http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Sat, 25 May 2013 8:26:58 EDT  FlightSafety International has incorporated its new Level D-qualified AgustaWestland AW139 full flight simulator (FFS) into the initial pilot training courses at its learning center in Lafayette, La... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/public-service/SAR/AW139-Simulator-Begins-Operations-at-FlightSafety-Lafayette_79297.html Tue, 21 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The saga of the British government’s drive to replace the 70-year tradition of military involvement in providing the majority of the UK’s search and rescue (SAR) helicopters with a privatized ‘for profit’ organization in order to divest the service off the military balance sheet is... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/public-service/SAR/UK-Government-Finally-Cuts-Military-from-Helicopter-SAR-Role-with-Bristow-Selection_79158.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT On March 21, 2013, the crew of a UK Royal Air Force (RAF) Sikorsky S-61 Sea King rescued a French trawler crewman with serious head injuries on the ninth attempt when a violent storm in the Irish Sea made a boat-to-boat transfer impossible. Although a Royal Navy hydrographic ship, HMS Echo, and the Royal... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/public-service/SAR/Nine-Attempts-Needed-to-Rescue-Trawler-Crewman-Caught-in-Raging-Storm_79162.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT What do the chief executives of a longstanding U.S. helicopter manufacturer, a London-based emergency medical services, offshore and SAR operator, and a hoist and winch supplier from New Jersey have in common? All of them sat down with Rotor & Wing during Heli-Expo in March for exclusive interviews that... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/public-service/SAR/One-on-One-with-Heads-of-Sikorsky-Avincis-Group-and-Breeze-EasternFull-Version_79170.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Eurocopter “now fully understands the root cause of the cracking and need to go to validation of both the final and immediate fix,” said outgoing President and CEO Lutz Bertling at the company’s headquarters in Marignane on April 18. He was addressing the problem with the main gear... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/public-service/SAR/Eurocopter-Identifies-and-Reproduces-EC225-Gear-Bevel-Shaft-Cracking_79044.html Mon, 22 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Bristow EC175 at the Eurocopter booth.   HAI’s Heli-Expo played host to 60 helicopters and 736 exhibitors in Las Vegas while attracting 20,393 visitors during the three-day event in early March. The oil and gas sector was a principle beneficiary of many of the orders signed with the major OEMs... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/public-service/SAR/Sizeable-Fleet-Purchase-Orders-New-Engines-Dominate-Active-Heli-Expo-2013&thinsp_78891.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT UK Department of Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has announced that Bristow Helicopters is the final winner of the long awaited, and fought for, UK Search & Rescue helicopter contract worth £1.6 billion ($2.4 billion). It will run from April 2015 until 2026, with the Royal Air Force and... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/public-service/SAR/Bristow-Helicopters-Wins-£1-6-Billion-UK-SAR-Contract_78803.html Tue, 26 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EDT On March 21, 2013, the crew of a Royal Air Force (RAF) Sikorsky S-61 Sea King rescued a French trawler crewman with serious head injuries on the ninth attempt when a violent storm in the Irish Sea made a boat-to-boat transfer impossible. Although a Royal Navy hydrographic ship, HMS Echo, and the Royal... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/public-service/SAR/Trawler-Crewman-Rescued-on-Ninth-Attempt_78787.html Mon, 25 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EDT The first two of four Sikorsky S-92 helicopters scheduled to service the UK Gap Search and Rescue (SAR) contract for Northern Scotland have arrived and started training flights at Inverness Airport. The... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/public-service/SAR/S-92s-Arrive-in-Scotland-for-UK-Gap-SAR_78758.html Tue, 19 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EDT China’s Ministry of Transport (MOT) has placed an order with Sikorsky for the supply of four S-76Ds in the search and rescue (SAR) configuration. The contract... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/public-service/SAR/Chinas-MOT-Orders-S-76Ds-for-SAR-Fleet_78706.html Mon, 11 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EDT