All Helicopters articles – Page 231
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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 is capable of storing 1hr of voice and 10hr of data. The SCR500-120, meanwhile, which holds 2hr of voice, has been picked by Aero International (Regional) ...
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Rogerson selected
Bell has selected the Rogerson Kratos NEOAV IIDS integrated display system for its 412EP utility helicopter. Bell has also selected the Rogerson primary flight electronic-flight-instrument system already selected for the Bell 430. The NEOAV IIDS has also been chosen by CASA for its CN212. Source: Flight International
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US-Canada JV helo bid
A new Canada-US team will enter competition for the Canadian Search and Rescue Helicopter programme by offering a derivative of Sikorsky's S-70A Blackhawk to meet the Canadian Forces requirements. ‘Team Maplehawk', a partnership between Sikorsky and seven Canadian firms, was announced here at Farnborough. ...
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Bell pilots clock new round-world record
At just after 13.00 on Tuesday, two tired but happy helicopter pilots landed at Fairoaks airfield near Farnborough. The fatigue was a result of having just spent 17 days, 6 hours, 14 minutes and 25 seconds flying around the world against prevailing winds, but they were smiling because their ...
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UK police forces order MD Explorers
THE UK'S POLICE Aviation Services has ordered ten McDonnell Douglas MD900 Explorer helicopters, making it the largest single purchase of the type to date in Europe. The first eight-seat helicopter will be delivered in June 1997 and enter service with the Wiltshire Constabulary Air Support Unit. The aircraft will be ...
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Second Comanche flight completed
BOEING SIKORSKY has completed the second flight of the first prototype RAH-66 Comanche scout/attack helicopter, some seven months after the first flight. The 54min flight took place at Sikorsky's West Palm Beach, Florida, flight-test centre on 24 August. The first flight took place on 4 January. The second ...
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Crew aids
Aircrew effectiveness is set to increase with the newly-available glass cockpits and digital avionics for Black Hawk helicopters, says manufacturer Sikorsky. The digital Automated Flight Computer System (AFCS) is designed to simplify pilot workload. Among the options on offer is an Electronic Flight Information System (EFIS) which will ...
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New Bell chimes in with a mock-up
Bell Canada has unveiled the first mock-up of the Bell 427 light, twin four-blade helicopter on its stand in Hall 4/D1/27. The announcement of the new aircraft development was made with Korean firm Samsung Aerospace at the Helicopter Association International Show earlier this year. This new model will ...
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Chinese sales breakthrough for fledgling gyroplane
Plans to establish an air taxi company in China are taking off here at Farnborough. News at the show is that Shanghai Energy and Chemicals (SECC) and Groen Brothers Aviation (GBA) have signed a Letter of Intent under which SECC will buy 200 H2X commercial gyroplanes from GBA. ...
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Sikorsky's mass-transit milestone
Sikorsky announced a $17 million order for three of its new S-76C+ aircraft at the Show yesterday, describing the sale as a watershed event in the helicopter mass transit market. Sikorsky commercial programmes director Mike Moran gave details of the contract for three S-76C+ aircraft to HelikopterService, which will ...
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Bell pilots go west in bid to set a double record
If you have already captured the speed record for flying round the world in a helicopter, what might your next challenge be? Texas pilot Ron Bower knows that answer, do it again - this time in the opposite direction. Visitors at Farnborough will know today whether Bower and ...
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MDHS reveals MD600N design change
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS Helicopter Systems (MDHS) has begun flight testing a series of modifications to the MD600N eight-seat civil helicopter following the crash of a prototype earlier this year. The changes are aimed at increasing the clearance between the main rotor blades and ...
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Mi-28N roll-out
Mil has rolled out the first prototype of the Mi-28N all-weather night-attack derivative of its Mi-28 Havoc attack helicopter. The helicopter is fitted with a mast-mounted radar, which operates in the millimetre and centimetre wavebands. An imaging-infra-red system is mounted in the nose. The helicopter has also been fitted with ...
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Rescue accident
A Eurocopter BO105 helicopter of Russia's central rescue detachment crashed on a test flight close to Fisht Mountain, Sochi, near the Black Sea. Deputy head of the detachment Igor Pokopchik was killed and four others seriously injured. Source: Flight International
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Irish SAR
Bond Helicopters (Ireland) has been awarded a contract by the Irish Government for search-and-rescue (SAR) services on the Atlantic coast. The Helicopter Services Group subsidiary will use a Sikorsky S-61N made available through the acquisition of a stake in South Africa's Court Helicopters in June. Source: Flight International
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French DGAC sets deadline for operators of EMS helicopters
14/08/96Julian Moxon/PARIS FRENCH emergency-medical-services (EMS) helicopter operators have until the end of the year to furnish plans on how they will meet the new European Joint Aviation Authorities JAR OPS 3 rules on twin-engined operations. The DGAC, France's certification authority, has told operators that they ...
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Testbed gear failure delays Comanche
A SECOND FLIGHT of the Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche scout/attack helicopter has been delayed until after completion of tests to determine why a gear failed on the propulsion-system testbed. The YRAH-66 prototype has been grounded since its first hover test on 4 January. Resonance is blamed for the ...
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Farnborough '96 Preview
Aerospace is flooded with air shows, but the Farnborough '96 organiser promises an "essential"event this September Compiled by Kate Sarsfield/LONDON WITH THE AEROSPACE calendar awash with air shows, Farnborough '96 show organiser The Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC) is keen to promote its biennial show as ...
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EC135 certification
Eurocopter has received US certification for the EC135 light twin-turbine helicopter, powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206Bs or Turbomeca Arrius 2Bs. Source: Flight International
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C-130/helicopter clash explained
Sir - You published my letter "Keeping out of helicopters' way" (Flight International, 31 July-6 August, P46), about the RAF Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules being flown at low level through intense helicopter activity south-east of Silverstone, near Milton Keynes, UK, on 14 July, British Grand Prix day. I ...