All Helicopters articles – Page 249
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Restructure approved
SHAREHOLDERS of Canada's Fleet Aerospace have approved a major financial restructuring. Toronto-based Fleet, which makes parts for Bell Helicopter Textron, de Havilland and McDonnell Douglas, was in danger of defaulting on debt payments due early this year. Aerospace contractors, concerned about the company's ability to survive long-term, have ...
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Samsung purchase plan alarms KAL and Asiana
SOUTH KOREAN industrial conglomerate Samsung is seeking to purchase two long-range wide-body passenger aircraft, ostensibly for company use, but raising the fears of Korean Air (KAL) and Asiana that it intends to establish a rival third national carrier. Samsung is understood to be discussing the purchase of ...
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Surprise HAI debut for MD 630N
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS Helicopter Systems (MDHS) has surprised the rotary world by unveiling a flying prototype of the MD 630N, a stretched version of the MD 520N, at the Heli-Expo '95 exposition in Las Vegas, Nevada. The seven- to eight-seat helicopter has been ...
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Stability with style
Bell has incorporated both flair and style in its intermediate-sized twin-turbine helicopter, the Model 230. Peter Gray/DALLAS When Bell Helicopter Textron decided to re-engine its Bell 222 helicopter with Allison 250-C30G/2s, it took the opportunity to incorporate more than 70 other refinements and modifications. The result is the ...
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Exploring technology
The McDonnell Douglas Explorer was designed with the customer more than just in mind Guy Norris/MESA, ARIZONA As the latest commercial machine from the manufacturer of the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, it is reasonable to expect the McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS) Explorer to incorporate the ...
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Schweizer capitalises on R22 troubles
SCHWEIZER AIRCRAFT reports strong interest in its Model 300CB training helicopter, fuelled by fears that the Robinson R22 could be grounded because of safety concerns. The 300CB will be launched formally at the Heli-Expo '95 in Las Vegas, Nevada, in late January. Elmira, New York-based Schweizer says that ...
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FAA restricts R22/44 but resists grounding
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration is placing highly restrictive airworthiness directives (AD) on Robinson Helicopter R22 and R44 light helicopters in an effort to prevent mast-bumping and rotor/fuselage strikes. Its actions stop well short, however, of the grounding recommended by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) pending ...
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EC.135 heads for Heli-Expo
FRANCO-GERMAN MANUFACTURER Eurocopter is to display the third pre-production EC.135 powered by Turbom‚ca Arrius 2B turboshafts at the forthcoming Heli-Expo '95 show in Las Vegas. Eurocopter has flown the type for more than 150h, achieving a service ceiling of 20,000ft (6,100m), cruising at up to 140kt (260km/h), diving at 160kt, ...
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Government order reprieves Kania
Poland's Kania multi-role-helicopter programme has been granted a stay of execution following the placing of four new orders by the Polish Ministry of the Interior - the first new sale of the Kania in five years. The deal came at a time when some at manufacturer WSK PZL-Swidnik were pushing ...
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FAA promises extra action on Robinson
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration is to take more action on the Robinson R22 and R44 light helicopters, but has rejected another National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) call to have the machines grounded. Following more accidents involving in-flight break-up, the NTSB says that ...
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Helicopter Approval
South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has licensed Korea Bell Helicopter and Samsung Aerospace Industry to begin assembly of civil helicopters, with domestic demand forecast for 300 aircraft by the year 2000. Samsung has a five-year licence-assembly agreement with Eurocopter France. Korea Bell was established by the manufacturer ...
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Helicopter GPS Evaluation
Systems Management of Maryland has installed an AWOS 3500 automated surface-observing system at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, in support of the Federal Aviation Administration's global-positioning-system helicopter non-precision approach programme. The Madison-based University's heliport is the third to evaluate GPS approaches under the FAA rotorcraft programme. ...