Content Archive: February 2008

Van Horn trumpeting composite blades

Van Horn Aviation (VHA) is showing a prototype of its new composite tail-rotor blade for Bell 206-series helicopters at its Heli-Expo’08 booth (No.

Enstrom riding a wave of demand from overseas buyers

Enstrom Helicopter recently delivered the first five-place 480B destined for Turkey to Istanbul-based Enstrom dealer Kaan Air.

Forecasts see helo demand close to OEM capacity

With a new generation of light single-engine helicopters on the horizon, continued strong demand for twins and aggressive fleet replacement plans worldwide

All the world is a stage

And with helicopters as the players, that stage can be just about anywhere big enough to plant a pair of skids and keep the rotors out of trouble.
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AgustaWestland sales top $163M

AgustaWestland kicked off what is expected to be a bonanza of sales activity this week by announcing contracts for new helicopters worth an estimated $163

Criminal probe into Silver State collapse likely

As more students come forward to say they believe they were swindled by the country’s biggest civil helicopter flight school, attorney general offices in s

CHC sells for $3.7 billion

CHC Helicopter Corp., the world’s largest provider of helicopter services to the offshore oil and gas industry, is to be sold for $3.7 billion in what comp
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Bell explains reasons behind decision to drop four models

At a press conference yesterday here at Heli-Expo, Bell Helicopter executive vice president of customer solutions Mike Blake further explained the Fort Wor

FLIR Intros Low-Cost EVS Sensor

Wilson, Ore.-based FLIR Systems bills its EVS3 as a “compact thermal imager built for the general aviation industry.” A company representative said t