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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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Columbia and Piasecki To Upgrade Model 107 Helicopters

The upgrades to the rotorcraft will be done in a former Sikorsky factory now run by Piasecki

Columbia Helicopters Model 107-II heavy-lift rotorcraft

New China FBO Looks To Meld Bizjets and AAM

The Chengdu facility is positioning itself as a regional air connectivity hub

Signing agreement between Sino Jet and Sichuan Huahui Business Aviation Services

Hawaii AC Set To Further Constrain Air Tour Operations

Operators doubtful that new requirements will improve safety

man and woman in helicopter

Leonardo Appoints Tokyo Distributor for AW09 Helo

Aero Facility will be responsible for AW09 commercial applications in Japan

Aero Facility Japan

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Era Group Goes Beyond Offshore Oil & Gas With Its Helicopter Business

Era Group Goes Beyond Offshore Oil & Gas With Its Helicopter Business

HeliJet Operates a Scheduled Helicopter Airline with Sikorsky’s S-76C+

HeliJet Operates a Scheduled Helicopter Airline with Sikorsky’s S-76C+

Aging Black Hawk Helicopters are Brought Into the Digital Age with All New Avionics

Aging Black Hawk Helicopters are Brought Into the Digital Age with All New Avionics

Marenco Swisshelicopter’s All-Carbon-Fiber SKYe-SH09 is a 21st Century Helicopter

Marenco Swisshelicopter’s All-Carbon-Fiber SKYe-SH09 is a 21st Century Helicopter

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Explosive Helicopter Stunt Leads To YouTuber’s Arrest

Pilot who flew the helicopter for the filming had his license revoked by the FAA

Helicopter shooting fireworks at car

Leonardo Flies AW609 In Navy Aircraft Carrier Sea Trials

The aircraft has not yet received a civil type certificate

Leonardo AW609 tiltrotor operates on an Italian Navy aircraft carrier

Airbus Delivers 1st ACH160 Helicopter in North America

Chartright Air Group will start flying charters in the ACH160 in the third quarter

Airbus ACH160 for Chartright Air Group

Leonardo To Assemble AW609 at Grottaglie Facility

The company is suspending production of airliner fuselages for Boeing for four months

Leonardo's Grottaglie production line for Boeing 787 airline fuselages

Hoper Launches Aegean Islands Helicopter Service

The move signals that there is a market for regional mobility that helicopters can serve

Hoper helicopter flights in Greece

EASA Starts Flight Tests on AW09 Helicopter

The Leonardo subsidiary is aiming to certify the single-engined rotorcraft in 2025

EASA and Kopter test pilots with AW09 helicopter

Garmin GI 275 Approved for MD Helicopters MD500/530

The approval expands installation options for Garmin's electronic flight instrument

Garmin GI 275 electronic flight instrument

GPMS Adds Two More Airbus Models to Foresight HUMS STCs

GPMS' Foresight HUMS is now certified on five different Airbus models

Maintenance and Modifications

GMPS Hums on board Airbus helicopter

Omni Helicopters Picks Two for Ab Initio Helo Training

The rigorous selection process involved nearly 20 candidates

Somant Heeralal and Yadram Ramcharran, Omni Helicopters

Loft VR Helo Simulator Approved for Sling Load Training

Pilots were able to safety handle real sling loads after the VR training

Loft Dynamics virtual reality helicopter sling load training

MD Helicopters Adds Texas Authorized Service Center

MD is further expanding its service center network

Maintenance and Modifications

Thoroughbred Aviation's Georgetown, Texas maintenance facility

Signature Signs MOU on Chainwide eVTOL Charging

Signature and Archer look to first install air taxi sites in major urban U.S. areas coast-to-coast

Artist rendering of Archer Aircraft in United Airlines livery at Signature FBO

Metro Delivers AStar Helo to Texas Game Wardens

Helicopter will fly law enforcement, search-and-rescue, and aerial firefighting missions

Texas Game Wardens Airbus Helicopters H125

Kopter Expects Versatile AW09 Helicopter To Punch Above Its Weight

The all composite turbine single promises to bring new technology to its segment

Kopter AW09 helicopter flying near mountains

PHI MRO Services Recognized as Leonardo Service Center

Helicopter maker adds the MRO provider to its global network of maintenance centers

Maintenance and Modifications

Leonardo AW139-series helicopters

VAI Lauds End of West 30th St Heliport Closure Effort

The New York State bill would have closed a critical facility

West 30th Street heliport, NYC

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