All Helicopters articles – Page 107
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HELI-EXPO: Rotorcraft industry gains momentum on order surge, five-year outlook
Helicopter makers regained momentum after a one-year blip in 2012 to announce a total of 141 orders at the Heli-Expo convention from 4-6 March.
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NewsHELI-EXPO: Bell unveils power and avionics upgrade for 412EP
Bell Helicopter has unveiled plans to introduce a more powerful and sophisticated version of the medium-twin 412EP.
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Korean Air eyes Hong Kong and China for business aviation wing
Korean Air plans to boost demand for its business jet service by focusing on the Hong Kong and Chinese markets.
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Japanese national police orders third GrandNew helicopter
Japan's national police has ordered a single AgustaWestland GrandNew helicopter that will be deployed in the country's Kanagawa prefecture.
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NewsHELI-EXPO: Bell Helicopter selects Honeywell for 525 Relentless APU, environmental controls
Honeywell has become the latest company to join the emerging supply chain for the Bell Helicopter 525 Relentless. Bell selected the power and systems...
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NewsPICTURE: Bristow's first S-92s for Gap SAR arrive in UK
Two of the four Sikorsky S-92s that will be operated by Bristow Helicopters for the UK's Gap Search and Rescue requirement have arrived in Scotland ahead...
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NewsHELI-EXPO: Robinson tries to secure foreign ELOS certification for R66
Robinson Helicopter is trying to secure non-US approval for its R66 light turbine helicopter’s hydraulic systems.
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NewsHELI-EXPO: Sikorsky secures deal with Milestone for 30 helicopters
Lessor Milestone Aviation has ordered a total of 30 Sikorsky helicopters, which includes 23 of the airframer’s flagship 12t S-92s and seven of the smaller S-76Ds.
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NewsHELI-EXPO: Chongqing hopes Enstrom Helicopter will secure 30% of Chinese market
Enstrom Helicopter’s new Chinese owner, Chongqing Helicopter Investment, hopes to expand the company’s presence in the Asian market, taking a 30% share of the segment, following its acquisition of the Michigan-based manufacturer in January.
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NewsHELI-EXPO: 1950s-era Bell Model 47 helicopter to return to production
A modernised version of the 1950s-era Bell 47 is about start production under the auspices of Scott’s-Bell 47 Inc, a company based in Le Sueur, Minnesota.
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NewsHELI-EXPO: MD Helicopters partners with Universal Avionics on MD 902 upgrade
MD Helicopters has partnered with Universal Avionics Systems Corporation to integrate a new glass cockpit onto the MD 902 light twin-engined helicopter,...
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NewsHELI-EXPO: Turbomeca unveils Arrano engine for X4
Invoking the Basque term for "Eagle", Turbomeca formally unveiled on 5 March the renamed Arrano engine currently in development to power the Eurocopter X4....
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NewsHELI-EXPO: Engine delivery quickens pace to first flight for Swiss helo
Swiss engineering firm Marenco now plans to launch flight tests by June on a new 2,500kg (5,500lb)-class helicopter after having received a calibrated Honeywell...
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HELI-EXPO: Rolls-Royce adds FADEC, power boost to venerable Model 250
Rolls-Royce is bringing a full authority digital engine control (FADEC) to the 700shp (522kW)-class commercial helicopter engine market.
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NewsHELI-EXPO: AgustaWestland launches all-electric, tiltrotor demonstrator
AgustaWestland has launched a demonstrator programme internally dubbed "Project Zero" for an all-electric vehicle with a pair of tiltrotors embedded within...
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NewsP&WC plots new engine core for super-medium helo, ‘evolved’ King Air market
On the eve of the Heli-Expo convention, Pratt & Whitney Canada has revealed plans to launch a new turboshaft engine in the 2,000shp (1,490kW)-range aimed initially at the top end of the new super-medium helicopter segment, and with potential for a turboprop conversion to support a future Beechcraft King Air ...
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NewsPICTURES: Eurocopter reveals EC175 in Bristow livery ahead of Heli-Expo
Eurocopter has revealed the first EC175 in the livery of presumed launch customer Bristow Helicopters, as part of the aircraft's US demonstration tour and...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: S-92 helicopter flight test
Marking milestones in S-92 flight hours and deliveries, our test pilot rates the multimission type against the prototype he once evaluated for us
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NewsFAA queries helicopter industry on airworthiness standard re-write
On the eve of the 2013 Heli-Expo convention, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will ask manufacturers whether the basis for the airworthiness...
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NewsAgustaWestland and Sikorsky set to win out in UK SAR contest
AgustaWestland and Sikorsky look set to be the big winners in the UK's long-running search and rescue contest as it emerged that none of the shortlisted operators for the 10-year-plus deal, worth up to £3.1 billion ($4.7 billion), have proposed Eurocopter's EC175 for the requirement.