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Monday, November 24, 2008
Foreign Object Halts V-22 Assembly Line
On Nov. 21, Boeing halted production of the V-22 Osprey at its Philadelphia plant after discovering a plastic cap in an aircraft fuel line. Boeing could not immediately... [read more]
November 11, 2008
Carnegie Mellon Develops Agile UAV
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh have equipped an unmanned rotorcraft with the ability to fly at low altitudes, navigate tight spaces and avoid...
November 10, 2008
U.S. Sends Four Sea Kings to Help Argentina
Pursuant to the loss of three Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King helicopters to a fire aboard an Argentine icebreaker in 2007, the U.S. Navy has delivered a pair of its own SH-3Hs to the South...
November 4, 2008
FI Predicts Light Sector to Be Most Dynamic
Forecast International projects that 2,176 light rotorcraft will be produced for military use during the 10-year period from 2008 through 2107. The Connecticut-based firm estimates the value of this...
November 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: R&W Test Flies Honeywell’s Primus EPIC
PRODUCTS Morristown, N.J.-based Honeywell Aerospace brought its AgustaWestland AW-139 to Dulles International Airport (IAD) outside of Washington, D.C., to demonstrate one of its latest avionics products: the Primus EPIC. Editor-in-chief Ernie Stephens took...
November 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: NBAA Meets in Orlando
PRODUCTS The National Business Aviation Assoc. reported robust participation at its 61st Annual Meeting and Convention, which was held October 6-8 in Orlando, Fla. Organizers counted 30,811 attendees who represented a variety of disciplines in the business...
October 20, 2008
Pima Sheriff Gets MD530
The Pima County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona has taken delivery of its first helicopter, a previously owned MD530. It is not, however, the department’s first aircraft. The agency already owns a fleet of airplanes that it...
October 17, 2008
ARH Get’s Thumbs Down From DOD
The Department of Defense notified Congress and Bell Helicopter that it will not certify the U.S. Army Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter...
October 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Maverick Sees 20,000 EC130 Flights This Year
PRODUCTS American Eurocopter last month delivered the 33rd EC130 to Maverick Helicopters. Dale Cowley, head of operations at the Las Vegas-based tour operator, and Mike Eggers...
September 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: ALEA A Hit in Houston
ALEA 2008 Houston was the site of the 38th Annual ALEA Conference and Exposition. The two-day event drew 1,143 law enforcement aviators from around the globe, many of whom come every year for classes, workshops and access to the industry’s leading...
August 27, 2008
Sikorsky X2 Flies
Sikorsky Aircraft today completed the first flight of its X2 technology demonstrator. Lifting the aircraft off from the Schweizer Aircraft subsidiary in Horseheads, N.Y., Sikorsky Chief Test Pilot Kevin Bredenbeck maneuvered the...
August 8, 2008
AW Grand Pilot Attempts World Record
Pilot Scott Kasprowicz departed New York at about 0300 local Aug. 7 in an attempt to set a new speed record for an around-the-world helicopter flight. His goal is to complete the trip in under 14 days in his executive-configured A109S...
July 31, 2008
Canada's Military to Lease Mi-8s
Canada plans to lease Russian helicopters to support its battlefield operations in Afghanistan while it awaits Chinooks from the U.S...
July 24, 2008
U.S. Border Patrol Orders More AS350s
The Homeland Security Dept. is calling for more of the Eurocopter aircraft for its Customs and Border Protection service. The vendor, American Eurocopter, expects the indefinite...
July 23, 2008
Fourth Prototype to Join Bell 429 Tests
The aircraft, the second pre-production version of the light twin, is being prepped for flight tests at Bell's Mirabel...
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