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 base.
Source: Flight International
Airbus Helicopters and partner PHI Aviation will shortly begin route-proving trials with the former’s H160 medium-twin in the Gulf of Mexico.
Piasecki Aircraft has secured new work for its ‘Heliplex’ facility in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, signing a collaboration agreement with Columbia Helicopters to upgrade Model 107 tandem-rotor helicopters to a new more fuel-efficient standard.
MD Helicopters has promoted Ryan Weeks to the role of president, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the rotorcraft manufacturer.
