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February 1, 2006
Armed with a slew of accident analyses, the oil and gas industry is prodding operators and manufacturers to make helicopter operations as safe as airline travel. Here's why. The International Helicopter Safety Symposium last September in Montreal launched a collaborative effort to reduce the helicopter accident rate. More than 260 international representatives of helicopter manufacturers, military and...February 1, 2006
Cash In or Step Up? By James T. McKenna By all accounts, we're amid good times in the helicopter industry. At the Helicopter Assn. International's annual Heli-Expo shindig at the end of this month in Dallas, you can expect to hear major airframe and engine manufacturers crow justifiably about sales that approached record levels or set new ones. We learn in this month's Rotorcraft Report, for instance, that...February 1, 2006
Low RPM Rotor Stall By Johan Nurmi It was a warm summer day in late July on the East Coast. A high-time, fixed-wing and helicopter pilot was out on a business trip. He and his friend were two heavyset guys, not really made for the Robinson they were flying. When the low rpm warning horn and light came on at 97 percent, the pilot pulled the collective, pushed the cyclic forward and instantly stalled the...February 1, 2006
With activity up in major sectors like offshore energy, EMS and law enforcement, manufacturers and operators are enjoying good times and ready to tackle safety and security challenges facing the industry. Matthew Zuccaro, the newly minted president of the Helicopter Assn. International, can't think of anything negative to say about the state of the industry going into this year's Heli-Expo. "There's a...February 1, 2006
Vendors to Line Up for Slice of USMC Heavy-Lift Pie Sikorsky is focused on nailing down by June its strategy for choosing key subcontractors to build a new U.S. Marine Corps heavy-lift helicopter, having secured contracts for that potential $18.8-billion aircraft development and production program. Approved by the Pentagon Dec. 22, 2005, development of the Heavy Lift Replacement successor to the CH-53E...February 1, 2006
At the helicopter industry's premier event, manufacturers and vendors parade their newest and best. Here's a sampling of what's on the convention center floor. As the premier gathering of the helicopter industry, Heli-Expo is a showcase for companies offering their products and services to rotorcraft owners, operators, pilots and aficionados. The event is so big that some companies can get lost in the...January 1, 2006
More Power. Less Dirt. About Time. Aerospace Filtration Systems (AFS) is the industry leader in the design, development and manufacture of high-performance engine inlet barrier filtration systems for commercial and military propulsion systems. Based in St. Louis, Mo., AFS has delivered more than 1,300 systems including over 12,000 filter assemblies to a growing list of military and commercial customers...January 1, 2006
LIFT Helps Helicopter Customers Hover Higher Aviall's LIFT (Logistics Inventory Flight Team) 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 220 product lines, local stocking, central inventory, inventory management, electronic ordering via the...January 1, 2006
Making Our Lists The changeover from 2005 to 2006 has been a busy, busy time for us here at Rotor & Wing. The hustle and bustle of the place as we moved into the holiday period of Christmas and New Year's had me imagining the operational tempo of all the little helpers in Santa's workshop (though neither I nor Managing Editor Douglas W. Nelms would look appealing in those green outfits.) While our...January 1, 2006
These are times of unexpected change, unusual partnerships and high demand for helicopters and those who make them, support them and fly them. To decipher what all this means for the Industry going forward, we asked top Industry executives the following question: "What specific trends to you anticipate In the helicopter Industry In 2006, and what effects will they have on the Industry?" Precision...January 1, 2006
If There's an Aircraft in the Sky, We're On It Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a leading global supplier of systems and services to the aerospace and defense industry. If there's an aircraft in the sky - we're on it. Goodrich, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, employs more than 21,000 people worldwide in more than 100 facilities across 16 countries with annual revenues of over...January 1, 2006
A Growing Force in Helicopter Services Over the last 50 years, Keystone Helicopter has gained a world-class reputation in rotorcraft services. Today, this Chester County, Pa.-based company employs nearly 600 people at locations throughout the northeastern U.S. Keystone Helicopter also provides MRO and custom completions at "The Heliplex", its new, state-of-the-art technical services depot. The...January 1, 2006
"Future Look: Piston-Engine Propulsion" As the propulsion industry looks to the future, the barriers remain challenging, the drivers more critical, but the innovations more promising. The struggle between power and weight, future availability and cost of traditional leaded and alternative fuels, and "digitization" of engine controls and diagnostics will force an evolution in power plant...January 1, 2006
Dedicated to Turboshaft Engines for Helicopters Turbomeca specializes in the design, production and sale of low- to medium-power gas turbines for helicopters. When its joint programs with other manufacturers are factored in, Turbomeca is the leading helicopter engine manufacturer on the international market. The company's goal: to provide a full range of services conveniently close to customers, wherever...January 1, 2006
Providing High Performance Components, Sensors, and Systems to the Aerospace Industry Unison Industries is a world leader in the design and manufacture of electrical and mechanical components, sensors, and systems for aircraft, industrial, marine, military, and space uses. A wholly owned subsidiary within GE's Aviation business unit, Unison's major product lines include turbine and piston engine ignition...November 1, 2005
CIVIL European Helo Group Names New Chief The European Helicopter Assn. new chairman is focused on strengthening relationships among operators in the group's 15 member nations and developing a collective voice on regulatory matters affecting rotorcraft. Vittorio Morassi, president and managing director of Helicopters Italia Srl of Trento, Italy and head of several other Italian helicopter endeavors, spoke...October 1, 2005
University of Maryland researchers are among many teams exploring low Reynolds number rotors and other aerodynamics needed to make very small rotorcraft a practical reality. For six years, a small group of researchers and doctoral students at the University of Maryland have been plumbing the depths of just how low rotorcraft can go. The researchers and students at the school's Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft...September 1, 2005
Shamed Forgive that faint grin on my face up there to the right. It's completely inappropriate this month. There should be a picture there of me hanging my head. I did a shameful thing at the recent Airborne Law Enforcement Assn. annual convention back in July in Reno, Nev. This is no off-color story about "what happens in Reno stays in Reno." If only that were the case. No, this is a genuinely...September 1, 2005
Bell Beats Boeing, Aims for ARH Deliveries Next Year Bell Helicopter plans to start delivering Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter to the U.S. Army starting next year. The U.S. Army picked Bell in late July to build its next-generation armed reconnaissance and scout helicopter. Plans call for the company to deliver 368 of the aircraft between next year and Fiscal 2013. The Army awarded Bell an initial...August 1, 2005
FOR JUST ABOUT A WEEK IN JUNE every two years, the aviation world is focused on the ramps and runways at the heart of Le Bourget. At that famed airport outside Paris where Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo transatlantic crossing nearly 80 years ago, the latest in fighters, airliners, private aircraft, gliders and helicopters swoop and dive twice each afternoon during the biennial Paris Air Show...
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