Helicopters – Page 153
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Light helicopters set for autopilots
Low-cost Chelton system emerges from NASA research programme and will start experimental testing next month
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Deccan lures India's new jet set with executive charters
Carrier targets cash-rich domestic companies as it acquires helicopters and Learjets
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DARPA pulls plug on X-50 stopped-rotor concept
Loss of second Dragonfly demonstrator due to lack of low-speed control, says agency
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NewsHigh oil price fuels demand for offshore helicopter workers
Rising oil prices may be hitting the airlines hard, but increased exploration and drilling mean that more helicopter pilots and engineers are needed to service the oil industry
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NewsFatal August 2005 Copterline S-76C+ crash controversy deepens as Sikorsky rejects NTSB verdict of main rotor servo failure
Controversy over the cause of the fatal accident involving a Copterline Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopter in August 2005 has deepened following Estonian accident investigators' confirmation of US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) findings that the probable cause was failure of a main rotor servo.
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Flying the line
The world has few scheduled helicopter services - and their operators are mostly long established. How do they survive and is there room for expansion?