http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:06:07 EDT Rolls-Royce has appointed Asia Pacific Aerospace (APA) in Brisbane, Australia to its global network of... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/personal-corporate/executive-transport/Rolls-Royce-Adds-Asia-Pacific-to-RR300-Service-Center_79504.html Mon, 17 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT At the Paris Air Show, Bell Helicopter uncovered a new light single, so far codenamed the “short light single,” or SLS, which will receive power from a Turbomeca engine. First flight is planned for next year. Bell CEO John Garrison said that the target market segment is that of the Robinson R66... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/personal-corporate/executive-transport/Bell-Launches-Light-Single-to-Compete-with-Robinson-R66-Eurocopter-EC120_79506.html Mon, 17 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Chandler, Ariz.-based Pylon Aviation has placed a $20-million order for six AS350s from American Eurocopter, consisting of a pair of... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/personal-corporate/executive-transport/Pylon-Aviation-to-Acquire-Six-Eurocopter-AS350s_79439.html Fri, 14 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT A group of six high-ranking officials from AgustaWestland, Bell Helicopter, Boeing, Eurocopter, Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky took part in a CEO panel on May 21 during the American Helicopter Society (AHS) International’s Forum 69 in Phoenix, Ariz. Rotor & Wing International Bureau Chief Andrew... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/personal-corporate/executive-transport/Panel-Helicopter-Industry-Needs-to-Develop-Science-and-Technology-Faster_79473.html Wed, 12 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Greenwich AeroGroup company Summit Aviation has recreated the original colors of the OH-6 Cayuse used in the Vietnam War for the Operation Flying Heroes program, which provides flights for Afghanistan and Iraq... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/personal-corporate/executive-transport/Summit-Honors-Flying-Heroes-With-Helicopter-Paint-Project_79421.html Mon, 10 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT The Polish Air Force is adding its second VIP-configured W-3A Sokol twin-engine transport helicopter to its fleet, part of a 2011 contract for five... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/personal-corporate/executive-transport/Polish-Air-Force-Incorporates-Second-VIP-Sokol_79397.html Wed, 5 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Transport Canada has issued a type certificate for the R66 turbine to Robinson Helicopter of Torrance, Calif. The Canadian regulatory agency joined 19 other countries in approving the R66 after the U.S. FAA equivalent level of safety (ELOS) removed an... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/personal-corporate/executive-transport/Robinson-Scores-R66-Type-Certificate-from-Transport-Canada_79406.html Mon, 3 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT AgustaWestland is making its expectations for success in the North American market very clear. With opportunities in the U.S. government markets expected to top $20 billion over the next 15 years, according to AgustaWestland North America Chairman and CEO R. Scott Rettig, the company seems bullish in the... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/personal-corporate/executive-transport/Agustas-Westernland-Expansion-Philadelphia_79321.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT The North American arm of AgustaWestland uncovered plans April 30 to build the AW169 at its 275,000-square-foot U.S. manufacturing complex at Northeast Philadelphia Airport (PNE), becoming a second location to the OEM’s plant in Vergiate, Italy. (The company also lists its facility in Yeovil, UK as... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/personal-corporate/executive-transport/AgustaWestland-to-Bolster-Philadelphia-Production-Line-with-Addition-of-AW169_79350.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT   Think back to the first time you saw a multi-function display (MFD) screen in a cockpit. For me, it was around 1987, when I saw a McDonnell-Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle on static display at an air show. The high-tech fighter had a head-up display and thermal imaging system, too. That was all... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/personal-corporate/executive-transport/Synthetic-Vision-Seeing-What-You-Should-Be-Missing&thinsp_79358.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT