Helicopters – Page 127
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Australia steps up efforts to improve helicopter safety
Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority is increasing its level of safety surveillance and focusing on the flying training standards of the local helicopter industry following a disproportionate number of accidents for the sector.
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Opinion
Comment: Zero hour for helicopter safety improvement
Now, five years after the International Helicopter Safety Team launched its historic attempt to transform global rotary-wing safety performance, it has assembled the necessary critical mass of data on which to base intervention strategies
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Helicopter sector to get its own version of the IS-BAO accreditation system
The helicopter part of business aviation needs to raise its safety performance along with the rest of the rotary-wing sector, according to Brian Humphries, president and chief executive of the European Business Aviation Association.
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NewsSikorsky S-92 exceeds 250,000 flight hours
Sikorsky's fleet of S-92 medium-lift helicopters has surpassed 250,000 flight hours since the first aircraft entered service six years ago.
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GE sees possible turboprop market re-entry around 2015
General Electric foresees a 2015-plus timeframe for potential entry into service of a commercial aircraft turboprop based on its GE38 turboshaft powerplant for heavy-lift helicopters.
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Opinion
Comment: Speed – a question of money
When Mel "Mad Max" Gibson visits a lonely desert mechanic in search of serious horsepower, a sign above the door sums it all up: "Speed is a question of money - how fast do you want to go?"
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Business aviation - in Brief
ExecuJet has divided its Asia-Pacific division into two separate regions - ExecuJet Asia and ExecuJet Australia.
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SaxonAir looks to turn Norwich into centre of business aviation
Norwich is the latest UK city to stake a bid to become a hub of business aviation. Local operator SaxonAir is investing £6.5 million ($10 million) in a two-hangar business aviation centre at the airport and plans to add to its five-aircraft charter fleet with larger aircraft.
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South Africa expands EMS helicopter fleet
South Africa's Red Cross Air Mercy Service has expanded its emergency medical services operational capabilities with delivery from AgustaWestland of a fourth AW119Ke single-engine helicopter and one Grand light twin helicopter
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Oxford and Cambridge vie for business aviation
For centuries, Oxford and Cambridge universities have competed academically and in sport. Now the two cities' newly revamped airports are locked in friendly rivalry for high-value business aviation.
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Business Aviation - In Brief
ExecuJet is adding a 4,830m2(52,205ft2) hangar to its Dubai-based facility
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Russian regulator moots news rules for GA following R44 crash
Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee, MAK, has recommended a series of new measures to tighten control of general aviation as part of a report on the crash of a single-engined, Robinson R44 helicopter on 2 January that left the pilot with burns and destroyed the aircraft.
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Sikorsky expects 265kt from X2
Sikorsky engineers say the company's self-funded X2 advanced technology helicopter could reach 265kt (490km/h) or more in the next few months after a central sail fairing is installed on the rotor mast.
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Russian Helicopters completes 40 Mi-171 deliveries to UTair
Russian Helicopters has completed delivery of 40 Mil Mi-171s from its Ulan-Ude Aviation plant to commercial operator UTair, three years after the order was placed by its fellow Russian company.
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NewsSikorsky X2 hits 250kt goal
Sikorsky has achieved its ultimate goal of flying the X2 hybrid helicopter demonstrator at 250kt in level flight. Though not an official record, the...
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Business Aviation - In Brief
ExecuJet Europe has opened a newly refurbished customer lounge at its Zurich fixed-base operation that provides direct access to the private ramp
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AVWest swells charter fleet as demand soars
Australian charter services and fixed-base operator AVWest is planning to add a further two to four aircraft to its fleet in the medium term beyond the four recently ordered Bombardier Global Express XRS.
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Finnish border guard takes first AW119Ke
AgustaWestland has delivered the first of four AW119Ke helicopters to the Finnish border guard.
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AW139 wins icing approval
AgustaWestland's AW139 medium twin-engined helicopter has become the first aircraft in its category to be certificated to fly in known icing conditions following...
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Business Aviation in brief
BAE Systems has won an exclusive mandate from aviation management group SETE Aviation of Switzerland to remarket a Boeing 767-300ER widebody previously in service with Swiss operator Privatair