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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Helicopter-supported highwire act keeps the nation’s juice flowing

They’re the unsung heroes of the highwire, the workers who straddle live high-tension transmission lines, wires literally sizzling with their lethal load.

January 9, 2008

Mountain helo pilots share lifesaving lore

Helicopter mountain rescue operations are among the most demanding flying there is.

January 9, 2008

Two UK helo firms land at McAlpine

The BBA Group sold its Signature Aircraft Engineering rotorcraft maintenance business and Signature Helicopters charter operation to the UK’s McAlpine grou

January 9, 2008

Heritage introduces quiet helo cabin ‘cocoon’

To some, helicopters are the essence of noise; to others they make the music of commerce.

Cabin Interior and Electronics

January 8, 2008

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Pilot Report: Robinson R44

I have to admit that the Robinson revolution passed me by.

January 4, 2008

Carson switches blades to give S-61 more moxie

Carson Helicopters of Perkasie, Pa., has been granted FAA certification for new main rotor blades for the Sikorsky S-61.

January 4, 2008

Honeywell LTS101 Upgrade Aimed at Coast Guard

Honeywell is developing an advanced growth version of the LTS101 turboshaft.

January 4, 2008

Bambi Introduces PowerFill Buckets

Just when you think everything that can be done with the basic SEI Industries Bambi bucket  has been done, the Delta, British Columbia, Canada-based c

January 4, 2008

New Small Turboshafts From PWC

Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) has admitted to the beginning of studies intended to result in a new family of light turbine engines derived from the basi

January 4, 2008

At Long Last Lift

Taking its place on Bell Helicopter’s Arlington, Texas, tiltrotor test stands for the first time last month, the long-awaited first of a planned four Bell/

January 4, 2008

Sikorsky’s S-92 earns FAA certification

Providing proof that persistence pays off, Sikorsky Aircraft received in the week before Christmas a most welcome present: type certification of its S-92 m

January 4, 2008

Pratt Adds Engine Production Line

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has added 200 production workers and is opening a new assembly line for the PT6T TwinPac, the engines that power the

December 28, 2007

AgustaWestland Wraps Blade Testing

AgustaWestland announced it has successfully completed flight testing of the new-generation BERP IV main rotor blades on the AW-101 (née EH-101).

December 28, 2007

Emirates-CAE To Train Indian Pilots

Emirates-CAE Flight Training has signed a three-year contract to provide helicopter training for Indian-based offshore helicopter operator Global Vectra He

December 28, 2007

PHI and Norsk S-92s Log 20K Hours

Offshore operators PHI and Norsk each reached 20,000 hours late last year with their Sikorsky S-92s.

December 28, 2007

OEM To Open West Coast Center

In addition to repairing its 10,000th rotor blade at its Grand Prairie, Texas shop, American Eurocopter announced that it will open its first regional serv

Maintenance and Modifications

December 28, 2007

Civilian operators clamor for night-vision goggles

The civil night-vision goggle market is booming for emergency medical service (EMS) and law enforcement applications, but significant regulatory barriers c

December 28, 2007

European operators praise NVGs

Since EASA certified the first night-vision image system on a civil helicopter (see AIN, September 2007), several European operat

December 28, 2007

Helo satnav approaches tested

Last year in Toulouse, France, Eurocopter completed two series of tests that demonstrated the feasibility of satellite-navigation precision approaches for

December 28, 2007

Small design changes focus of seminar

Rotorcraft design has reached a plateau and advancements are taking place in incremental steps rather than as major breakthroughs.

December 28, 2007

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