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Aircraft
Cirrus Vows To Restart SF50 Vision Jet
Yesterday at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., Cirrus co-founder Dale Klapmeier said the company’s recent majority acquisition by China’s state-owned Avic w
Rotorcraft
Bell Defends Civil Tiltrotor Government Funding
A Bell Helicopter spokesman denies that the company did anything improper in accepting approximately $300 million in U.S.
AIN Blog: Biojet Cocktail May Produce a Big Hangover
At this year’s Paris Air Show, some big players bellied up to the biojet bar.
Bell Strategy Could Hold Clues To Cessna’s Next Moves
While Cessna Aircraft’s new CEO, Scott Ernest, may not be ready to sit down for wide-ranging interviews with outside media yet, he did indicate what his pr
Rotorcraft
AgustaWestland Buys Bell’s Stake in BA609 Tiltrotor
AgustaWestland is purchasing full ownership of the BA609 civil tiltrotor program from Bell Helicopter.
Aircraft
SJ30 Rebranded “SyberJet.”
The new owners of the SJ30 light jet program are renaming their company “SyberJet Aircraft,” shuttering the former owner’s Martinsburg, W.Va.
Safety
NTSB Slams NM State Police Over 2009 Helo Crash
The NTSB’s final report on the fatal 2009 accident that killed a New Mexico State Police (NMSP) helicopter pilot and the hiker he had just rescued is sharp
Regulations and Government
FAA Draft Heliport Circular Prompts Access Concerns
A new draft Advisory Circular from the FAA is prompting industry concerns with regard to the viability of some existing heliports and the ability to expand
Rotorcraft
Bristow Divests Pan-African Stake
Offshore oil and gas operator Bristow is divesting its holdings in Nigeria’s Pan African Airways (PAAN) to Nigerian ownership to comply with the country’s
Rotorcraft
Air Methods Acquiring Omniflight
Air Methods is continuing to expand through aggressive acquisitions.
Rotorcraft
Iran Steps Up Bell Smuggling
Rotorcraft
Tornado Destroys Joplin Medevac Copter
The EF5 tornado that struck Joplin, Mo., on May 22 packed 200-mph winds and tore a three-quarter-mile-wide, 14-mile-long path of destruction that killed 15
Rotorcraft
AS350 Plucks Alaska Climber at nearly 20,000 feet
A Eurocopter AS350 B3 performed one of the highest-altitude rescues on record in May when it rescued an injured climber off Alaska’s Mount McKinley just be
Aircraft
AgustaWestland Buys Out Bell’s BA609 Stake
AgustaWestland is purchasing full ownership of the BA609 civil tiltrotor program from Bell Helicopter, the companies announced today at the Paris Air Show.
Aircraft
SyberJet is New Name for SJ30 Program
The new owners of the SJ30 light jet program are renaming their company “SyberJet Aircraft,” shuttering the former owner’s Martinsburg, W.Va., assembly lin
Rotorcraft
Bin Laden Raid Copters Effective, But Not New
The pair of “low-observable” Sikorsky Black Hawks used in the raid by U.S.
AW Cries Foul Over Turkey Black Hawk Pick
For the better part of five years AgustaWestland (AW) had been counting on Turkey to be a major customer for the military variant of its AW139 medium twin,
Rotorcraft
Rotorcraft Update: Geisinger Medical Takes Delivery of Fourth EC145
Geisinger Medical’s recent delivery of its fourth EC145 is part of an overall fleet replenishment program for the Pennsylvania-based helicopter EMS provide
Training and Workforce
Rotorcraft Update: FlightSafety Unveils Enchanced Vital X
FlightSafety’s new Vital X simulation’s enhanced visual scenes include moving models, 3-D sea states, environmental conditions, time of day, weather effect
Rotorcraft
Rotorcraft Update: Columbia Helicopters Assists with Texas Wildfires
A pair of Columbia Vertol II tandem-rotor helicopters have been fighting record Texas wildfires at Alpine, Sonora and Brownwood.
Charter & Fractional
Skies now are bluer for Europe’s light jet survivors
Europe’s still-fledgling entry-level charter jet market is showing some positive signs of growth, according to leading operators and analysts.
Aircraft
Learjet 85 has deep European roots
Bombardier’s all-composite Learjet 85 is progressing toward a first flight in 2012 with heavy engineering and manufacturing input from the company’s facil
SJ30 supplier purchases Emivest assets from bankruptcy
After months of legal wrangling and speculation, the assets of the SJ30 light jet program were purchased on April 7 from bankrupt Emivest Aerospace by the
GE and Boeing offering “loaner” engines for 747-8 BBJs
GE and Boeing are collaborating on a program to offer their 747-8I BBJ/VIP customers optional “loaner” GEnx-2B engines to ferry their aircraft to completio
Rotorcraft
UK’s Bond Aviation To Find New Investors
The UK’s Bond Aviation Group, parent company of Bond Air Services and Bond Offshore Helicopters, has confirmed that it is in negotiations with investors, i
