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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Canada Completes Cougar Crash Draft

Canada’s Transportation Safety Board has completed its draft report of the <link news/single-news-page/article/mgb-component-failure-eyed-in-fatal-cougar-

Accidents

October 26, 2010

Sikorsky S-92 Fleet Hits 250,000-hour Mark

The 117-strong fleet of Sikorsky S-92s has surpassed 250,000 flight hours.

Rotorcraft

October 26, 2010

UTair Orders 20 Light Eurocopters

Russian operator UTair has ordered 20 Eurocopter AS350B3/AS355NP Ecureuils.

Rotorcraft

October 26, 2010

Eurocopter Sees Growth in Southern Africa

Eurocopter expects to book approximately $67 million in orders in Southern African countries this year, a 35-percent increase over 2009’s orders.

Rotorcraft

October 26, 2010

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Turbomeca, French Helicopter Rescue Celebrate 200,000 Flight Hours

The helicopter group of the Sécurité Civile, France’s emergency preparedness organization, has logged 200,000 hours of operation with the Arriel 1E2 turb

Rotorcraft

October 26, 2010

PremiAir’s Ryder Cup Flights ‘Fully Booked’

Five days before the 2010 Ryder Cup golf tournament began on October 1 in Newport, South Wales, UK-based charter operator PremiAir announced that its he

Rotorcraft

October 26, 2010

Eurocopter unveils X3 compound demonstrator

Eurocopter unveiled a compound helicopter demonstrator called the X3 (“x cubed”) designed to cruise at 220 knots–about 50 percent faster than today’s medi

Rotorcraft

October 26, 2010

Richard Santulli's new helicopter leasing venture

Richard Santulli’s new helicopter leasing venture, Milestone Aviation Group, completed its first deal last month–a contract for two Sikorsky 76C++s for Bra

Rotorcraft

October 26, 2010

Sikorsky Invests In Eclipse Aerospace

In a surprise announcement here today, Stratford, Conn.-based Sikorsky Aircraft (Booth No.

Rotorcraft

October 20, 2010

Safe Flight PDS aided Enstrom in Thai army sale

The first Enstrom 480B helicopters to be equipped with Powerline Detection Systems (PDS), which are designed and manufactured by Safe Flight Instrument (Bo

Rotorcraft

October 20, 2010

FlightSafety offers level 7 FTDs to helo operators

FlightSafety International (Booth No.

Training and Workforce

October 20, 2010

LA Sheriff Picks Cobham for AStar Fleet

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the seventh largest law enforcement agency in the U.S.

Rotorcraft

October 19, 2010

EC175 Helicopter Program On Time, Says Eurocopter

Eurocopter said the flight-test program for its new medium twin helicopter, <link news/single-news-page/article/eurocopter-ec-175-quietly-makes-first-fligh

Rotorcraft

October 14, 2010

AgustaWestland Eyes Three U.S. Military Helicopter Programs

AgustaWestland is promoting three of its civil helicopters for proposed U.S.

Aircraft

October 14, 2010

Sikorsky Teams with L-M on Presidential Helo

Sikorsky (Booth No.

Rotorcraft

October 13, 2010

Major Helicopter Orders Landed at EMS Conference

Helicopter EMS operators and OEMs announced several large orders for new aircraft at the opening of the Air Medical Transport Conference in Fort Lauderdale

Rotorcraft

October 12, 2010

Hillsboro pledges to fight proposed civil penalty

Hillsboro Aviation executives believe the company is being punished for good behavior.

Maintenance and Modifications

September 30, 2010

Global Helicopter Fleet To Grow by One-third

The world helicopter fleet will grow from 24,625 last year to 36,946 by 2015, according to a new study by Frost & Sullivan.

Rotorcraft

September 30, 2010

Eurocopter To Introduce Dauphin Sim in Singapore

Eurocopter and Thales have agreed to install a full-flight simulator for the Dauphin AS365 N3 at Eurocopter’s Singapore facilities by mid-2012.

Training and Workforce

September 30, 2010

AgustaWestland Grand New Goes EMS

Spectrum Aeromed announced that it is part of a team developing an aeromedical interior for the latest iteration of the AW109 light twin.

Rotorcraft

September 30, 2010

Rotorcraft

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

Latest

Canada Completes Cougar Crash Draft

Canada’s Transportation Safety Board has completed its draft report of the <link news/single-news-page/article/mgb-component-failure-eyed-in-fatal-cougar-

Sikorsky S-92 Fleet Hits 250,000-hour Mark

The 117-strong fleet of Sikorsky S-92s has surpassed 250,000 flight hours.

UTair Orders 20 Light Eurocopters

Russian operator UTair has ordered 20 Eurocopter AS350B3/AS355NP Ecureuils.

Eurocopter Sees Growth in Southern Africa

Eurocopter expects to book approximately $67 million in orders in Southern African countries this year, a 35-percent increase over 2009’s orders.

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Turbomeca, French Helicopter Rescue Celebrate 200,000 Flight Hours

The helicopter group of the Sécurité Civile, France’s emergency preparedness organization, has logged 200,000 hours of operation with the Arriel 1E2 turb

PremiAir’s Ryder Cup Flights ‘Fully Booked’

Five days before the 2010 Ryder Cup golf tournament began on October 1 in Newport, South Wales, UK-based charter operator PremiAir announced that its ­he

Eurocopter unveils X3 compound demonstrator

Eurocopter unveiled a ­compound helicopter demonstrator called the X3 (“x cubed”) designed to cruise at 220 knots–about 50 percent faster than today’s medi

Richard Santulli's new helicopter leasing venture

Richard Santulli’s new helicopter leasing venture, Milestone Aviation Group, completed its first deal last month–a contract for two Sikorsky 76C++s for Bra

Sikorsky Invests In Eclipse Aerospace

In a surprise announcement here today, Stratford, Conn.-based Sikorsky Aircraft (Booth No.

Safe Flight PDS aided Enstrom in Thai army sale

The first Enstrom 480B helicopters to be equipped with Powerline Detection Systems (PDS), which are designed and manufactured by Safe Flight Instrument (Bo

FlightSafety offers level 7 FTDs to helo operators

FlightSafety International (Booth No.

LA Sheriff Picks Cobham for AStar Fleet

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the seventh largest law enforcement agency in the U.S.

EC175 Helicopter Program On Time, Says Eurocopter

Eurocopter said the flight-test program for its new medium twin helicopter, <link news/single-news-page/article/eurocopter-ec-175-quietly-makes-first-fligh

AgustaWestland Eyes Three U.S. Military Helicopter Programs

AgustaWestland is promoting three of its civil helicopters for proposed U.S.

Sikorsky Teams with L-M on Presidential Helo

Sikorsky (Booth No.

Major Helicopter Orders Landed at EMS Conference

Helicopter EMS operators and OEMs announced several large orders for new aircraft at the opening of the Air Medical Transport Conference in Fort Lauderdale

Hillsboro pledges to fight proposed civil penalty

Hillsboro Aviation executives believe the company is being punished for good behavior.

Global Helicopter Fleet To Grow by One-third

The world helicopter fleet will grow from 24,625 last year to 36,946 by 2015, according to a new study by Frost &amp; Sullivan.

Eurocopter To Introduce Dauphin Sim in Singapore

Eurocopter and Thales have agreed to install a full-flight simulator for the Dauphin AS365 N3&nbsp;at Eurocopter’s Singapore facilities by mid-2012.

AgustaWestland Grand New Goes EMS

Spectrum Aeromed announced that it is part of a team developing an aeromedical interior for the latest iteration of the AW109 light twin.

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Five days before the 2010 Ryder Cup golf tournament began on October 1 in Newport, South Wales, UK-based charter operator PremiAir announced that its he

Eurocopter unveiled a compound helicopter demonstrator called the X3 (“x cubed”) designed to cruise at 220 knots–about 50 percent faster than today’s medi

The world helicopter fleet will grow from 24,625 last year to 36,946 by 2015, according to a new study by Frost & Sullivan.

Eurocopter and Thales have agreed to install a full-flight simulator for the Dauphin AS365 N3 at Eurocopter’s Singapore facilities by mid-2012.