All Helicopters articles – Page 56
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ANALYSIS: ASEAN helicopter EMS awaits booster shot
Southeast Asia's increasing wealth, challenging terrain and often shoddy infrastructure make it ideal for helicopters, but one type of service has yet to take off: EMS
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NewsAW189 helicopter finally enters UK SAR service
Bristow Helicopters has finally begun search and rescue (SAR) operations with Leonardo’s late-running AgustaWestland AW189.
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NewsPICTURES: RAF welcomes updated Chinook HC5
The UK Royal Air Force has received the first of its Boeing CH-47 Chinooks upgraded to the HC5 standard.
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Airbus Helicopters, PTDI in MRO pact
Airbus Helicopters and Indonesia’s PTDI have entered an agreement to provide support for Indonesian government rotorcraft.
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LIMA: Airbus hopes for H130 breakthrough in Malaysia
Airbus Helicopters is making a push to sell its first H130 single-engined helicopter in Malaysia, while continuing to eye opportunities for additional military helicopters.
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Tail of crashed Irish SAR S-92 struck cliffs: investigators
Initial findings from Irish crash investigators suggest that the tail section of a Sikorsky S-92 search and rescue helicopter struck cliffs near Black Rock lighthouse during its fatal descent on 14 March.
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Royal Navy Lynx HMA8 fleet bows out of service
A final flypast of four Royal Navy Westland Lynx HMA8 helicopters from 815 Naval Air Squadron, based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset, will take place on 17 March, before the type is officially decommissioned on 23 March.
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Russian Helicopters launches new light single
Russian Helicopters is to develop a new light single-engined helicopter for service entry early next decade.
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OpinionOPINION: Why Bell had to impress with FCX concept
For all its storied history of aviation firsts, Bell Helicopter has in recent years become stuck in a rut.
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ANALYSIS: Lightning Strike powered by Honeywell's electric breakthrough
If hybrid-electric propulsion ever becomes a primary source of aviation thrust, the industry must invent a new kind of highly efficient electric generator small enough for an aircraft yet powerful enough to generate thrust.
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Bell celebrates first 505 delivery into light-single market
Bell Helicopter made the first delivery of the 505 light-single helicopter in a 7 March ceremony during Heli-Expo, returning to a market segment the company popularised with the 206 JetRanger almost 50 years ago.
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Heli-expo deals evoke optimism, but forecasts paint darker picture
Two helicopter lessors delivered an overdue dose of optimism with a flurry of order announcements during Heli-Expo, but a major industry forecast paints a long-term pessimistic picture of the industry’s health.
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Bell, Robinson helicopters embrace lithium ion batteries
Lithium-ion batteries are quickly emerging as a popular engine-start system in the light-single helicopter market, replacing larger and heavier nickel cadmium or lead acid batteries in several new types.
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Kaman searches for new orders to extend K-Max production
Kaman faces a decision within 60 days to produce a second batch of K-Max helicopter on a recently revived assembly line, says Terry Fogarty, the company's business development director.
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Marenco announces new launch customer for SH09
Swiss helicopter start-up Marenco announced the Skye SH09 single-engined will enter service with at least two launch customers in 2019.
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Sikorsky adds real-time tracking to PHI's S-92 fleet
Sikorsky has added real-time aircraft tracking and health monitoring for the S-92 fleet operated by Louisiana-based PHI, leveraging a satellite communications system designed to transmit and receive data through the heavylift helicopter’s rotor wash.
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MD Helicopters unveils MD6XX mock-up, MD969 changes
MD Helicopters will chase new military and civil helicopter orders with a newly-unveiled MD6XX in the 2.5t single-engine class and a re-branded and re-imagined modernisation of the light-twin MD902 Explorer called the MD969.
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HELI-EXPO: Bell unveils FCX concept helicopter
Bell Helicopter has taken the wraps off a new concept rotorcraft at this year’s Heli-Expo, designed to showcase the manufacturer’s renewed focus on innovation under the direction of chief executive Mitch Snyder.
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HELI-EXPO: Leonardo plans tiltrotor prototype flight in 2023
Leonardo Helicopters has detailed plans to test and fly a prototype of a second-generation civil tiltrotor by 2023 as a successor to the developmental AW609. However, this marks a two-year delay over its most recent timeline for the project.
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HELI-EXPO: AW209 launch awaits clarity on Part 27 rewrite: Leonardo Helicopters chief
Leonardo Helicopters is waiting for clarity on regulatory reform efforts before launching a secretive light-twin helicopter called the AW209, says managing director Daniele Romiti.