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Rotorcraft Report: Turkish Attack Helicopter Flies
MILITARY/ATTACK The ATAK team of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), AgustaWestland and aircraft electronics provider Aselsan have conducted the first flight of the prototype T129 AgustaWestland and Turkey’s TAI flew the T129 for the first time...
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Rotorcraft Report: Sikorsky System to Assist Oil Platform Landings
COMMERCIAL/OFFSHORE Sikorsky will be making life easier for S-92A pilots by giving them the capability to make hands-free IFR approaches towards offshore oil platforms. Scheduled for FAA/Transport Canada certification by year-end, the flight control computer...
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Rotorcraft Report: NSTB Investigates EMS Crash
PUBLIC SERVICE/EMS U.S. National Transportation Safety Board investigators are saying that an air medical helicopter that crashed in South Carolina on Sept. 25 did not have safety features recommended by experts. Three people—pilot Patrick Walters...
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Rotorcraft Report: MedCenter Air Orders Three EC135s
PUBLIC SERVICE/EMS Charlotte, N.C.-based Carolinas Medical Center has ordered three EC135s from American Eurocopter. The helicopters, which...
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Rotorcraft Report: Study Points to Improved EMS Procedures
TRAINING/EMS A MedEvac Foundation International study has found that five percent of urgent care patients experience a life-threatening event or, in rare cases, death while on air medical transport flights. Dr. Jeff Singh and co-author Dr. Russell MacDonald of...
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Rotorcraft Report: MissionMode to Serve Omniflight Fleet
PUBLIC SERVICE/EMS Omniflight Helicopters of Addison, Texas has selected MissionMode Solutions software to help with...
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Heroes: Defined
Cool composure in the midst of chaos. Presenting the winners of the 2009 Rotor & Wing Helicopter Herosim Awards, who personify the meaning of the word heros. PUBLIC SERVICE/SAR U.S. Coast Guard 2008 Alaska Ranger One of the Largest Coldwater Rescues in...
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About TAWS
PRODUCTS/AVIONICS & INSTRUMENTS Helicopter accidents, especially those involving emergency medical services (EMS) flights, have been getting a lot of bad, but well-deserved press recently. The increasing number of helicopter EMS (HEMS) fatalities has also...
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Flying the Sikorsky S-92A With the Rotor Ice Protection System
United Technologies Corp. routinely flies its RIPS-equipped S-92A aircraft in known icing conditions in the U.S. CORPORATE/OPERATORS For the past 36 months, I’ve had an exciting and challenging opportunity to fly the Sikorsky S-92A in the northeastern...
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| 10.01.2009 |
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Beyond Regulations
I hadn’t wanted to write such a serious piece on my second month as editor. But the Washington Post series called "Fatal Flights" that was published at the end of August and the...
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Rotorcraft Report: New Weapon in Aviation Safety Wars
In its latest response to the helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) industry’s flight record, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has added a new arrow to its quiver. The agency has...
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Rotorcraft Report: Eurocopter Delivers Two EC120s
American Eurocopter has handed over two EC120s in recent weeks — to JRW Aviation and the Lake County Sheriff’s Department Aviation Unit in Indiana. Dallas, Texas-based JRW will perform...
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Rotorcraft Report: TopOwl Undergoes Flight Tests
Thales’ helmet-mounted sight display, TopOwl, has completed a series of tests to demonstrate its abilities as advanced mission and piloting equipment in attack and combat transport roles. Most of...
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Rotorcraft Report: Brazil’s ANAC Certifies Geneva ENG Mods
The National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) in Brazil has issued approval for Kent, Wash.-based Geneva Aviation to install electronic news gathering (ENG) equipment in helicopters registered that...
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Rotorcraft Report: Sandel to Conduct HTAWS Trials
Vista, Calif.-based Sandel Avionics is preparing to carry out flight tests on its helicopter terrain awareness and warning system (HTAWS) at Corporate...
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Program Insider: Contracts
Bell Helicopter of Hurst, Texas, has awarded a $53-milion contract to Kaman Aerospace’s Helicopters division to manufacture composite helicopter blade skins and skin core assemblies. The agreement involves...
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| 10.01.2009 |
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Hot Products For the Month of October
Vivisun Series of Switches Expands Fort Worth, Texas-based Aerospace Optics has added the Logic Series to its Vivisun product line. The company says the electromechanical switch is the first of its kind based...
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UK Refits Helicopter Force for Afghanistan
The United Kingdom hopes a series of upgrades to their current helicopter fleet will help them meet the challenging Afghan climate. The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) operates a fleet of 586 helicopters...
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Rotorcraft Report: Alaska CAP to Use FLIR EVS
PRODUCTS Portland, Ore.-based FLIR Systems has received an order for 20 enhanced vision system (EVS3) cameras from the Alaska Civil Air Patrol (CAP). The...
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Rotorcraft Report: Certs for URS, Ahlers
SERVICES The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has issued CAR 35 approval for United Rotorcraft Solutions and Ahlers Aerospace night vision lighting modifications on the...
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