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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Blade Air Mobility Losses Ease as Pax Revenues Leap

Company posted a $3.5 million net loss

Blade NBAA-BACE 2021 shuttle service at Henderson Executive Airport (Photo: NBAA)

Helicopter Deliveries at Leonardo Soften but Orders Jump

Order intake in the quarter was up 15.6%

AW139

Bell Celebrates 6,000th Helicopter Made in Mirabel

Ceremony included delivery of two Subaru Bell 412EPXs

Bell Textron 6000th helicopter made in Mirabel, Canada

Loft Dynamics VR Sim Approved for Type Rating Program

Training includes flights in simulator and in the real AS350B3e helicopter

Loft Dynamics VR flight simulator at Airbus Helicopters headquarters

Videos

Helicopter Association Int'l, USHST, and VAST Win Top Flight Award for Contribution to Safety

Helicopter Association Int'l, USHST, and VAST Win Top Flight Award for Contribution to Safety

December 16, 2021

Leonardo’s AW609 Tiltrotor Progresses Toward Certification

Leonardo’s AW609 Tiltrotor Progresses Toward Certification

August 11, 2021

Leonardo Delivers First TH-73A Trainer Helicopter to U.S. Navy

Leonardo Delivers First TH-73A Trainer Helicopter to U.S. Navy

Infrastructure Will Be Key To Unlocking Electric Aircraft Access in Cities

Infrastructure Will Be Key To Unlocking Electric Aircraft Access in Cities

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Spaes Adds Pulse Lights to Airbus AS332 Helicopter

Modification improves visibility of the helicopter during firefighting operations

Maintenance and Modifications

Pulse lights modification on Airbus AS332 helicopter

Greece Buying Airbus H215s for Firefighting Operations

Super Puma can drop more than four tonnes of water at a time

Airbus Helicopters H215 Super Puma helicopter

PHI Aviation Cuts Ribbon on Terminal in Houma, Louisiana

Investment boosts PHI’s regional infrastructure

(left-right) Steve Simpson, Governor Jeff Landry, Scott McCarty, Carol Suggs, Julia Fisher-Cormier, Bryan Buchanan

Helicopter SAF Trials Show Reduced Soot Emissions

Emergency medical operator ADAC partnered with aerospace research group DLR

Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Orders Surge, Revenues Up in Q1 at Airbus Helicopters

Revenues increased 10% and orders by 58.7%

Airbus H140 helicopter

Bristow, Sikorsky Sign S-92 Enhanced Support Agreement

Coverage supports more than 60 helicopters in SAR and offshore energy operations

Bristow Sikorsky S-92 helicopters

Bell’s First 505 Sale to Netherlands Goes to Verdegro

Company will use the helicopter for business travel in Europe

Bell 505 helicopter sale to Verdegro Group

Piasecki Acquires Kaman's Kargo UAV Program

U.S. company says it will accelerate development of the 1,400-pound payload vehicle

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Kaman Kargo UAV

UAE Approves First ‘Hybrid Heliport’ Design for Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal to support both helicopter and eVTOL air taxi services

Digital rendering of the Archer Midnight eVTOL on a helipad at the Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal

Bell Revenues Surge 35% in First Quarter

Commercial helicopter deliveries jump to 29 units as FLRAA program drives military growth

Bell

Gama Aviation’s Staverton Base Adds H145 Mx Approval

Facility joins company’s maintenance operations in Norwich and Glasgow

Maintenance and Modifications

Gama Aviation Staverton H145 helicopter maintenance

Skytrac and Sikorsky Partner on Next-gen HUMS for S-92s

HUMS will enable in-flight exceedance detection and immediate alerting functionality

SKYTRAC-Sikorsky

Metro Receives DOD SkillBridge Program Recognition

More than 40% of the helicopter maintenance and operations company's staff comprises veterans

Training and Workforce

Metro Aviation team

Helijet Gifts S-76A for Medical Flights in Ukraine

Helicopter has been used for patient transfer missions in British Columbia

Helijet S-76A helicopter in Ukraine

Spanish Super Pumas Log 437 Hours Battling Chile Fires

Fire season activity up 20% over last year

An Airbus Super Puma scoops water in Chile

Fatal Rotorcraft Accidents Spike in March

Overall accident rate dipped despite higher fatalities

NTSB at NYC Bell 206 L-4 crash

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