http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 2:11:41 EDT CAE has started construction on its flight training center in Rimba, Brunei. Government officials from Brunei and executives from CAE attended the groundbreaking for the facility, which is part of... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/public-service/government-agencies/CAE-Breaks-Ground-on-Training-Center-in-Brunei_79462.html Tue, 11 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Brighton, UK—The UK’s Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Center (ARCC), currently manned by members of the Royal Air Force and based at RAF Kinloss in Scotland, could be relocated to the new National Maritime Operations Center (NMOC) in Fareham, near Portsmouth, around 2017 when the military ceases... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/public-service/government-agencies/ARCC-to-Join-with-NMOC-UK-SAR-Conference-Starts-in-Brighton_79431.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/public-service/government-agencies/Robinson-Scores-R66-Type-Certificate-from-Transport-Canada_79406.html Mon, 3 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Three different helicopter types (a total of four aircraft) are headed for Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) under a new contract signed with Eurocopter Japan. The two medium-class helicopters are going to the Hyogo Prefectural Police (EC155 B1) and the Hiroshima Prefectural Police (AS365 N3+)... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/public-service/government-agencies/Japanese-Police-Contract-Four-Additional-Eurocopter-Variants_79336.html Tue, 28 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Robinson Helicopters announced that the Russian Interstate Aviation Committee Aviation Register (IACAR) issued a type certificate for the R66 turbine on March 15, 2013, the culmination of a process that began in November 2010. The welcome news will now allow Robinson to export 22 R66 helicopters to Russia. A... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/public-service/government-agencies/Russian-Aviation-Authority-Grants-Certification-to-Robinson-R66_79155.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT In 1998 at the Heli Japan Conference held in Gifu, Japan, I attended a presentation by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on what they thought future heliport design criteria should include. For instance, at that time the FAA was pushing a 4,800-foot straight line approach at a 3-degree slope... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/public-service/government-agencies/Heliport-Standards-Where-the-Bears-Live_79172.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT First of all, I hate partisan politics. There are too many times when it gets in the way of the nation’s—any nation’s—best interest. Second, while I knew the recent budget battle that raged on Capitol Hill was going to go down to the wire, I had good money that said a resolution was... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/public-service/government-agencies/Law-Enforcement-Notebook-Sequestration-Reservations_79175.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Bond Aviation has formally recognized Engineering Manager John Crowther and HUMS Engineer Sean Newlands for receiving the U.S. Transportation Safety Institute (TSI) Moral Courage award in March. The Bond technicians shared the first-time award with the U.S. Coast Guard out of Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, who... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/public-service/government-agencies/Avincis-Group-Strives-for-Fundamental-Cultural-and-Behavioral-Change-in-Approach-to-Safety_79062.html Wed, 24 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Grand Prairie, Texas-based Uniflight has obtained a U.S. Department of the Interior contract to maintain the U.S. Park Police... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/public-service/government-agencies/Uniflight-Wins-U-S-Park-Police-Bell-Maintenance-Contract_79051.html Tue, 23 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Bell Helicopter has earned Indonesian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) approval to increase the maximum gross weight of the 429 to 7,500 lbs. The 500-lb increase is based on Transport Canada’s certification of the weight boost tracing back to December 2011. Indonesia becomes the 17th... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/public-service/government-agencies/Indonesia-Joins-Bell-429-Weight-Club-FAA-Re-Examines-Regs_78991.html Tue, 16 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT