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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Industry Leaders to Meet on Crash Response
Industry leaders plan to meet in Montreal July 8 to discuss the ramifications of this week's midair collision of air ambulances in Arizona and other accidents. One area of concern is to how to inject into television and newspaper coverage the message that the industry has mounted... [read more]
July 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Bristow-Cobham Joint Venture Wins Aw Training Contract
TRAINING FB Heliservices has won a contract from AgustaWestland to provide training services for pilots outside the United Kingdom. The contract in...
July 1, 2008
Flying With London Met Police’s New EC145s
The United Kingdom is a small country, but it does have big ideas when it comes to police helicopters. The nation’s 60 million people live in a country of 93 million sq mi. That compares in size with the U.S. state of Michigan (with a bit more than 10...
July 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Europe to Pool Helos For Allied Operations
MILITARY European Union countries have agreed to pool their helicopter capabilities to better support international operations. EU defense ministers meeting May 26 charged the European Defence Agency with coordinating the initiative in league with NATO. The...
July 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: STOVL F-35 Makes First Flight
MILITARY With test pilot Graham Tomlinson at the controls, the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning 2 rose into blue Texas skies June 11, marking the first flight of an aircraft designed to provide a...
July 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Review: U.K. Botched Chinook Acquisition
MILITARY | UTILITY According to the U.K.’s National Audit Office, the Defence Ministry mishandled the purchase of eight Chinooks from Boeing and took delivery even though the aircraft’s avionics...
July 1, 2008
Market Round-Up: Europe: Shifting From Hardware To Operator Services
With operators seeking lower operating costs and more efficient support, OEMs are moving toward managing life-cycle costs. PARIS — Europe’s helicopter industry is preparing for major changes in the way it does business. These are not all yet...
July 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Bell Refines Layout Of Model 429 For Farnborough
PRODUCTS Bell Helicopter brought its newest aircraft, the Model 429, to Air Med 2008 in Prague, the Czech Republic. At that major emergency medical services gathering in May, the manufacturer got many "gifts," as Bell CEO Dick Millman calls...
July 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: AW, Eurocopter Sell Luxury Birds
PRODUCTS | AIRFRAMES The very rich — or at least very fashion-conscious — apparently like AgustaWestland’s and Eurocopter’s haute couture helicopter interiors. Working with the famed Italian design house Versace, AW has come up with a...
June 30, 2008
Eurocopter Says Poland Picks Its EC135
Eurocopter reports the Polish health ministry has signed a contract for 23 of the helicopters for its nationwide emergency medical services...
June 26, 2008
Contractors Prep 4th VH-71 for Tests
Lockheed Martin has begun integrating mission systems aboard a second VH-71 test vehicle at its Presidential Helicopter Integration Facility in Owego, N.Y. Four aircraft, based on AgustaWestland's EH101 (now...
June 25, 2008
Three Helicopter Pilots Nominated for Bravery
The two U.K. police officers and helicopter pilot were nominated for the country’s Police Bravery Awards, which honor police officers in England and Wales for heroic actions. The team saved a woman from drowning in the River Derwent in Derbyshire...
June 25, 2008
Turkey, AW Finalize Attack Helo Contract
AgustaWestland finalized the $3 billion contract to provide than 50 aircraft based on its A129 Mangusta in a ceremony...
June 24, 2008
Report: Irish Helicopter Licenses Up 40 Percent
The number of private helicopter licenses Ireland issued has risen 400 percent in the last 10 years, according to the Irish news Web site Business World...
June 24, 2008
U.N. Helicopter Relief Runs Low on Funds
The United Nations World Food Program is running out of money to run helicopter emergency-relief operations. The Rome-based agency's efforts to fly relief supplies to...
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