http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:37:49 EDT Colorado Heli-Ops is expanding its helicopter fleet and services, following a move to a larger facility in November 2012... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/training/maintenance/Colorado-Heli-Ops-Expands-Fleet-Services_79207.html Fri, 10 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Stratford, Conn.-based Sikorsky Aircraft has obtained a $10.1-million extension of an existing U.S. Navy contract that calls... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/training/maintenance/Sikorsky-to-Convert-U-S-Navy-UH-3H-Into-Trainer_78921.html Fri, 5 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Walking through the long hallways of the Las Vegas Convention Center during HAI’s Heli-Expo in early March, I didn’t have to go far to see some sort of ongoing safety event. Whether it was a class on accident prevention, HFACS or safety management systems (SMS), the show was overwhelmingly... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/training/maintenance/Roundup-Training-Awareness-Take-Center-Stage-at-Heli-Expo_78883.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Avincis Group and Eurocopter formalized a global framework agreement during Heli-Expo last week. The agreement includes the purchase of 10 EC145 T2s for emergency medical service (EMS)... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/training/maintenance/Avincis-Purchases-10-Eurocopter-EC145-T2s_78712.html Tue, 12 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EDT Helicopter Technology Company (Booth C2917) is inviting Hughes/MD model 369, 500 and 600 operators to a technical briefing during Heli-Expo... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/training/maintenance/HTC-to-Host-Technical-Briefing-at-Heli-Expo_78586.html Wed, 27 Feb 2013 0:00:00 EST Woodland, Calif.-based Advanced Helicopter Services (Booth C3407) is a first-time exhibitor at Heli-Expo 2013, which is being held from March 4-7 in Las Vegas. The helicopter... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/training/maintenance/Advanced-Helicopter-Services-Prepares-for-Heli-Expo-Debut_78564.html Mon, 25 Feb 2013 0:00:00 EST The International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) has released a new Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS) program... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/training/maintenance/IHST-Offers-New-HUMS-Toolkit_78488.html Thu, 14 Feb 2013 0:00:00 EST The conscientious helicopter pilot is almost always engaged in active accommodation of at least two completely separate sets of safety challenges. The first, of course, is the actual accomplishment of physical safety. The licensing and qualification mechanisms conventionally observed in U.S. helicopter... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/training/maintenance/Safety-Watch-Multiple-Levels-of-Safety_78388.html Fri, 1 Feb 2013 0:00:00 EST As you may have heard, we recently lost a crew of fellow police aviators. Officers Richard J. Halford and Shawn A. Smiley of the Atlanta Police Department went down in their OH-6 on Nov. 3 at approximately 2230 hours while searching for a missing nine-year-old. Wires were involved, but as of this writing... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/training/maintenance/Officers-Halford-and-Smiley-Men-of-Honor_78393.html Fri, 1 Feb 2013 0:00:00 EST U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators have determined that inadequate maintenance to be the probable cause of a December 2011 crash of a Eurocopter AS350 in operation with Sundance Helicopters of Las Vegas, Nev. The crash occurred during a sightseeing trip near Hoover Dam after a... http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/training/maintenance/NTSB-Improper-Maintenance-Led-to-2011-Tour-Crash_78380.html Wed, 30 Jan 2013 0:00:00 EST