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February 27, 2013
This year at Booth C5028, Sikorsky will recognize the 90th anniversary of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., and nine decades of pioneering innovative aviation excellence. On-hand will be special guest, Sergei Sikorsky. In addition, Sikorsky will celebrate other significant milestones and the achievement of 500,000 flight hours by the S-92...February 27, 2013
Since 1989, Garmin (Booths N4412 and N5) has designed, manufactured, marketed and sold navigation, communication and information devices and applications—most of which are enabled by GPS technology. Garmin’s products serve automotive, mobile, wireless, outdoor recreation, marine, aviation, and OEM applications. One of the latest devices to come out of Garmin’s Olathe, Kansas facility is...February 27, 2013
Helicopter Technology Company (Booth C2917) is inviting Hughes/MD model 369, 500 and 600 operators to a technical briefing during Heli-Expo...February 27, 2013
Avincis Group subsidiary Norsk Helikopterservice (NHS) officially took the wraps off its new Sikorsky S-92 on Wednesday at...February 26, 2013
Kaman Aerospace Group (Booth N4112) sees rotorcraft as a key market as it realigns and expands aerospace operations to help operators benefit from its growing global design, manufacturing, testing and tooling capabilities and highly experienced engineering workforce. Kaman’s helicopters...February 26, 2013
The annual “Russian Hour” returns to Heli-Expo this year on Tuesday, March 6 at 1:00 pm at the Las Vegas Convention Center in room N110. Russian Helicopters will display its advanced-technology Kamov Ka-62, which feature...February 26, 2013
Pensacola, Fla.-based Avalex Technologies (Booth C2411) continues to bring display, moving map and video recorder technology to the aviation market. The company’s family of multifunction displays, smart tablets, and radio management units are designed to save space, weight, and power. Avalex Smart Displays combine a powerful solid-state processor and...February 26, 2013
In this ever-expanding world of capacitive touchscreen technology, Gibson & Barnes will be present at Heli-Expo 2013 showcasing their new touchscreen...February 26, 2013
Phoenix Heliparts (Booth C1527), an aftermarket MRO and rotorcraft parts supplier, is one of more than 725 businesses that will exhibit at Heli-Expo 2013 in Las Vegas. Tina and Darin Cannon, a veteran aircraft maintenance technician (AMT) with experience in MDs, the Bell 206 and the Aerospatiale/Eurocopter AS350, started their aftermarket repair and parts business in 2003, in the garage of their home...February 26, 2013
Marignane, France-based Eurocopter (Booth C2922) will have some of its newest aircraft models on display in the exhibit hall of Heli-Expo 2013 in Las Vegas. One will be the EC175, the company’s tall, medium twin-engine platform built to satisfy the offshore helicopter market. Unlike prior years, Eurocopter will not have a mock-up of the EC175 on display. Instead, it will have an actual flying...February 26, 2013
Tuesday marked the opening of Australian’s premier international airshow, Avalon, which runs from Feb. 26 to March 3 near Melbourne, Victoria. While the airshow and the Air Chief’s symposium held the preceding day are the domain of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), the event nevertheless covers both military and civilian aviation and attracts the usual global manufacturers associated with...February 26, 2013
Ronkonkoma, N.Y.-based East/West Industries is planning to highlight its energy attenuating seats and portable floor crane at Booth C5624 during Heli-Expo 2013 in Las Vegas next week. East/West seats on a Bell 412. Courtesy of East/West...February 25, 2013
Woodland, Calif.-based Advanced Helicopter Services (Booth C3407) is a first-time exhibitor at Heli-Expo 2013, which is being held from March 4-7 in Las Vegas. The helicopter...February 25, 2013
A tour of Eurocopter’s EC175 started Monday, with planned stops throughout the U.S. until March 15 before the first production aircraft heads to other locations around the globe later this year. EC175. Photos courtesy of Eurocopter The EC175 arrived at...February 22, 2013
Canton, Ohio-based Timken Company has bolstered its list of Bell Helicopter-approved replacement parts, as the company...February 22, 2013
Russian Helicopters has launched its Global Helicopter Firefighting Initiative (GHFI) Thursday, a program aimed at developing more innovative technologies for firefighting helicopters...February 21, 2013
Breeze-Eastern, aerospace hoist and winch specialist, announced a number of new leadership positions as the company focuses on becoming more customer-centric. (The Breeze-Eastern Team at the Whippany, N.J. headquarters)...February 20, 2013
The Thales I-Master radar system completed flight trials on a Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) in Austria earlier this month. The flights were the first time the I-Master has been...February 19, 2013
Russian Helicopters subsidiary Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant has introduced an Mi-171 simulator. Built by CSTS Dinamika, the simulator allows for flight...February 19, 2013
Garmin has released an all-digital altimeter, the GRA 5500, for helicopters and general aviation aircraft. The all-digital...
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