Rotorcraft

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

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Bell 505 Fleet Reaches 20,000 Hours

Bell has delivered 200 of its 505 light singles to customers on six continents

Rotorcraft

August 28, 2019

Life Flight Completes HAI Safety Program

Air ambulance operation Life Flight has completed the Helicopter Association International's Accreditation Program of Safety.

Rotorcraft

August 28, 2019

Vipers and Venoms for the Czech Air Force

The Czechs have selected the UH-1Y and AH-1Z in preference to the Sikorsky UH-60M as the country increases its defense spending

Rotorcraft

August 23, 2019

Airbus Delivers 200th Lakota Trainer To U.S. Army

The U.S. Army has trained nearly 1,500 student pilots on the Airbus UH-72A.

Rotorcraft

August 20, 2019

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Garmin Announces Flight Control System for Bell 505

Garmin expects to certify the GFC 600H flight control system for the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X in the first half of next year.

Avionics

August 20, 2019

Mobile NDT Now Part of Duncan Aviation's Services

NDT teams are based at Duncan facilities in Lincoln, Nebraska; Provo, Utah; and Battle Creek, Michigan.

Aircraft

August 20, 2019

Utah Launches Rotor Career Pathway Program

The program partners universities and industry with local high schools to teach rotor-specific aviation flight training and technician classes.

Rotorcraft

August 19, 2019

Bell 407GXi Gets IFR Approval

U.S. Navy requires new training helicopters to be IFR capable.

Rotorcraft

August 19, 2019

Bell 505 Jet Ranger X Reaches 200th Delivery Milestone

Bell today announced delivery of the 200th Bell 505 Jet Ranger X, with the milestone helicopter going to Austria-based operator Hubi-fly Helikopter.

Rotorcraft

August 15, 2019

New Orders for Leonardo in Brazil

The sale of four AW109s and an AW169 will expand already sizeable Leonardo’s VIP/corporate fleet flying in Brazil.

Rotorcraft

August 14, 2019

Ten-year Global Rotorcraft Market Pegged at $220B

Forecast International says world rotorcraft production will reach 18,000 between 2019 and 2028

Rotorcraft

August 14, 2019

AeroAsset Says Latin American Heli Market Recovering

Toronto, Canada-based AeroAsset is using LABACE 2019 as a platform to promote its latest free quarterly report on the helicopter market.

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

August 14, 2019

Textron Underlines TAM AE Key Role as Latam Partner

Textron Aviation executives and TAM's president met with AIN at LABACE 2019 to explain their plans in the growing Latin American region.

Aircraft

August 14, 2019

Pilot Dozed Off at Controls of MedFlight Helo

The FAA is investigating an incident in which a Boston MedFlight pilot briefly fell asleep at the controls of a helicopter while transporting a patient.

Rotorcraft

August 13, 2019

Rotorcraft Deliveries Dip in 1H19

According to statistics released by GAMA, the entire segment was down more than 15 percent from a year ago, with turbine helicopters down 11.3 percent.

Rotorcraft

August 13, 2019

Kopter and Gualter Cement Distributor Deal

Gualter Helicopteros is exhibiting a mockup of Kopter’s new SH09 helicopter at LABACE.

Rotorcraft

August 13, 2019

Airbus Focuses on VIP/Corporate Helicopters

The ACH145 is being showcased as an ideal vehicle for corporate and private customers in Brazil.

Rotorcraft

August 13, 2019

Bell and Embraer Want to Make the eVTOL Dream a Reality

While Embraer remains secretive about its plans for eVTOL aircraft, Bell has unveiled its Nexus design and has partners in place.

Rotorcraft

August 12, 2019

S-92 Receives Brazilian SAR Certification

The move clears the Sikorsky S-92 to be used in Brazil in all of its production configurations.

Rotorcraft

August 12, 2019

Leonardo Sees Brazil Picking Up After Slow Patch

Leonardo reports that the offshore and military helicopter markets are looking better in Brazil.

Rotorcraft

August 10, 2019