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| 05.01.2008 |
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Operators’ Report: Fast, Beautiful Flier
Operators generally love AgustaWestland’s A109 for its speed and performance and praise its handling qualities, and reliability. It’s rare to hear the words "fast" and "beautiful" used to describe a helicopter. But that’s...
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Sector Forecast: No End in Sight
A confluence of factors spells steady and strong demand for offshore oil and gas support operations. The name Malthus is associated with catastrophe. That 19th century political economist is popularly — and incorrectly — viewed as forecasting that...
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Satellite Tracking: Guardian Angels
Helicopter pilots are used to being the ones that provide help from above. More and more, they are getting help from on high — from birds in space. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has 4,000 mi of transmission lines and a network of water...
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| 04.01.2008 |
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Heli-Expo Show Day: AgustaWestland: Strong Sales, Program Woes
AGUSTAWESTLAND ARRIVES AT Heli-Expo with key civil product lines logging strong sales but military ones beset by problems. The manufacturer’s AW139 medium twin is proving a popular and versatile aircraft in diverse markets. AgustaWestland is featuring...
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| 04.01.2008 |
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Aviation Today: How Long Can The Party Last?
Igor Sikorsky, the godfather of the modern helicopter, perhaps summed it up best: "Aeronautics was neither an industry nor a science. It was a miracle." When I served as editor-in-chief of Rotor & Wing during the mid-to-late 1990s, I was always...
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R&D: An Art at Risk
Some would argue that rotorcraft engineering is as much an art as a science, and they could muster a compelling defense of that premise.. Take the case of Frank Robinson, the R44 Raven 2 main rotor blade, and the hacksaw. The engineers at Robinson Helicopter...
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R&D: X2 Melds Past for the Future
Developers of the X2 Technology Demonstrator are drawing on components and systems from other aircraft to expedite prototyping of the high-speed aircraft. The Sikorsky Aircraft development team has been striving to achieve a first flight of the coaxial...
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Market Perception: Good Things Come
Patience is probably not considered a virtue by the helicopter operator who is waiting on some aspect of customer support. A review of Rotor & Wing customer perception surveys spanning a decade, however, shows that operators have seen improvements over...
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Helicopter Training: New Simulators: Making It Real
Eurocopter is adding training capabilities in the United States to respond to long-term market needs and shorter-term opportunities. In the latter category, the manufacturer’s American Eurocopter unit in Grand Prairie, Texas is developing a...
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Helicopter Training: From the Field
Sorting Out Silver State’s Impact Flight schools, former students and employees, and lawyers are trying to sort out the implications of Silver State Helicopters’ shutdown. Some former staffers are seizing the opportunity created by the Feb. 3...
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Helicopter Training: From the Factories
India Drops Tariffs on Simulators India’s latest national budget holds a special gift for aspiring helicopter pilots. The nation’s finance minister, Shri P. Chidambaram, has eliminated the import taxes on simulators used for helicopter training...
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| 03.01.2008 |
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Middle East Markets: Inroads in the Middle East
The balance of the Middle East helicopter market is gradually shifting, as Russian manufacturers and Sikorsky Aircraft make significant gains in the military arena while AgustaWestland and Eurocopter get most of their new business on the fast-expanding civil...
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| 03.01.2008 |
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Heli-Expo Show Day: Honeywell Practices What It Preaches
HONEYWELL AEROSPACE (www.honeywell.com and www.honeywell.com/missionready) is displaying its new AgustaWestland AW139 corporate helicopter, which is fitted with Honeywell’s Primus Epic cockpit and cabin systems...
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| 03.01.2008 |
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Heli-Expo Show Day: Carson Blades a Hit in U.K.
NEW MAIN-ROTOR BLADES THAT Carson Helicopters developed for its FireKing upgrade of the Sikorsky Aircraft H-3 Sea King are proving popular in the United Kingdom. QinetiQ, in partnership with the U.K. Defence Ministry’s Joint Test and Evaluation Group...
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Heli-Expo Show Day: Aerosim Mission Trainers
AEROSIMULATORS FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING COST-EFFECTIVE HELICOPter simulators and related systems. At Booth 50 in the static area, the company is displaying its Gimbal Imaging System Trainer (GIST), which simulates a...
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Heli-Expo Show Day: SRT Showcases SAR Training
SRT HELICOPTERS AIMS TO PROVIDE cost-effective, high-risk operational training and services. Its staff are working professionals in the helicopter industry, and the company offers training...
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Heli-Expo Show Day: Greater Beacon Use Spurs Need for Decoders
RISING USE OF DISTRESS BEACONS is driving increased interest in the Techtest range of homer-decoders, with particular interest coming from East Asia and southern Europe. Search and rescue aircraft manufacturers are increasingly seeing the benefits of...
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Heli-Expo Show Day: Barco Fine-Tunes Mission Displays
BARCO PROVIDES HIGH-PERFORMANCE DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND IMAGE processing subsystems for high-integrity aerospace applications. At Booth 2201, it is demonstrating its lineup of cockpit display products, ranging...
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| 03.01.2008 |
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Heli-Expo Show Day: Restored Dauphin Makes Heli-Expo Debut
ROTOR LEASING IS DISPLAYING ITS NEWLY RESTORED EUROCOPTER AS365SH Dauphin at Booth 435. The eight-year-old twin was grounded and decommissioned by the Irish Air Corps in 2005 with 3,600 hr total time. Three other AS365s operated by the Irish Air Corps...
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Heli-Expo Show Day: Goodrich Streamlines Customer Interface
GOODRICH HAS REORGANIZED FOUR HELICOPTER-RElated business units into a single one to give operators a one-stop shop for outfitting their aircraft. The Charlotte, N.C.-based global supplier of aerospace, defense and homeland security systems and services...
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