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Friday, May 9, 2008
Silver State Fleet “Boneyard”
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... [read more]
May 8, 2008
Strakes-and-Fin Maker Picks Canadian Distributor
BLR Aerospace has named Airborne Engines to sell its performance-enhancing system of dual tailboom strakes and the FastFin vertical stabilizer. Everett...
May 8, 2008
Report: Lockheed to Pitch MH-60R to Australia
Lockheed Martin plans to brief Australian defense officials on its Sikorsky Aircraft MH-60R multi-mission helicopter as a possible replacement for the canceled Super Seasprite program...
May 7, 2008
Work Stalls on Funding Bill for U.S. FAA
In what may be a sign that big airlines are losing their fight for user fees, talks have broken down over new funding for the U.S. FAA. The Wall Street Journal reports recent attempts at a bipartisan compromise in...
May 6, 2008
U.S. Army's ARH Survives GAO Hit, For Now
The U.S. Army's ARH-70A program apparently has survived the latest hit--a recent review that called for cutting all production funding in the Fiscal 2009 federal budget. Senators late last week signed off tentatively on a defense authorization bill that...
May 5, 2008
V-22 One-Engine Landing: Check
Check off an engine-out landing as a demonstrated capability of an operational and fielded V-22. During the recent deployment of the U.S. Marine Corps' Marine Medium Tilt-Rotor Sqdn 263 (VMM-263) to...
May 1, 2008
Industry Reunion
PRODUCTS | AIRFRAMES Looking back at 2007, one can’t help being impressed by the scale of events aimed at shaping the future of the Russian helicopter industry. After consolidating all design and manufacturing assets under Helicopters of Russia holding...
April 30, 2008
Vector Gets Bell 206 "Glass" STC
Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-North America reports it has received a supplemental type certificate from Transport Canada for installation of a...
April 29, 2008
Report: U.K.'s Future Lynx May Die
The United Kingdom reportedly is considering canceling its £1 billion ($1.98 billion) Future Lynx program. Citing Defence Ministry sources, the London newspaper The Telegraph said it is “highly likely” that the program to acquire 70...
April 29, 2008
California County Buys 412EPs for Fire Work
California’s Orange County fire Authority is buying two new Bell Helicopter 412EPs to strengthen its firefighting capabilities, according to The Orange...
April 17, 2008
Denmark's Atlantic Airways Takes AW139
AgustaWestland has delivered an AW139 to Atlantic Airways Ltd of the Faroe Islands in Denmark. The helicopter is...
April 17, 2008
Report: U.S. Readies Chinooks for Canada
The U.S. military is readying older Boeing Chinooks for the transfer to Canada to provide helicopter support for its deployment of troops to Afghanistan later this year, according to The Ottawa Citizen. Citing private conversations...
April 16, 2008
CSAR-X: Whence That Fifth S-92 Blade?
Where did that fifth blade on Sikorsky Aircraft's S-92-based Combat Search and Rescue X (CSAR-X) proposal come from? The added blade has been in trade press headlines for a couple of weeks. The stories cite the fifth blade as a recent change prompted by the...
April 15, 2008
U.K.'s Prince William Earns Wings, Flies Into Storm
The United Kingdom's Prince William joined the ranks of helicopter pilots, receiving Royal Air Force wings from his father, Prince Charles, in an April 11 ceremony at RAF Cranwell. He then promptly flew...
April 14, 2008
Sikorsky Nears First Flight of Fly-by-Wire UH-60M
Sikorsky Aircraft expects to make the first flight of a fly-by-wire UH-60M Black Hawk by early May. That milestone on the latest upgrade of the Black Hawk for the U.S. Army could...
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