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November 7, 2012
The use of helicopters to fight high-rise fires, defined as being over seven stories, can cause more harm than good if operators are not properly trained, according to Glenn Daley of the New York Police Department. Daley was one of several speakers at the “High-Rise Aerial Firefighting and Rescue” conference held during the fifth biennial Dubai Helishow on November 6. For example, he noted, the...November 7, 2012
Middle East militaries have been showing “a lot of interest” in the MH-60R and MH-60S, with greatest interest primarily in the 60R model, according to Mike Sears, deputy program manager for foreign military sales (FMS) at U.S. Naval Air Systems Command. They are also interested in the compatibility of...November 6, 2012
The U.S. Transportation Command has granted a $72.4-million contract to Ottawa-based Canadian Helicopters/Canadian Commercial Corp. for helicopter services in Afghanistan. The...November 6, 2012
The U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division has issued a $14.4-million contract to Sikorsky Support Services related to H-53 and H-60 support. The agreement, which runs through October 2015, covers...November 6, 2012
Enstom Helicopter continues to expand its global market presence with two 480B turbines going into the Port of Rosario, Argentina. Dennis Martin, international sales/program manger, told Rotor & Wing at the 2012 Dubai Helishow on Tuesday that any injuries at the port currently require a trip of over two hours to the nearest hospital. The 480B is currently being certified to carry a six-foot litter...November 5, 2012
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has appointed Ralph Hicks as the investigator-in-charge of the probe into the crash of an Atlanta Police Department Hughes OH-6 on Saturday, Nov. 3. According to witnesses on the...November 5, 2012
The U.S. Transportation Command has awarded a $24.6-million contract to McMinnville, Ore.-based Evergreen Helicopters for aircraft and personnel in Afghanistan. The...November 5, 2012
Aurora, Ore.-based Columbia Helicopters has obtained a $97.8-million contract from the U.S. Transportation Command related to aircraft and support...November 5, 2012
EADS division Cassidian has partnered with Atech of Sao Paulo, Brazil to supply a tactical data management system (TDMS) for the Eurocopter EC725s that will enter...November 2, 2012
To meet the needs of the growing Latin American helicopter market, AeroSimulators has unveiled a new website focused on...November 2, 2012
St. Louis, Mo.-based ThrottleNet has custom-designed a mobile application for Helicopters Inc., an electronic newsgathering (ENG) leasing company. Pilots and administrative personnel are...November 1, 2012
Major military, air medical and SAR operators will be among the more than 100 exhibitors at the 5th biennial Dubai Helishow, set to kick off Tuesday, Nov. 6 at Grand Stand, Meydan Racecourse. Organizers are expecting an estimated 2,000 visitors to the Middle Eastern helicopter souk, or...November 1, 2012
Hawker Pacific Aerospace, the Middle East representative for Bell Helicopters, has announced orders for seven Bell 412EPs from Abu Dhabi Aviation (ADA), one of the oldest and largest rotary and fixed-wing operators in the region. Alan Parsons, vice president of aircraft sales for Hawker Pacific, cited ADA as “one of the region’s most prestigious operators, with over 800,000 hours on Bell...November 1, 2012
Phoenix, Ariz.-based PHI Air Medical will be using the Dubai Helishow to meet with “other world-class organizations” in order to “expand our footprint into many new...November 1, 2012
Oboronprom subsidiary Russian Helicopters expects to sell Mi-17 helicopters to the United States intended for the Afghan military, despite opposition from members of the U.S. Congress. Sergey Yarkovoy, deputy chief executive officer and chief financial officer at Russian Helicopters, said that...November 1, 2012
Boeing does not plan have an aircraft on display at the 2012 Dubai Helishow, but will have a booth with representatives there to talk to key members of Middle East militaries about its programs. These include the AH-64D Apache, AH-6 light attack/reconnaissance helicopter, CH-47F Chinook and the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor. The company has already had significant discussions...November 1, 2012
Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW210S turboshaft engine that will power the Sikorsky S-76D is in line for...November 1, 2012
AgustaWestland has announced that the AW101 and AW159 Lynx Wildcat will play a role in the latest James Bond movie, “Skyfall,” which is due out Friday, Nov. 9. Eon Productions, which produces the British film series, used...November 1, 2012
In early October Sikorsky Global Helicopters (SGH) invited Rotor & Wing to its commercial production facility in Coatesville, Pa. The site of the former Keystone Helicopter, which Sikorsky acquired in 2005, Coatesville houses the production of the S-92, the S-76D—which received an FAA type certificate on Oct. 12—the S-300C and airframe assembly for the CH-148 Canadian Maritime Helicopter...November 1, 2012
A line of S-76Ds at Sikorsky’s plant in Coatesville, Pa. Bond Aviation Group CEO Richard Mintern visited Sikorsky’s commercial manufacturing plant in Coatesville, Pa. in early October to examine the initial two baseline S-92s that are part of a 16-aircraft order placed during Heli-Expo in February 2012. Bond Aviation’s group fleet and engineering director, Martin Whittaker, came along to...
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