Frasca International has received US Federal Aviation Administration approval for its TruFlit H reconfigurable helicopter flight-training device, for both visual and instrument flight-rules training. Silver State Helicopters has ordered 10 units configured for the Schweizer 300 and Robinson R22 and R44, University of North Dakota is to buy a Bell 206/Schweizer 300 device and New York police wants an Agusta A119 unit.
Source: Flight International
Japan’s National Police Agency has taken delivery of a pair of Airbus Helicopters H160 medium-twins, becoming the type’s first parapublic operator in Japan.
CHC Helikopter Service is to deploy six helicopters – including three on-order Leonardo AW189s – to support a new offshore contract with Aker BP in Norway.
Leonardo is facing a £2.15 billion ($2.63 billion) damages claim from the family of King Power Group founder and chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha who was killed alongside four others when his AW169 helicopter crashed in the UK shortly after take-off due to a tail rotor failure.
