All Helicopters articles – Page 230
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Helicap buys EC135 for JAR compliance
PARIS-BASED Helicap has ordered six Eurocopter EC135 light twin-engined helicopters, equipped for emergency medical services (EMS), in a move to meet new European regulations. According to Eurocopter, the helicopters will allow the company to meet the new European Joint Aviation Authorities JAR OPS3 rules, which ban single-engine operations ...
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Singapore basing
Singapore has asked to base two of its four planned refurbished Boeing KC-135R tanker aircraft at March AB, California, for crew training. Singapore, which is short of airspace, already keeps nine leased Lockheed Martin F-16s at AFB Luke, Arizona, and is now training crews for its six new Boeing CH-47D ...
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Turbomeca
Turboméca manufactures Arrius turbo shaft engines for a wide range of helicopters, including the Eurocopter AS355N (Arrius 1A), EC135 (2B) and EC120 (2F) and McDonnell Douglas MD901 (2C). The engine has an electronic control system for twin-engined helicopters, and hydro-mechanical control for singles. The Arriel 2 engine powers the Eurocopter ...
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WSK PZL-Rzeszow
WSK PZL-Rzeszow of Poland has introduced an up-rated version of its popular GTD-350 turbo shaft engine, which powers the Mil Mi-2 helicopter. The GTD-350W offers improved compressor efficiency, resulting in an increase in take-off power of 18kW, to 315kW. The improvements are also available as a retrofit for existing engines. ...
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Klimov
Klimov, now part of VPK MAPO, is developing thrust-vectoring-modified RD-33s for the Mikoyan MiG-35, a derivative of the MiG-29M. Klimov is also understood to be proposing development of the RD-333, a "fifth-generation" design. The low-bypass RD-33 turbofan powers all versions of the MiG-29, and some upgraded MiG-21s. The ...
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RKBM Rybinsk Engine-Building Design Office
The RKBM Rybinsk RD-600 turbo shaft will power the Kamov Ka-62 twin-turbine helicopter which is due to have its first flight before 1997. GE T700/CT7s, LHTEC CTS800s and R-R Turboméca RTM322s are being offered as alternatives to the 955kW RD-600 Source: Flight International
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Changzhou Lan Xiang Machinery Works
Changzhou Lan Xiang Machinery Works, also known as Jiangxi Helicopter Engine Factory, manufactures the WZ6 turbo shaft derived from Turboméca's Turmo IIIC. Source: Flight International
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Pratt & Whitney Canada
Two new applications for Pratt & Whitney Canada's (P&WC) best-selling PT6 turboprop/turbo shaft engine have been announced in 1996. The PT6B-37 turbo shaft has been selected by Agusta for its A119 Koala single-engined helicopter. Certification of the PT6B-37 is scheduled for late-1996, with production engine deliveries beginning during early 1997. ...
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Allison Engines
Allison Engines, acquired by Rolls-Royce in 1995, is studying a growth version of the AE3007 turbofan which powers the Embraer EMB-145 regional jet and Cessna Citation X business jet. Designated the AE3012, the engine would be offered as a potential power plant for the planned Aero-International (Regional) 70-seater. ...
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AlliedSignal Engines
AlliedSignal Engines revealed earlier this year that it is studying the economic feasibility of regional jets with fewer than 50 seats. The company hopes that its LF507, the AS309 derivative, or a new-centre-line engine, could potentially find applications in this sector of the market. Meanwhile, AlliedSignal is involved ...
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Saab magnetism
A Saab-lead consortium has launched a research programme to study technologies for limiting electro- magnetic interference with aircraft systems. Other partners in the Composites and Advanced Aircraft Technologies Electromagnetic Protection project, which is part-funded by the European Commission, include Aerospatiale, British Aerospace, Dornier and Eurocopter. Source: ...
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India's carriers continue expansion
SEVERAL OF India's private carriers are moving forward with expansion plans, and acquiring additional aircraft to meet expected growth. Sahara India Airlines is to lease an additional two Boeing 737-300s from November and has resubmitted its application to the Government to purchase five AI(R) ATR 42-500s. ...
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Brazilian prospect
Polish helicopter manufacturer PZL-Swidnik has signed a preliminary agreement with Brazil's Aeromot, opening the way to licensed production negotiations. According to Swidnik, Aeromot wants to produce the W-3 Sokol multi-purpose helicopter in Brazil, where it claims that there is a substantial market for the aircraft. The Polish company stresses that ...
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MDHS plans to produce MD902 Explorer in 1997
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS Helicopter Systems (MDHS) is to phase out production of the MD900 Explorer in 1997 and replace it with a more advanced version, the MD902. The US company is upgrading the Explorer largely in response to competition from Bell, with its 427, ...
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Dornier and Bell team up for German border guard bid
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DORNIER LUFTFAHRT has signed with Bell Helicopter Textron to make a joint bid for a light-transport-helicopter requirement from Germany's Federal Border Guard (BGS). The BGS wants to replace 13 of its fleet of 19 single-engined UH-1D Hueys in 1998. The remaining six Hueys will ...
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World record
Ron Bower and John Williams, flying a Bell 430, have set a round-the-world helicopter speed record - and the first for a westbound flight - of just over 17 days, breaking the existing record by seven days. The plan was to complete the flight from the UK's Fairoaks Airport in ...
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Eurocopter embargo payment judgment due in October
A FRENCH Commercial Court will judge on 3 October on whether Eurocopter should pay an international arms dealer for allegedly arranging the sale of 50 Super Pumas to South Africa during the United Nations arms embargo to the country (Flight Inter- national, 1-6 May). The ...
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MDHS transfers civil training to UND
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA UND AEROSPACE is to provide all factory-authorised flight and maintenance training for McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems' (MDHS) civil aircraft. UND has ordered an MD500E, MD600N and MD Explorer from MDHS for use in the programme, and the aviation-education arm of the University of North Dakota will ...
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Base records
The British Aerospace Systems and Equipment (BASE) SCR500-660 combined cockpit-voice/flight-data recorder has been selected for the Sikorsky S-92 multi-purpose helicopter. The unit can store 1h of voice and 10h of data. The SCR500-120, meanwhile, which holds 2h of voice, has been picked by Aero International (Regional) for its Avro RJ ...
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Bell rings up sales for 427s during show
BELL HELICOPTER Textron won firm orders for 22 Model 427 light twin-turbine helicopters during the Farnborough air show. Orders for the eight-seat helicopter were placed by 11 Pacific Rim customers, seven European, three Middle Eastern and one from the USA. "These firm orders for a helicopter ...