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HAI Salute to Excellence Award Winners

    Aviation Maintenance Technical Award Robert Jones of Air Logistics in Fairbanks, Alaska, has contributed t

HAI honors Katrina responders

In an unusual tribute for an unprecedented rescue mission, HAI has chosen to bestow the 2005 Igor I.

Firm opts for livewire detector

Safe Flight Instrument Corp.

Honeywell to make T53 civil version for 210

Honeywell has chosen Heli-Expo’06 to announce plans to manufacture an FAA-certified 1,800-shp version of the military T53 turboshaft engine for the Bell 21

On top of the world. officially

Eurocopter test pilot Didier Delsalle (center) and president and CEO Fabrice Brégier (right) yesterday accepted the world record verification from Fédérati
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Italian manufacturer consolidates

Having assumed total responsibility for the AB139, how do you plan to deal with the growing backlog of orders? First of all, to mark

FlightSafety’s latest simulator comes to you

FlightSafety International is demonstrating its new mobile graphical flight simulator LNV, a full-flight device that is software-configurable to any helico

Bond taps Super Pumas for North Sea SAR operations

Bond Offshore Helicopters will use two Super Pumas for dedicated 24-hour search and rescue (SAR) in support of BP’s North Sea exploration in UK waters.

This Bird Goes By Sea

Getting a giant helicopter like the Sikorsky S-61 from one continent to another offers a special challenge.
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Texas Aeromed Op Gets IFR Approach OK

Air medical service operator CareFlite, based in Grand Prairie, Texas, received final approval for its network of 17 IFR approach procedures to hospitals w

Keystone Names Sikorsky Vet CFO

Keystone Helicopter Corp.

Standard Aero Intros ‘Optimum Build’

Borrowing from its established Custom Build Standard for Rolls-Royce Allison 250 engines, Standard Aero (Booth No.

Ilovene Potter Makes Final Flight

Ilovene Potter, a long-time member of the Whirly-Girls and Ninety-Nines, died February 14 in Puyallup, Wash.

Honeywell upgrades the HTS900

Honeywell announced that its HTS900 turboshaft engine, yet to be certified, is already getting an upgrade.

Meggitt touts diversity here at Heli-Expo’06

Meggitt is a company that deals in extremes: temperature, impact, vibration and contamination.

Rolls-Royce sees steady helo demand

Rolls-Royce’s annual 10-year global turbine helicopter demand outlook is again forecasting steady growth, with total 2006-2015 deliveries of civil and mili

Bearing Inspection lowers part costs

Helicopters are expensive because the components that make up a helicopter are costly.

Wireless camera makes debut

The new mobile camera radio (MCR) from Microwave Radio Communications of North Billerica, Mass., is making its debut at Heli-Expo Booth No.

Yamaha faces foreign-trade violation charges

Twenty Japanese offices and homes were raided late last month by more than 200 investigators on suspicion that Yamaha was attempting to unlawfully export i

Thales touts TopDeck win on Sikorsky S-76D

Thales is in Dallas celebrating the first selection by a U.S.

A bright light for your helo

An Australian company has developed a new searchlight that can illuminate a greater area from a longer distance, yet which is claimed to offer significant

Chelton EFIS: TAWS and more

A very sore-throated EMS pilot named Mark Graveline, who flies a Bell 206 equipped with the Chelton Flight Systems FlightLogic EFIS for Air Methods of San

Cop shot takes koala

The Phoenix Police Department took possession of a new AgustaWestland A119 Koala helicopter in ceremonies yesterday at the AgustaWestland booth (No.

Rolls-Royce vows to get ‘our share’ of helo engine market

“We are going to be competitive and we are going to get our share.” That was the message from Scott Crislip, president of helicopters and s

Air Methods, CJ Systems Splurge on EC 135s

Air Methods, one of the nation’s largest air medical transportation providers, yes-terday signed a memorandum of under-standing with American Eurocopter to

Bristow expands brand, fleet

Bristow Group celebrated its new brand identity with the unveiling of a redecorated S-76 at the Sikorsky Aircraft booth (No.

Robinson plans test of R44 autopilot

Robinson Helicopter president and CEO Frank Robinson said yesterday that he is planning within the next few weeks to flight test an R44 Raven equipped with