Latest from Mark Huber
Aircraft
Textron Fast-Tracks New Longitude and Hemisphere
Textron vows to out-spend rivals in new product development.
Training and Workforce
FlightSafety Adds New Online Courses
New training courses focus on NextGen and FANS
Training and Workforce
FlightSafety to Train LAPD Helicopter Pilots
Los Angeles police helicopter pilots will train an Airbus Helicopters AS350 B3 Level D simulator.
Aircraft
Nextant Completes Certification of G90XT Turboprop
Remanufactured turboprop twin gets FAA approval.
Rotorcraft
Bell Refining 525 Interior
The Bell 525 offers plenty of flexibility for interior design, ranging from high-density to VIP and head-of-state layouts.
Maintenance and Modifications
Blackhawk Caravan Engine Mod Certified
The 867-shp XP140 Caravan is Blackhawk’s latest upgrade to receive FAA approval.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Embraer Moves Into Aircraft Seating
The Brazilian manufacturer is growing more vertically integrated, with seats the latest technology it has acquired.
Maintenance and Modifications
Eclipse’s Chicago Outpost Keeps Fleet Flying
The company’s Chicago maintenance base is a big part of One Aviation’s product support efforts.
Charter & Fractional
Industry Rallies Against New York City Helitours Ban
More than 278,000 people took a New York helitour last year, according to the Helicopter Tourism and Jobs Council.
Aircraft
Nextant G90XT Ready For Market
The second refurbishment project from the Nextant drawing board is a re-engined King Air C90 with Garmin G1000 avionics.
Aircraft
Details Still Scant on Textron’s New Turboprop Single
The company is developing a single-engine turboprop, but isn’t yet revealing much beyond some basic performance parameters.
Aircraft
Dassault Design Philosophy Evident in 5X, 8X
Dassault continues to bring its unique imprimatur to new business jet designs.
Accidents
AW609 Crashed During High-speed Testing
Accident aircraft had logged 567 hours since its first flight in November 2006 and was scheduled to complete flight-testing by the end of next year.
Regulations and Government
FAA Eyes Stricter Crashworthiness for Legacy Helos
Only 16 percent of the domestic civil helicopter fleet had complied with modern requirements for crash-resistant fuel systems at the end of last year.
Rotorcraft
Air Methods To Acquire Tri-State Flight for $222M
Tri-State was founded in 2002 and operates a mixed fleet of 19 EMS helicopters and four fixed-wing aircraft from bases in the U.S. Southwest.
Aircraft
Cirrus Breaks Ground on Vision Center
Knoxville facility will be “a flagship location for all Cirrus Aircraft pilot, owner and customer activities” and includes a design center.
Accidents
AW609 Prototype Crashes in Italy, Killing Both Pilots
Prototype 2 of the civil tiltrotor went down during a routine test flight.
Charter & Fractional
Chicago Helitour Company Branches into Air Charter
Charter flights are available daily or hourly and include shuttle flights to all Chicago-area airports and local and regional golf courses.
Aircraft
Eclipse Flies into the Sunshine
Eclipse team has been working to finish adding promised equipment and upgrades to the aircraft and providing quality service to its far-flung fleet.
Rotorcraft
Full Anti-icing Gear Coming Soon on AW189
Certification of the full icing protection system is anticipated by the middle of next year.
Rotorcraft
Garrison Bowing Out of Bell Helicopter
Garrison led Bell through an overall rejuvenation of the helicopter manufacturer’s culture and a period of dynamic and dramatic transformation.
Rotorcraft
Blade Is the New (Uber) Black
Blade's Bounce service operates short hops from NYC heliports to area airports.
Rotorcraft
Air Methods CEO: Air EMS Market Oversaturated
The inefficiency of competition expands access to medical care for 82 million more Americans.
Rotorcraft
Airbus Helicopters Outlines Product-support Progress, More Changes
Access to parts was key for customers and Airbus is delivering.
Rotorcraft
Air Methods Offers Patient Logistics Services
Air Methods: "There is no way you can dispatch an aircraft and manage all the logistics of moving a patient from point A to point B.”
Aircraft
New Business Turboprops 2015
While turboprops are hardly new technology, the way they are being marketed to a new generation of end-users is fresh.
Aircraft
Bombardier Lifts Lid on New Global Interiors
A series of small improvements will yield big results for passengers, says the company.
