All Helicopters articles – Page 121
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Eurocopter EC135 due complete Poland's medical fleet upgrade
Eurocopter has handed over the final two EC135 helicopters to Poland's state-controlled air medical rescue operator...
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CAE to become training provider for CHC Helicopter
CAE has signed an agreement with offshore oil and gas transport provider CHC Helicopter to take on the company's flight training operations, including four full-flight simulators located in Norway, the UK and Canada.
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Bell unveils 412EP power boost, hints at future upgrades
Bell Helicopter has unveiled a new power and cockpit upgrade plan for the 412EP as the four-bladed, light-twin nears its 30th anniversary in commercial service.
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NTSB faults Carson in firefighting S-61N crash
The intentional alteration of weight documents and performance charts by Carson Helicopters is among the probable causes of a fatal August 2008 crash of a Sikorsky S-61N helicopter that was being used by the US Forest Service for firefighter shuttling.
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Malaysia maritime agency receives three AW139 helicopters
Malaysia's maritime enforcement agency (MMEA) has taken delivery of three AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters, which it will use for search and rescue, coastal patrol and law enforcement tasks.
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Sikorsky explains four-year delivery slip for S-76D
As Sikorsky launches production on the S-76D helicopter, the company has acknowledged that development setbacks have delayed first delivery by four years until 2012.
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NewsVIDEO: Eurocopter X3 meets phase-one speed objective
Eurocopter's X3 hybrid helicopter demonstrator has passed a programme milestone by attaining a true airspeed of 180kt (333km/h) in level flight at a reduced level of engine power in testing at a DGA base in Istres, France
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DARPA, Boeing ink deal to expand A160 uses
Under a $12.8 million contract Boeing will adapt its A160T Hummingbird unmanned helicopter to carry signals intelligence (SIGINT) payloads and BAE Systems'...
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NTSB recommends birdproof helicopter windscreens
Regulations governing helicopter windscreen strength are inadequate and at least partially responsible for a Petroleum Helicopters crash in Louisiana in 2009 that killed eight, says the US National Transportation Safety Board.
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Sabah takes delivery of EC145
Eurocopter has delivered a single EC145 helicopter to the Malaysian province of Sabah, for use in the emergency medical airlift role. "Helicopters...
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Australia ponders standardised firefighting procedures
Australia's fire authorities are reviewing a draft firefighting operations manual designed to standardise aerial firefighting procedures across the country.
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FAA, EASA: Inspections needed for interim S-92 gearboxes
US and European regulators say an interim upgraded main gearbox mounting structure for the Sikorsky S-92A continues to exhibit the cracking problems that plagued by the original design.
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AAIB releases Puma accident report
On 13 October 2006 a Bristow Helicopters Eurocopter AS332L Super Puma prepared for take off from Runway 24 at Aberdeen airport with 13 passengers on board...
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Zhuhai 2010: Chinese helicopter fleet to hit 1,000 by 2020, predicts Eurocopter
Eurocopter believes that China's helicopter fleet could grow fivefold to 1,000 in 2020, as the country's continues to develop its infrastructure and relax...
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Zhuhai10: AgustaWestland inks AW139 deal with Guangzi police
AgustaWestland has sold an AW139 medium twin helicopter to the Guangxi Province Police department.
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Heliwest snaps up aerial work contracts
Australian on-shore helicopter service provider Heliwest has picked up two new contracts for its Bell 206 JetRanger and Bell 212 helicopters. The...
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Russia emergency situations ministry re-equipment plan continues
Russian Helicopters plans to deliver five Kamov Ka-32A11BCs to Russia's emergency situations ministry in 2011-12 ...
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Italy special: Torrid market for Piaggio but hopes high for planned jet and new markets for Avanti
Piaggio's Avanti II is economical and easy on the eye, but the global crisis has not been kind to Italy's business aircraft maker
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NewsCHINA SPECIAL: Investment
The quality of China's workforce is attracting a host of overseas aerospace players to the country's surging civil aviation industry
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Business aviation in brief
Daher-Socata is establishing a new distributorship in the UK Ireland with a long-term TBM owner/operator.