Helicopters – Page 125
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Interview
Working Week: Tim Desbois
A margarine advert featuring a Beech Bonanza was the catalyst for flightlogistics.tv managing director Tim Desbois's choice of career and inspired him to become an expert on aerial filming
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Business briefs
Sikorsky helicopters and Pratt & Whitney both shone for parent company United Technologies in 2010, with Sikorsky racking up an 18% jump in profit to $716 million on sales up 6% to $6.68 billion
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General Aviation - In brief
Bell has clinched Brazilian approval for its Model 429 helicopter, clearing the way for the light, twin-engined type to operate in the South American country
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AgustaWestland sells two helicopters to Zhejiang police
The Public Security Bureau of China in Zhejiang province has ordered two AgustaWestland helicopters.
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Mexico takes trio of Black Hawks
The Mexican government has taken delivery of three more Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters, bringing its total fleet to seven.
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Textron splits AAI into three business units
AAI Corp., will split into three businesses under parent company Textron Systems, including a separate business for unmanned aerial vehicles, the company...
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NewsPICTURE: Italian customs agency gets second AW139
AgustaWestland has delivered its second AW139 to Italy's Guardia di Finanza customs and border patrol service ...
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Japan orders AW139 for firefighting mission
Japan's Saitama prefecture has ordered a single AugustaWestland AW139 medium twin helicopter, which will be operated by its Fire Fighting and Disaster Relief...
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Eurocopter boosts Singapore MRO presence
Eurocopter has expanded its maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) presence in Singapore with a new hangar and other facilities. The facility is located...
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EU's Clean Sky project shows signs of progress
Two years in, the European Union's Clean Sky project is showing signs of progress after a bumpy start
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General Aviation - In brief
Diamond Simulation has sold its first DA40 simulator in the AE300 Austro Engine Diesel configuration to Ethiopian Airlines Academy
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Interview
Working Week: Jay Carter
Jay Carter began building model aircraft at a young age, entered the wind turbine business and broke into the rotorcraft industry with Bell Helicopter before going solo as president of Carter Aviation Technologies
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Eurocopter EC135 due complete Poland's medical fleet upgrade
Eurocopter has handed over the final two EC135 helicopters to Poland's state-controlled air medical rescue operator...
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CAE to become training provider for CHC Helicopter
CAE has signed an agreement with offshore oil and gas transport provider CHC Helicopter to take on the company's flight training operations, including four full-flight simulators located in Norway, the UK and Canada.
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Bell unveils 412EP power boost, hints at future upgrades
Bell Helicopter has unveiled a new power and cockpit upgrade plan for the 412EP as the four-bladed, light-twin nears its 30th anniversary in commercial service.
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NTSB faults Carson in firefighting S-61N crash
The intentional alteration of weight documents and performance charts by Carson Helicopters is among the probable causes of a fatal August 2008 crash of a Sikorsky S-61N helicopter that was being used by the US Forest Service for firefighter shuttling.
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Malaysia maritime agency receives three AW139 helicopters
Malaysia's maritime enforcement agency (MMEA) has taken delivery of three AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters, which it will use for search and rescue, coastal patrol and law enforcement tasks.
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Sikorsky explains four-year delivery slip for S-76D
As Sikorsky launches production on the S-76D helicopter, the company has acknowledged that development setbacks have delayed first delivery by four years until 2012.
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NewsVIDEO: Eurocopter X3 meets phase-one speed objective
Eurocopter's X3 hybrid helicopter demonstrator has passed a programme milestone by attaining a true airspeed of 180kt (333km/h) in level flight at a reduced level of engine power in testing at a DGA base in Istres, France
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DARPA, Boeing ink deal to expand A160 uses
Under a $12.8 million contract Boeing will adapt its A160T Hummingbird unmanned helicopter to carry signals intelligence (SIGINT) payloads and BAE Systems'...