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| 07.03.2008 |
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Get More Rotorcraft Info Here
Welcome to R&W’s updated homepage. You’ll still find all the rotorcraft information you require here, with our daily news briefs, powerful search engine and current...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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Rotorcraft Report: Honeywell Tests Micro UAV With Gimballed Camera
PRODUCTS | UAVS Honeywell has fitted its Micro Air Vehicle with a gimballed sensor that allows a ground station operator to reposition the camera remotely. This is intended to...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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World Roundup: Around the World Airborne Police are Climbing High
Growing recognition of homeland security needs, the availability of funding to meet them, and new equipment to support those missions are lifting police air units from England to Indonesia. Law enforcement agencies across the globe are recognizing the value...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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Flying With London Met Police’s New EC145s
The United Kingdom is a small country, but it does have big ideas when it comes to police helicopters. The nation’s 60 million people live in a country of 93 million sq mi. That compares in size with the U.S. state of Michigan (with a bit more than 10...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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São Paulo State’s Air Support Group
The Brazilian state of São Paulo has more than 41 million inhabitants in its more than 96,135 sq mi (249,000 sq km). One of 26 states and one federal district in the country, it accounts for 32 percent of Brazil’s gross domestic product. The...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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Asia: A Move to Modernize
The Asia-Pacific region is viewed as the world’s airborne law enforcement market with the largest potential for growth in the next decade — largely because of the prospects envisioned by aircraft and mission equipment managers for that segment in...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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Unmanned Aircraft in Demand by Law Enforcement
Miami and Houston police soon should be using small, unmanned aerial systems (UASs) to help fight crime and improve their situational awareness during the response to an emergency or disaster. The Miami-Dade Police Dept. shortly plans to have a 14-lb...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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Project 25 Streamlines Emergency Interoperability
Vendors are working hard to support airborne law enforcement units seeking communications gear that meets new requirements for interoperable communications. The industry/government Project 25 initiative is forcing police air units throughout the United States...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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Law Enforcement Notebook
TFOs: The Unsung Heroes Yes, I’m guilty, albeit unintentionally. Even though most of my columns are intended for every member of a law enforcement helicopter crew, I have never written anything exclusively about the tactical flight officer (TFO). That...
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| 06.25.2008 |
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Three Helicopter Pilots Nominated for Bravery
The two U.K. police officers and helicopter pilot were nominated for the country’s Police Bravery Awards, which honor police officers in England and Wales for heroic actions. The team saved a woman from drowning in the River Derwent in Derbyshire...
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| 06.23.2008 |
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Nominate Your Helicopter Hero
August 1, 2008 is the deadline for nominations for Rotor & Wing’s Helicopter Heroism Awards. If you know of displays of heroism and flying skills involving helicopter crews and individuals on missions conducted in calendar year 2007...
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| 06.20.2008 |
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Firm Sees Piston Production Tailing Off
The market analysis firm Forecast International sees piston-powered helicopter production to taper off in coming years. Production in that category has been booming since 2002, when only about 290 units were...
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| 06.18.2008 |
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An Aussie Ex-cop May Be a Thief
Mark Cavanagh, 48, turned himself in to police last month and was charged with the theft of the ex-military Bell Helicopter OH-58 Kiowa. According to...
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| 06.16.2008 |
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Tactical Flight Officer Tries to Save Beaten Toddler
A 27-year-old man was stomping and kicking the boy along a California country road June 14, according to The San Jose Mercury News. An off-duty volunteer firefighter tried to stop him, as did several others, but everyone was...
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| 06.11.2008 |
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Scholarships Available to Female Fliers
Woman in Aviation International is offering thousands of scholarship dollars to applicants who get their applications in starting July 1, 2008. The...
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| 06.05.2008 |
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Where's the $ Going? Watch Robinson Payments
Looking for a leading indicator of whether the U.S. dollar is rebounding in value against other international currencies? Top U.S. economic officials have in recent weeks been signaling that the "greenback" has depreciated enough. They long...
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| 06.03.2008 |
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Nominate Your Helicopter Heroes
Nominations are open for Rotor & Wing’s Helicopter Heroism Award. For more than 40 years, the award has honored crews who tested the limits of their skill and courage and the performance of their...
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| 06.03.2008 |
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ASU Regains Its Part 145 Certificate
Aviation Specialties Unlimited has regained its FAA Part 145 repair station certificate. The FAA issued the certificate May 30, according to the...
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| 06.03.2008 |
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Rotorcraft Report: FAA, Vendor, Operators Sort Through NVG Turmoil
CLARIFICATION: Aviation Specialties Unlimited says that no more than 10 helicopters had use of their night-vision systems suspended as a result of discrepancies between installations and the paperwork submitted to the FAA, and that those were limited to two...
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| 06.01.2008 |
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Feedback
New and Improved? Perhaps Mrs. McKenna has a point in her reluctance to use electronic methods of navigation ("New and Improved," January 2008, page 4). In 1989, I was flying in a loose formation of three from Deauville to Ferté Alais...
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