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 Unveils Military HSVTOL Vehicle Concepts

Bell’s vision is for a family of military air vehicles that can achieve speeds beyond those offered by the company’s current tiltrotor technology.

Opener Readies BlackFly eVTOL for Sales This Fall

Opener will offer single-seat eVTOL as Part 103 Light Sport aircraft.

F. Lee Bailey's Enstrom Tenure Creative, Chaotic

Famed trial attorney and aviator F. Lee Bailey guided Enstrom Helicopter through a decade of achievement.

Commercial Helos Drive Bell's Q2 Deliveries, Revenue

Bell's profit in the second quarter of 2021 declined largely because of costs related to its Army Future Vertical Lift competition offerings.

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Curti Brings Turbine Kit Copter to AirVenture

The Curti Zefhir kit helicopter carries a price of $500,000 during AirVenture.

Russian Helicopters Opens MAKS with Big Order, New Variants

Russian Helicopters is pushing new variants of popular legacy aircraft at Moscow's MAKS-2021 show.

Garmin Autopilot Certified in Bell 505

The Bell 505 is the second helicopter model to be certified for installation of Garmin's GFC 600H helicopter flight control system.

Kit Copter Maker RX Enters eVTOL Market

Former Rotorway kit helicopter company entering the eVTOL market in partnership with Advanced Tactics.

Canadian Governments Pumping Billions into Green Aviation

PWC, Bell, and CAE could receive $685 million from Canada's support for electric aviation.

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Hartzell Acquires Pre-heat Product Maker Tanis

Hartzell Propeller will move Tanis production to Ohio.

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

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

Aero Asset: Twins Leading Used Helo Market

North America accounts for 50 percent of used twin engine helicopter sales worldwide.

Joby Teams with JetBlue, Signature on Carbon Credits

Joby Aviation is joining forces with JetBlue and Signature Flight Support to establish carbon credits for flights using green electric and hydrogen.

Sustainability and Environment

Infrastructure Will Be Key To Unlocking Electric Aircraft Access in Cities

Infrastructure Will Be Key To Unlocking Electric Aircraft Access in Cities

UK S-92 Near-CFIT Highlights Hazards of MVFR Flight

The UK S-92 helicopter low-altitude incident parallels circumstances of Kobe Bryant fatal crash.

South Africa's 'Rocket' Air Ambulance Service Takes Off

Rocket using Bell 222s to provide first-world air ambulance service in South Africa

FAA Approves Safran Arrano, Paves Way for Airbus H160

Safran Helicopter Engines’ Arrano 1A has received FAA type certification for installation in the Airbus Helicopters H160

Another Firefighting Bell 212 Down

The sole occupant pilot survived the crash of a firefighting Bell 212 into California's Lake Shastina.

CAE, Volocopter Collaborate on eVTOL Pilot Training

Volocopter and aviation training group CAE are partnering to develop, certify, and deploy a pilot training program to support commercial eVTOL ops.

Bell 212 Crash Prompts Emergency AD

The FAA is mandating replacement of certain main rotor hub strap pins on Bell 204, 205, and 212 helicopter models following fatal crash in Canada.

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