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CTI invests in expansion and service

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Feds research helo aging effects

When someone mentions the perils of “aging aircraft,” most people probably think about airplanes, usually large ones like the Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 tha

Honeywell sensors help Bell 429 stay right side up

Bell Helicopter has selected a variety of Honeywell avionics for its light-twin Model 429, highlighted by the new solid-state KSG-7200 air-data attitude he

New Bell 407 for Minnesota police

The Minnesota State Police took delivery of a new Bell 407 at a Heli-Expo ceremony on Sunday.

It’s a golden year for Helikopter Service

Norway’s Helikopter Service, now part of CHC Europe, a division of CHC Helicopter Corp.

Evergreen taps into unmanned helicopter market

Evergreen Helicopters, a subsidiary of Evergreen International in McMinnville, Ore., is laying the groundwork to tap into the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Turbomeca continues U.S. ‘invasion’

French turbine helicopter engine manufacturer Turbomeca, coming off a record production year in 2005, is at Heli-Expo’06 working to secure a beachhead in i

US Helicopter Boosts s-76 Fleet

US Helicopter, the operator due to launch a scheduled service linking Manhattan heliports with New York City airports (see yesterday’s edition of HAI C

Russian aerospace companies consolidate, helo exports increase

Russia has created a unified United Aircraft Construction Corp.

AgustaWestland touts EH101

AgustaWestland’s EH101 medium-lift submarine hunter is already in service with the British Royal Navy and the Italian navy and will soon enter service with

ICG unit offers Iridium services for helicopters

International Communications Group (ICG) is at Heli-Expo’06 with its newest Iridium-based cabin tele-communication unit (CTU), a single-channel system opti

Era takes truckload of Trackers

Sky Connect announced yesterday that it is selling 75 of its Iridium-based Tracker systems, along with a purchase option of 50 more, to Era Helicopters.

Texas Aviation Services Seals the Deal

Texas Aviation Services president Timothy Woodard (left) and Ricardo Librija (center), director of EMS operations for Grupo Mexicano Aeronautica, signed an
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Lycoming advancing engine design

Lycoming Engines is devoting a generous portion of its Williamsport, Pa.

New glass for old S-61s

Carson Helicopters Services and Sagem Avionics are teaming to install and certify a suite of digital avionics in the Sikorsky S-61, including a five-tube a

Two LTS101 AStars handed to customers

Penetration of the Honeywell LTS101 turboshaft into the civil market continued yesterday at Heli-Expo’06 as Heli-Lynx Helicopter Services conveyed two AS 3

Max-Viz EVS now comes in helo flavor

Four-year-old Max-Viz of Gig Harbor, Wash.

Erickson has the scoop on water

In the midst of the overwhelming technology that drives much of the business at HAI’s Heli-Expo, it’s sometimes refreshing to find equipment that performs

Heli-Expo a salethaon for Bell

Bell Helicopter’s sales machine ran at full throttle here at Heli-Expo.

HAI noise training CD makes debut

HAI’s Manufacturers Committee, assisted by the HAI Acoustics and Fly Neighborly Committee, is introducing a new noise-abatement training CD here at Heli Ex

Engine conditioning monitoring program growing

Over the past 18 months, Jet-Care International has witnessed a dramatic upturn in its helicopter engine condition program as manufacturers and operators s

One for the record book

Heli-Expo 2006 set a record with 14,051 first-day registered attendees.

Sikorsky sets sights on No. 1 revenue spot

By this time next year Sikorsky may be in a position to challenge the number one spot in commercial helicopter deliveries based on total revenue.

Tilton’s plans for MDHI start with a factory deal in Mexico

Since Lynn Tilton bought MD Helicopters last summer and installed herself as CEO, she has spoken about being on a mission.

Sales tally here so far tops $620 million

If sales are the standard by which the success of an aviation trade show is measured, Heli-Expo 2006 will go down as an unqualified triumph, with announced

Venerable helicopter manufacturer reworks culture and product line

When we last talked you estimated you were about one-third of the way along a journey to changing Bell’s culture and implementing new tools and techniqu

Aero Products’ facility grows with the firm

Last year, representatives for Aero Products Component Services (Booth No.

Customers say thanks a million for BLR strakes

A fleet totaling 600 helicopters equipped with dual tailboom strakes from BLR Aerospace has reached the one-million flight-hour milestone, all the while ea

HAI urges immediate action from Congress on Gulf safety

There are more than 35,000 people living and working offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, supported by nearly 650 helicopters flying as many as 9,000 flights ea