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Thursday, August 9, 2007

U.S. Needs More Helos to Fight Wildfires

With more than 40 major wildfires raging in the western United States, the National Interagency Fire Center is short helicopters to battle the blazes. Over 200 rotorcraft and many fixed-wing aircraft are fighting the fires now,  but attack coordinators want more... [read more]


November 23, 2009  Air Safety Week
Security Rules for Foreign Repair Shops Proposed
Aircraft maintenance shops in the U.S. and abroad would undergo increased scrutiny to make sure they are not easy prey for terrorists looking to sabotage U.S. jetliners during routine repairs, under new security rules proposed by the Transportation Security...


November 23, 2009  Air Safety Week
Three Dead in Reno EMS Chopper Crash
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators are probing the Nov. 14 medical helicopter crash north of Reno near the Nevada-California state line that killed all three crewmembers aboard. The Aerospatiale AS350 crashed about 29 miles northwest of...


November 23, 2009  Air Safety Week
SEACOR Conducts Joint SAR and EMS Demonstration
SEACOR Holdings conducted a joint Search and Rescue (SAR) and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) demonstration Oct.28 in Sabine Pass, TX. The demonstration stems from a teaming arrangement between Era Helicopters (Era), a SEACOR subsidiary, and Priority 1 Air...


November 23, 2009  Air Safety Week
Safety & Technology Trends
Korean Air Favors ARINC ARINC's long-time customer Korean Air is renewing its contracts for ARINC GLOBALink data and voice communications and ARINC AviNet wide-area network service. Under the GLOBALink contract, ARINC will continue to provide Korean Air with...


November 23, 2009  Air Safety Week
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Oct 4, 2009 Gainesboro, TN PIPER PA-28-140 N95472 Pilot selected to depart from runway 36, a 3,500-foot-long, unlighted, asphalt runway. It was dark night, and pilot utilized "glow sticks" to...


November 20, 2009  Rotor & Wing
Rotor/Compound Technology License Awarded
Textron Systems operating unit AAI Corp. has signed a licensing agreement with Carter Aviation Technologies that...


November 20, 2009  Rotor & Wing
URS Receives Mod Contract on Four Helicopters
Cannon Aviation Group has granted a contract to United Rotorcraft Solutions (URS) to modify an AgustaWestland A119, two Bell 407s and a Eurocopter EC130...


November 19, 2009  Rotor & Wing
New Hudson Rules Go Into Effect Today
FAA’s changes to the airspace over the Hudson and East rivers surrounding New York City take effect today. The modifications, which separate helicopters...


November 19, 2009  Rotor & Wing
Forward Vision Gets STC’d on R44
In a partnership with One Sky Aviation, Forward Vision Systems has obtained a supplemental type certificate (STC) to install its EVS100/600 on the...


November 18, 2009  Rotor & Wing
Another First Flight: AW149
AgustaWestland completed the initial flight of the AW149 medium twin helicopter Nov. 13 at its plant in Vergiate...


November 18, 2009  Rotor & Wing
Honeywell Wins Chinook Engine Contract
The U.S. Army has signed a $79-million agreement with Honeywell for T55-GA-714 engines and...


November 18, 2009  Aviation Maintenance
Erickson Elected ARSA President
The board of directors of the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) has appointed Chris Erickson, chief repair station officer and compliance...


November 17, 2009  Rotor & Wing
FAA Splits Hudson Airspace Into Zones
The Federal Aviation Administration’s new “exclusionary zone” that separates helicopters and seaplanes from aircraft flying over the Hudson River in the airspace around New York City goes into effect on Thursday, Nov. 19. Under the new...


November 17, 2009  Rotor & Wing
FAS: Sikorsky S-76D Launch Customer
Sikorsky Aircraft has designated Falcon Aviation Services (FAS) as the launch customer for the S-76D. FAS has placed an order for...


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