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Four more S-92s for VIH Aviation

VIH Aviation Group was the launch customer for the Sikorsky S-92 in 2003, and yesterday at Heli-Expo the company agreed to buy another four to be operated

This really is a big deal

When Texas Aviation Services and Casas Bahia, Brazil’s largest retailer, concluded a multi-helicopter completion contract on Sunday, it took a lot of folks

Aero Toy Store sees bright future for exec helo sales

Aero Toy Store brought two custom-finished new helicopters to Heli-Expo to highlight the company’s growing helicopter sales capability.

Evergreen signs for four S-76C++s

Evergreen Helicopters and Sikorsky concluded an agreement for the purchase of four S-76C++ helicopters for use in Evergreen’s offshore oil, utility and EMS

SEI ready to embrace U.S. completions market

North American helicopter owners searching for a little touch of Italy in their cabin need look no farther than Philadelphia.

‘Luxury’ Headset for Rotor Market

Active-noise-reduction specialist Lightspeed Aviation (Booth No.

Mercury Shows Off New Vision System

Chelmsford, Mass.-based Mercury Computer Systems is on hand at Heli-Expo to demonstrate its new VistaNav 3D synthetic-vision system with FLIR.

Wireless Aircraft Weighing from Vishay

California firm Vishay Intertechnology (Booth No.

Standard Aero boosts R-R 250 support

Standard Aero (Booth No.

CHC sells for $3.7 billion

CHC Helicopter Corp., the world’s largest provider of helicopter services to the offshore oil and gas industry, is to be sold for $3.7 billion in what comp
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FSI’s Second S-92 Sim Gets Papers

FlightSafety International announced that its second full-flight simulator for the Sikorsky S-92 has been qualified to FAA and JAR level-D standards, follo

Aviall, PHI Collaborate on Parts Management

PHI has partnered with Aviall in an effort to improve the Lafayette, La.

Bell 429 qualifies for border dash to Texas

Sure, you can fly, but you can’t travel.

Air Methods appoints new COO

Aeromedical transport operator Air Methods (Booth No.
Rotorcraft

MD Switches to Garmin Avionics

Buyers of new MD Helicopters MD 600N, MD 520N, MD 530F and MD 500E models will fly away with instrument panels full of Garmin avionics starting with purcha

AD warns AS 365 users of loose rotor head bolts

An airworthiness directive issued by the FAA on Thursday warns of tightening torque loss on the main-rotor-hub (MRH) to main-rotor-mast attachment bolts on

One lap of U.S. will take helos to Vietnam Wall Memorial Day

Helicopter rebuilding firm Overseas Aircraft Support (Static Display No.

Lockheed, Agusta demo Merlin air-to-air fueling

The Lockheed Martin and AgustaWestland HH-71 team have successfully conducted aerial refueling tests involving a Royal Air Force AW101 Merlin Mk3 helicopte

All the world is a stage

And with helicopters as the players, that stage can be just about anywhere big enough to plant a pair of skids and keep the rotors out of trouble.
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Enstrom riding a wave of demand from overseas buyers

Enstrom Helicopter recently delivered the first five-place 480B destined for Turkey to Istanbul-based Enstrom dealer Kaan Air.

AgustaWestland 109 makes grand entrance

Half a continent away from its builder’s growing U.S.
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Electric horizon for Robinson R22, R44

Robinson Helicopter (Booth No.

Van Horn trumpeting composite blades

Van Horn Aviation (VHA) is showing a prototype of its new composite tail-rotor blade for Bell 206-series helicopters at its Heli-Expo’08 booth (No.
FBOs

Arcadia Aviation Acquires Second FBO

Arcadia Aviation, which is developing corporate aviation hangar facilities at Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport (MRB) in Martinsburg, W.Va., has acqui
Aircraft

Orders for Embraer E-Jets keep rolling in

Brazil’s Embraer announced an order here yesterday from U.S.
Aircraft

Honeywell scores three airline deals

Honeywell will leave Singapore with agreements to place its equipment on three Asia Pacific airlines’ airplanes.

Bell outlines progress on its key projects

Bell Helicopter announced upgrades for the in-service 206L LongRanger and the Model 407 and 412 during a press conference here Monday.