures RotorWay International for RR300 engine

Rolls-Royce secures RotorWay International for RR300 engine

30-Jul-2009Source: Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce  has been selected to power the RotorWay Eagle 300T turbine twin-seat helicopter with RR300B1 engines. As part of this agreement, RR300 engines will be delivered to RotorWay International through 2017.... Read more

Rotorway launches two-seat turbine helicopter

Rotorway launches two-seat turbine helicopter

30-Jul-2009Source: Flightglobal

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Questions raised about firefighting helicopters' safety

Questions raised about firefighting helicopters' safety

29-Jul-2009Source: Redding Record Searchlight

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Tigres arrive in Afghanistan

Tigres arrive in Afghanistan

28-Jul-2009Source: Rotorhub

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EagleMed selling to national air medical transportation company

EagleMed selling to national air medical transportation company

28-Jul-2009Source: Wichita Business Journal

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Lockheed Martin Awarded $142M Arrowhead Production Contract

Lockheed Martin Awarded $142M Arrowhead Production Contract

28-Jul-2009Source: Lockheed Martin

The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $142 million follow-on production contract for the Apache Arrowhead system, the combat-proven, Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) for the AH-64D Apache attack helicopter.... Read more

Boeing Observes 45th Anniversary of Sea Knight Helicopter First Flight

Boeing Observes 45th Anniversary of Sea Knight Helicopter First Flight

28-Jul-2009Source: Boeing

The Boeing Company recognizes the service of the CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, which completed its first flight 45 years ago this month. One hundred sixty-eight of the 624 aircraft originally produced remain in operation with the U.S. Marine Corps and are still maintained by Boeing.... Read more

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