Helicopters – Page 116
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SINGAPORE: Sikorsky to supply Korea Coast Guard S-92 helicopter
Sikorsky Aircraft has announced a contract with the Korea Coast Guard for a S-92 helicopter that will operate under its Multi-purpose Helicopter Program.
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SINGAPORE: Eurocopter launches Dauphin simulator at Airshow
Eurocopter has launched Asia Pacific's first AS365 N3/N3+ Dauphin full motion simulator and signed a deal with South Vietnam Helicopter for a fourth EC225.
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NewsHELI-EXPO: AgustaWestland prepares AW609 for certification tests
AgustaWestland has unveiled a new facility in Arlington, Texas, to house the first prototype of the freshly renamed AW609 civil tiltrotor as it prepares for airworthiness certification tests to start within a year.
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NewsHELI-EXPO: PICTURE - Eurocopter unveils T2 upgrade for EC130
Eurocopter has unveiled the most significant development of the light-single EC130 in a decade, offering the latest variant of the Turbomeca Arriel 2 engine to increase power and reduce fuel consumption.
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NewsHeli-Expo: Honeywell to pilot helicopter operations centre
Honeywell this quarter will launch a pilot programme to offer tracking and messaging services to helicopter operators through its Global Data Center (GDC)...
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NewsHeli-Expo: Sikorsky studying “super medium” helicopter
Sikorsky president Jeff Pino said the company is studying how to position itself in the offshore market with respect to seating capacity as competitors...
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HELI-EXPO: Rolls-Royce shelves RR500 until light aircraft market recovers
Rolls-Royce will postpone launching certification testing of the RR500 turboshaft after completing development in March, the company said on 13 February.
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NewsHeli-Expo: Bell expands medium class with 525 Relentless
Bell Helicopter will directly confront AgustaWestland and Eurocopter in the upper-medium helicopter class beyond 2014, following the 12 February unveiling...
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NewsHeli-Expo: Asia, Latin America star in Honeywell helicopter forecast
Fleet replacement and addition expectations from operators in Asia and South America are highlights in an otherwise mildly positive five-year turbine helicopter forecast issued by Honeywell at this year's Heli-Expo show in Dallas.
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LCI sets up helicopter division with AgustaWestland order
LCI sets up helicopter division with AgustaWestland order Lease Corporation International (LCI) has signed a purchase agreement with AgustaWestland...
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NewsBristow wins S&R contract for northern Scotland
Bristow Helicopters has secured a contract from the UK government to provide search and rescue (SAR) services in the north of Scotland.
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Russian Helicopters denies China Mi-2 reports
Russian Helicopters has denied reports that its Rostvertol unit entered a joint venture in China to produce Mi-2 helicopters.
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NewsFLIGHT TEST: Sikorsky S-76D
Sikorsky has brought a host of upgrades to the S-76 via its newest model of the twin - and made take-offs from rooftops a capability
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NewsIN FOCUS: New regulations, recruitment help Niagara Helicopters avoid repeat of 1992 crash
Sometimes you hate to be right. Between 1985 and 1992, Swiss-born helicopter pilot Rudolph Hafen - former president and chief pilot of Canada-based aerial touring company Niagara Helicopters - wrote annually to Transport Canada officials on the poorly regulated international airspace over Niagara Falls. No one answered.
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NewsBell, Eurocopter claim “wins” in Canadian court dispute
A Canadian federal court has ruled that Eurocopter is entitled to punitive damages from Bell Helicopter over a patent infringement of Eurocopter's trademark...
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NewsFlight International: Max v Neo and waiting for Vega
This week's Flight International (31 January) focuses on the cover on the latest development in the Boeing 737 Max versus Airbus A320neo duel, with Norwegian's latest order not helping to put much clear blue water between the two manufacturers.
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NewsCanada defends Bell 429 weight exemption
Transport Canada officials are defending their recent exemption which allows Bell Helicopter to increase the maximum internal weight of the Bell 429 twin-engined helicopter from 3,175kg (7,000lb) to 3,402kg.
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NewsEurocopter eyes speed record as it resumes X3 test flights
Eurocopter will resume test flights of its X3 high speed technology demonstrator next month as it advances the concept towards a potential launch.
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NewsUTAir grounds Mi-26 fleet after December crash
Russia's largest helicopter operator, UTair, has grounded all of its Mil Mi-26T cargo helicopters following a crash on 20 December that killed one crew member ...
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NewsPICTURE - German Federal Police notch up 100,000 flight hours on EC135 fleet
The German Federal Police has flown its fleet of Eurocopter EC135 helicopters more than 100,000 hours.