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Full Ice Gear Coming Soon on AW189
AgustaWestland will continue icing trials this winter in Alaska on the AW189 in pursuit of certification of the full icing protection system (Fips) on the AW189 super-medium twin. That helicopter...
View ArticleChicago Helitour Company Branches into Air Charter
The Chicago Helicopter Experience (CHE) air-tour company is launching a new charter service called CHE Premier. The 24/7 service will use a diverse fleet that includes Airbus EC130 and EC135...
View ArticleGlasgow Police EC135 Crew Didn't React To Fuel Warnings
In a final report released on October 23, UKAAIB investigators were puzzled by the pilot's reaction—or rather the lack of it—after he acknowledged low fuel warnings in his Airbus Helicopters EC135T2+,...
View ArticleFrench Helicopter Operators Consolidate Further
In a further consolidation move in the French helicopter operator industry, the HBG holding company has taken over the Loc'Héli group and is thus claiming the largest fleet in the country, with a...
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Marines' CH-53K King Stallion Takes to the Air for First Flight
The U.S. Marine Corps’ CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter prototype made its first flight October 27 from the West Palm Beach, Fla., facility of manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft. The first of...
View ArticleAW609 Prototype Crashes in Italy, Killing Both Pilots
An AgustaWestland AW609 tiltrotor prototype crashed in Italy this morning while on a routine test flight, killing both crewmembers. The aircraft went down outside Santhia in Vercelli province.Italy’s...
View ArticleAirbus Helicopters Will Assemble H135s in China
Airbus Helicopters and Sino-German Ecopark, a firm located in Qingdao, in the Shandong province of China, signed a letter of intent on Monday to build an H135 final assembly line in the Asian country....
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Boeing Helping Indian Manufacturing to Fly
India’s aerospace design and manufacturing industry is finally coming home to roost. Boeing (Stand 900) chairman James McNerney echoed confidence in the industry and the new government during a global...
View ArticleAir Methods To Acquire Tri-State Flight for $222M
Air Methods announced its intention November 5 to acquire air medical provider Tri-State Care Flight for $222.5 million. Tri-State was founded in 2002 and operates a mixed fleet of 19 EMS helicopters,...
View ArticleWith Ex-Im Authorization in Limbo, GA Shipments Fall
The general aviation industry shipped a total of 2,243 airplanes and rotorcraft in the first nine months of 2015 for a combined value of $18.5 billion, according to statistics released Friday by the...
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Middle East Is Key Market For Russia
Russian arms export agency Rosoboronexport (Chalet C8) celebrated its 15th birthday last Wednesday, marking the occasion by releasing the latest sales figures. Since 2000 the company has concluded...
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Bell Helicopter Receives Orders for Two VIP Super Medium Twins
Bell Helicopter is here on the static line exhibiting a Bell 429 light twin with a VVIP interior, a mockup of the Bell 505 JetRanger X light single, a flight simulator of the Bell 525 super medium twin...
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Cost-effective Armed Helicopter Goes On Show
Making its Dubai Airshow debut here is the NorthStar Aviation 407MRH, an armed ISR version of the Bell 407 commercial helicopter. Based in Abu Dhabi, NorthStar also has a facility in Florida, where the...
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Fly-by-wire Controls A Feature On Bell 525 Helicopter
Bell Helicopter (Chalet A43-A44) is here promoting its in-development super medium twin, the Bell 525 Relentless, notably through demonstrations in a traveling simulator. In designing the first-ever...
View ArticleNavy Re-ups With AAR Airlift For Vertical Replenishment
The U.S. Navy exercised a one-year contract renewal option with AAR Airlift Group (Stand 1416) to perform vertical replenishment services for the 5th and 7th Fleets in the Mediterranean Sea, Arabian...
View ArticlePilot Is Optional For Certain Mq`ssions
AgustaWestland is showing off its RUAS (rotary-wing unmanned air system) technology demonstrator for the first time at Dubai. Based on the EASA-certified, single-engined PZL-Swidnik (AgustaWestland...
View ArticleBell Helicopter Gets More Deals For New Super Medium Twin
Bell Helicopter (Chalet A43) has received additional letters of intent (LoIs) here for its new Bell 525 Relentless super medium twin. Petroleum Air Services, an Egypt-based operator, has signed up for...
View ArticleFAA Eyes Stricter Crashworthiness for Legacy Helos
The FAA has begun a process that could lead to mandating retrofit of safer passenger seats and restraints, as well as more fireresistant fuel systems, in legacy normal- and transport-category...
View ArticleLockheed Martin Concludes $9 Billion Acquisition Of Sikorsky
Lockheed Martin announced on November 6 that it has completed its $9 billion acquisition of Sikorsky Aircraft, a purchase the U.S. defense contractor announced in July. Sikorsky is being folded into...
View ArticleAW609 Crashed During High-speed Testing
AgustaWestland reaffirmed its commitment to the AW609 civil tiltrotor program in the wake of the October 30 fatal crash of the second prototype in Italy, outside Santhia in Vercelli province, that...
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