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Monday, March 1, 2010
Hot Products
Aero Dynamix Offers L-3 M949 Gen III Night Vision Goggles Night vision systems provider Aero Dynamix of Euless, Texas has become a full line distributor for L-3 Electro-Optical Systems’ M949 Generation III night vision goggles. The goggles are built to DO-275 standards with Class B filters, and... [read more]
March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: Latitude Inks SEI Bambi Bucket Deal
Products | Firefighting Victoria, BC-based Latitude Technologies Corp. has signed a supply agreement with...
March 1, 2010
Rotocraft Report: Aero Dynamix Gains European STC
Services | Night Vision The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has granted a supplemental type...
March 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: Consortium Gets SkyTrac Satcom
Products / Tracking Dubai-based Aerospace Consortium FZE has contracted SkyTrac Systems to...
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
European Helo Industry Strives to Improve Safety
Initiatives from various parts of the world were discussed at the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)’s third rotorcraft symposium in Cologne, Germany in December. Offshore operations are still a major focus, but some speakers warned that real...
February 1, 2010
Feedback
Importance of Education Frank Lombardi did an excellent job of articulating all the valuable roles an air support unit provides (“Educate Your Troops, January 2010, page 62). I do not think I could have said it any better. I am glad for people like...
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
Helicopter HUMS update 2K10
Way back some 35 years ago, with the ignorance of youth and a bank account unhindered by responsibility, I decided to learn to fly a helicopter. It wasn’t like I was planning on a career as a helicopter pilot, I just wanted to experience what it was...
February 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: ADS-B Goes Live in Gulf of Mexico
Commercial | ATC Air traffic controllers in Houston have started using automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) to monitor, manage and separate aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood notes the...
February 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: Sikorsky, Goodrich Partner on HUMS
Services | Maintenance Goodrich Sensors and Integrated Systems has inked a memorandum of understanding with Helicopter Support Inc., the support and distribution company of Sikorsky, to jointly promote a health and usage management system (HUMS) for the...
February 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: HeliSAS TSO Issued
Products | Avionics Cobham Avionics of Mineral Wells, Texas has obtained an FAA technical standard order (TSO) for its...
February 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: Helibras to Upgrade Brazilian Panthers
Military | Overhaul & Repair Brazil’s Helibras has obtained a contract to upgrade 34 Eurocopter AS365Ks. Eurocopter’s subsidiary in Brazil, Helibras, has secured a contract to...
February 1, 2010
Program Insider: Army Ponders Kiowa Warrior Upgrade
The U.S. Army may put new engines and a new drive train on its workhorse OH-58 Kiowa Warrior armed scout helicopters to give them “increased power margins to meet the high and hot demands of 6,000 feet and 95 degrees Fahrenheit, which are some of the...
February 1, 2010
Rotorcraft Report: NLR to Study Brownout Reduction Methods
Military | Technology Netherlands’ National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) is being asked to come up with solutions to the issue of helicopter brownouts, when clouds of sand and dust rise up during a desert landing. The...
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