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November 1, 2009 Rotor & Wing
Rotorcraft Report: AW139 Tail Boom AD Issued
PRODUCTS/AIRFRAMES FAA has published an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) related to the tail boom of the AgustaWestland AW139 and AB139. According to a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) alert...
November 1, 2009 Rotor & Wing
Rotorcraft Report: Kazakhstan Helicopter Joint Venture Created
Sky Service Eurocopter EC135 operating in Kazakhstan. COMMERCIAL/OFFSHORE EADS and Eurocopter have partnered with Samruk-Kazyna to launch a public-private joint venture that will focus on...
November 1, 2009 Rotor & Wing
Rotorcraft Report: Heli-One Plans AW139 Repair Center
A CHC Europe AgustaWestland AW139 based in the Netherlands. SERVICES/MAINTENANCE Canadian helicopter support services provider Heli-One is planning to establish an AgustaWestland AW139 repair and overhaul...
November 1, 2009 Rotor & Wing
Rotorcraft Report: CSC Europe Signs KLPD, Motorflug Deals
PUBLIC SERVICE/ENGINES Pratt & Whitney Canada’s Customer Service Center Europe has reached separate agreements to support the Netherlands Police Agency (KLPD) and add Motorflug to its recognized maintenance facility (RMF) network. Under...
November 1, 2009 Rotor & Wing
Rotorcraft Report: Columbus PD Accepts MD500E
Officer/pilot David Weirick (left) accepts the helicopter from MD director Don Bridgers with officer/pilot David Eubanks at right. PUBLIC SERVICE/POLICE MD...
November 1, 2009 Rotor & Wing
Rotorcraft Report: X2 Prototype Tops 100-Knot Barrier
PRODUCTS/AIRFRAME Sikorsky’s X2 Technology demonstrator broke the 100-knot threshold in a recent flight test...
November 1, 2009 Rotor & Wing
The Different Faces of SAR Training
Priority 1 considers cross training, crew interoperability and teamwork as fundamental to its Class D basic hoist rescue course. TRAINING/SEARCH & RESCUE Search and rescue (SAR) is a crowded arena with many players—from the U.S. military...
November 1, 2009 Rotor & Wing
Heroes: Defined
Cool composure in the midst of chaos. Presenting the winners of the 2009 Rotor & Wing Helicopter Herosim Awards, who personify the meaning of the word heros. PUBLIC SERVICE/SAR U.S. Coast Guard 2008 Alaska Ranger One of the Largest Coldwater Rescues in...
October 30, 2009 Rotor & Wing
Chinese Public Safety Unit Orders AW109
AgustaWestland has received an order from the Public Security Bureau of Nanning...
October 30, 2009 Aviation Maintenance
JSfirm Launches Job Board Integrator
Fort Worth, Texas-based JSfirm has introduced a Job Board Integrator that allows member...
October 30, 2009 Avionics
Malcor of Thales Resigns
Jean-Georges Malcor, senior vice president at Thales, has resigned, effective Dec. 31, 2009, to accept the CEO position at CGGVeritas, a France-based geophysical equipment and...
October 29, 2009 Rotor & Wing
EMS Pilots Association Wins Vision Zero
American Eurocopter has chosen National EMS Pilots Association to receive the third annual Vision Zero safety...
October 29, 2009 Aviation Maintenance
Conley: ‘Industry Contraction’ Leads to Mx Closures
The director of the Transport Workers Union of America’s Air Transport division is blaming the closure of American Airlines maintenance bases on the global economic downturn and its...
October 29, 2009 Aviation Maintenance
Development Continues at LHT Sofia
Business is steady at Lufthansa Technik’s facility in Sofia, Bulgaria, which opened in late October 2008. The...
October 28, 2009 Rotor & Wing
HealthNet to Receive EC135, EC145
American Eurocopter is planning to hand over an EC135 and an EC145 to Charleston, W.V.-based HealthNet...
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