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Rotorcraft Report: Flight Chaplains Take Off
PUBLIC SERVICE October’s annual Air Medical Transport Conference in Minneapolis served as the backdrop for the introduction of the Association of Professional Flight Chaplains (APFC), a non-profit organization designed to offer spiritual and emotional...
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Rotorcraft Report: Glass Cockpit for R44 Gets STC
PRODUCTS The FAA has granted a Supplemental Type Certificate to ASAP Avionics of Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada, for the installation of an integrated cockpit display system (IDCS) built for the Robinson R44 by Sagem Avionics of Dallas, Texas. The...
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Rotorcraft Report: China Air Show Yields Big Sales
COMMERCIAL | PRODUCTS The seventh China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, also known as the China Air Show, closed November 9, but not before seeing brisk aircraft sales. According to show officials, the six-day event, held in Zhuhai, resulted...
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Rotorcraft Report: Prince Harry Submits Request to Become Pilot
MILITARY Prince Harry, son of Prince Charles of Wales and the late Princess Diana, has submitted a request to become a helicopter pilot in the British Army. The 24-year-old prince, who received his commission in April of 2006, is currently a lieutenant...
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Rotorcraft Report: Study Supports NEMSPA’s Position on Pilot Rest
PUBLIC SERVICE A study prepared by internationally recognized sleep expert Mark R. Rosekind, Ph.D., supports the long-standing position of the National EMS Pilots Association (NEMSPA) that emergency medical service pilots should be allowed to sleep on duty...
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Rotorcraft Report: Sikorsky to Upgrade Colombian UH-60s
MILITARY Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS), a subsidiary of Stratford, Conn.-based Sikorsky Aircraft Corp, won a multi-million dollar contract to convert Colombian Air Force UH-60A...
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Rotorcraft Report: Presidential Helicopter Completes First Flight
MILITARY Lockheed Martin has moved one step closer to delivering the VH-71 for service as the next U.S. presidential and government VIP helicopter. On September 23, an operational pilot-production example of the aircraft, dubbed PP-1, successfully completed...
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Rotorcraft Report: Amphibious Ship Designed to Carry V-22
MILITARY The U.S. Navy has launched its new San Antonio Class amphibious assault support ship, the first warship of its kind designed to carry and support the Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor. The...
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Rotorcraft Report: FSI and Frasca Partner on AS350 Simulator
PRODUCTS Simulator experts Flight Safety International (FSI) of Lafayette, La. and Frasca International (FI) of Flushing, N.Y., joined forces to produce a simulation of the Eurocopter AS350 A-Star. They brought the system to the Air Medical Transport...
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Rotorcraft Report: Bright Future for Light Military Helicopters
NEWS The Newtown, Conn-based aerospace market analysis firm, Forecast International (FI), concluded its three-month study of the helicopter industry and determined light military helicopters will be the most dynamic sector worldwide for the rotorcraft market...
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Rotorcraft Report: Bell Helicopter Announces Deep Job Cuts
COMMERCIAL | MILITARY In the wake of the Pentagon’s cancellation of a contract with Bell Helicopter to build the new Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) for the Army, the Texas-based helicopter manufacturer announced 500 jobs cuts, mostly in the...
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Rotorcraft Report: French Defense Ministry Seeks Funding for Tigers
MILITARY The French Defense Ministry’s draft for the upcoming military budget law has reached the government review level. The document, which sets program funding for military spending in 2009...
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Rotorcraft Report: Friction Arises Over Eads-Germany Contract
MILITARY The relationship between the German government and EADS has become strained as Luftwaffe officials level accusations against the European aircraft contractor of failing to meet delivery obligations. The Luftwaffe says two helicopter programs are...
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Rotorcraft Report: NTSB to Hold Hearing on EMS Operations
PUBLIC SERVICE The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has scheduled a public hearing to take comments and testimony on the safety of airborne emergency medical service (EMS) operations. The three-day hearing will begin on Feb. 3, 2009 at NTSB...
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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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Rotorcraft Report: AMTC Holds Annual Conference in Minneapolis
TRAINING | PUBLIC SERVICE The Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC), sponsored by the Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS), convened in Minneapolis, Minn. on October 20-22. Approximately 2,400 air medical professionals were on hand at the Minneapolis...
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Rotorcraft Report: Dart Named Distributor for Spectrolab
PRODUCTS Dart Helicopter Services (DHS) of Piney Flats, Tenn. has been named as an authorized distributor of Spectrolab’s popular line of illumination products. Sylar, Calif.-based Spectrolab, a subsidiary of Boeing, manufactures the Nightsun...
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Rotorcraft Report: Audit and Accident Jeopardizes MSP Aviation
NEWS A Maryland State Police Eurocopter AS365N Dauphin on a medical transport mission crashed two nm north of Andrews AFB (ADW) in suburban Washington, D.C. killing four aboard and leaving one in critical condition. While only the second helicopter fatality...
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Rotorcraft Report: R&W Test Flies Honeywell’s Primus EPIC
PRODUCTS Morristown, N.J.-based Honeywell Aerospace brought its AgustaWestland AW-139 to Dulles International Airport (IAD) outside of Washington, D.C., to demonstrate one of its latest avionics products: the Primus EPIC. Editor-in-chief Ernie Stephens took...
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Rotorcraft Report: DART Receives FAA Approval for Interior Panels
PRODUCTS Dart Helicopter Services of Piney Flats, Tenn., along with its affiliate DART Aerospace Ltd of Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada, have received FAA approval for its line of interior panels for the Eurocopter AS350 and AS355 model helicopters. Transport...
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