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Friday, February 20, 2009
South Africa Postpones Its First Aviation Expo
AIR Africa 2009, South Africa’s first indigenous aviation industry and trade show, has been postponed from April 22-24, 2009, to sometime in... [read more]
September 24, 2008
BHS Opts for Elite
The Brazilian Helicopter Service (BHS) performs a lot of offshore petroleum trips and has selected an Elite S623 simulator to both train its pilots and offer them currency training. The S623 is manufactured by Zurich-based Elite...
April 8, 2008
Aviation Today Webinar Focuses on Rotorcraft
The state of the rotorcraft industry, the prospects for new business development, and the potential impact of a U.S. recession and global economic downturn are collectively the focus of an Aviation Today...
April 1, 2008
Rotor & Wing: Rotorcraft Report: People
Royal Air Force Flight Lt. Michelle Goodman on March 7 became the first woman to be awarded the U.K. Distinguished Flying Cross. She was honored for flying her Incident Reaction Team Merlin into "an extremely dangerous area of Basra City" in Iraq on...
April 1, 2008
Coming Up
May 2008: Air Med on the European Continent — We examine in depth the factors spurring (and limiting) development of air medical operations on the Continent. Offshore Operations — As the offshore industry gathers in Houston for its annual Offshore...
March 24, 2008
Webinar Focuses on Rotorcraft Boom, Near-Term Prospects
Aviation Today will host a webinar examining ongoing opportunities presented by the current helicopter boom and the potential impact of global economic turmoil on the industry. The webinar...
March 1, 2008
Heli-Expo Show Day: Honeywell Practices What It Preaches
HONEYWELL AEROSPACE (www.honeywell.com and www.honeywell.com/missionready) is displaying its new AgustaWestland AW139 corporate helicopter, which is fitted with Honeywell’s Primus Epic cockpit and cabin systems...
February 25, 2008
Heli-Expo 08: EC225's FAA Ticket, and Other News
Here's a round-up of other news from Heli-Expo 2008's first day in Houston. Check back occasionally for additional news: On Jan. 30, the EC225 received its type certification from the FAA. The way is now cleared for the commercial operation in the...
January 9, 2008
Will 2008 be the Year of the HUMS?
Goodrich expects 2008 to bring a shift toward greater use of health and usage monitoring systems in commercial helicopters. Various forms of such systems are finding greater use on military aircraft, driven in part by U.S. Army efforts to reduce helicopter...
August 1, 2007
40 Years Retrospective: Much Done, Much Remains
A look back at the last 40 years of vertical-lift history, as captured in the pages of Rotor & Wing since its inception, is a story of great promise, much of it yet to be fulfilled....
August 1, 2007
40 Years Retrospective: It's Been a Wild Ride
IT’S NOT HARD TO ISOLATE THE BIG BUSINESS OR political events that have steered the course of the rotorcraft industry in the 40 years since Rotor & Wing first appeared. Just about anyone you ask will point first to the war in Vietnam — some to...
August 1, 2007
40 Years Retrospective: Power and Vision
Evolution, not revolution, describes the change in vertical-lift technology since 1967....
August 1, 2007
On This Month’s Cover
TRADITIONALLY, WE TELL YOU WHAT we’ve placed on the monthly issue’s cover in a sentence or two on our Table of Contents page. That would have been a challenge this month, since our cover is made up of a...
March 1, 2007
Forecast: Watching the Tide
IF THERE’S A DOWNTURN IN THE OFFING, IT’S HARD TO find someone who has a hint of it. As many of us packed our bags and prepared to wade into the hubbub of this year’s Heli-Expo in Orlando, Rotor & Wing surveyed the industry on the...
August 1, 2006
Rotorcraft Report
U.S. Army Choice of EADS LUH Bid Boosts Globalization The U.S. Army's choice of a European-led team to provide its next-generation light utility helicopter is widely seen as a crucial validation of globalization in the rotorcraft industry. Two critical...
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