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Sunday, November 1, 2009
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... [read more]
November 1, 2009
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
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
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
Rotorcraft Report: Coming Events
November 15–19: Dubai Airshow, Dubai, UAE. Contact Fairs & Exhibitions, phone +9714-286-7755 or visit http://www.dubaiairshow.aero November 30–December 1: Human Factors in Aviation Safety, Los Angeles, Calif. Contact USC Viterbi School of...
November 1, 2009
Meet the Contributors
Charlotte Adams covers aviation and defense technology. She has written for Aviation Maintenance magazine and was the editor-in-chief of Avionics. She also writes for the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association. James Careless is a long-time...
November 1, 2009
Hot Products for the Month of November
FASTTrack Gets First Customer Calgary, Canada-based Absolute Fire Solutions has delivered its first FASTTrack system to Helicorp of Melbourne, Australia. The FASTTrack technology measures, records and transmits bucket and tank data, including the amount of...
November 1, 2009
Eurocopter Donauwörth: Keeping Busy Through Marketing Diversity
SERVICES/MAINTENANCE A visitor to Eurocopter Deutsch- land’s Helicopter Technology Park, with about 5,200 workers and engineers the chief employer in this picturesque Bavarian town, hardly senses there’s a world economic crisis underway. A German...
October 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Macau’s Sky Shuttle Sets High Standards
Scheduled commercial helicopter services have been tried in many markets around the world, but few have succeeded. One major exception is found in Hong Kong, the former British Crown colony that...
October 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Eurocopter Delivers Two EC120s
American Eurocopter has handed over two EC120s in recent weeks — to JRW Aviation and the Lake County Sheriff’s Department Aviation Unit in Indiana. Dallas, Texas-based JRW will perform...
October 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Korea’s Police Agency Orders AW119Ke
AgustaWestland and UI International have received an order for an eight-seat AW119Ke from the Korea National Police Agency (NPA). The agreement, awarded through Korean Public Procurement...
October 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Bell Awarded for Product Support
Textron subsidiary Bell Helicopter has taken first place in the Aviation International News (AIN) yearly product support survey, which was released in August...
October 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Vector Engine Sites Merge
Vector Aerospace Corp. is merging its Helicopter Services facility in Lewisville, Texas with its Engine Services-Atlantic engine repair station in Southlake, Texas. The Lewisville...
October 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Sandel to Conduct HTAWS Trials
Vista, Calif.-based Sandel Avionics is preparing to carry out flight tests on its helicopter terrain awareness and warning system (HTAWS) at Corporate...
October 1, 2009
Program Insider: Contracts
Bell Helicopter of Hurst, Texas, has awarded a $53-milion contract to Kaman Aerospace’s Helicopters division to manufacture composite helicopter blade skins and skin core assemblies. The agreement involves...
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