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August 16, 2012
Michigan-based Beaumont Health System is partnering with PHI Air Medical to launch an air medical service using a Eurocopter EC135 based at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak. The twin-engine, six-place helicopter known as “Beaumont...August 15, 2012
Boeing has received a contract from the U.S. Army covering Phase II of the Adaptive Vehicle Management System (AVMS) program. The $18-million...August 15, 2012
The University of Michigan Health System’s Survival Flight program has begun flying a new Eurocopter EC155, with two additional...August 14, 2012
Dublin, Ireland-based Milestone Aviation has agreed to buy 19 more S-92s from Sikorsky Aircraft. The contract follows an order for three S-92s placed in February 2012 at Heli-Expo. The combined 22-helicopter order...August 14, 2012
The Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum hosted an event dedicated to helicopters on August 11 at the Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles Airport in Virginia. Helicopters on display...August 13, 2012
Bell Helicopter has handed over a 407GX to a private operator in Africa. Bell’s...August 13, 2012
The Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum hosted an event dedicated to helicopters on August 11 at the Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles Airport in Virginia. Helicopters on display outside the museum consisted of a Fairfax County Police Bell 429, U.S. Coast Guard...August 13, 2012
Oboronprom subsidiary Russian Helicopters hosted a three-day event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the country’s Air Force. The Aug. 10-12 event, which featured...August 9, 2012
Russian Helicopters subsidiary, Ulan-Ude Aviation, has handed over three Mil Mi-171s to UTair. The helicopters...August 7, 2012
The U.S. Marine Corps has extended the tour of duty for the unmanned Lockheed Martin/Kaman K-Max in Afghanistan. The unmanned aerial system (UAS) has delivered more than 1.6...August 3, 2012
American Eurocopter has handed over an EC145 to the University of Utah’s AirMed program. The EMS...August 1, 2012
Russian airline UTair has obtained a seven-year, $45-million financing package from British bank HSBC on a security from French insurance agency...August 1, 2012
Russian Helicopters is planning on flying the Ka-62 medium twin in August 2013. The new helicopter, which bears some resemblance with the Eurocopter Dauphin, will be in the 12 to 15-passenger category. The manufacturer is targeting a very aggressive price, at $8.5 million. Four aircraft will fly in the test program, according to Anatoly Mezhevov, deputy executive sales director. Interstate Aviation...August 1, 2012
Russian Helicopters has completed a “feasibility study” for an Mi-8/17 replacement, dubbed the Russian Advanced Commercial Helicopter (Rachel). CEO Dmitry Petrov said market research conducted...August 1, 2012
S-76 Safety It was noted in the CHC Safety & Quality Summit article in the May 2012 issue (page 40) that the Sikorsky S-76 was specifically cited as “lacking in safety design requirements” in part because it does not have a crashworthy fuel system. I’m sure we all prefer to base our beliefs on facts instead of rules, so let’s look at the numbers. About 800 S-76 helicopters have...August 1, 2012
The FDMA’s newest fleet addition is an AgustaWestland AW139. AgustaWestland The Fire Disaster Management Agency (FDMA) and Yokohama City in Japan have each ordered a...August 1, 2012
EMERCOM’s fifth Ka-32A11BC will patrol a main highway between Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia. Russian Helicopters Russian Helicopters has handed over the last...August 1, 2012
Two Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky MH-60Rs Sierras are headed to the Royal Thai Navy, following the FMS sale of 24 Sierras to Australia. Following the first foreign military sales (FMS) of 24 Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky MH-60Rs to the Australian Navy in the summer 2011, as well as two MH-60 Sierras to the Royal Thai Navy in August—a deal stated at the time to be worth around $3.2 billion—Mike Sears...August 1, 2012
An Erickson Air-Crane dumps water over a 2009 bushfire in Victoria, Australia. Early next year, Australia’s National Aerial Firefighting Center (NAFC) will decide on the aerial firefighting fleet that will do battle against the country’s annual bushfire threat over the next few years. With the NAFC’s existing tenders reaching the end of their three years plus two years extension life at...August 1, 2012
Bell Helicopter has received a Part 145 Maintenance Organization Approval from the Ukraine State Aviation Administration...
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