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March 1, 2008
NEW MAIN-ROTOR BLADES THAT Carson Helicopters developed for its FireKing upgrade of the Sikorsky Aircraft H-3 Sea King are proving popular in the United Kingdom. QinetiQ, in partnership with the U.K. Defence Ministry’s Joint Test and Evaluation Group has successfully completed a 12-month, £5.25 million ($10.3 million) Carson blades project to increase the capability of the...March 1, 2008
RISING USE OF DISTRESS BEACONS is driving increased interest in the Techtest range of homer-decoders, with particular interest coming from East Asia and southern Europe. Search and rescue aircraft manufacturers are increasingly seeing the benefits of reasonably priced homer-decoder systems, according to Techtest. Those systems make use of the latest technology in distress beacons. Techtest is one of the HR...March 1, 2008
WHELEN ENGINEERING HAS BROADened its line of LED (light-emitting diode) navigation and landing lights with several new aircraft products, all of which will be on display here. In 2007, Whelen’s...March 1, 2008
AEROSPACE FILTRATION SYSTEMS IS displaying its newly certified inlet barrier filters at Booth 4013. Designed for the Eurocopter AS350 powered by either Turbomeca Arriel or Honeywell LTS1010 engines, the inlet barrier filter can be installed without modification to the engine cowl and without downloads to calculate, according to the manufacturer. The system features a sealed engine intake plenum that...January 18, 2008
Goodrich has acquired Skyline Industries, a leading manufacturer of lightweight crashworthy military helicopter seats and...January 1, 2008
One of the best parts of running Rotor & Wing is the chance to step back every now and then and take in the "Big Picture" of the helicopter industry. This latest edition of our Annual Reports special section offers such a chance. Read through this collection of views from the industry’s top executives of prospects and challenges for the coming months and you’ll find confirmation...January 1, 2008
Wulfsberg Electronics designs and manufacturers Flexcomm, the world’s leading multi-band, airborne FM/AM radio communication systems. Additionally, Wulfsberg designs and manufactures a complete line of VHF Communication and Navigation products for the corporate aviation, military trainer, commuter airline and helicopter markets. Wulfsberg’s Flexcomm communication system supports all channel...January 1, 2008
Thanks to innovative design, quality excellence, and total customer support, Air Comm Corporation is a recognized leader in aircraft climate control systems. Air Comm heaters and air conditioners provide outstanding performance, from the 120º deserts of the Arabian Peninsula to -40º in the Canadian Arctic. In extreme environments, our systems are often considered mission-essential equipment. Air...January 1, 2008
"Others Sell Parts, We Sell Support" The Precision Aviation Group (PAG) of companies provides parts and MRO services for Helicopters and Fixed-wing aircraft. PAG was founded in 1993 with Precision Heliparts (PHP) in Atlanta, GA. In 2002, PAG opened Precision Heliparts – Canada (PHP-C) in Vancouver, BC, acquired Precision Avionics & Instruments (PAI) from Dallas Airmotive in 2004, and...January 1, 2008
Long known as reliable providers of quality helicopter parts, the industry veterans at Heli-Mart are now offering something more — a total solution that will fully meet the support needs of MD Helicopter operators worldwide. This expanded capability is the result of Heli-Mart’s recent acquisition of Phoenix Heliparts in Mesa, Arizona. "Our entire team has a passion and enduring respect for...January 1, 2008
Aviall’s LIFT program offers a variety of services tailor-made to each helicopter operation; all designed to add value and cost reductions to a customer’s bottom line. The program’s benefits include access to more than 225 product lines, local stocking, central inventory, inventory management, electronic ordering via the award-winning aviall.com website or EDI (electronic data interface)...January 1, 2008
When it comes to replacing parts on the MD-500, Aerometals has you covered. The reason: We have over 300 PMAs for the MD-500. Recently we added the vertical stabilizer to our list of approvals, so now we manufacture the tailboom, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, landing gear, and a long list of internal parts. How can Aerometals sell PMA parts that are as good as the originals, at 30% less than the...October 5, 2007
DART Helicopter Services has received approvals for several of its products from the European Aviation Safety Agency for Bell Helicopter and Robinson Helicopter products. Included in the approvals for Bell...October 1, 2007
PRODUCTS/HELIPORTS Have heliport will travel. That might be the motto of Soloy Aviation Solutions, which delivered a portable heliport for use by the U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska. The heliport was installed on Rugged Island off the southeast coast about 20 nm south of Seward, Alaska, to provide safe access to remote locations for emergency...September 26, 2007
ACROHELIPRO has signed an agreement with Intelligent Automation Corp. to develop a new supplemental type certificate for the installation of the corporation’s new vibration monitoring system. The system was developed for...September 1, 2007
Med-Trans has appointed Larry Bugg as safety director. Northstar Aerospace has appointed Craig Yuen as its company’s new chief financial officer. Silver State Helicopters has appointed Tim Barrett vice president of its Advanced Flight Training Academy, to be located in central Texas and Provo, Utah. Sean Moretz has been named vice president of commercial operations. Patrick Dennis has been named vice...August 10, 2007
Offshore operator Air Logistics and Appareo Systems have won FAA approval for a flight data monitoring solution they jointly developed that the companies say is the first low-cost, lightweight, fully...August 1, 2007
THE 1960S PROVED TO BE A PIVOTAL DECADE FOR THE helicopter industry. As the Vietnam War escalated, the versatility of the helicopter was demonstrated time and time again. With new technology came new applications and the helicopter was used for everything from troop transport to airborne attack. Medevac usage was also a critical mission, and paved the way for the future growth of civilian emergency medical...August 1, 2007
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 that waged by France, most to the U.S. operations — as the event that proved the value of the helicopter as air mobility, gunship, and medevac...August 1, 2007
Evolution, not revolution, describes the change in vertical-lift technology since 1967. The pace has satisfied no one. But there have been significant changes, perhaps none more important than the advent of the turbine engine and IFR flight in helicopters. LOOKING BACK OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS OF ROTORCRAFT development, it is not hard to sort out the most significant technological advances. There are not...
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