Content Archive: February 2008

Industry Perspective: Turbomeca

Turbomeca Engines has become a major player on a highly competitive field in recent years after decades spent primarily as a powerplant supplier to Europea

RebTech Supplying Bell NVG Lighting Mod

REB Technologies (Rebtech), Booth No.

Igor I. Sikorsky Award: LACFD

This year’s Igor Sikorsky Humanitarian Award goes not to an individual, but to an organization that celebrated a special milestone last year.

JetNet index tracks info on 60,000 businesses

JetNet/AvData has added the Aviation Business Index (ABI) to its network of database services, bringing to the rotary-wing world real-time data on 60,000 a

Heli-Mart’s investment also benefits MDHI

Heli-Mart recently expanded its MD Helicopters support capabilities by purchasing an 80 percent stake in Phoenix Heliparts.

Firemax operators now have a choice of approved water tanks

The helicopter division of Kaman Aerospace (Booth No.

Makeover sheds years from aging Bell

Phil and Lee Hixon, owners of the Palm Springs Air Museum in Southern California, recently took delivery of a refurbished 1980 Bell 206L-1 after completion

Apical Industries gains EASA OK for R44 pop-out emergency floats

Dart Helicopter subsidiary Apical Industries gained EASA approval for its pop-out/emergency floats for the Robinson R44 and R44 II, the company announced.

Inspection program aims to identify bogus parts

Yonkers, N.Y.-based Crestwood Technology Group (CTG) has intoduced a so-called Authent-Assure program to ensure that military, defense and aerospace contra