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December 8, 2010
While acknowledging the role of lax oversight by maintenance inspectors, FAA and the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. National Transportation Board on Tuesday placed much of the blame for a 2008 crash of a Sikorsky S-61 on the operator—Carson...December 1, 2010
It is common in EMS for lift times to be documented by dispatch. It is also a common requirement for pilots to document any lift times over five minutes and send this information to the lead pilot and/or base manager. In business, there is a saying “you are what you measure.” It may seem natural for managers to want to know why a lift-off took longer than a pre-determined amount of time...December 1, 2010
American Eurocopter has reached an agreement to supply a dozen helicopters to Shreveport, La.-based Metro Aviation. The MoU covers a mix of types—EC130s, EC135s...December 1, 2010
Russian Helicopters has received an order from EMERCOM for five Ka-32A11BCs. The helicopters, designed by Kamov...December 1, 2010
Eurocopter American Eurocopter has equipped various EMS units with new airborne tools in recent weeks. The manufacturer has delivered an AS350B2 (shown here) to the Suffolk County Police Department’s Aviation Section in...November 30, 2010
Eurocopter has handed over an EC145 to Sabah Air Aviation, which is based in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. The...November 30, 2010
San Juan Regional Medical Center has purchased a Bell 429. The helicopter will support the...November 16, 2010
Completions provider Metro Aviation has agreed to supply air medical services to Columbus, Ohio-based...November 10, 2010
The board of directors of the MedEvac Foundation Intl has reappointed Dr. Kevin Hutton, founder of San Diego-based Golden Hour...November 1, 2010
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) concerning helicopter operators, including air ambulances. If finalized, stricter rules and procedures, improved communications and training and additional on-board safety equipment would be the result, according to the regulatory agency. “This is a significant proposal that will improve the safety of...November 1, 2010
AgustaWestland AgustaWestland has sold another AW119Ke and an AW109 Grand to South Africa’s...October 13, 2010
American Eurocopter announced yesterday that Travis County’s STARFlight program has been selected to receive the fourth annual Vision Zero Aviation Safety Award. STARFlight was chosen for its investment and proactive...October 12, 2010
Bell Helicopter announced yesterday that Air Methods Corporation, the largest provider of air medical transport services in the world, signed an agreement to purchase fifteen (15) Bell 407s. All deliveries are planned for 2011. “Air Methods is widely recognized as one of the global leaders in the air-medical industry and we...October 7, 2010
Extensive changes are in store for the regulations that guide helicopter EMS operations, under an FAA Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) released Thursday. The agency is moving to tighten flight rules and...October 4, 2010
Port St. Lucie, Fla.-based Night Flight Concepts is hosting a free webinar on Wednesday that will focus on issues related to night vision goggles (NVGs)...October 1, 2010
Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) is a $2.5-billion business annually in the U.S., but extremely diverse. Some of the top civil operators are privately held, making financial data scarce. And, however similar the aircraft appear to the patients inside them, no two companies are alike. The only statistic that is usually available is the number of aircraft per provider, although this figure is...October 1, 2010
A group of government and industry organizations has completed certification of the first Bell 429 to conduct steep approaches using wide area augmentation system (WAAS) capability. Involved in the collaborative effort are Bell Helicopter, Air Methods, FAA (including its Global Navigation Satellite System Program Office and Flight Standards Organization), Hickock & Associates, and Des Moines...October 1, 2010
Using three Eurocopter EC145s—including a new one that entered service in June—Austin, Texas-based...September 29, 2010
FAA has issued a supplemental type certificate (STC) for the helicopter terrain awareness and warning system (HTAWS) on Garmin’s GNS 430W and 530W. Available as a new or retrofit...September 27, 2010
Eurocopter took the wraps off its new Hybrid Helicopter (H3) concept on Monday. The prototype for the helicopter—the X3—flew for the first time on Sept. 6 at the French DGA Flight Testing Center in Istres, reaching speeds of around 180...
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