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Friday, June 26, 2009
The Last "New" B0105
After having sat in the Eurocopter Canada plant for the past four years, the twin-engine predecessor to the... [read more]
June 22, 2009
Barco's MDU-268 Wins Contract
Canadian Highland Integrated Surveillance Systems Inc. chose the avionics-grade mission display units to be installed aboard 30 helicopters for a client in the...
June 19, 2009
Flight 491's Faulty Parts
The Transportation Safety Board found that the Sikorsky S-92A offshore crash in March, off the coast of Newfoundland, that killed 17 people, was due to a faulty tail rotor and the loss...
June 17, 2009
Pilot Training
The National Research Council Canada (NRC) provides specialized training for test pilot schools at its flight research lab in Ottawa. The two-week sessions train pilots on advanced handling qualities. The pilots go to the...
June 12, 2009
Bell Canada Rehires Workers
The company has rehired 400 of 500 workers laid off in February. The workers were let go from...
May 14, 2009
Canadian Helicopters Sees Revenue Increase
Montreal-based Canadian Helicopters said its first quarter revenues rose by almost six percent this year, partly due, they said, to a contract with the U.S...
May 13, 2009
Helicopter Ops Resume Hibernia Platforms
According to Canada’s Canwest News Service, Hibernia Management and Development Corp. has decided to resume helicopter flights to and from its offshore platforms in the...
May 12, 2009
U.S. to Train Saudi Pilots
The University of North Dakota's Department of Aviation has won a $17 million contract to immediately train 27 Saudi pilots to fly helicopters, plus train 48 more within the next few years. The...
April 29, 2009
Synthetic Vision Aid
CAE and its partners used the UH-1 Huey to demonstrate a system that fuses real-time landscape, using a light detection and ranging sensor, with a terrain...
April 10, 2009
Medical Services in Quebec
It can never be proved that a helicopter ride to the hospital could have saved actress Natasha Richardson's life. But, it did bring to light that very few...
April 8, 2009
Sikorsky Objects to Claims
Trailing yesterday's report from Canada's The Globe and Mail investigation that found that the S-92 was certified to FAA FAR Part 29 Sec.29.927 (c) Category A: Unless such failures are extremely remote, it must be shown by test that any failure...
March 25, 2009
Commuter Helicopters Go Green
Helijet International Inc., of Richmond, BC, Canada, will offset their carbon points for flights between Vancouver, Victoria and Richmond...
March 23, 2009
Questions About the Lack of EMS Helos Remain
Questions still surround the death of a well-known Broadway actress, who died as a result of head injuries sustained in an accident last week. Ambulance operators report that it took four hours to get Natasha...
March 19, 2009
Hundreds Mourn Offshore Deaths
The crowds at St. Johns church in Canada included Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams. A...
March 17, 2009
Canadian Helicopters Makes Purchase
Canadian Helicopters, the largest helicopter transportation services company operating in Canada, announced it has entered into...
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