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| 12.01.2008 |
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Rotorcraft Report: Los Angeles Helicopters Gets New Home
COMMERCIAL | TRAINING On October 28, the company’s eighth anniversary, Los Angeles Helicopters (LAH) moved from its two small buildings at Long Beach Airport (LGB) to a larger, 12,000-sq-ft facility on the other side of the airport. LAH provides...
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| 11.26.2008 |
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Coaxial Helo Designers Eye R22/R44 Market Share
An Australian-based technology company is developing a light helicopter that it sees as future competition for Robinson Helicopters. Since 2003, Wieland Helicopter Technologies (WHT) has...
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| 11.20.2008 |
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Eurocopter Opens Subsidiary in Jakarta
Eurocopter announced the creation of Eurocopter Indonesia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Franco-German-Spanish helicopter manufacturer based in France. The...
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| 11.04.2008 |
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FI Predicts Light Sector to Be Most Dynamic
Forecast International projects that 2,176 light rotorcraft will be produced for military use during the 10-year period from 2008 through 2107. The Connecticut-based firm estimates the value of this...
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| 11.03.2008 |
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Chinese Aviation Show Expecting Big Helo Sales
Planners for the government-sponsored 7th annual China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, scheduled for Nov. 4-9 in the country’s Guangdong Province, are expecting the event...
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| 11.01.2008 |
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Rotorcraft Report: RotorFest 2008 Draws Large Crowd
COMMERCIAL | MILITARY RotorFest, the annual helicopter open house and air show hosted by the American Helicopter Museum and Education Center in West Chester, Penn. drew a crowd of 3,500 rotorcraft enthusiasts each day of the weekend-long event, which was held...
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| 11.01.2008 |
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Middle East Update: Mid-East Market Slow to Take Off
The current economic turmoil is hitting worldwide helicopter markets. The Middle East is no exception; military sales are sparse and civil sales are not materializing. The region is on stand-by. Markets have a way of defying predictions, and during the past...
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| 11.01.2008 |
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Eurowatch
Helicopter Industry Faces Perfect Storm PARIS — The world’s helicopter industry, boosted to unprecedented levels of prosperity by a steady growth in orders during the past decade, would do well to prepare for the perfect storm that is now looming...
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| 10.13.2008 |
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FAA Issues AD on 222, 230 and 430
Effective Oct. 16, 2008, FAA Airworthiness Directive AD 2008-19-02, regarding Bell model 222, 222B, 222U, 230 and 430 helicopters, will require repetitive inspections of the main rotor hydraulic actuator supports to verify the presence...
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| 10.06.2008 |
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AAG's Executive Helicopter Service
Associated Aircraft Group (AAG), a business unit of Sikorsky Aircraft, launched a new...
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| 10.01.2008 |
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Rotorcraft Report: Maverick Sees 20,000 EC130 Flights This Year
PRODUCTS American Eurocopter last month delivered the 33rd EC130 to Maverick Helicopters. Dale Cowley, head of operations at the Las Vegas-based tour operator, and Mike Eggers...
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| 10.01.2008 |
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Segment Update: Corporate Versus the Economy
Corporate operators insist that greater appreciation of the helicopter’s capabilities is sustaining demand despite a growing global economic downturn. With skyrocketing fuel prices and an economy sliding into a recession, companies around the world are...
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| 09.30.2008 |
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Sundance Helicopters' EC130
Founded in 1985, Nevada-based Sundance Helicopters operates sightseeing tours in the southwestern U.S. (Nevada, Utah, Arizona and California). The...
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| 08.21.2008 |
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Greek Fugitive Found
Vassilis Paleokostas, charged with kidnapping , robbery and other crimes, escaped from a high-security prison in June 2006, using a helicopter. He was re-apprehended late Wednesday night...
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| 08.20.2008 |
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India’s Civilian Helicopter Growth
Due to the tremendous growth spurt of helicopter operations in India, the Indian government is planning to establish a “helicopter...
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| 08.13.2008 |
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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...
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| 08.01.2008 |
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Rotorcraft Report: Safety Inspection Teams "Sweep" Northern Australia
COMMERCIAL Australian regulators in late June launched a first-ever, month-long review of the safety of helicopter and other operations in the northern part of that country. Two teams of Civil Aviation Safety Authority inspectors, investigators and safety...
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| 08.01.2008 |
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Helicopter Training: From the Factories
Interest Rises in India In Helicopter Work As commercial airlines cut workforces and fleet sizes to counter rising fuel costs and falling traffic, aspiring pilots in India may be turning their attention to rotary-wing flight decks. The Rotary Wing Academy...
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| 08.01.2008 |
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Latin America Notebook
Southern Helicopter Land Southern Cone is the unofficial and curious designation for the southernmost region of Latin America. It includes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, sometimes Paraguay and finally Brazil. Given its size (both territorial and...
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| 08.01.2008 |
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Defect May Have Caused HI Crash
The MD 369FF helo, operated by Smoky Mountain Helicopters, sustained major damage when it impacted trees and terrain in the town of Haena on the island of Kauai, Hawaii and killed one passenger on March 11, 2007...
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