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Thursday, August 9, 2007
U.S. Needs More Helos to Fight Wildfires
With more than 40 major wildfires raging in the western United States, the National Interagency Fire Center is short helicopters to battle the blazes. Over 200 rotorcraft and many fixed-wing aircraft are fighting the fires now, but attack coordinators want more... [read more]
March 18, 2010 N/A
Night Landings OKed for Canadian Hospital
The Elk Valley Hospital’s helipad has been certified by Transport Canada for night landings with the use of night vision goggles (NVG); the helipad is the first day time helipad in Canada to receive this certification. This means that pilots from the...
March 18, 2010 Rotor & Wing
Just Announced: R&W Quad-A Web Event
On the heels of the U.S. Army Aviation Association of America’s (Quad-A) convention is a new web conference featuring Rotor & Wing Military Editor Andrew Driewga and Editor-at-Large Ernie...
March 18, 2010 Rotor & Wing
Hillsboro Offers Garmin G500H Upgrade
Bell customer service facility Hillsboro Aviation has incorporated the Garmin G500H into its slate of products...
March 17, 2010 Rotor & Wing
House Considers On-Demand Ops
The U.S. House of Representatives Aviation Subcommittee is holding a hearing this afternoon that will focus on on-demand flights, including EMS, firefighting, offshore...
March 17, 2010 Rotor & Wing
IS-BAO Registration Pursued
Baldwin Aviation of Hilton Head, S.C. is teaming with Mountain West Helicopters, a Kaman K-1200 KMAX and Bell UH-1H operator...
March 16, 2010 Rotor & Wing
Paper Pilot Certificates Expire March 31
Under FAR 61.19(h), FAA’s Airman Certificates that are printed on paper are set to expire on March 31, in favor...
March 16, 2010 Rotor & Wing
MedCenter Air EC135s Take to Skies
Three American Eurocopter EC135s have joined the MedCenter Air fleet of the Carolinas Medical Center. Metro...
March 15, 2010 Air Safety Week
New Aircraft Viable via NextGen
Advanced short-runway airliners and large commercial tiltrotors could boost the capacity of the U.S. air transport system without impacting conventional aircraft operations, once the FAA's NextGen airspace system is fully implemented. That's the conclusion of...
March 15, 2010 Air Safety Week
North Sea Air Safety Improves
NATS Services is now using a Sensis Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) system in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland for helicopter flight following. Air traffic controllers are using the WAM surveillance information as a supplement to established procedural...
March 15, 2010 Air Safety Week
Safety & Technology Trends
New Brand at FAA Beginning with the March/April 2010 issue, FAA Aviation News is changing its name to FAA Safety Briefing to more accurately reflect the magazine's safety mission. The FAA Safety Briefing will provide pilots, aviation maintenance technicians...
March 15, 2010 Air Safety Week
Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700, 701, & 702), CL-600-2D15 (Regional Jet Series 705), and CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900). Final rule. SUMMARY: This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness...
March 15, 2010 Air Safety Week
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Feb 06, 2010 Santiago, Ecuador PIPER PA32 HC-BOD A/c registered to and operated by Fundacion Amazonia Verde. Separated left main wheel during the landing roll at the Mashuim Airstrip. No injuries Visual...
March 15, 2010 Avionics
Nextant 400NEXT Completes First Flight
The Rockwell Collins-equipped Phase 1 400NEXT aircraft from Nextant Aerospace completed its first flight, Nextant announced last Thursday. The flight, which took place Feb. 25, completed the aircraft's transition from experimental to production...
March 15, 2010 Rotor & Wing
Police Helo Forced to Land Near DC School
A Washington, DC elementary school was evacuated Thursday after a Prince George’s County, Maryland police MD520N made an...
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