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Thursday, October 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Brazil’s ANAC Certifies Geneva ENG Mods
The National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) in Brazil has issued approval for Kent, Wash.-based Geneva Aviation to install electronic news gathering (ENG) equipment in helicopters registered that... [read more]
June 1, 2009
An Auspicious Occcasion: Paris Celebrates 100 Years of Air Shows
This year’s 100th show could prove to be a not-to-be-missed event. On June 15, the 2009 "Salon de L’Aéronautique et de L’Espace" will open, becoming the 48th Paris Air Show and celebrating its 100 anniversary since starting...
June 1, 2009
Operators’ Report: Robinson R44
Operators overwhelmingly send the Robinson R44, the four-seat descendant of the R22, to the head of the light piston helicopter class. It’s been called everything from a "kiddie copter" to the best all-around helicopter ever designed. See it...
May 21, 2009
Cap and Trade
There has been a lot of talk about commercial airlines' CO2 emissions and curbing them to limit its effect on global warming. The laws are trickling down to helicopter operators and under a...
May 19, 2009
AW Opens Regional HQ in Portugal
With its helicopters growing in popularity in the area, Italian-based AgustaWestland has opened a new regional business headquarters in Lisbon, Portugal. The opening ceremony was attended by Italian...
April 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Sikorsky Heli-Expo 2009
COMMERCIAL With its rotorcraft dominating a large piece of show floor in Anaheim, Sikorsky was out in full force at Heli-Expo 2009. At the same time, the company used the show as a backdrop for a number of announcements. Key among these was the rebranding of...
April 1, 2009
AW Delivers First Newsgathering AW139
The first of two AW139s for All Nippon Helicopter has been delivered to Mitsui Bussan Aerospace, Agusta...
March 20, 2009
FAA Issues Emergency AD for Bell
Regarding yesterday's story about thousands of Bell 407s, 427s and 206 A, B and L series grounded due to an improperly installed bearing: The FAA today issued Emergency AD 2009-07-52, which says in part “Since the issuance of...
March 19, 2009
Thousands of Bells Grounded for Inspection
The FAA is grounding 2,800 Bell models, including the 407, 427 and the 206 A, B and L series, to search for improperly installed bearing that...
March 10, 2009
Helicopter Student's Job Fair
Arizona is looking forward in an effort to reduce the shortage of helicopter pilots, mechanics and engineers, by hosting a Helicopter Day career fair this week...
March 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: NTSB Recommends Rules For ENG
COMMERCIAL | ENG The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the probable cause for the midair collision of two electronic newsgathering (ENG) helicopters over Phoenix was both pilots’ failure to avoid the collision because they were...
March 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Bell Canada Lays Off 500 People
COMMERCIAL Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Ltd. (BHTCL) has laid off 500 employees at its Mirabel plant; located outside Montreal, Canada. The layoffs effectively cut the Mirabel workforce by 24 percent, from 2100 to 1600. According to BHTCL director of...
March 1, 2009
Pilot Training: Developing Tomorrow’s Helicopter Pilots
Tips For the Flight Instructor They’ve known since childhood that being a helicopter pilot was the only thing they ever wanted to do. Dreams of landing on a deserted highway to assist in medical transport, a search and rescue assignment over snow-capped...
February 26, 2009
Laser Shining Man Arrested
The Silver Spring, Maryland man shined a laser pointer at an ENG helicopter yesterday and was arrested. The WJLA Channel 7 helo was flying near Gary Wort's home...
February 25, 2009
Three Stations One Helicopter
The Phoenix, Ariz. stations, channels 5, 3 and 12, will use one helicopter to capture breaking news and traffic and then use that helicopter as a pool for all the stations to pull their content. This was...
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