Air Methods' medical transport subsidiary Mercy Air Service has begun operations from a second base in southern Nevada. A medically configured Eurocopter BK117-B2 has been acquired for the new base at Boulder City, which serves Lake Mead and Lake Mojave national parks.
Source: Flight International
Airbus Helicopters is making steady progress with the final assembly of its first H160M Guepard prototype ahead of the test asset’s maiden sortie next year.
Having already comfortably beaten an earlier target, Airbus Helicopters has a new cruise speed goal for its Racer compound demonstrator: 240kt (444km/h).
Australian investigators have highlighted the importance of helicopter underwater escape training (HUET) following the crash of a Bell 204 conducting firefighting operations.
