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Saudis Pick Sikorsky

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior ordered 12 S-76D twins at Farnborough.
Rotorcraft

Saudis Pick Sikorsky

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior ordered 12 S-76D twins at Farnborough.
Rotorcraft

Saudis Pick Sikorsky

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior ordered 12 S-76D twins at Farnborough.
Rotorcraft

Air Medical for Sale

The investment firms that own the Air Medical Group, which includes helicopter EMS provider Air Evac Lifeteam, have hung a “for sale” sign on the enterpris
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Citation departs runway after wet landing

Cessna Citation 525A, Storm Lake, Iowa, June 21, 2010–The Citation CJ2 was landing at Storm Lake Municipal Airport at the conclusion of a Part 91 fl
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky To Fly All-electric Helo

Sikorsky plans to fly an all-electric 300C training helicopter by year-end.
Rotorcraft

CHC Call for Papers

CHC Helicopter is inviting interested parties to submit papers for presentation at its 2011 Safety & Quality Summit addressing topics within the genera
Rotorcraft

HeliFlite Recapitalized

New Jersey Bell 430 and Sikorsky S-76B operator HeliFlite recently announced that investors made an equity infusion into the company in exchange for a 60-p
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Helicopter makes water landing

Bell 206L3, Gulf of Mexico, June 10, 2010–The Petroleum Helicopters LongRanger suffered a tail-rotor failure during a Part 135 flight from its base
Accidents

Factual Report: MU-2 suffers power loss and hard landing

Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, Millington, Tenn., Dec.
Accidents

Factual Report: Pilot loses runway in low-visibility landing

Hawker Beechcraft King Air B200, Sioux City, Iowa, Jan.
Training and Workforce

In-development Heli Trainer designed for low-cost training

Germany-based operator Heli Aviation is developing the Heli Trainer, a new kind of simulator for ab initio helicopter pilot training.
Accidents

Factual Report: Learjet 35 crashes in forest

Bombardier Learjet 35A, Prospect Heights, Ill., Jan.
Rotorcraft

Bell ceases production of its 40-year-old JetRanger

Later this year Bell Helicopter will deliver its last JetRanger, a 206B3.  According to a company spokeswoman, Bell decided “to stop production on the
Avionics

Inmarsat, Boeing team on Ka-band Internet service

Inmarsat announced plans to introduce by 2014 a Ka-band satellite broadband service that would be far faster, cost less per megabit and require smaller ant
Accidents

Final Report: LAX preflight inspection caused tire blowout

Dassault Falcon 20C, Eagle, Colo., Jan.
Avionics

Garmin ESP has a mind of its own

Garmin ESP has a mind of its own Some are calling it a kind of stick shaker for light airplanes.
Avionics

FAA issues Lithium battery draft policy

The FAA has published a draft policy (ANM-113-10-004) that could affect the certification of permanently installed rechargeable lithium batteries in Part 2
Avionics

Honeywell 6.1 FMS Software OK’d

Honeywell received FAA TSO approval last month to start deliveries of an FMS software upgrade that provides advanced GPS-enabled approaches and access to F
Avionics

Sandel Gains HeliTaws TSO

Sandel Avionics last month announced TSO approval for its HeliTaws helicopter terrain warning system.
Rotorcraft

Robinson Helicopter founder-president retires

Frank Robinson feigned insult when asked about his possible retirement at a 2009 press conference.
Aircraft

Gulfstream's Golden GIV Marks Silver Anniversary

Gulfstream Aerospace this week celebrated the 25th anniversary of the first flight of the Gulfs
ATC

TEB Dalton 19 Departure Now by Pilot Request Only

At last week’s meeting of the Teterboro Users Group, violations of the Dalton Runway 19 departure at Teterboro (N.J.) Airport were a concern.
Engines

Fully Equipped Nextant 400XT Completes First Flight

Nextant Aerospace announced late last week that a fully equipped 400XT–powered by new Williams FJ44-3AP engines and carrying Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 a
Aircraft

Mitsubishi Leading toward Start of MRJ Production

Mitsubishi’s Regional Jet is entering the production
Aircraft

Embraer KC-390 Gathers International Momentum

In the last few weeks the Embraer KC-390 jet tanker/tra
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Aircraft

Slowed Defense Spending Prompts Boeing Military Aircraft Reorganization

Boeing has consolidated its military aircraft business into four divisions from six, as part of a rationalization process prompted by
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Aircraft

IAI Flies Boeing 767 Multi-Mission Tanker

Earlier this month Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) began flight trials of the single Boeing 767-200ER it has converted to multi-mission tanker transport
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Aircraft

Elbit and Sagem Establish Joint UAV Venture

Israel’s Elbit Systems and French company Sagem Défense Sécurité agreed on September 15 to form a joint venture by early next year.
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FBOs

Million Air Wins RFP, Negotiating for Reno FBO Lease

The Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority board of trustees chose Million Air as the winner of a request for proposals to build a new FBO at Reno-Tahoe Internationa