All Helicopters articles – Page 232
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Suspect parts
The supply of "rogue" aircraft parts is back in the spotlight following New Zealand's grounding of some helicopters. Paul Phelan/NELSON A FATAL helicopter crash in New Zealand has triggered the grounding of about 5% of civil helicopters in that country, the suspension of engineers' licences ...
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Kaman
Charles Kaman, founder and chief executive of US helicopter company, Kaman of Bloomfield, Connecticut, is to be awarded the 1996 US National Medal of Technology in recognition of his "-revolutionising rotary-wing flight through innovations which have made helicopters more stable and easier to fly". Source: Flight International
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New Zealand bases
The RNZAF now has only three bases, including two in the North Island: Ohakea ("Air Attack" with 20 A4K Skyhawks and flying training with 17 Aermacchi MB339CBs and 15 CT-4B piston-engined Airtrainers). Whenuapai (Maritime - 5P-3K Orions, Transport - 5CH-130H Hercules and nine Andovers and helicopters. ...
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Japanese logger
Kyokuto Boeki Kaisha will hand over the first Kaman K-MAX for a Japanese customer on 10 July, following Japanese certification of the external-lift helicopter. Japan Royal will use the helicopter for heli-logging in the Yoshino area of Nara Prefecture. Source: Flight International
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US Border Patrol wants light single-turbine helicopters
AMERICAN Eurocopter, Bell Helicopter Textron and McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS) are expected to bid for a US Border Patrol requirement for up to 45 light-observation helicopters. A request for proposals (RFP) is expected to be issued within two months for a light single-turbine, civil-certificated helicopter able to ...
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CHC helicopter
CHC Helicopter of Canada, parent company of UK helicopter company British International, has appointed Paul Conway managing director of the UK company. He was formerly commercial and deputy managing director of British International. David Wood has left the UK company. Source: Flight International
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Dragon Fly receives Italian certification
THE DRAGON Fly Model 333 two-seat helicopter received type certification from the Italian civil-aviation authority in June. The helicopter was developed by brothers Angelo and Alfredo Castiglioni, founders and owners of Dragon Fly. The Gobler-Hirth F-330A26AK single-engined (two-stroke piston) helicopter is built with a titanium frame and a glassfibre-reinforced plastic ...
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Tespar builds on sound principles
Andrew Doyle/LONDON NEW SIGNAL-processing technology able to monitor the health of mechanical systems and predict possible failures could have wide-ranging aerospace applications, according to Domain Dynamics of the UK. The company, marketing a system called the Tespar (time-encoded signal processing and recognition), developed by the ...
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IPTN takes delivery of its first Bell 430
BELL HELICOPTER Textron has delivered the first Bell 430 eight-seat intermediate twin helicopter to launch customer Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) of Indonesia. At the same time, the US helicopter company has agreed to extend its existing production arrangement with IPTN to include the manufacture of the ...
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Long - Lining
Peter Gray/BLOOMFIELD Exclusive: Flight International is the first magazine to flight test the Kaman K-Max AFTER BEING introduced to the differences between flying helicopters with tail rotors and hydraulic servo systems and Kaman Aerospace's intermeshing rotors and servo-tab systems in the H-43 Husky (Flight International, 1-7 May), Kaman ...
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Messier-Bugatti awarded S-92 contract
MESSIER-BUGATTI has been selected to supply wheels and steel brakes for the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter, in a 15-year contract potentially worth $15 million. The company, a division of French state-owned aero-engine maker Snecma, won the contract from Embraer of Brazil, the maker of the 19-seater's undercarriage. ...
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MDHS fights to keep MD600N on track
McDONNELL DOUGLAS Helicopter Systems (MDHS) is instituting "aggressive scheduling" to minimise the impact on the certification and delivery timetable of the crash of the second MD600N prototype. Key to the recovery plan, however, is the findings of the board set up to investigate the 28 May accident. Should ...
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Mitsubishi to roll out Japan's MH2000
Paul Lewis/TOKYO MITSUBISHI HEAVY Industries (MHI) expects to roll out its first prototype MH2000 helicopter by the middle of July, and to begin flight-testing the helicopter by the fourth quarter. The MH2000 is Japan's first indigenously developed civil helicopter and, therefore, its development and planned flight-test ...
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EC135 certificated
THE EUROCOPTER EC135 light twin-engined helicopter has been granted visual-flight-rules day/night certification by Germany's Luftfahrt-Bundesamt, in accordance with European Joint Aviation Rules Part 27 requirements. The approval covers the Turbom,ca Arrius-2B- and Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206B-powered versions of the seven- to eight-seat EC135, and follows a 1,000h flight-test programme ...
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PW206 to power Bell 427
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The PRATT & WHITNEY Canada PW206D turbo-shaft engine has been selected by Bell Helicopter Textron to power its new light twin, the Bell 427. The 450kW (600shp) PW206D was chosen over the Allison Model 250-C22+ and the Turbomeca Arrius 2 to power ...
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IAR agrees with Eurocopter to build Ecureuil
IAR has signed an agreement with Eurocopter International for licensed production of the French Ecureuil light helicopter in Romania.The deal, due to come into force following approval from the respective Governments, covers airframe manufacture and final assembly of 80 single-engined AS350BA Ecureuils and twin-engined AS355N Ecureuil 2s. IAR ...
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MD600N lost to blade strike
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA The second McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems' (MDHS) MD600N prototype was destroyed by fire on 28 May after a crash-landing during flight-testing. The pilot was uninjured. MDHS says that certification of the eight-seat helicopter, scheduled for September, will be delayed, but believes that first deliveries ...
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PZL-Swidnik picks PT6 for new Sokol
PZL-Swidnik has selected the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6C-65 turboshaft to power a new model of the multi-purpose, twin-engined, W-3 Sokol helicopter. The PT6C-65 is a new turboshaft series derived from the PT6 turboprop family and will be available in thrust ratings from 895-1,490kW (1,200-2,000shp). The Sokol programme ...
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Italy powers ahead with its latest A109
AGUSTA HELICOPTERS has achieved Italian certification of the latest member of its A109 family, the Power, just one year after it was first revealed at the 1995 Paris air show. The first of six helicopters is due to be delivered to launch customer Omniflight in September. Agusta claims to have ...