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Monday, March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: Soteria Wins SAR-H Battle to Civilianize UK’s SAR Helicopter Force
Military | Search & Rescue Made up of CHC, Thales, Sikorsky and the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Soteria Consortium has chosen the S-92A to replace UK-operated Sea Kings.Sikorsky The Soteria Consortium (comprising CHC, Thales, Sikorsky and the Royal Bank of Scotland) has won a bid to replace the... [read more]
March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: German Army CH-53GA Goes Airborne
Military | Airframes A crowd of more than 150 people witnessed the initial flight of the Eurocopter CH-53GA—the medium lift transport for the German Armed Forces—on Feb. 10...
March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: Lockheed Martin Delivers 50th Multimission MH-60R to U.S. Navy
Lockheed Martin has handed over the 50th MH-60R helicopter with an equipment package designed to help protect the U. S. Navy fleet from hostile submarines and surface ships. Sikorsky built the newest member of the Seahawk family, with advanced mission systems...
March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: DoD Budget Seeks Funding for 117 Helicopters, 35 V-22s
Military | Airframes Soldiers from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit survey the area around Corail, Haiti in late January before boarding a Bell-Boeing MV-22. The U.S. Department of Defense budget for the upcoming fiscal year includes a request for 30 MV-22B...
March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: Boeing Apache Trainers Come Online
Training | Military Simulators Capt. Jeremy Duff, a battle commander for the 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, uses an Apache Longbow Crew Trainer (LCT) to prepare for various missions in Iraq. U.S. Army/Terry Moore The U.S...
March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: Assembly of First S-70i Wraps Up
Military | Airframes PZL Mielec in Poland has nearly finished putting together the initial S70i Black Hawk...
March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: German Army CH-53GA Goes Airborne
Military | Airframes A crowd of more than 150 people witnessed the initial flight of the Eurocopter CH-53GA—the medium lift transport for the German Armed Forces—on Feb. 10...
March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: Ducommun Wins V-22 Assembly Deal
Military | Tiltrotor Bell Helicopter has issued a contract for Ducommun AeroStructures (DAS) to provide titanium longeron...
March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: Assembly of First S-70i Wraps Up
Military | Airframes PZL Mielec in Poland has nearly finished putting together the initial S70i Black Hawk...
March 1, 2010
Flying Into the Abyss
Imagine for a moment that a single-piloted, passenger-carrying helicopter leaves on a VFR flight plan from its airport-based helipad, enroute to a remote island 20 miles offshore. The flight was intended to take off in the late afternoon, however the VIPs...
March 1, 2010
From Mozart to Huey
Fellow aviators (not shown) saluted Gerry Ventrella as he disembarked from his last mission flight at Camp Speicher in Iraq on Dec. 30, 2007. U.S. Army/SFC Jeff Troth Gerry Ventrella has piloted 41 different aircraft—fixed and rotary wing—in as...
February 1, 2010
Hot Products: February 2010
Sherwin-Williams AfterGlo Now Available for Commercial Aircraft A specialized paint from Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings and Defense Holdings Inc. allows commercial helicopter rotors and aircraft propellers to glow in the dark. AfterGlo photo-luminescent...
February 1, 2010
Military Insider: The Irresistible March of the Drones
Military | Unmanned Aircraft Military helicopter pilots beware—the day of the unmanned helicopter force could be fast approaching. In 1999 the U.S. Army fielded only three Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), said LTG James Thurman, Deputy Chief of Staff, at...
February 1, 2010
The Russians are Coming, Again
Commercial | Airframes Following the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia’s helicopter industry entered two decades of suspended animation from which it is slowly beginning to emerge. The first signs are encouraging, as the industry is being consolidated...
February 1, 2010
Autorotation is a Sprag Thing
To the uninitiated, the small sprag clutch rotating along in the drive-train of a helicopter seems somewhat insignificant. Amidst the myriad of components that comprise a helicopter, it’s a relative unknown. But when the engine or drive-train fails on a...
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