12-Feb-2011Source: HeliHub.com
From 9th February, Downtown Manhattan Heliport changed its UNICOM frequency from 123.075 to 123.05. Heliport operator Saker Aviation Services is monitoring both frequencies through the weekend, and then from Monday 14th will just monitor 123.05 http://www.DowntownManhattanHeliport.com... Read more
4-Feb-2011
Warning light led to emergency landing in snowy field. No indication of any damage or injuries... Read more
3-Feb-2011Source: XOJET
SAN FRANCISCO and NEW YORK, Feb. 3, 2011 — XOJET Inc., the leader in private aviation, today announced that it is open for business in New York City.  Located at 2 Grand Central Station, XOJET’s new office is centrally located inManhattan and is specifically designed to better service and support the expanding XOJET New York and Tri-State customer base.  The... Read more
2-Feb-2011
New York’s WABC is updating Newscopter 7 to a Bell 407... Read more
2-Feb-2011Source: PostStar
Transportation time will soon be a few minutes shorter for patients being transferred by air from Glens Falls Hospital to larger medical centers. The hospital recently constructed a helicopter landing area outside the emergency room entrance.... Read more
27-Jan-2011Source: Helo Holdings
The Northeast corridor, and especially Manhattan, is the busiest helicopter environment in the world. In December 2010, Helo Holdings Inc. opened the first new commercial heliport in more than 30 years – aimed squarely at the turbine helicopter community. The 7.26 acre “Helicopter-Only†FBO, is located in Kearny, New Jersey at 165 Western Avenue (just... Read more
21-Nov-2010Source: Watertown Daily Times
Air Evac Lifeteam wants to open a base to provide coverage to Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties.... Read more
11-Nov-2010Source: Star Gazette
Sikorsky’s future in the Southern Tier was extended by at least 12 years Wednesday when they signed a lease and committed $10 million to occupy and renovate the Wings of Eagles Discovery Center in Big Flats... Read more
28-Oct-2010Source: Aero Dynamix
Aero Dynamix, Inc., located in Euless, TX, (DFW area) is proud to announce the recent delivery of the second NVIS Compatible Lighting System Modification for an AS350 B2 helicopter to the Aviation Section of the Suffolk County Police Department, located on Long Island, east of New York City. The NVG/NVIS compatible cockpit lighting includes modifications... Read more
22-Oct-2010Source: American Eurocopter
Grand Prairie, TX – American Eurocopter announced today that the company has delivered an AS350 B2 helicopter to the Aviation Section of the Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD), located on Long Island, east of New York City. This is the third AS350 B2 in the SCPD’s fleet of four that also includes an EC145. The... Read more
20-Oct-2010Source: Analar Corp
The Northeast corridor, and especially Manhattan, is the busiest helicopter environment in the world. However, helicopters have always been a “secondary priority†to fixed wing aviation at all the airports in and around New York – paying high fuel prices and enduring long ferry sectors to service the flying public. Helo Holdings Inc. is pleased... Read more
17-Oct-2010Source: Star Gazette
The Chemung County Industrial Development Agency on Thursday started the process to secure $2M in state grants to install a fire suppression system at the Wings of Eagles restoration hangar in Big Flats so Sikorsky can take over the former warplane museum’s buildings.... Read more
14-Oct-2010
The Blackhawk was conducting a routine training flight when one of the two engines experienced a mechanical problem.... Read more
13-Oct-2010Source: Hawke Capital Partners
The rotorcraft-focused private equity investor Hawke Capital Partners announced today that it reached agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Keystone Med-Flight Services, LLC, based in Morgantown, Pennsylvania. All maintenance for Keystone’s air medical customers will be provided by sister subsidiary Uniflight, in one of its 3 MRO facilities: Grand Prairie, Texas; Reading,... Read more
13-Oct-2010Source: Bell
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced that Mercy Flight of Western New York has signed an agreement to purchase the first of a potential three Bell 429s, the world’s newest helicopter, to replace its existing fleet of Eurocopter helicopters. “Bell Helicopter is extremely gratified to welcome Mercy Flight back to the... Read more
6-Oct-2010Source: WETM
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has issued a Certificate of Completion to the helicopter manufacturer for their cleanup of potential contamination sites on their property.... Read more
4-Oct-2010Source: WSYR
The deadline for the Onondaga County budget is next month, but there’s still no final decision about funding for the Air One emergency helicopter.... Read more
22-Sep-2010
Twin engine Bell 412 forced to ditch 30m short of its home base, emergency floats deployed successfully and all five occupants evacuated without injury... Read more
18-Sep-2010Source: WHEC
John Casciani filed a lawsuit when Webster passed a law in 2006 that prohibited the landing of private aircraft in the town. Casciani wanted to land his helicopter in his back yard.... Read more
8-Sep-2010Source: Mid Hudson News
Leonard Petruzzi, 45, was charged with first-degree reckless endangerment, a felony, and second-degree obstructing governmental administration, a misdemeanor.... Read more
16-Aug-2010Source: NorthJersey.com
Tour helicopters that want to fly higher than 1,300 feet over the Hudson River — and show off the scenic span of Manhattan island — must adhere to stricter flight patterns beginning Monday.... Read more
13-Aug-2010Source: 27 East
The FAA announced that it has received more than 1,000 comments from residents and helicopter operators, that it will have to delay putting the new rules into effect until they can all be reviewed.... Read more
10-Aug-2010Source: Democrat & Chronicle
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Greece Rotary Club has pledged $50,000 to help construct a helipad at the Unity Park Ridge Campus on Long Pond Road.... Read more
10-Aug-2010Source: Long Island Business News
A new website created by Assemblyman Marc Alessi, D-Shoreham, is designed to give East End residents a quick way to send helicopter noise complaints to the FAA... Read more
4-Aug-2010Source: PostStar
A month after two helicopter businesses came before the town’s Planning Board asking to set up shop in town, one of the competing business proposals moved forward, while the other is still caught in a snag over the town’s boundary.... Read more
22-Jul-2010Source: Your Nabe
Joseph Purdon, 46, has been arrested after he went out into his backyard around 1 a.m. on Thursday, July 1 and shined a huge, “twenty-five million candle power spotlight†at the chopper, according to a police report.... Read more
20-Jul-2010Source: NY Daily News
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey grounded its helicopter fleet Thursday, admitting that the $3.7 million it spends every year on security flyovers is a waste of money in tough times.... Read more
5-Jul-2010Source: Star Gazette
Parent company Sikorsky has announced that it intends to move the production of Schweizer’s commercial helicopter lines to a Sikorsky facility at Coatesville, Pennsylvania... Read more
25-Jun-2010Source: HAI
I am forwarding this correspondence to request your assistance in opposing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued by the FAA, that has the potential to establish a precedent with a far reaching negative impact on the helicopter industry, and other segments of the aviation community. NPRM Overview Background: On May 26, 2010, the FAA released... Read more
24-Jun-2010Source: HAI
The Eastern Region Helicopter Council is encouraging helicopter operators to oppose a proposed regulation that would mandate the use of the New York North Shore Helicopter Route. The Federal Aviation Administration published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Docket FAA 2010-0302) on May 26 and is accepting comments through June 25, 2010. The proposed change would... Read more
21-Jun-2010Source: HAI
Salat was instrumental in carving out airspace in the heavily congested New York IFR system, so much so that he had an intersection named after him.... Read more
14-May-2010Source: LifeNet NY
LifeNet of NY will hold an open house in conjunction with the Fagan Flyers Fly-in breakfast from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 23 at Sidney Municipal Airport. LifeNet, which provides medical transport services, is a venture of Air Methods Corp. and responds to trauma and medical calls such as accidents, as well as requests... Read more
4-May-2010Source: Buffalo Business First
The completion of a $32 million emergency department at Mercy Hospital enables the use of a helipad at the South Buffalo hospital for the first time in more than a decade.... Read more
1-May-2010Source: New York Times
Bowing to pressure from community groups upset by the noise of whirring rotors, city officials have banned most types of helicopter sightseeing flights leaving from Manhattan.... Read more
30-Apr-2010Source: CNN
The pilot of a small plane that collided with a sightseeing helicopter over New York’s Hudson River last summer had scant seconds to see the helicopter as it rose to his altitude... Read more
27-Apr-2010Source: Elmira Star-Gazette
The base will be staffed by an EMS pilot, flight nurse and flight paramedic team, for 24x7x365 response. Air Methods currently operates five existing Life Net of New York bases in Albany, Wallkill, Glen, Sidney and Harris... Read more
8-Apr-2010Source: DNA Info
The changes at the Air Pegasus Heliport, located near 30th Street, bring to a close more than a decade of wrangling among West Side residents and park advocates over noise problems and having the heliport in Hudson River Park.... 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
2-Mar-2010Source: WSYR
Mercy Flight Central, Inc. filed the suit in Federal Court two years ago, alleging that Air-1 was providing competing services without proper certification.... Read more
27-Feb-2010Source: Uniflight
Aviation Services Unlimited (ASU), New York’s only Bell CSF and a Part 135 operator, announced today at the HAI that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Hawke Capital Partners, the parent company of Uniflight, LLC. The agreement is subject to certain closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, and is targeted to close... Read more
23-Feb-2010Source: American Eurocopter
American Eurocopter announced today that the Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) has ordered another AS350 B2 helicopter that will join the department’s existing fleet of two AS350 B2s and one EC145. The aircraft will replace another helicopter and with this addition, the SCPD’s Aviation Section will become an all-Eurocopter fleet operator. “Due to their outstanding... Read more
12-Feb-2010Source: The Scotsman
Given that these photos have not previously appeared, HeliHub.com questions whether FOI requests could impact the integrity of airborne law enforcement... Read more
25-Jan-2010Source: HAI
On January 20 and 21, Helicopter Association International (HAI) President Matt Zuccaro attended a meeting of the FAA New York VFR Airspace Task Force, of which he is a member. The meeting took place at the Federal Building in lower Manhattan, New York City. The Task force was established following the August 2009 midair collision... Read more
25-Jan-2010Source: ROC now
Unity Hospital in Greece may add a heliport so patients coming in for specialty care via Mercy Flight don’t have to stop first at the Greater Rochester International Airport.... Read more
10-Dec-2009Source: NorthJersey.com
Five wrongful death lawsuits have been filed against the pilot of a Piper fixed-wing aircraft that collided over the Hudson River with a helicopter carrying Italian tourists.... Read more
8-Dec-2009
A proposal to install a 4,000-gallon above-ground gas tank at a downtown heliport has raised concerns among residents who fear it poses a safety risk and could become a terrorist target.... Read more
28-Nov-2009Source: NY Times
Scheduled helicopter service between Manhattan and local airports will not resume before early next year — if ever.... Read more
17-Nov-2009Source: FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today finalized a federal rule, effective November 19, 2009, that will enhance safety by separating low-altitude, local aircraft flights over the Hudson River from flights transiting through the river airspace.... Read more
4-Nov-2009Source: Syracuse Post-Standard
Mercy Flight Central claims Onondaga County’s Air One helicopter and the state police helicopter in the area are jumping calls — responding to medical emergencies before Mercy Flight has a chance to go — for emergency transports and putting patients in danger.... Read more
27-Oct-2009Source: WETM
As production increases, a helicopter manufacturing plant in Big Flats is hiring.... Read more
18-Oct-2009Source: NY Times
The Police Department seems to be moving fast to alert the public in advance of any flights that might, at first glance, appear confusing or worrisome.... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: All The Articles
Zip Aviation has taken delivery of its first Bell Helicopter 206L Long Ranger and plans to use the helicopter for charter service from Manhattan’s West 30th Street Heliport. This will be the first time for a Bell helicopter to be flown from the 30th St. Heliport.... Read more
6-Oct-2009Source: Examiner.com
Westchester residence can feel safer now that there are two helicopters patrolling the skies. The criminals may out run our ground police, but they can never out run the Westchester County Aviation Unit.... Read more
3-Oct-2009Source: Huffington Post
Pamela Altman sued tour company Liberty Helicopters, helicopter owner Meridian Consulting I Corp., manufacturer American Eurocopter and several of their insurers. Her suit charges that Liberty and Meridian have a “horrid history of accidents” and that American Eurocopter failed to equip the helicopter with sufficient safety equipment.... Read more
28-Sep-2009Source: New York Times
Scheduled helicopter service between two heliports in Manhattan and two major airports that serve New York City abruptly shut down on Friday.... Read more
18-Sep-2009Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
he pilot of a small plane involved in an Aug. 8 midair collision over the Hudson River read back the wrong radio frequency to an air traffic controller but was not corrected by the controller, a federal safety official said yesterday.... Read more
17-Sep-2009Source: NTSB
NTSB Chairman Deborah A. P. Hersman testified on the status of the ongoing investigation into the mid-air collision over the Hudson River. The collision occurred on August 8 between a helicopter and an airplane. All 9 persons on board both aircraft were killed. Chairman Hersman provided an overview of the ongoing investigation based on facts... Read more
11-Sep-2009Source: Syracuse.com
Lawmakers had too many unaswered questions about insurance, safety and noise to support the proposal, legislator David Axton, R-Port Byron, said. “It’s not going to happen this year,” Axton said.... Read more
3-Sep-2009Source: FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is planning to modify the airspace over the Hudson River by revising procedures to create safe, dedicated operating corridors for all the aircraft that fly at lower altitudes around Manhattan.... Read more
3-Sep-2009Source: YourNabe.com
Fears of tourist helicopters packing East River air space and perhaps taking side trips over the borough are spreading in Brooklyn Heights.... Read more
2-Sep-2009Source: Bristow Group
Bristow Group will be attending the Barclays 2009 CEO Energy/Power Conference to be held in New York City, September 9 – 10, 2009.... Read more
28-Aug-2009Source: NTSB
The NTSB today issued five safety recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) resulting from the Safety Board’s ongoing investigation of the midair collision over the Hudson River near Hoboken, New Jersey on August 8, 2009. The collision of a Eurocopter AS350 BA helicopter, and a Piper PA-32R-300 airplane caused nine fatalities, including the pilot... Read more
25-Aug-2009Source: CharterX
“At the outset of the investigation, the organizations sign an agreement to abide by NTSB party rules,†says the NTSB in a press release issued this evening. “Among the rules parties agree to is that they will not reveal investigative information being learned through that process, nor publicly comment on it.â€... Read more
24-Aug-2009
24-Aug-09 N22ZA Bell B206L-3 White Plains, US-New York... Read more
18-Aug-2009Source: Aviation Week
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14-Aug-2009Source: FAA
The FAA today convened a New York Airspace Working Group that will review current operating procedures over the Hudson and East Rivers and recommend safety improvements in two weeks to FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt.... Read more
14-Aug-2009Source: NY Times
Federal officials on Thursday suspended two air traffic employees at Teterboro Airport who had been overseeing the Piper plane that collided with a helicopter over the Hudson River on Saturday, killing nine people.... Read more
11-Aug-2009Source: NY Daily News
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10-Aug-2009Source: Continental
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10-Aug-2009Source: New York Times
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8-Aug-2009
8-Aug-09 N401LH Eurocopter AS350BA New York, US-New York... Read more
