All Helicopters articles – Page 247
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Bell Taiwan Deal
Bell Helicopter Textron is to set up a helicopter-maintenance plant in Taiwan in collaboration with Air Asia. Source: Flight International
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Largest order yet for Explorers
THREE JAPANESE companies have between them ordered 17 McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS) Explorer helicopters. Aero Asahi, one of the country's largest helicopter operating companies, is to purchase 15 of the machines. The Aero Asahi order is the largest to date for the recently certificated NOTAR (no-tail-rotor)-equipped helicopter. The operator ...
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Eurocopter
Gerard Chauvallon has been named chairman of American Eurocopter, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He replaces Guy Eissautier, who has retired. Chauvallon was most recently vice-chairman of American Eurocopter and chief operating officer of Eurocopter France. Source: Flight International
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Moscow Bound
Schweizer Aircraft has sold two Model 300C piston-powered helicopters to Russian distributor Novecopter. One 300C was delivered to the Moscow based company in August 1993 for use as a demonstrator. The two new 300Cs will be used for light-utility duties. Source: Flight International
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Altair makes light work of HUMS
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES ALTAIR, a Massachusetts-based avionics company, has introduced the first health and usage monitoring system for light turbine and piston helicopters. The Altair HUMS, weighing less than 1kg, has already been fitted to Enstrom 480 and Bell 206 helicopters and is scheduled for ...
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Tridair aims for Gemini in-flight engine-start certification
TRIDAIR HELICOPTERS, the California-based developer of the modified twin-engined Bell 206L-1/3/4 (known as the Gemini ST), plans to certificate it for in-flight starting of the second engine in 1996. The modification will allow pilots to take off using one of the helicopter's two engines and then start up ...
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AlliedSignal plans to pick up Lycoming LT101 effort
Guy Norris/LAS VEGAS ALLIEDSIGNAL PLANS to certificate a new LT101 turboshaft power-turbine rotor-retention design this year, as part of an aggressive upgrade plan aimed at continuing the reliability-improvement strategy begun by Textron Lycoming before its take-over. The redesign tackles a long-standing problem of shifting blades in ...
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Heads up on S-76
AlliedSignal is to install Flight Visions' FV-2000 head-up display on its Sikorsky S-76, scheduled for certification in the second quarter of this year. The installation will be performed by Keystone Helicopter. Source: Flight International
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Sikorsky tries out variable tilt-rotor
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES SIKORSKY HAS tested a scaled version of a variable-diameter tilt-rotor (VDTR). The configuration is "extremely stable" in hover, says the company. The VDTR differs from the traditional tilt-rotor concept in that the rotor blades can be extended during hover and then retracted to ...
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Sikorsky tries out variable tilt-rotor
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES SIKORSKY HAS tested a scaled version of a variable-diameter tilt-rotor (VDTR). The configuration is "extremely stable" in hover, says the company. The VDTR differs from the traditional tilt-rotor concept in that the rotor blades can be extended during hover and then retracted ...
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Launch pressure
Tim Furniss/LONDON Japan's third H2 booster will be carrying the nation's pride and, if successful, will raise post-earthquake morale when it is launched from the Tanegashima space centre on 22 February. After the $575 million losses of the Engineering Test Satellite 6 (ETS) in orbit in August 1994 ...
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Launch Pressure
Tim Furniss/LONDON Japan's third H2 booster will be carrying the nation's pride and, if successful, will raise post-earthquake morale when it is launched from the Tanegashima space centre on 22 February. After the $575 million losses of the Engineering Test Satellite 6 (ETS) in orbit in August ...
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Norsk ousts Helikopter in North Sea
NORWEGIAN helicopter operator Norsk Helikopter has won a lucrative transportation contract with Phillips Petroleum, displacing former monopoly Norwegian North Sea operator Helikopter Services. The deal covers transportation to the Ekofisk field, from 1 September, when the existing deal with Helikopter Services expires - one of the company's largest ...
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Norsk ousts Helikopter in North Sea
NORWEGIAN helicopter operator Norsk Helikopter has won a lucrative transportation contract with Phillips Petroleum, displacing former monopoly Norwegian North Sea operator Helikopter Services. The deal covers transportation to the Ekofisk field, from 1 September, when the existing deal with Helikopter Services expires - one of the company's largest ...
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...as Robinson turns on FAA and NTSB
FRANK ROBINSON, owner and founder of Robinson Helicopter, says that inadequate training is the cause of the recent spate of rotor-strike accidents affecting the company's R22 and R44 helicopters. "It's not a helicopter problem, it's a training problem," he says. The US Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation ...
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Liquid crystal contract
Litton will supply EASI liquid-crystal engine instruments to Bell for the new Model 407 light-turbine helicopter, providing a tenfold increase in reliability over conventional engine instruments. Source: Flight International
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Liquid-Crystal Contract
Litton will supply EASI liquid-crystal engine instruments to Bell for the new Model 407 light-turbine helicopter, providing a tenfold increase in reliability over conventional engine instruments. Source: Flight International
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Sextant avionics
Sextant Avionique says that its Avionique Nouvelle (AN) series of helicopter avionics has been selected for the Eurocopter EC.120, EC.135 and future EC.165. The AN series consists of liquid-crystal multi-function displays, dual-screen vehicle- and engine-management display, global-positioning navigation system and air-data computer. SFIM will supply the automatic flight-control system. ...
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SEXTANT avionics
Sextant Avionique says that its Avionique Nouvelle (AN) series of helicopter avionics has been selected for the Eurocopter EC.120, EC.135 and future EC.165. The AN series, consists of liquid-crystal multi-function displays, dual-screen vehicle- and engine-management display, global-positioning navigation system and air-data computer. SFIM, will supply the automatic flight-control system. ...