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Friday, June 5, 2009
Kaman Aerospace Makes Forbes 400 List
Kaman Aerospace of Bloomfield, Conn. announced that it made its first appearance on the Forbes list of the 400 Best Big Companies. Kaman, while not being a leader in... [read more]
June 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Aussies Spend $72 Million on Parts
MILITARY Since January 2005, Australia’s Department of Defence has spent $96 million purchasing military helicopter parts and upgrades through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) system. Nearly half of that was spent upgrading and maintaining the...
May 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: LifePort Granted ODA Designation
PRODUCTS The FAA has granted LifePort of Woodland, Wash., Organization Designation Authority (ODA), allowing the company to issue Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) for interior components and systems. LifePort’s ODA also grants it Parts...
April 22, 2009
Curtiss-Wright Wins Black Hawk Contract
Curtiss-Wright of Parsippany, N.J. has won a contract issued by Claverham Limited to manufacture transducers for...
March 30, 2009
U.S. Helps Train Afghan Helo Mechanics
U.S. airmen from the 718th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron based at Kedena Air Base on Okinawa are helping to train Afghan mechanics in the maintenance of Mil Mi-17 helicopters. The collaboration is part of...
March 17, 2009
Bell 407 Suspension System Gets Certified
Onboard Systems International, Inc. announced that its new fixed beam suspension system for the Bell 407 has been STC certified by the FAA. Onboard has...
March 12, 2009
Shape Shifting Blades
Helicopters are roaring machines, chopping up the air in thunderous claps. It would be amazing to invent a blade that could cancel rotor wake vibrations. NASA is...
March 4, 2009
Edwards & Associates Order Layoffs
Edwards & Associates, a primary completions center for Bell Helicopter, and its subsidiary Aeronautical Accessories announced that it has...
February 19, 2009
Air Comm EC-145 A/C Selected for LUH
Air Comm Corporation has been selected by American Eurocopter to provide vapor cycle air conditioning systems for the U.S. Army’s Light...
January 1, 2009
Rotorcraft Report: Helicopter Dealer Sentenced in Parts Scheme
COMMERCIAL | SERVICES On Dec. 3, Robert A. Schlotzhauer, the 68-year old former owner of Falcon Helicopter Inc and Lee’s Summit Turbine LLC of Lee’s Summit, Mo., was sentenced by a U.S. District Court judge to pay a $500,000 fine, make $63,854 in...
November 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Turbomeca Opens New Plant in North Carolina
COMMERCIAL Turbomeca Manufacturing, a subsidiary of SAFRAN USA in Grand Prairie, Texas, opened its Monroe, N.C. facility on September 25, making it the company’s only manufacturing plant outside of France. The 100,000-sq-ft facility is located on 42...
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...
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 1, 2008
Defect May Have Caused HI Crash
The MD 369FF helo, operated by Smoky Mountain Helicopters, sustained major damage when it impacted trees and terrain in the town of Haena on the island of Kauai, Hawaii and killed one passenger on March 11, 2007...
June 1, 2008
Rotorcrat Report: Four Rotors Afloat?
A four-engine cargo plane that can land on a ship? Might happen, if Bell Helicopter and Boeing keep progressing on their development of the Quad Tilt-Rotor (shown at right). Project Manager Alan Ewing said the industrial team is moving toward a prototype that...
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