Aerospace Helicopters – Page 18
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Can VIP services add another revenue stream for helicopter industry?
Can air taxi services help the helicopter industry ease the pain of a protracted downturn in its mainstay oil and gas business? The question understandably exercises leasing and finance specialists – but the answer, like so many attempts to identify clear trends in these turbulent economic times, depends on the balance between optimism and pessimism.
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Bell reveals 429 demonstrator with four electric tail rotors
The Electrically Distributed Anti-Torque (EDAT) tail rotors first flew on the light, twin-engined 429 helicopter in May 2019. The aircraft is being tested at the company’s Mirabel, Canada facility and has about 25h of flight time.
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Airbus wins approval for single-pilot IFR operations on H175
Airbus Helicopters has gained European certification for single-pilot operations of its H175 super-medium-twin in instrument flight rules (IFR) conditions.
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Babcock eyes offshore exit as competition intensifies
One of the UK’s big three offshore helicopter providers – which can trace its presence in the North Sea region back almost 50 years – appears ready to exit the segment once current contracts have run their course.
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Elbit to fly Hermes 900 for UK search and rescue trials
Elbit Systems will this year carry out a series of tests in the UK to assess the feasibility of using unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to support search and rescue operations.
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Uber sees piloted eVTOL flights before drone package deliveries
Mark Moore, Uber’s engineering director for aircraft systems, says he expects piloted electric-vertical-take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft to advance faster than autonomous drone package deliveries due to the increased regulatory requirements surrounding autonomous flight.
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Kopter announces orders, options from INAEC and Rainier
Swiss light helicopter manufacturer Kopter says it received several orders and options from the Philippines’ INAEC Aviation Corporation and Rainier Heli-International.
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MD Helicopters’ 6XX delays continue
MD Helicopters chief executive Lynn Tilton acknowledges her MD6XX project continues to suffer delays as the small manufacturer juggles work with its other helicopter models.
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Airbus Helicopters boosts H125 power for aerial work market
Airbus Helicopters has unveiled a batch of upgrades for its H125 it bids to keep the long-running light-single competitive in the crucial aerial work market.
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Airbus Helicopters enters home straight with H160
For Airbus Helicopters, the end of the long road to certification for the H160 now appears to be in sight. Launched in 2015, the medium-twin is in the final stages of its development campaign; test flights ended in late 2019 and, at the time of writing in mid-January, Airbus Helicopters was preparing to submit the final pieces of documentation to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.
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Certification flights for Ka-62 helicopter get under way
Russian Helicopters has begun certification test flights of the Kamov Ka-62 intermediate-twin and intends to complete the activity in 2020.
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Bristow and ERA to merge, creating offshore helicopter giant
Offshore helicopter operators Bristow Group and ERA Group are to merge, creating a business with a combined $1.5 billion turnover and a fleet of over 300 rotorcraft.
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Doubts emerge over status of Milestone commitment for Bell 525
Questions have emerged about one of the largest commitments for Bell’s in-development 525 Relentless super-medium-twin, which has been on the manufacturer’s books since 2015.
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Ukraine receives first two H125 helicopters
Ukraine’s interior ministry has taken the first two of an eventual 24 Airbus Helicopters H125s dating from a 2018 order.
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Bristow deferred H175 deliveries days prior to Chapter 11 filing
Bristow Group deferred delivery of its Airbus Helicopters H175s just 10 days prior to entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, an order the operator axed barely six months later as part of the financial restructuring.
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Bristow ditches H175 helicopter order
Bristow Group has cancelled its long-held order for 22 Airbus Helicopters H175 super-medium-twins, according to several people with knowledge of the matter, more than halving the airframer’s firm order backlog for the type.
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Rehabilitation drive sees H225 make gradual return to service
Arguably one of the success stories over the past 12 months has been Airbus Helicopters’ efforts to repurpose the H225 heavy-twin. Initially banished from the offshore transport market in the wake of an April 2016 crash in Turoy, Norway, the situation was then compounded by plummeting oil prices and consequent helicopter overcapacity: even if operators were prepared to bring their H225s back into service, there was no requirement to do so.
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Erickson delivers Sky Crane helicopter to Korean Forest Service
Aerospace firm Erickson delivered a K7 S-64 Air Crane helicopter to the Korean Forest Service (KFS) in late November.
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Aneto engine for AW189K helicopter gains approval, but orders remain unclear
European regulators on 12 December approved the Safran Helicopter Engines Aneto-1K turboshaft that will power the Leonardo Helicopters AW189K super-medium twin.
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Mi-171A2 gains certification in India, Colombia
The Mil Mi-171A2 has attained certification in both India and Colombia, setting the stage for exports of the type for civilian use in both countries.