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H175 Demand Suffers From Oil and Gas Slump
Airbus Helicopters is experiencing slower-than-expected deliveries for the H175 super-medium twin, certified during the oil-and-gas market’s frenzy but now, as with every rotorcraft in its category,...
View ArticleFlightSafety to Offer EC145 Simulator in Shreveport
FlightSafety International (Booth 4245) will offer training for the Airbus Helicopters EC145 in a new Level D simulator at Metro Aviation’s Helicopter Flight Training Center in Shreveport, La. This is...
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Airbus Helicopters Promoting Lower-cost H215 Heavy Twin
Airbus Helicopters is exhibiting the H215 heavy twin here at Heli-Expo and is planning a demo tour in the U.S. right after the show. A major target is California’s Department of Forestry and Fire...
View ArticleOuterlink’s Iris Digital Camera Ready for Any Cockpit
One of the NTSB’s primary goals, as described in its 2016 Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements, is to “expand the use of recorders.” These include cockpit image recorders, and...
View ArticleASU Offering New NVG Helmet Mount and Battery Pack
Materials and manufacturing make the new helmet mount and battery pack for night-vision goggles offered by Aviation Specialties Unlimited (ASU) lighter, smaller and more durable than previous products,...
View ArticlePPG Launches Mobile App
Aircraft coatings specialist PPG Aerospace (Booth 203) launched its new mobile app, which features information on the company’s transparencies, coatings, sealants, packaging and application systems as...
View ArticleCombo Crash Recorder HUMS Developed for Helicopters
Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions (Booth 111) and Ultra Electronics Flightline Systems (Booth 11445) have joined forces to develop Fortress HUMS, a compact and lightweight (13-pound) ED-112A-compliant...
View ArticleHoneywell Sees Dip in Civil Helicopter Market
Honeywell is taking a more cautious tone in its latest turbine-powered civil helicopter purchase outlook, which calls for 4,300 to 4,800 civil helicopters to be delivered from this year to 2020. This...
View ArticleHeli-One Handles H225 Inspection in South Korea
South Korean firefighting and rescue operator National 119 chose Canadian maintenance, repair and overhaul provider Heli-One to conduct 12-month inspections on its Airbus Helicopters H225 fleet. The...
View ArticleInnova Helicopters Signs for Rolls-Royce RR300 Turboshaft Engines
Officials from Rolls-Royce and Innova Aerospace signed an agreement yesterday at Heli-Expo 2016 to launch a technical development program to certify the RR300 turboshaft engine for the Innova...
View ArticleMarenco Struggles with Light Single Development Schedule
Marenco Swisshelicopter will sign a letter of intent with Canada’s Horizon Helicopters for one SKYe SH09 here at Heli-Expo 2016. Whitehorse, Yukon-based Horizon specializes in mining support,...
View ArticleHoneywell Downgrades Helicopter Delivery Outlook
Honeywell (Booth 4945) is taking a more cautious tone in its latest turbine-powered civil helicopter purchase outlook, which calls for 4,300 to 4,800 civil helicopters to be delivered from this year to...
View ArticleBell Launches Aftermarket Service Plans
Bell Helicopter (Booth 317) formally launched its parts-only aftermarket service plans for customers with in-production and some legacy helicopters. Bell’s Customer Advantage Plans will offer a fixed...
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Sikorsky Looks to Polish Customer Support Image
In an effort to reverse slumping user ratings for its product support, Sikorsky has engaged in a major, multi-faceted overhaul of its customer product support business, and it will highlight those...
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Air Zermatt Is Launch Customer for Marenco SKYe SH09
Air Zermatt has ordered the Marenco Swisshelicopter SKYe SH09, becoming a launch customer for the new single-engine turbine helicopter. The Swiss operator, which was founded in 1968 to perform rescue...
View ArticleWhat Was Once N16HT Pro Is Now Ecliptus
Aviation Specialties Unlimited (ASU) has renamed N16HT Pro, its wireless recording and image-sharing night vision system, to Ecliptus, to make it more appealing to a larger audience. It has also...
View ArticleFrasca Level 7 FTD To Be First in Canada
From the outside, Frasca International’s AS350B2/H125 level 7 flight training device (FTD) on exhibit at Heli-Expo 2016 could be mistaken a full-flight simulator, because it sits four feet off the...
View ArticleAir Methods Posts Revenue Gains
Helicopter EMS provider Air Methods saw its fourth quarter 2015 revenue jump 9.3 percent over the same period a year ago, to $272.4 million; for the year revenue was up 8.1 percent to $1.085.7 billion....
View ArticleErickson Builds on its Manufacturing Capability
Global heavy-lift helicopter operator and manufacturer Erickson will expand on that latter capability with the announcement here at Heli-Expo that it has been selected as the U.S. manufacturer for the...
View ArticleBell Launches Aftermarket Service Plans
Bell Helicopter (Booth 317) formally launched its parts-only aftermarket service plans for customers with in-production and some legacy helicopters.Bell’s Customer Advantage Plans will offer a fixed...
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