All Helicopters articles – Page 231
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Revised figures force New Zealand insurers to review premiums
Aviation insurance underwriters in New Zealand, whose premiums have traditionally favoured turbine-powered helicopters over piston types, are now reviewing the differential rates they offer turbine operators. Aviation underwriter Arden Jennings told New Zealand's Aviation Industry Association conference at New Plymouth on 31 July that 11 of the 400 ...
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Helipro gets 'Shortsky' final assembly under way
Helipro has begun final assembly of the first S-61 Short conversion of the Sikorsky S-61N helicopter to be destined for use on offshore-oil support. A heavylift S-61 Short, which is used mainly for logging work, is already available. The company has delivered six aircraft and has one more on order. ...
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LHTEC focuses on CTP800 design
Guy Norris/Indianapolis US engine manufacturers AlliedSignal and Allison are completing final-design work on the CTP800 turboprop for the Ayres LM200 Loadmaster freighter, following selection of a Hamilton Standard propeller system. The Loadmaster will be powered by twin CTP800s, a turboprop version of the T800 turboshaft, developed ...
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Rotary Rocket wins $6 million backing
ROTARY ROCKET has secured $6 million of initial financing from private investors to begin design of its Roton re-usable single-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle. Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites will build the Roton, which will take off like a conventional booster, but land like an unpowered helicopter. The first flight is scheduled for ...
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America West
America West Airlines, of Phoenix, Arizona, has appointed David Huntzinger vice-president of corporate safety. He was formerly responsible for the design, development, deployment and monitoring of advanced methods for improving safety management and safety programmes at US airframe manufacturer Boeing's Commercial Airplane Group, and has also worked for Bell Helicopter.. ...
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HAI
Neill Osborne has become chairman of the Alexandria, Virginia-based Helicopter Association International (HAI) and chairman of the International Federation of Helicopter Associations. Osborne was elected to the HAI Board for 1993-4, served as assistant treasurer during 1994-5, as treasurer during 1995-6 and as vice chairman for 1996-7. Source: Flight ...
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Sahara India initiates fleet expansion for regional work
Sahara India Airlines has embarked on an $82 million expansion of its fleet, moving the airline into regional turboprop and helicopter operations. The carrier will initiate the programme by acquiring two more leased Boeing 737-400s, plus up to five 50-seat turboprops. The first of the new ...
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Finnish Government order boosts Norway's Helikopter Service
Norway's Helikopter Service has been awarded a NoK40 million ($5.4 million) contract by the Finnish Government to modify three Eurocopter AS332L Super Puma helicopters for the Finnish frontier guard. Although preliminary engineering work will start immediately, modification work on the first two helicopters is not scheduled to begin ...
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Toyota expands aviation interests with purchase
TOYOTAMOTOR is to take control of Aero Asahi, Japan's largest commercial helicopter operator, agreeing to buy a 76% stake from the Seibu department store for ´17 billion ($150 million). Tokyo-based Aero Asahi operates 88 helicopters and 12 fixed-wing aircraft. The fleet includes some 35 Bell 206s, as well ...
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EC 135 order
European helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter has signed a DM12 million ($20 million) contract with the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for two police-configured EC135s. The announcement brings the total number of orders for the twin-engined light helicopter to 55 - of which 15 have been delivered. The former East German state will ...
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Schweizer upgrades single-turbine Model 330
SCHWEIZER AIRCRAFT has begun delivery of an improved version of its Model 330 light single-turbine helicopter. The 330SP has a larger main-rotor hub with increased-area blades, and taller landing gear. Examples have been delivered to Switzerland's Fuchs Helikopters and the San Antonio, Texas, Police Department. Several existing Model ...
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Stripper bares metal
McDONNELL Douglas (MDC) has secured its first commercial customer for its Flashjet paint-removal system. Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe) has purchased a mobile Flashjet for use in stripping Lockheed Martin C-130s and other aircraft. The system uses pulses of high-energy light from a xenon flashlamp to ablate ...
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Lucas flexible for S-92
Lucas Aerospace is to supply all of the flexible drive-couplings for Sikorsky's S-92 Helibus 19-seat helicopter. A shipset includes two high-speed input-drive couplings, five tail-rotor-drive couplings and one flexible tail-rotor driveshaft. Source: Flight International
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Eurocopter wins Dauphin orders
Eurocopter has netted launch orders for six N4 widebody versions of its Dauphin helicopter from Norway's Helicopter Service group, along with orders for a total of 15 AS350-B3 single-engined Ecureuils and six EC135s. The group has also received European Joint Aviation Authorities certification for the EC120 Colibri. Eurocopter ...
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Customers flock to civil tilt-rotor
Bell Boeing has revealed that it has secured orders for 36 Bell Boeing 609 civil tilt-rotor aircraft from 25 customers. Included in the list of those which have been publicly identified are Canadian Helicopter, Helikopter Services of Norway, Helitech of Australia, Petroleum Helicopters of the USA and Sheikh Sultan Maohammed ...
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Robinson offers turnkey R44 for law enforcement
Robinson is to integrate a Wescam aerial camera with the police version of its R44 helicopter and offer a turnkey airborne law-enforcement system. The initial order is for two Model 12DS dual-sensor cameras, with an option for 14 more. The lightweight, gyro-stabilised system combines a staring-array thermal imager and colour ...
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Explorer finds trio of new buyers
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems has reported brisk business, with a trio of orders worth around $20 million for the MD Explorer. Communications manager Kenneth Jensen delivered news of orders for two aircraft to Tomen Corporation in Japan and one to Heli-Fly for delivery to Luxembourg Air Rescue. While ...
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Transatlantic hop foiled by fuel leak
A specially adapted AS 350 B3 helicopter is expected to arrive at Le Bourget tomorrow - more than a week after it set off on a 24-hour transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. The Astar helicopter, manufactured by Eurocopter, was taking part in L'Esprit d'Intertechnique, the first ...
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Customers discover Explorer
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems have reported brisk business with a trio of orders for the MD Explorer worth around $20million. Communications manager Kenneth Jensen reported two aircraft were sold to Tomen Corporation in Japan and one to Heli-Fly for delivery to Luxembourg Air Rescue. While confirming ...
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Meggitt hat trick
Meggitt Avionics has announced a hat trick of awards here at the Paris air show, two of them for oil sensors. Williams International has chosen Engine Oil Level Switches on the FJ44-2 engine to replace an existing sight gauge with an electronic sensor. Features on the ...