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UK charter demand increasing, says Atlas Helicopters

UK charter demand increasing, says Atlas Helicopters

7-Sep-2010

Atlas Helicopters has announced that despite the credit crunch woes affecting the majority of the transport industry, helicopter charter is making a slow but steady revival, with private and business helicopter hire experiencing an increased demand. Mike Burns, Chief Executive and pilot at Atlas Helicopters, who have been experiencing business growth despite the economic conditions,... Read more

Surrey Air Ambulance night flight plans “could take four years”

Surrey Air Ambulance night flight plans “could take four years”

7-Sep-2010Source: ThisIsLocalLondon

Air ambulance spokesman Jill Playle said despite next month’s decision, the change was unlikely to happen for another three to four years, saying “This is a long process and the planning application is the very first step to doing this”.... Read more

Royal Navy deploys Merlin on anti-piracy ops off Eastern Africa

Royal Navy deploys Merlin on anti-piracy ops off Eastern Africa

7-Sep-2010Source: Royal Navy

A Royal Navy Helicopter Squadron is deploying to the Horn of Africa and the Gulf of Aden to carry out specialist anti-piracy operations over the coming months.  Personnel from 820 Naval Air Squadron including Aircrew and Engineers and their Merlin helicopter, will be embarked on a Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship (RFA Fort Victoria) and will... Read more

Heritage award for The Helicopter Museum

Heritage award for The Helicopter Museum

6-Sep-2010Source: The Helicopter Museum

The Helicopter Museum site on the airfield at Weston-super-Mare has been recognised by The Transport Trust as a Transport Heritage site, in recognition of its connection with the manufacturing of helicopters in the town between 1955 and 2002. The occasion will be marked with the unveiling of a special Red Wheel Plaque at The Helicopter... Read more

Two arrests after laser pointed at Cambridgeshire Police helicopter

Two arrests after laser pointed at Cambridgeshire Police helicopter

4-Sep-2010Source: Cambridge News

The pair allegedly aimed the shaft of light at the cockpit of the Cambridgeshire force’s aircraft while it was on a call... Read more

UK MoD helicopter jobs to move from Yeovilton to Bristol

UK MoD helicopter jobs to move from Yeovilton to Bristol

2-Sep-2010Source: BBC

The Chinook Project Team (IPT) and two other helicopter project teams will move to the MoD procurement site.... Read more

Robinson R66 performance figures and pricing released

Robinson R66 performance figures and pricing released

1-Sep-2010Source: Sloane Helicopters

Sloane Helicopters Ltd., the UK and Ireland distributors for the Robinson Helicopter Company, is pleased to be able to announce some preliminary performance information for the new Robinson R66 Turbine helicopter. The Robinson R66 is in the final stages of FAA certification and, as part of the certification programme, some pilots from Robinson operators around... Read more

Eurocopter may relocate part of its activities from Romania to UK

Eurocopter may relocate part of its activities from Romania to UK

1-Sep-2010

The source says Eurocopter believes that moving a 300 million pound contract back to the UK would may be accomplished without an impact on price.... Read more

UK: Yorkshire and Humberside police could share helicopters

UK: Yorkshire and Humberside police could share helicopters

1-Sep-2010Source: Yorkshire Press

North Yorkshire Police is in discussions with Humberside, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire Police about the possibility of pooling resources to pay for the servicing and engineering of their eyes in the sky.... Read more

UK AAIB Bulletin – August 2010

UK AAIB Bulletin – August 2010

31-Aug-2010Source: AAIB

The monthly bulletin from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch has been released. This month’s issue covers the accident of:- MD369E G-VICE at Poundgate, Devon on 24th May 2010... Read more

UK: Hampshire police helicopter share raises concerns

UK: Hampshire police helicopter share raises concerns

31-Aug-2010Source: BBC

Hampshire Police’s move to share Surrey’s EC135 and Sussex’s MD Explorer, rather than use its own Islander plane, has caused concern among officers... Read more

Max-Viz and Police Aviation Services win US Dept of Commerce integration approval

Max-Viz and Police Aviation Services win US Dept of Commerce integration approval

30-Aug-2010Source: Max-Viz

Max-Viz, Inc and Police Aviation Services (PAS) of England have received a Statement of Integration (SOI) export license from the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) allowing significantly quicker and more streamlined export of Max-Viz Enhanced Vision System technology abroad to civilian users through the PAS facility in Cheltenham, UK. PDF – Max-Viz and PAS receive... Read more

British Joint Helicopter Force keeps things moving in Afghanistan

British Joint Helicopter Force keeps things moving in Afghanistan

30-Aug-2010Source: UK MoD

Helicopters are crucial to the success of operations in Helmand, and, from medical evacuation and troop movement to resupply and ground attack, the men and women of the Joint Helicopter Force do it all. Report by Sharon Kean. There is no average day for Camp Bastion’s Joint Helicopter Force (JHF). It is responsible for around... Read more

British helicopter carrier begins second Caribbean anti-drugs deployment

British helicopter carrier begins second Caribbean anti-drugs deployment

30-Aug-2010Source: Royal Navy

Royal Navy warship HMS Ocean has arrived in the Caribbean where she will provide contingency support to British dependent territories during the hurricane season, as well as contribute towards ongoing anti-drug smuggling operations. Having already deployed to the Caribbean in 2007, when the amphibious assault ship made a major impact on drug smuggling by seizing... Read more

British Commando Helicopter Force get to grips with new gun

British Commando Helicopter Force get to grips with new gun

30-Aug-2010Source: UK MoD

Crews in the Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) have got their hands on a new and improved door gun ahead of 16 Air Assault Brigade’s deployment to Afghanistan in October. 846 Naval Air Squadron began training aircrew on their new FN Herstal M3M .50-inch-calibre (12.7mm) door-mounted weapon system while supporting 16 Air Assault Brigade during their... Read more

Yorkshire Air Ambulance targets corporates for new Business Supporters Network

Yorkshire Air Ambulance targets corporates for new Business Supporters Network

18-Aug-2010Source: Yorkshire Evening Post

The initiative is designed to encourage more businesses to become brand partners of the YAA. In return, for an annual fee, firms will be allowed to use the network logo for promotional purposes, feature on the YAA website and reinforce their corporate social responsibility by supporting a recognised charity... Read more

Surrey Air Ambulance seeks to go 24 hours

Surrey Air Ambulance seeks to go 24 hours

18-Aug-2010Source: BBC

Surrey Air Ambulance spokeswoman Jill Playle said: “We are able to offer a very good service during the daytime but we’re unable to fly at night – and serious illness and injury happens 24 hours a day.... Read more

Consultation over CHC departure from North Denes HP due by month end

Consultation over CHC departure from North Denes HP due by month end

17-Aug-2010Source: Great Yarmouth Mercury

A lengthy consultation over possible plans to relocate operations from Great Yarmouth’s heliport to Norwich should be concluded by the end of the month.... Read more

Lockheed Martin delivers Topscene tactical terrain visualization system to the UK

Lockheed Martin delivers Topscene tactical terrain visualization system to the UK

16-Aug-2010Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] recently delivered the TOPSCENE® Tactical Terrain Visualization System, a mission planning and rehearsal software package, to the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) in support of operations in Afghanistan. U.K. helicopter forces based at RAF Odiham will use TOPSCENE® to perform mission rehearsal with greater realism than is possible with their... Read more

Man charged after laser shone at Cheshire Police EC135

Man charged after laser shone at Cheshire Police EC135

16-Aug-2010Source: BBC

The laser was directed at the cockpit of Cheshire Constabulary’s aircraft as it flew over Winsford on Wednesday night, police said.... Read more

British CAA changes regulation of ex-military aircraft

British CAA changes regulation of ex-military aircraft

16-Aug-2010Source: CAA

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced changes to the regulation of permit to fly ex-military aircraft. Following a number of incidents and accidents involving ex-military aircraft over recent years, the CAA is taking steps to clarify the purposes for which ex-military aircraft can be operated. The CAA is therefore acting to remind the... Read more

AgustaWestland propose SAR Sea King life extension

AgustaWestland propose SAR Sea King life extension

11-Aug-2010Source: Daily Express

As part of the UK Government’s drastic cost cutting, the proposed 25-year S92 contract was set aside.  AgustaWestland are proposing a life-extension to the current fleet as a cheaper option.... Read more

Culdrose Merlin Squadron trains with French Navy

Culdrose Merlin Squadron trains with French Navy

11-Aug-2010Source: Royal Navy

Members of 829 Naval Air Squadron based at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose took part in exercises and training with the French Navy in Toulon recently. Also known as the “Kingfishers”, 829 Squadron usually provides Merlin helicopters for operations from Type 23 Frigates, such as HMS Sutherland, HMS Westminster, HMS Richmond and for ships of... Read more

Humberside Police MD Explorer passes 10,000 hours

Humberside Police MD Explorer passes 10,000 hours

10-Aug-2010Source: Police Aviation Services

Humberside Police Authority’s MD Explorer has just returned to service after a 10,000 hour inspection conducted by Police Aviation Services Ltd (PAS) in Gloucestershire UK. The helicopter is one of the busiest MD 902 Explorers in service and is now the second to have achieved the 10,000 hour milestone. PAS undertook a major role equipment... Read more

Man arrested after laser aimed at Police Helicopter

Man arrested after laser aimed at Police Helicopter

10-Aug-2010Source: West Yorkshire Police

A man has been arrested after a laser pointer was shone at West Yorkshire Police’s helicopter in the early hours of this morning. At just after midnight a laser was shone at the helicopter when it was flying over Leeds. The address was identified using specialist equipment on board the vehicle and the helicopter directed... Read more

Twitter feed for Sussex Police helicopter

Twitter feed for Sussex Police helicopter

10-Aug-2010Source: BBC

People who see the Sussex Police helicopter can now check what the force is doing on Twitter @suspol_heli... Read more

New heliport opens on Portland for 2012 Olympics

New heliport opens on Portland for 2012 Olympics

10-Aug-2010Source: BBC

The heliport at Southwell Business Park is being used for the 2010 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta at Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy.  It will also open during the summer seasons of 2011 and 2012.... Read more

Talks planned this month over Scilly Isles helicopter link

Talks planned this month over Scilly Isles helicopter link

4-Aug-2010Source: BBC

Noise protestors at Land’s End Aerodrome raise concerns.  Operator British International says there will be more concerns over tourism if they can’t operate a service from Cornwall to the Isles of Scilly. {Photo shows the current arrangement at Penzance HP]... Read more

Helicopter Museum to host “BAC 100” hangar dance

Helicopter Museum to host “BAC 100” hangar dance

4-Aug-2010Source: The Helicopter Museum

Tickets went on sale this week for a special one night only event to celebrate 100 years of aviation heritage in the South West. As part of the BAC 100 Celebrations marking the 100th Anniversary of the birth of the aviation industry in the West of England, The Helicopter Museum is hosting a Period Hangar... Read more

UK: One year sentence for person on ground endangering helicopter

UK: One year sentence for person on ground endangering helicopter

3-Aug-2010Source: Daily Mail

A man has been sentenced to a year in prison for endangering the safety of an aircraft when he grabbed a helicopter as it took off... Read more

Police Service of Northern Ireland adds EC145 to existing EC135

Police Service of Northern Ireland adds EC145 to existing EC135

3-Aug-2010Source: PSNI

Police today put on display a new £7 million helicopter which will be used to strengthen the fight against crime in Northern Ireland and to make communities safer. The Eurocopter EC 145 is a larger, more modern version of the existing PSNI helicopter, an EC 135. The new twin-engine aircraft can carry up to 10... Read more

UK: Southampton General Hospital to add rooftop helipad

UK: Southampton General Hospital to add rooftop helipad

3-Aug-2010Source: Dialy Echo

Currently Hampshire’s air ambulance has to land on a council playing field two miles away in Lordshill, with patients then taken by ambulance to the site.  The new helipad will be built on the top of an existing car park at the Hospital... Read more

Sikorsky thanks PremiAir for 30 years support

Sikorsky thanks PremiAir for 30 years support

2-Aug-2010Source: PremiAir

PremiAir was delighted to receive a visit from Sikorsky President Jeffrey Pino to the company’s Blackbushe Airport, Surrey, helicopter maintenance base during Farnborough Airshow week. Mr. Pino, who is a retired U.S. Army Master Aviator and is type-rated on several Sikorsky aircraft including the S-76®, took time out from his busy show schedule to visit... Read more

Great Western Air Ambulance move to new offices

Great Western Air Ambulance move to new offices

2-Aug-2010Source: Gazette

Chief executive of the air ambulance Paul Weir said: “We are delighted Eastwood Park has been able to accommodate us and at very charitable rates”... Read more

Prince honours Lynx crews for ‘keeping the Taliban’s heads down’

Prince honours Lynx crews for ‘keeping the Taliban’s heads down’

30-Jul-2010Source: British Army

His Royal Highness Prince Charles presented Afghan service medals this week to members of 1st Regiment Army Air Corps (1 Regt AAC) who have recently been operating Lynx helicopters over Helmand. The Prince of Wales, who is the Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps, visited 1 Regt AAC at their base in Germany. The Prince... Read more

RAF Merlin squadron reflects on Helmand deployment

RAF Merlin squadron reflects on Helmand deployment

30-Jul-2010Source: Royal Air Force

After several weeks providing support to troops on the ground in Helmand province, the Merlin helicopter crews from 28 (Army Cooperation) Squadron’s B Flight, based at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire, are coming home. B Flight arrived at Bastion Airfield in late May 2010. Following multiple detachments in Iraq over the past five years, this was... Read more

UK: Recent HeliDays event was 20th, but probably the last

UK: Recent HeliDays event was 20th, but probably the last

30-Jul-2010Source: This is Bristol

Having run the event for 20 years on the seafront at Weston-super-Mare, organisers are facing higher costs.  Additinally, both North Somerset Council (on which event director Elfan ap Rees is a councillor) and the local Weston Parish Council have withdrawn their sponsorship.... Read more

Prince Charles honours Army helicopter pilots

Prince Charles honours Army helicopter pilots

30-Jul-2010Source: British Army

Army helicopter pilots, ground crew and technicians who have served in Afghanistan were presented with campaign medals by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales yesterday. 3 Regiment Army Air Corps (3 AAC), based at Wattisham Flying Station, Suffolk, was also awarded the Honorary Freedom of St Edmundsbury, at the presentation in Bury St Edmunds.... Read more

UK: Jet Booking Direct starts new helipad partnership with Ham Polo Club

UK: Jet Booking Direct starts new helipad partnership with Ham Polo Club

29-Jul-2010Source: Jet Booking Direct

In partnership with Ham Polo Club we are very pleased to announce that we can offer Helicopter Landings at Ham Polo Club in Richmond with immediate effect.  Only 8 miles from Hyde Park Corner and with great road and river links to Westminster and The City, Ham is very well positioned for all of your... Read more

UK: Bond Aviation launch £1m helicopter design department

UK: Bond Aviation launch £1m helicopter design department

29-Jul-2010Source: Stroud Life

Bond Aviation Group, Britain’s fastest growing privately owned helicopter service provider, has unveiled a new £1 million Design and Completions Department at its UK headquarters... Read more

Caution for Thames Valley Police laser attack man

Caution for Thames Valley Police laser attack man

29-Jul-2010Source: BBC

A man has been cautioned by police after admitting shining a laser beam at the Thames Valley Police EC135 helicopter.... Read more

UK: Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire police in helicopter share

UK: Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire police in helicopter share

29-Jul-2010

The proposed South East Air Support Unit would bring together an MD Explorer from Shoreham and an EC135 from Odiham.  Note, neither operate the AS355 featured in the BBC story!... Read more

ARINC announces new division to lead EMEA and APAC operations

ARINC announces new division to lead EMEA and APAC operations

29-Jul-2010Source: ARINC

John M. Belcher, Chairman and CEO of ARINC Incorporated, today announced the creation of a new International Division to lead the company’s operations in Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The International Division will be based in the United Kingdom, and will also include ARINC’s Airport Technology Center. In addition to managing most of... Read more

British Navy pilots train for Helmand in Californian desert

British Navy pilots train for Helmand in Californian desert

28-Jul-2010Source: UK MoD

Royal Navy Sea King helicopter pilots and their crews from the Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) have been training for their deployment to Afghanistan in the Californian desert. The pilots and aircrew from 845 and 846 Naval Air Squadrons have been undergoing environmental qualification training at the Naval Air Facility El Centro, just north of the... Read more

Tiger Helicopters to lease two JetRangers from Castle Air

Tiger Helicopters to lease two JetRangers from Castle Air

27-Jul-2010Source: HeliHub.com

British operator Tiger Helicopters are to lease two AB206 JetRangers from Castle Air.  The lease commences 1st October 2010 for an initial period of two years, with each JetRanger expected to fly 1,000 hours during that time on an intensive training contract.  Tiger are providing ab initio training for Algerian military pilots who will then... Read more

British helicopter carrier hosts USMC

British helicopter carrier hosts USMC

26-Jul-2010Source: Royal Navy

HMS Ocean is currently participating in Exercise Kearsarge – a US led exercise being conducted off the coast of North Carolina, in support of the deployment training package for the United States Navy’s Amphibious Ready Group.  As a result, the Royal Navy’s largest helicopter carrier has been operating with some of the US Marine Corp’s... Read more

Alan Mann Helicopters – Operating Licence withdrawn

Alan Mann Helicopters – Operating Licence withdrawn

25-Jul-2010Source: HeliHub.com

One of the most well-known and long-running onshore operators in the UK, Alan Mann Helicopters, has had its operating licence withdrawn by the CAA. In a published announcement in their “Official Record Series 2” document, issue 1961 dated 20th July 2010, it confirms in a terse and formal statement “Alan Mann Helicopters Limited – This... Read more

HeliDays launches today with inflight refuelling demo

HeliDays launches today with inflight refuelling demo

23-Jul-2010Source: HeliDays

International HeliDays 2010 will launch this year at midday on Friday 23rd July with a demonstration of helicopter in flight refuelling by the US Air Force over the bay at Weston-super-Mare.  Following the demonstration the USAF Pave Hawk search and rescue helicopter will land on the Beach Lawns where it will be on static display... Read more

Bristow appoint new Director of European Operations

Bristow appoint new Director of European Operations

23-Jul-2010Source: Bristow Group

Bristow Helicopters has named its new director who will drive forward the company’s European growth plans. Mike Imlach, who was previously Director of Bristow’s Nigerian Business Unit, has been appointed as the Director of European Operations. He will oversee all commercial and operational aspects of the company’s activities in the UK, Norway and Holland. Mike,... Read more

Sloane Helicopters signs for another ten AW helicopters

Sloane Helicopters signs for another ten AW helicopters

22-Jul-2010Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica Company, is pleased to announce that Sloane Helicopters Ltd has signed a contract for ten additional helicopters comprising AW109 Power and GrandNew light twin engine models. This latest order extends to 2012 the multi-year multi-aircraft contract and distribution agreement signed in February 2006. This purchase marks the entrance of the GrandNew light... Read more

Upgrades for RAF Chinooks include iPad-Like slate

Upgrades for RAF Chinooks include iPad-Like slate

22-Jul-2010Source: Defense News

The military equivalent of an iPad for pilots’ mission planning will be among the features included in the avionics upgrade of 46 Royal Air Force Chinooks to the Mk.4 standard, said Peter Hitchcock, Avionics VP at Thales UK... Read more

UK AAIB Bulletin – July 2010

UK AAIB Bulletin – July 2010

20-Jul-2010Source: AAIB

The monthly bulletin from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch has been released. This month’s issue does not refer to any helicopters and this update is included in HeliHub.com for completeness.... Read more

Eurocopter hands over new EC135P2+ to West Midlands Police

Eurocopter hands over new EC135P2+ to West Midlands Police

19-Jul-2010Source: Eurocopter

On July 19, a brand new EC135 P2i was handed over to Assistant Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, Sharon Rowe, on the EADS/Eurocopter booth No. G12 in Hall 4 at the Farnborough International Air Show. The order for this aircraft had been placed in September 2009. Markus Steinke, Managing Director of Eurocopter UK Ltd.,... Read more

Much updated London Heliport now open for business

Much updated London Heliport now open for business

17-Jul-2010Source: PremiAir

The ultra modern new passenger terminal at The London Heliport in Battersea is now officially open for business – ahead of the Farnborough Air Show next week (July 19th to 25th), when many of the senior executives from the world’s leading aerospace companies will be using the heliport en route to and from the show.... Read more

Eurocopter to highlight its UK market leadership at Farnborough 2010

Eurocopter to highlight its UK market leadership at Farnborough 2010

17-Jul-2010Source: Eurocopter

Eurocopter and its Eurocopter UK Ltd. subsidiary are represented on the Farnborough exhibit stand of parent company EADS (Booth G12, Hall 4), where an EC135 for the West Midlands Police is to be officially handed over to the customer on July 19. Today, Eurocopter products are vital for the functioning of the United Kingdom, with... Read more

UK: New Ullapool community helipad put to test

UK: New Ullapool community helipad put to test

7-Jul-2010Source: BBC

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has carried out tests of the pad using a Stornoway-based Sikorsky S92... Read more

PremiAir to move some helicopters to Biggin Hill after buying Gold Group International

PremiAir to move some helicopters to Biggin Hill after buying Gold Group International

6-Jul-2010Source: PremiAir

PremiAir, the award-winning UK based aviation services company, announces today (6th July) a significant step in its continued growth in business aviation. PremiAir has taken over the management of a fleet of LearJet private jets and in addition has acquired a new private jet operating and maintenance base at London’s Biggin Hill airport.  This move... Read more

British man convicted of shining light at police helicopter

British man convicted of shining light at police helicopter

6-Jul-2010Source: Gazette Live

A man who shone a high-powered lamp at a police helicopter could face prison.  Michael Kevin Renney was accused of twice shining the light into the skies, hitting the cockpit of the Cleveland Police aircraft.... Read more

Interpol issues appeal over paedophile helicopter pilot

Interpol issues appeal over paedophile helicopter pilot

6-Jul-2010Source: BBC

Commercial pilot Daren Elarmo, 40, who also uses the surname Jones, is accused of kidnapping two teenage boys for sex.  Police say the pilot may now be living in Spain... Read more

UK AAIB Bulletin – June 2010

UK AAIB Bulletin – June 2010

6-Jul-2010Source: AAIB

The monthly bulletin from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch has been released. This month’s issue does not refer to any helicopters and this update is included in HeliHub.com for completeness.... Read more

CHC bring second S92 to their British North Sea fleet

CHC bring second S92 to their British North Sea fleet

2-Jul-2010Source: HeliHub.com

Yesterday, CHC added a second Sikorsky S92 to their Aberdeen-based North Sea fleet.  Registered G-CHCS, and the 125th S92 off the production line, it joins sister ship G-CHCK which has been active supporting British offshore oil installations since spring 2006.  CHC has other S92s in the North Sea operating from Stavangar in support of the... Read more

Wiltshire Air Ambulance appoints new chairman

Wiltshire Air Ambulance appoints new chairman

1-Jul-2010Source: Salisbury Journal

An air ambulance expert has been named the new chairman of the Wiltshire Air Ambulance Appeal.  David Philpott, 52, the founding chairman of the Association of Air Ambulances, takes up his post today, 1st July.... Read more

Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance adds two hours a day for the summer

Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance adds two hours a day for the summer

30-Jun-2010Source: TVAC

The Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance (TVACAA) will be able to save more lives from July after the announcement that its current daily operational flight time will rise from 10 to 12 hours a day. Cost, flight regulations and the inability to fly in the hours of darkness are all factors influencing the deployment... Read more

Northern Ireland drug addict dazzled police pilot with laser

Northern Ireland drug addict dazzled police pilot with laser

30-Jun-2010Source: Belfast Telegraph

A man who admitted shining a laser pen into the eyes of a police helicopter pilot 2,000 ft over Derry forcing him to take evasive action has been put on probabtion for 18 months... Read more

Bell 429 arrives in UK on demo tour

Bell 429 arrives in UK on demo tour

29-Jun-2010Source: HeliHub.com

After some demo flights last week in the Swiss towns of Samedan and Sion, Bell’s 429 demonstrator flew via Baden-Baden in Germany en route to the UK.  Registered C-FTNB, the helicopter is now based at Blackbushe for a few weeks at Premiair Aviation’s hangar.  Today it visits Oxford, although we are not yet aware of... Read more

UK teenager cautioned for shining laser pen at police helicopter

UK teenager cautioned for shining laser pen at police helicopter

29-Jun-2010Source: Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard

The 16-year-old, from Cheltenham, was arrested in Crabtree Place at 2.45am on Tuesday on suspicion of shining a light at an aircraft so as to dazzle or distract a pilot. He was given a formal reprimand after admitting the offence.... Read more

Scottish Police fury as laser pen offender escapes prison sentence

Scottish Police fury as laser pen offender escapes prison sentence

28-Jun-2010Source: Daily Record

Police leaders reacted with fury yesterday after a teenager who aimed a laser pen at a police helicopter escaped with a £500 fine.  Call centre worker Anthony Boyle, 19, had been warned he faced jail for the potentially lethal stunt.... Read more

Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance celebrates 10 years

Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance celebrates 10 years

22-Jun-2010Source: Bournemouth Echo

Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance operates an EC135 from Henstridge Airfield in UK.  This superseded an earlier Bo105... Read more

CHC £7 billion 25-year UK SAR project put on hold

CHC £7 billion 25-year UK SAR project put on hold

18-Jun-2010Source: BBC

Britain’s new government puts the 25-year SAR privatisation proposal on hold as part of massive spending cut program to get budget deficit under control.... Read more

New Coventry Airport owners sign ATC contract and introduce helicopter training school

New Coventry Airport owners sign ATC contract and introduce helicopter training school

17-Jun-2010Source: Patriot Aerospace

Less than five weeks after acquiring Coventry Airport, Sir Peter Rigby’s aviation group, Patriot Aerospace, has signed a £4million contract with Serco for air traffic services. The objective is to get Coventry Airport fully operational as quickly as possible and provide the highest levels of air traffic services with full radar and instrumental approaches. Sir... Read more

RAF Chinook pilot honoured for courage in Afghanistan

RAF Chinook pilot honoured for courage in Afghanistan

9-Jun-2010Source: Royal Air Force

A Chinook pilot from RAF Odiham was presented with a Distinguished Flying Cross for his ‘superior flying skills’ in Afghanistan at a prestigious ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Friday 4 June 2010. Flight Lieutenant Marc Heal, aged 29, was amongst personnel from various stations across the UK to be honoured in the Armed Forces Operational... Read more

South Wales & Gwent Police tweet every helicopter task

South Wales & Gwent Police tweet every helicopter task

9-Jun-2010Source: Wales Online

The South Wales and Gwent Police EC135 helicopter crew now has a twitter feed that reports on what it’s been covering.... Read more

Great North Air Ambulance to add third Dauphin

Great North Air Ambulance to add third Dauphin

9-Jun-2010Source: HeliHub.com

HeliHub.com notes that an N2 Dauphin in the UK has been registered G-NHAB, the consecutive out-of-sequence registration to Dauphin G-NHAA operated by Great North Air Ambulance.  This is in line with a story we ran in late March, where the UK EMS operator stated that they G-NHAA was the first of two to be supplied... Read more

RAF Chinook pilot tells how his helmet saved his life

RAF Chinook pilot tells how his helmet saved his life

9-Jun-2010Source: BBC

Now that the Ministry of Defence has lifted its embargo, the helmet has been returned to him and he has given the BBC his first broadcast interview.... Read more

PremiAir employee wins apprentice award

PremiAir employee wins apprentice award

8-Jun-2010Source: PremiAir

Andy Fishwick, an apprentice helicopter maintenance engineer with PremiAir, the UK’s largest helicopter charter and management company, has been named South East Advanced Apprentice of the Year winner 2010 by the Learning Skills Council. The awards celebrate excellence in vocational education across the south-east region and acknowledge the outstanding achievements of individuals at every stage... Read more

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