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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: FAA Grants Production Certificate to Columbia
In front of a Model 107-II are (left to right) Chris Hankland, Columbia’s director of quality, FAA Inspector Aaron Kathman and Tim Vranna, manager of FAA’s Seattle Manufacturing and Inspection District Office with Columbia director of materials Chris Hansel, director of engineering Paul Trese... [read more]
November 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Bell Taps Kaman for Composites
PRODUCTS/COMPONENTS Kaman Aerospace’s Helicopters division has won a $53-million contract to supply composite helicopter...
November 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: MissionMode to Serve Omniflight Fleet
PUBLIC SERVICE/EMS Omniflight Helicopters of Addison, Texas has selected MissionMode Solutions software to help with...
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...
October 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Helicopters Play Crucial Role in LA Firefighting Efforts
Waterbombing aircraft and helicopters continued to battle wildfires in southern California into September. According to the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), the fires were around 90...
October 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: PZL Starts Final S-70i Assembly
Sikorsky Aircraft company PZL has begun final assembly on the first S-70i Black Hawk helicopter at its facility in Mielec, Poland. The achievement signifies the start of an...
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: 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: Coming Events
October 19 – 20: 2nd International Forum on Rotorcraft Multidisciplinary Technology , Seoul, Korea. Contact AHS Intl, phone 1-703-684-6877 or visit www.vtol.org October 20 – 22: National Business Aviation...
October 1, 2009
UK Refits Helicopter Force for Afghanistan
The United Kingdom hopes a series of upgrades to their current helicopter fleet will help them meet the challenging Afghan climate. The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) operates a fleet of 586 helicopters...
October 1, 2009
Technology Today
Recently, we’ve talked about the FAA’s NextGen Roadmap and many of the new tools that are being made available to us. Due to accuracy errors inherent to GPS, two methods have been created to augment the...
September 1, 2009
Meet the Contributors
CHARLOTTE ADAMS covers aviation and defense technology. She has written for Aviation Maintenance and was the editor-in-chief of Avionics . She also writes for the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics...
September 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Coming Events
September 22 – 24: Helitech 2009 , Cambridge, U.K. Contact Reed Exhibitions, phone +44 (0) 208-271-2155 or visit www.helitech.co.uk September 22 – 24: Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material...
August 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: The Last "New" B0105
COMMERCIAL | OBSERVATION After sitting in the Eurocopter Canada plant for the past four years, the twin-engine predecessor to the EC135 has a new owner — Dam Helicopters of British Columbia, which purchased...
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