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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]
September 8, 2008 Air Safety Week
S&T Trends
ICAO Gives U.S. High Marks The U.S. aviation system received a score of 91 out of 100 in a new safety audit released by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the United Nations agency that oversees international civil aviation. The U.S. score...
September 8, 2008 Air Safety Week
Security Shortlines
Hijackers of Sudanese Jetliner Surrender Two hijackers gave up to Libyan authorities a day after they hijacked a Sun Air Boeing 737, with nearly 100 passengers on board, shortly after takeoff from Nyala, Darfur's largest city, on Aug. 26. The flight was bound...
September 8, 2008 Air Safety Week
Safety Rules and Regs
Emergency Airworthiness Directive (EAD). MD Helicopters MD-500 and 600N. There have been two incidents of impaired directional control. This impaired directional control occurred after the Vertical Stabilizer Control System (VSCS) circuit breakers were pulled...
September 8, 2008 Air Safety Week
Accidents and Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks August 02, 2008 Mount Clemens, MI Eurocopter AS-350-B3 N204TU A/c operated U.S. Customs and Border Protection as public use flight substantially damaged during hard landing at Selfridge ANG Base. No injuries...
September 5, 2008 Rotor & Wing
USCG HH-65 Crashes Off Hawaii
The Eurocopter Dolphin with four crewmembers on board crashed 6 mi off Sand Island, near Honolulu...
September 5, 2008 Rotor & Wing
Simplex Opens Service Center in Japan
The Portland, Ore.-based maker of helicopter aerial application systems and mission equipment has...
September 4, 2008 Rotor & Wing
Kaman Takes SH-2G to Eastern Europe
Kaman Helicopters is taking its SH-2G Super Seasprite to the Black Sea Defense & Aerospace Exposition in Romania this...
September 4, 2008 Rotor & Wing
San Diego Fire Gets 412EP
The San Diego Fire-Rescue Dept has taken delivery of a Bell Helicopter 412EP...
September 3, 2008 Rotor & Wing
N.Y. Demonstrating EMS Bell 407
Camp Smith training site in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. is demonstrating the capabilities of a new EMS...
September 3, 2008 Rotor & Wing
Police Patrol Discovers Pot Plants
Indiana State Police, Evansville District, were conducting patrols in their Bell 407 when at 500 ft AGL, Sgt Andy Clark...
September 2, 2008 Rotor & Wing
U.S. Team Seeks Cause of EMS Crash
Federal investigators have searched a cornfield near Burney, Ind. for clues to the Aug. 31 crash of an Air Evac Lifeteam Bell Helicopter...
September 2, 2008 Rotor & Wing
Ireland Sees Corporate Helo Sell-Off
So reports The Independent newspaper there. The most immediate indication of the sell-off, it says, is postponement of the Irish HeliExpo. Event organizers...
September 1, 2008 Avionics
People
Ray Miller Universal Avionics, Tucson, Ariz., promoted Ray Miller to vice president and general manager of its Instrument Division, located in Duluth, Ga. In this new position, Miller will oversee engineering design and certification of the company’s...
September 1, 2008 Avionics
Industry Scan
With EDO Purchase ITT Is Poised For Bigger Piece Of EW Market ITT Corp. foresees double-digit annual growth of its Electronic Systems group, helped by the recent addition of the former EDO Corp. The market for electronic warfare (EW) systems is seen as...
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