Rotorcraft

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

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Tail Rotor Failure Leads to EMS Helo Emergency Landing

All three aboard suffered only minor injuries

A screenshot from a YouTube video showing the rotorcraft in a residential yard

Aerial Inspections Make the Difference in Fighting Bushfires

Powercor deploys Bell 407GXi rotorcraft in Australia

Lidar images taken from a Bell helicopter

Los Angeles Police Dept Puts VR Simulator to Work

Loft Dynamics device makes emergency training much more realistic

LAPD helicopter crew

Sweet Helicopters Keeps Indianapolis 500 Fans Moving

Traffic jams make it worthwhile for people to fly on short helicopter charter flights

Sweet Helicopters Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Videos

TAI/AgustaWestland A129 ATAK Shows Aerobatic Maneuvers at Farnborough Airshow 2022

TAI/AgustaWestland A129 ATAK Shows Aerobatic Maneuvers at Farnborough Airshow 2022

Eve Unveils New-Look eVTOL Aircraft and Passenger Cabin

Eve Unveils New-Look eVTOL Aircraft and Passenger Cabin

How EHang’s Autonomous eVTOL Air Taxis Will Relieve Gridlocked Cities

How EHang’s Autonomous eVTOL Air Taxis Will Relieve Gridlocked Cities

Embraer’s Eve Boosts Plans For Urban Air Mobility Revolution With Wall Street Cash

Embraer’s Eve Boosts Plans For Urban Air Mobility Revolution With Wall Street Cash

More Articles

U.S. Lawmakers Seek To Bar Helicopters in New York City

Rep. Nadler has co-sponsored a half-dozen bills in recent years to curb helo ops

Regulations and Government

Helicopter over NYC

Airbus Helicopters Opens Niagara Distribution Center

Facility will serve regional customers and improve the OEM’s efficiency

Airbus Helicopters Niagara distribution center

Rotortrade Sees Growth in Latin American Helo Market

Brazil’s energy market is a strong driver of rotorcraft activity in LATAM

Leonardo AW109E VIP by Rotortrade

Robinson Reveals R66 for Army Helicopter Training

Contender to replace the branch's Airbus UH-72 Lakota trainers

R66

PAG To Distribute Honeywell RDR-7000 Radar in Asia

Move facilitates integrationinto AW139 fleets operating across Asia-Pacific

IntuVue RDR-7000 Weather Radar System

Leonardo’s Indian Distributor UVA Orders Two AW169s

Universal Vulkaan Aviation has now ordered seven VIP helicopters

Universal Vulkaan Aviation directors Harinder Commar and Aylin Yildiz with Christian Gras from Leonardo Helicopters

Sikorsky S-92 Helicopters Get a Second Life as Firefighters

Fireflighting mission is ideal for large rotorcraft nearing the end of their useful lives.

Sikorsky S-92 dropping water as a fire bomber

Leonardo, Sloane Mark 30-year Partnership with AW109 Order

Sloane is coming up on its 109th sale of the AW109.

Leonardo Sloane deal

Leonardo Taps Rising Demand for VIP Helicopters

Italian aircraft manufacturer is the sole OEM exhibiting at EBACE 2025

Leonado cabin interior

Rain Tests Autonomous Black Hawk on Burning Brush

Two weeks of testing highlighted the value of quick-reaction fire suppression

Autonomous Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter tackles brush fires

FAA Concerned about Bell 206L Vertical Vibrations

Pilots need to know to pull collective to eliminate so-called collective bounce

Van Horn Aviation collective bounce

Alpine Helicopters Picks Camp’s Mx and Inventory Tools

Systems will streamline operations, reduce downtime, and improve reliability

Alpine Helicopters Bell 407

Blade Air Mobility Losses Ease as Pax Revenues Leap

Company posted a $3.5 million net loss

Blade NBAA-BACE 2021 shuttle service at Henderson Executive Airport (Photo: NBAA)

Helicopter Deliveries at Leonardo Soften but Orders Jump

Order intake in the quarter was up 15.6%

AW139

Bell Celebrates 6,000th Helicopter Made in Mirabel

Ceremony included delivery of two Subaru Bell 412EPXs

Bell Textron 6000th helicopter made in Mirabel, Canada

Loft Dynamics VR Sim Approved for Type Rating Program

Training includes flights in simulator and in the real AS350B3e helicopter

Loft Dynamics VR flight simulator at Airbus Helicopters headquarters

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