NGPA Joins JSfirm Job Distribution Network
Aviation-only job website JSfirm.com (Booth 11244) recently added the National Gay Pilots Association (NGPA) as a partner of its job distribution network. Other partners include California Aeronautical...
View ArticleSikorsky S-92 Demonstrates HUMS Capabilities
The Sikorsky S-92 has demonstrated the ability to transmit in-flight, real-time health usage and monitoring system (HUMS) data to PHI's operations control center, Sikorsky (Booth 8114), PHI and...
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Leonardo Launches Commercial Use of Elbit's Heli-ClearVision
Leonardo Helicopters and Elbit Systems signed an agreement to jointly market and install the Heli-ClearVision enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) on Leonardo’s family of commercial rotorcraft. The...
View ArticleLAPD Re-ups with Airbus Helicopters
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is adding four new Airbus Helicopters H125s to its fleet as part of an overall multi-year modernization plan to replace its fleet of 12 AS350B2s. Two H125s are...
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Aerometals Secures Siksorsky S-92 IBF Certification
Aerometals has secured its long-awaited supplemental type certificate (STC) approval for its Sikorsky S-92 inlet barrier filter (IBF). The STC culminated a five-year certification process that involved...
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Donaldson Debuts R66 Inlet Barrier Filter
Donaldson Aerospace and Defense has received FAA certification for the first inlet barrier filter (IBF) for the Robinson R66 to provide added protection for engines operating in dusty environments, the...
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Lightspeed Aviation debuts Zulu 3 Headset and ANR Helmet
Lightspeed Aviation (Booth 6711) recently launched the Zulu 3 active noise reduction (ANR) headset and also ANR for helmets. Featuring components of the Zulu and Zulu2 that resonated with private and...
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Baker Aviation Reaches 10-Year Milestone with Hot-Stop L
Baker Aviation is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of its Hot-Stop L fire-containment system. Introduced in 2007, the product, as well as the line of Hot-Stop L fire-containment kits, were developed...
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BLR Secures FAA/EASA Approvals for H125 FastFin
BLR Aerospace (Booth 11343) received FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) approval in December and EASA approval in January for installation of its FastFin tail rotor enhancement and stability...
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Simplex Gets Approval for FAS on Airbus BK 117 C2
Simplex Aerospace (Booth 4321) received certification in December of a fire attack system (FAS) for the Airbus Helicopters BK117C2 (EC145C2). Designated the Model 311 GIIFAS, the unit includes a...
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Genesys, Heliatica Receive Russian Okay for HeliSAS
Genesys Aerosystems (Booth 8606) and its Russian distributor Heliatica (Booth 2307) have received Aviation Register of Russian Federation validation of the FAA supplemental type certificate for the...
View ArticleEssex Industries Celebrates Seventh Decade
While some 70-year-old companies are out there, not many can say one of their founders still comes to work every day. That’s the case with aviation component supplier Essex Industries, which is...
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Columbia's Big Fire Stopper Lands in Dallas
Twin-rotor helicopters are generally a rare site here at Heli-Expo, but fresh off a busy firefighting season, Columbia Helicopters has brought one of its specially-equipped Boeing CH-47D Chinooks to...
View ArticleOntic Acquires Supply Chain for Legacy Helicopters
Ontic is highlighting its recent acquisition of a portfolio of legacy avionics products from GE Aviation this week at Heli-Expo, Bob Sadler, director of business development for Ontic, toldAIN.The...
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Mecaer Lifts Curtain On Bell 505 Interior
Mecaer Aviation Groupis revealing more details about the premium “MAGnificent” interior it is developing for the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X light single, an aircraft that was recently certified by Transport...
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Innovative Bell Shows Radical Rotorcraft
Bell Helicopter’s FCX-001 concept helicopter is just one of the futuristic ideas that members of Bell’s innovation teams have developed. While not intended as a production helicopter, the FCX-001 is a...
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CHC Celebrates Major Milestone with Rededication
As CHC Helicopter celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, it traces its beginnings as a crop dusting operation in British Columbia to one of the world’s largest operators of offshore helicopter...
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Esterline LCDs Approved for S-76s
DAC International (Booth 3908) has received FAA supplemental type certificate approval to install the EsterlineCMC (Booth 3207) CMA-6800 LCD display on the Sikorsky S-76B/C series helicopter, including...
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Lynx NGT-9000 Gets Upgrade
L-3 Aviation Products released a suite of upgrades for its Lynx NGT-9000ADS-B transponder that provides five different improvements ranging from enhanced situational awareness features to simplified...
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Snyder's Bell Sees Market 'At The Bottom'
Bell Helicopter CEO Mitch Snyder said he is “cautiously optimistic” that the worldwide civil helicopter market is rebounding from its recent lows and is encouraged by market response to the company's...
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