Content Archive: March 2007

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Hickok devises SNI approaches into NYC area

Stephen Hickok of Hickok & Associates, Orange Beach, Ala., announced on Thursday that the FAA performed a successful flight inspection on February 23 o

FAA raising the bar on helicopter certification

The FAA’s plans to update certification rules to reflect the improved capabilities and performance of modern helicopters appears to be moving ahead with fe

Pino views radical X2 project as a potential key to Sikorsky’s future

While the S-76 and S-92 will remain Sikorsky’s bread and butter for some time to come, the company is also launching a new age of vertical lift technology,

Tiltrotor test program moving ahead quietly in Italy and U.S.

The second prototype of the Bell/Agusta BA609 tiltrotor is now flying in airplane mode, after starting its flight test regimen in helicopter mode on Novemb

Rotor market attracts Bank of America bucks

World banking giant Bank of America (Booth No.

Emteq Finds Light In Switzerland

Emteq is a lighting specialist, but don’t call it “Emteq Light.” The New Berlin, Wis.-based systems integrator and FAA certification specialist is becoming

Rolls-Royce sees 15K helos by 2016

Rolls-Royce projects deliveries of 15,038 new helicopters between now and  2016, worth an estimated $144 billion, plus another $15 billion for engines
FBOs

Dubai Firm Proposes To Buy Landmark Aviation

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise is in “active discussions” with Washington, D.C.-Carlyle Group to acquire Landmark Aviation, and in particular its MRO businesse
Aircraft

In the works: Farnborough Aircraft F1

Last year, officials at Farnborough Aircraft of Farnborough, England, “spent most of the year on the investment trail,” according to Jonathan Sumner, marke