The dangers of the first hours training in a helicopter could be a thing of the past if a new development from German firm Heli Aviation takes off. The company has teamed with Kuka Roboter and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybergenics to produce the Heli Trainer. The concept is a trainer that provides effective, safe and cost-efficient training to students that works as a simulator to allow realistic flight manoeuvres to be practised in an original cockpit.
Source: Flight Daily News
Australian investigators have launched a probe into the fatal crash of an Airbus Helicopters AS332 L1 Super Puma in New South Wales.
Leading lessor LCI has purchased seven new Leonardo Helicopters AW169 medium-twins through a sale-and-leaseback transaction for operation in British Columbia, Canada on emergency medical services missions.
A little over eight months into his stint as chief executive of Robinson Helicopter, David Smith is plotting the manufacturer’s next move, with new technologies and new products at the forefront of his mind.
