Helicopters – Page 141
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NewsEASA cautions S-92A operators over Sikorsky letter
EASA today cautioned S-92A operators that a September alert issued by Sikorsky could be misconstrued.
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Mini recorder to boost Eurocopter single safety
Eurocopter is to make the Vision 1000 flight data monitoring system standard equipment on all AS350B2/B3 single-engined...
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Business: Good Week - Bad Week
PZL SWIDNIK The Polish helicopter maker signed a deal to make ceiling stressed plate and rear ramp subassemblies for AgustaWestland's AW101, with work on...
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NewsSearchers find Cougar S-92A fuselage, bodies in 120m water
Search teams have located the fuselage and detached tail boom of the Cougar Helicopters S-92A that crashed en route to oil fields off the coast of Newfoundland Thursday morning
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NewsOne confirmed dead in Cougar Helicopters Sikorsky S-92 downing
Newfoundland-based Cougar Helicopters has confirmed that one of 18 passengers on a company S-92 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean enroute to oil platforms this morning is dead.
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UK to acquire six EC135 helicopters for policing
The UK government is set to acquire six Eurocopter EC135 helicopters to...
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Crash prompts Sikorsky to issue S-76 caution
New, higher impact standards may have averted apparent...
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NewsAgustaWestland Da Vinci for Rega Code Red
AgustaWestland has unveiled a purpose-built version of its Grand light twin called the Da Vinci for the Swiss Rega air rescue operator.
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ExIm Bank broadens traditional aviation finance role
Increased requests for financing from airlines and lessors mean the US Ex-Im Bank is having to broaden its traditional role in aviation finance by providing...
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Sikorsky S-76D medium-twin helicopter makes first flight
Sikorsky flew its S-76D medium-twin helicopter for the first time in February from its West Palm Beach, Florida facility, three years after the airframer began development of the latest S-76 variant...
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Flying Honeywell’s Primus Epic for helicopters
Most of the basic questions asked by helicopter pilots are satisfied by Honeywell's integrated avionics platform
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Sikorksy to test active vibration control for S-92 rotor hub
Picking up vibrations The same technology that vibrates cell phones and is used to counter vibrations locally in helicopter cabins could soon be used...
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Extending HUMS to rotor systems
New research suggests that health and usage monitoring systems could be even more effective if it is applied to rotor systems
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Helicopter operators head for deeper waters
Despite the recent drop in oil demand, record requirements, coupled with decades of oil and gas extraction draining some reservoirs, is leading oil companies...
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Helicopter engineering skills shortage looms
While local training solutions will meet local shortages of aviation maintenance technicians, experts say a larger issue is looming - a worldwide slip in...
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NewsFast and low manoeuvring preceded McRae helicopter crash
Investigators state that the Eurocopter AS350B2 Squirrel helicopter which crashed in Scotland while being flown by former world rally champion Colin McRae...
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London airport helicopter transfer service launched
Business aviation services company PremiAir has launched a helicopter transfer service designed to transport passengers...
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NewsSikorsky flies S-76D
Sikorsky completed first flight of its S-76D medium twin helicopter from the company’s West Palm Beach facility on 7 February.
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Boeing considers "modest' delivery cuts in 2010
Boeing Commercial Airplanes has considered making production cuts in 2010 depending on how the market responds to worsening economic and financing trends.
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Learjet pilot praised after low-level evasion averts A109 mid-air
Irish investigators have praised the airmanship of a Bombardier Learjet 31A pilot whose swift reactions, immediately after lift-off, averted a mid-air collision...