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Monday, September 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Pressure-Jet Power
PRODUCTS Pegasus Helicopters reported it has signed letters of intent to distribute at least 255 of its PH200PJ aircraft with partners covering Russia and other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Brazil. The Boulder, Colo. company said the PH200PJ is a two-seat helicopter that uses... [read more]
September 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Lockheed Martin Takes Delivery Of Manned-Unmanned K-Max
PRODUCTS The K-Max manned-unmanned helicopter program took an important step forward Aug. 1 when Kaman Aerospace’s Helicopters Div delivered the first of two refurbished helicopters to Lockheed Martin Systems Integration in Owego, N.Y. Kaman and...
September 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: ALEA A Hit in Houston
ALEA 2008 Houston was the site of the 38th Annual ALEA Conference and Exposition. The two-day event drew 1,143 law enforcement aviators from around the globe, many of whom come every year for classes, workshops and access to the industry’s leading...
September 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Texas Dept of Public Safety Takes 10th Astar
ALEA 2008 Chief Pilot Jack Reichert of the Texas Dept of Public Safety accepted the keys to the police agency’s 10th Eurocopter AS350 police helicopter at the annual ALEA Conference in Houston in July. The white, black and gold B2 variant was presented...
September 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: ALEA’s Initiatives To Renew Fleets
ALEA 2008 ALEA has embarked on a two-part initiative to promote airborne law enforcement to Congress. The first part is to encourage lawmakers to "support the funding efforts needed to keep aviation units active," according...
September 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Florida County Gets New Bell 407
ALEA 2008 Texas Aviation Services has delivered a Bell Helicopter Model 407 to the Volusia County, Fla. Sheriff’s Dept. This new 407 is one of three to be used in the sheriff’s emergency medical service and law enforcement air support missions for...
September 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Axsys’ Enhancement to Hi-Def Camera System
ALEA 2008 Axsys Technologies of Grass Valley, Calif. used the 38th annual ALEA Conference as a backdrop to introduce its new, military-grade applications that it said would "significantly enhance" its’ high-definition V14HD MSII video system...
September 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: North Carolina County Takes New R44
ALEA 2008 Sheriff Sidney Causey of New Hanover County, N.C. and several of his deputies traveled to the ALEA Conference in Houston to take delivery of a new R44 Raven 2 police helicopter from Kurt Robinson of Robinson Helicopter. The shiny, all-black aircraft...
September 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Operators Address NOTAR Bulletin
PRODUCTS Specialist Aviation Services recalled all 18 of its MD Helicopters MD-902s from police and emergency medical service lessees in early August while it investigated a control system failure. On Aug. 8, an SAS Explorer on lease to Great North Air...
September 1, 2008
Heard in the Hallways: Does the Future Include Farnborough?
Perhaps it was the economic troubles, the weak dollar, the fair weather or competition from other international aerospace exhibitions. But nearly every exhibitor, attendee and fellow journalist that Rotor & Wing queried during July’s Farnborough Air...
August 27, 2008
Sikorsky X2 Flies
Sikorsky Aircraft today completed the first flight of its X2 technology demonstrator. Lifting the aircraft off from the Schweizer Aircraft subsidiary in Horseheads, N.Y., Sikorsky Chief Test Pilot Kevin Bredenbeck maneuvered the...
August 13, 2008
U.K. Kicks Off Rotor Research Project
The Rotor Embedded Actuator Control Technology, or React, project is a three-year effort to develop active surfaces in helicopter rotor blades and active...
August 8, 2008
AW Grand Pilot Attempts World Record
Pilot Scott Kasprowicz departed New York at about 0300 local Aug. 7 in an attempt to set a new speed record for an around-the-world helicopter flight. His goal is to complete the trip in under 14 days in his executive-configured A109S...
August 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Firms Pursue "Game-Changing" Commercial Heavy Lifter
PRODUCTS | AIRFRAMES A small Canadian firm aims to transform vertical heavy-lift with a blimp-helicopter capable of carrying 40 tons and staying aloft in almost all emergency conditions. Calgary, Alberta-based Jessco Logistics’ chief, Peter Jess, has...
August 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: AW Edges Out Competitors With Russian Deal
PRODUCTS | AIRFRAMES AgustaWestland and the Russian aerospace giant Oboronprom have agreed to jointly set up an AW139 line in Russia, a move that could give the British-Italian manufacturer a key advantage over competitors in the offshore-support market...
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