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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Helo Rescue Goes Awry on Mount Hood

Attempting to rescue injured climbers on Oregon’s highest peak in an accident that left three dead, a Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk search-and-rescue Black Haw

Rotorcraft

April 18, 2008

Russian Rotorcraft Resurrected

In the peek-a-boo world of Russian rotorcrafting (now you see the program, now you don’t), plans have been announced to finally go ahead with the Kamov Ka-

Rotorcraft

April 18, 2008

PZL-Swidnik SW-4 Preps for Certification

It seems summer is the time of year for somnolent helicopter programs to wake up and stretch their rotors toward the sun…and certification.

Rotorcraft

April 18, 2008

Anti-noise Advocates Lose Grand Teton Appeal

Anti-noise Advocates Lose Grand Teton AppealA federal appeals court has dismissed a bid by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Wilderness S

Rotorcraft

April 18, 2008

Videos

Air Methods buys Rocky Mountain

The inexorable “bigger is better” economic logic of consolidation that has reshaped much of the fixed-wing side of aviation is now beginning to emerge in t

Rotorcraft

April 18, 2008

Fire season gets hot as crash kills 3

By mid-June the national wildfire situation was speeding past all-time record proportions in nearly every category.

Rotorcraft

April 18, 2008

X-50A testbed may lead to faster hybrid helo

In the aeronautical mountain range, a few peaks are still unclimbed.

Rotorcraft

April 18, 2008

Heli-Expo ’08

It wasn’t just the great Texas barbeque that put smiles on the faces of Heli-Expo visitors.

Rotorcraft

April 1, 2008

Operator gives helo fractional a ‘Whirl’

With the successes of the fractional model for business jet ownership, it was perhaps only a matter of time before a national fractional helicopter operati

Charter & Fractional

April 1, 2008

Challenges ahead for expanding air ambulance service provider

With its 2007 acquisition of Pittsburgh-based CJ Systems, Air Methods has become the largest civil air ambulance provider in the country.

Rotorcraft

April 1, 2008

Certification effort in full swing for BA609

Bell/Agusta Aerospace engineers working on the BA609 Tiltrotor have stepped up their certification efforts, now working with the FAA and the EASA (via Ital

Rotorcraft

April 1, 2008

Bell Backlog To Double by Year-End

Bell Helicopter expects its commercial product backlog to reach $2 billion by the end of the year.

Rotorcraft

March 28, 2008

Private-equity company to buy CHC for $3.7 billion

CHC Helicopter, the world’s largest provider of helicopter services to the offshore oil and gas industry, is being sold for $3.7 billion in what company of

Rotorcraft

March 28, 2008

AINtv: MD Helicopters CEO Lynn Tilton and more...

Find out why Patriarch Partners founder Lynn Tilton bought MD Helicopters and where it’s going today, why she might buy a bankrupt very light jet manufactu

Rotorcraft

March 20, 2008

Keystone To Complete VIP Interiors for S-92 Helos

Keystone Helicopter of West Chester, Pa., signed a five-year nonexclusive contract with Sikorsky Aircraft to provide executive completions for the new S-92

Rotorcraft

March 19, 2008

Air-tour Crash Site Nearly Same as 2001 Crash

The fatal crash on September 20 of an American Eurocopter AStar operated by Las Vegas air-tour operator Sundance Helicopters killed all six of the rotorcra

Accidents

March 19, 2008

Two Helicopter Sales Reported at NBAA Convention

In separate ceremonies at last month’s NBAA Convention, Bell/Agusta announced the sale of a corporate AB139 to American International Group and Eurocopter

Rotorcraft

March 19, 2008

Robinson Delivers its 5,000th Helo

Robinson Helicopter delivered its first R22 piston single in October 1979.

Rotorcraft

March 19, 2008

V-22 Test Pilot Honored with Kincheloe Award

Tom Macdonald, the Osprey V-22 chief test pilot, received the Iven C.

Rotorcraft

March 19, 2008

Helitech shines despite absence of big orders

Amid feverish speculation that the 2005 show might be rattling around the mighty Excel exhibition centre in London’s docklands, this year’s Helitech, held

Rotorcraft

March 19, 2008

Rotorcraft

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

Latest

Helo Rescue Goes Awry on Mount Hood

Attempting to rescue injured climbers on Oregon’s highest peak in an accident that left three dead, a Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk search-and-rescue Black Haw

Russian Rotorcraft Resurrected

In the peek-a-boo world of Russian rotorcrafting (now you see the program, now you don’t), plans have been announced to finally go ahead with the Kamov Ka-

PZL-Swidnik SW-4 Preps for Certification

It seems summer is the time of year for somnolent helicopter programs to wake up and stretch their rotors toward the sun…and certification.

Anti-noise Advocates Lose Grand Teton Appeal

Anti-noise Advocates Lose Grand Teton AppealA federal appeals court has dismissed a bid by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Wilderness S

Videos

More Articles

Air Methods buys Rocky Mountain

The inexorable “bigger is better” economic logic of consolidation that has reshaped much of the fixed-wing side of aviation is now beginning to emerge in t

Fire season gets hot as crash kills 3

By mid-June the national wildfire situation was speeding past all-time record proportions in nearly every category.

X-50A testbed may lead to faster hybrid helo

In the aeronautical mountain range, a few peaks are still unclimbed.

Heli-Expo ’08

It wasn’t just the great Texas barbeque that put smiles on the faces of Heli-Expo visitors.

Operator gives helo fractional a ‘Whirl’

With the successes of the fractional model for business jet ownership, it was perhaps only a matter of time before a national fractional helicopter operati

Challenges ahead for expanding air ambulance service provider

With its 2007 acquisition of Pittsburgh-based CJ Systems, Air Methods has become the largest civil air ambulance provider in the country.

Certification effort in full swing for BA609

Bell/Agusta Aerospace engineers working on the BA609 Tiltrotor have stepped up their certification efforts, now working with the FAA and the EASA (via Ital

Bell Backlog To Double by Year-End

Bell Helicopter expects its commercial product backlog to reach $2 billion by the end of the year.

Private-equity company to buy CHC for $3.7 billion

CHC Helicopter, the world’s largest provider of helicopter services to the offshore oil and gas industry, is being sold for $3.7 billion in what company of

AINtv: MD Helicopters CEO Lynn Tilton and more...

Find out why Patriarch Partners founder Lynn Tilton bought MD Helicopters and where it’s going today, why she might buy a bankrupt very light jet manufactu

Keystone To Complete VIP Interiors for S-92 Helos

Keystone Helicopter of West Chester, Pa., signed a five-year nonexclusive contract with Sikorsky Aircraft to provide executive completions for the new S-92

Air-tour Crash Site Nearly Same as 2001 Crash

The fatal crash on September 20 of an American Eurocopter AStar operated by Las Vegas air-tour operator Sundance Helicopters killed all six of the rotorcra

Two Helicopter Sales Reported at NBAA Convention

In separate ceremonies at last month’s NBAA Convention, Bell/Agusta announced the sale of a corporate AB139 to American International Group and Eurocopter

Robinson Delivers its 5,000th Helo

Robinson Helicopter delivered its first R22 piston single in October 1979.

V-22 Test Pilot Honored with Kincheloe Award

Tom Macdonald, the Osprey V-22 chief test pilot, received the Iven C.

Helitech shines despite absence of big orders

Amid feverish speculation that the 2005 show might be rattling around the mighty Excel exhibition centre in London’s docklands, this year’s Helitech, held

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