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| 03.11.2009 |
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EC145 Night Vis Certification
Named as the preferred provider for the Texas Department of Public Safety, REB TECH recently completed night vision conversions for the state’s new EC145 and five AS350B2s. The EC145 supplemental type...
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| 03.11.2009 |
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Turbomeca Signs with Australia
Rolls-Royce Turbomeca (RRTM) and Australian Aerospace, a subsidiary of Eurocopter, have signed an agreement to provide Through-Life Support (TLS) for the Australian...
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| 03.10.2009 |
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Eurocopter to Build in Mexico
Beginning with an assembly plant, the company could invest up to $550 million in Mexico. Mexico has already...
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| 03.09.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Air craft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Feb 02, 2009 Dominican Republic BELL OH-58 HI-855 AS/c impacted terrain after loss of engine power during aerial application flight in SW section of Dominican Republic No injuries Pilot and one additional...
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| 03.09.2009 |
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Love is in the Air
Maverick Helicopters, a Las Vegas-based operator, will not only fly couples to the Grand Canyon, among other places, but also the company's in-house wedding...
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| 03.03.2009 |
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TCAS for Grand Canyon Tours
Honeywell's Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) has been selected for the Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters fleet, making the tour operator the first at the scenic park to use a TCAS safety system. Terms of the contract were not disclosed...
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| 03.02.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Feb 01, 2009 Bountiful, UT ROBINSON R44 N944U While en route to destination, pilot elected to fly a/c up a canyon toward rising terrain. Soon after making "low pass" over ridge above 8,000 feet MSL...
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| 03.02.2009 |
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Euroheli to Build EC135s for Japan
Euroheli, Eurocopter’s distributor in Japan, has signed a deal with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces to build and deliver two EC135 helicopters for the...
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| 03.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: Maryland Medevac Wants TAWS
PUBLIC | EMS Maryland’s new air ambulances will have terrain awareness and warning systems (TAWS), according to Maryland State Police Spokesperson Greg Shipley. (The MSP operates the state’s air ambulance service.) Speaking in an exclusive...
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| 03.01.2009 |
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Rotorcraft Report: LifeFlight Serving Pearl County
PUBLIC SERVICE | EMS After a four month bureaucratic delay, Baptist LifeFlight has been licensed to serve Pearl River and nine other counties in the southeast Mississippi Air Ambulance District. The service is now flying two EC 135s as air ambulances...
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| 03.01.2009 |
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Program Insider: Programs Updates
Military — Bell Helicopter delivered its ninth OH-58D Kiowa under the Warrior Safety Enhancement Program contract for the U.S. Army. Military — The Government of Estonia approved the purchase of a third AW139 to perform SAR, medevac and border...
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| 03.01.2009 |
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Program Insider: FlightSafety’s Single-Engine FTD Program Moves Forward
Although multi-engine simulators and flight training devices [FTDs] abound, the aviation world has seen little in the way of single-engine helicopter systems. But that changed in October of 2009 when FlightSafety International unveiled its AS350 FTD at the...
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| 03.01.2009 |
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Program Insider: Contracts
CHC Group’s Heli-One, was awarded a new contract worth $8.9 million to complete avionics upgrades on two Eurocopter AS332M1 Super Pumas. The helicopters will receive, among other upgrades, installation of night vision goggles. The United Kingdom’s...
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| 02.19.2009 |
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Air Comm EC-145 A/C Selected for LUH
Air Comm Corporation has been selected by American Eurocopter to provide vapor cycle air conditioning systems for the U.S. Army’s Light...
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| 02.18.2009 |
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Eurocopter Opens Service Center in Hong Kong
In a press release issued Feb. 18, Eurocopter announced that it is opening a customer service center (CSC) in Hong Kong. The operation will gradually take over all...
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| 02.16.2009 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
American Air Urges Pilots to Restart ASAP American Airlines is urging its pilots' union to restart the Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) that expired last October when the carrier and union couldn't agree on changes. However, an Allied Pilots Association...
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| 02.13.2009 |
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Race Driver in Fatal Crash Had Expired License
Officials from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) have determined that the flying privileges of former world champion rally car driver Colin McRae were expired when he and three passengers...
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| 02.09.2009 |
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Failure to 'See and Avoid' Caused News Chopper Midair
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says the 2007 midair collision involving two electronic news gathering (ENG) helicopters in Phoenix, AZ was both pilots' failure to 'see and avoid' the other rotorcraft. But contributing to the fatal midair...
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| 02.09.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Jan 03, 2009 Brainerd, MN BEECH 58 N70DD Pilot encountered unforecasted freezing rain. Questioned air traffic control about weather and told not showing any precipitation. Pilot requested/received descent to...
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| 02.06.2009 |
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EADS Receives Order for More Lakotas
EADS North America, the parent company of Eurocopter North America, has received a contract to build five additional UH-72A...
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