Helicopters – Page 206
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European helicopter teams link concepts
Julian Moxon/PARIS The European Commission (EC) has succeeded in bringing together the European helicopter industry to combine proposals for tiltwing/tiltrotor aircraft projects in a single programme. A decision on EC research is expected in mid-year. Eurocopter proposed its tilt-rotor solution independently of an Agusta-GKN Westland submission for a tiltwing ...
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K-Max customers
Kaman Aerospace has announced two new customers for its K-Max external lift helicopter. Heli Air Zagel Lufttransport has taken delivery of a new machine and Wucher Helicopters of Austria will take a second, previously owned, K-Max shortly. The helicopters will be used for heli-logging, as well as ski resort support. ...
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Air Methods' Mercy adds rescue service
US emergency medical service specialist Air Methods is to acquire the St Louis, Missouri-based Area Rescue Consortium of Hospitals (ARCH) air ambulance service. The deal expands the Denver, Colorado-based company's turnkey medical transport operations. ARCH will be acquired through Air Method's Mercy Air Service subsidiary. Air Methods operates air ...
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Air Harrods stocks twin turboshaft EC135 at Stansted
Air Harrods, subsidiary of the London department store, has taken delivery of a twin turboshaft Eurocopter EC135. The aircraft, completed by Eurocopter UK distributor McAlpine Helicopters, will join the London Stansted Airport-based operator's fleet in September, after receipt of a UK air operator's certificate. Air Harrods has two Sikorsky S-76s ...
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Japan's BK117 C-2 prototype flies at Gifu
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has successfully flown the first Japanese-built prototype BK117 C-2 medium-twin-turbine helicopter at its Gifu plant. First flight was on 15 March, for about 1h, says Masato Furusawa, KHI's senior manager of helicopter project engineering. The prototype hovered and demonstrated forward, reverse and sideways flight and ...
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New EMS HQ
The UK's Kent Air Ambulance Trust is to transfer from its temporary headquarters at Rochester Airport to a purpose-built site at nearby Marsden, less than 10 years after the service began. According to the Trust, the new site is the UK's first fully integrated helicopter emergency medical services (EMS) air ...
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In the dark
Kawasaki is puzzled by Eurocopter's reluctance to promote the BK117/EC145 Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) plans to lift the veil on its BK117C-2/EC145 helicopter programme, developed jointly with Eurocopter, at Tokyo Aerospace 2000 (TA2000). It faces an unusual problem, however, in its Franco-German partner's reluctance to ...
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First Canadian EH101
The first Cormorant search and rescue variant of the EH Industries EH101 helicopter for the Canadian Forces has flown at Agusta's Vergiate factory. Canada has ordered 15 Cormorants to replace ageing Boeing Labradors. Source: Flight International
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India acts to attract more private sector investment
Julian Moxon/PARIS Mehar Singh/DELHI The Indian Government has released a draft civil aviation policy that promises to increase private sector involvement in the country's air transport industry, if the plan is approved. Among the more important recommendations of the report are the creation of an autonomous civil aviation ...
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German EC155s
The interior ministry of German state Baden-Wuerttemberg has ordered two Eurocopter EC155Bs for police duties. Equipment to be fitted to the pair includes a searchlight, weather radar, night vision goggle capable glass cockpit instrumentation. Delivery is due in March next year. Source: Flight International
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MD names distributor
MD Helicopters is reaching out into the burgeoning Chinese marketplace. The company has named Shenzhen-based Avion Pacific as a distributor for the company's entire line of light helicopters in China. "China has a relatively small, but growing marketplace with excellent potential for the future," says MDHI's regional sales manager ...
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Face the Facts with...Richard Case
GKN Westland Helicopters is set to announce itself as a truly major player in the global helicopter market when the impending merger with Agusta of Italy is concluded. Meanwhile it is chasing a host of lucrative contracts which could help to shape its business over the next decade. Paul Derby ...