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| 04.16.2009 |
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Telit and Eurocopter Reach Hi-Tech Deal
Telit Communications and Eurocopter have struck a deal to co-operate in the development and marketing of a “configuration management...
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| 04.13.2009 |
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M/R Gearbox Implicated in Crash
The United Kingdom’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports that a failure in the main rotor gearbox caused the fatal crash of a Eurocopter AS332 L2 Super Puma in the North Sea 15 miles northeast of Peterhead...
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| 04.10.2009 |
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Accident Task Group Formed
Last week's tragic crash off the coast of Scotland prompted Oil & Gas U.K. to form a task group that will help to define possible policies and practices for the...
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| 04.09.2009 |
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Second Eurocopter FTD Client
The new EC135/EC145 flight training device (FTD) will be used to train STAT-MedEvac pilots. American Eurocopter began operating the simulator in December 2008, with...
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| 04.06.2009 |
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Sixteen Killed in Super Puma Crash
UK Police say that 16 people were killed when a Bond Offshore Helicopters Super Puma went down off Scotland's northeast coast on April 1, turning the search for eight missing people from a rescue mission into a recovery operation. Eight bodies were recovered...
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| 04.06.2009 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney (PW) JT9D-7 Series Turbofan Engines. Final rule. SUMMARY: This AD requires initial and repetitive borescope inspections of the 2nd stage high-pressure turbine (HPT) rotor and stator assembly. This AD results from...
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| 04.06.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks March 02, 2009 Galliano, LA BELL 206 N401RL A/c damaged when tail rotor drive shaft and coupling severed while a/c was sitting on ramp with engine running. No injuries Pilot heard loud bang and...
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| 04.06.2009 |
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North Sea Recovery Concludes As Union Fumes
RAF officials say they have recovered the last of the 16 bodies aboard a Bond Offshore Helicopters Eurocopter AS332 L2 Super Puma that crashed into the North Sea last Wednesday. Bond immediately ceased flight operations out of what they referred to as respect for...
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| 04.03.2009 |
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North Sea Rescue Mission Now Recovery Operation
Officials in charge of the search for survivors of Wednesday’s crash of a Bond Offshore Helicopters’ Super Puma have shifted their focus from a rescue mission to...
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| 04.02.2009 |
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Search Continues for Survivors of Scotland Crash
A Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma operated by Bond Offshore Helicopters crashed into the North Sea 15 miles off Peterhead in northeast Scotland on Wednesday...
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| 04.02.2009 |
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Sixteen Killed in Super Puma Crash
Police say that 16 people were killed when a Bond Offshore Helicopters Super Puma went down off Scotland's northeast coast on April 1, saying the search for eight missing people is now a recovery rather than a rescue operation. Eight bodies were recovered...
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| 04.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: Technical Services Southern Style
COMMERCIAL | MILITARY Most helicopter company CEOs attending Heli-Expo 2009 in Anaheim, Calif. expressed concern about the outlook for their business in the face of the worst economic conditions since the Great Depression. Steve Townes, chairman of 24 Ranger...
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| 04.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: 100 FastFin Sold
PRODUCTS BLR Aerospace has sold its 100 FastFin tail boom system to Wildcat Helicopters of Kelowna, British Columbia. The FastFin combines a modified vertical stabilizer with two boom-mounted strakes to reduce undesired...
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| 04.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: U.K. Buys Six EC135s
PUBLIC | POLICE The U.K. Home Office (the lead government department for immigration and passports, drugs policy, counter-terrorism and police) is buying six Eurocopter EC135P2s for six police departments. This marks the first time that such helicopters have...
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| 04.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: OmniFlight Opens Roswell Base
COMMERCIAL | EMS OmniFlight Helicopter’s Southwest Med Evac has opened a new air medical services base in Roswell, New Mexico. The new location, which will be home to a Eurocopter AS350 Super B-3, "beefs up OmniFlight’s coverage in this...
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| 03.30.2009 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Emergency Airworthiness Directive. March 23, 2009 AD 2009-07-53.Sikorsky S-92.This Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) is prompted by the failure of two main gearbox filter bowl assembly mounting studs (studs) that were found broken during a fatal accident...
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| 03.27.2009 |
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Prelim Report on Bond EC225 Ditching
UK Air Accident Investigators have released their preliminary findings into the Bond Helicopters EC225 ditching into the North Sea on February 18. The chopper, with 16 passengers and two crew aboard, was making its final approach to an BP-run production...
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| 03.17.2009 |
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Canadian Helicopters Makes Purchase
Canadian Helicopters, the largest helicopter transportation services company operating in Canada, announced it has entered into...
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| 03.16.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
Aero Medical Safety Campaign A philanthropic campaign aimed at improving safety in air medical and critical care transport was unveiled at the Heli-Expo conference by the Foundation for Air-Medical Research & Education (FARE), the charitable arm of the...
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| 03.16.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Feb 07, 2009 Fairmont, NE PIPER PA28 N55502 Piper 28 collided with Cessna 150K No injuries Both a/c on final approach to landing at Fairmont State Airfield (FMZ) Both a/c making their first approach and...
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