http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2008 Sat, 17 May 2008 6:35:45 EDT Work on the two Chinook CH-47Fs at the Boeing plant in Ridley Township, Penn., stopped as suspicions of sabotage dominated an unfolding investigation into how the two military helicopters were damaged as they were nearing completion for an Army contract that runs through 2018. The reports indicate that... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/attack/22014.html Fri, 16 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Silver State Helicopters closed and locked its doors and filed for bankruptcy in February, leaving thousands of students owing loans and without their certificates. Now a California law firm, Pinnacle Law Group, has filed a proposed class-action suit against Cleveland, Ohio-based KeyBank, seeking to bar the... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/training/ratings/21972.html Thu, 15 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT A Honeywell/Pratt & Whitney joint venture was awarded a $108 million contract by the U.S. Army for work on the Advanced Affordable Turbine Engine (AATE) technology demonstrator program. GE in September 2007 won the first contract under that program. According to the Army’s Aviation Applied... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/attack/21970.html Thu, 15 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT The latest hazard to safe helicopter flight in the United States comes in the form of wind farms. These collections of modern-day windmills, seen as an environmentally friendly energy option to gas, coal, and nuclear powerplants, are proliferating. The U.S. Energy... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/personalcorporate/exectransport/21937.html Wed, 14 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT That's the question facing the U.S. Army National Guard as it prepares to field the UH-72A Lakota. The Army is acquiring that light utility helicopter, based on Eurocopter's FAA-certificated EC145, from a contractor team led by EADS North America (a branch of Eurocopter's parent company). The acquisition... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/utility/21936.html Wed, 14 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT MD Helicopters has reached a deal with Mesa, Ariz. that will keep the manufacturer at the city-owned Falcon Field Airport, according to published reports. The Arizona Republic quoted MD's corporate counsel, Randy Walti, as saying the... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/personalcorporate/exectransport/21898.html Tue, 13 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Will the OH-5D Kiowa Warrior ever leave the battlefield? The U.S. Army has been attempting to retire that combat-proven but war-weary Bell Helicopter fighter for years, most recently through the planned procurement of Bell's... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/attack/21899.html Tue, 13 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Silver State Helicopters’ fleet of more than 200 aircraft has been collected and assembled in Texas, where new owners are picking through the lot. Sky Helicopters in Garland, Texas... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/personalcorporate/personalac/21809.html Fri, 9 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT The FAA has issued a new advisory circular offering guidance to EMS helicopter operators in setting up operational control centers and... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/commercial/ems/21808.html Fri, 9 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT BLR Aerospace has named Airborne Engines to sell its performance-enhancing system of dual tailboom strakes and the FastFin vertical stabilizer. Everett... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/personalcorporate/exectransport/21784.html Thu, 8 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT