Helicopters – Page 222
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Eurocopter seeks partner for tiltrotor
Julian Moxon/PARIS Eurocopter is seeking to develop a 15/20-seat civil tilt-rotor and says that it is now looking for European partners to invest in the project. The Franco/German company says that while the eight/nine-seat Bell BA609 civil tiltrotor "presents no direct competition in the short term", there is a need ...
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Samsung wins first order for licence-built Bell 427 helicopter
Seoul-based helicopter operator Heli Korea has placed the first firm order with Samsung for the Samsung-Bell SB427 eight-seat utility helicopter. Apart from this order for three aircraft, Samsung says that it has letters of intent (LoIs) covering 25 further potential sales, including five in China. Among possible Chinese customers ...
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Borgman for Sikorsky
Ex-McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems boss Dean Borgman has been appointed president and chief operating officer of Sikorsky Aircraft. Borgman will report to Eugene Buckley, Sikorsky's chairman and chief executive, who is to retire next year. Borgman retired in June from Boeing, where he was senior vice-president responsible for the company's ...
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New players open up jet ownership to untapped market
The US fractional ownership industry has added three new players to the line-up, each with the aim of filling a niche within this highly lucrative market. HeliFlight Shares of Fort Worth, Dallas, is the first US-based helicopter programme. The company has ordered two Bell 430 twin turbine helicopters which ...
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Bell fits NeoAV
Bell is to fit Rogerson Kratos' NeoAV flat-turbine integrated instrument display system as standard in its Model 427 light twin-turbine helicopter, deliveries of which are scheduled to begin in January. A NeoAV flat-panel electronic flight instrument system is available optionally. Source: Flight International
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Sikorsky picks Enovia
Sikorsky has selected IBM/ Dassault Systems' Enovia Product Manager as its company-wide system for bill-of-material and document management, using CATIA design tools. The first programme to use Enovia is the S-92 Helibus helicopter. Source: Flight International
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'Growing demand' for Colibri prompts production increase
Julian Moxon/PARIS Eurocopter is to step up production of its EC120 Colibri light helicopter from four to six aircraft a month by late December, reflecting a "growing worldwide demand" for the five-seat machine. The smallest and most recent helicopter in the Eurocopter range, the Colibri has won more than 100 ...
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IPTN wants overseas help for ailing N-250 turboprop project
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Indonesia's IPTN is approaching international aerospace manufacturers and banks simultaneously, seeking backing for the N-250 as government funding for the turboprop programme begins to dry up. The company has been forced to scrap plans to produce a fourth N-250 prototype, while assembly of the third (PA3) ...
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Oriental opening
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The concept of business aviation in Asia has been for many years a bit of a misnomer. A combination of infrastructural shortcomings, official hostility and user ignorance conspired to constrain severely the development of the executive aircraft market. Despite recent economic difficulties, there are encouraging indications that this ...
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Kaman warns K-MAX users on fuel pump failure
Kaman has alerted K-MAX operators that the first fatal crash of the external lift helicopter, in Germany early in September, may have been caused by a fuel pump failure. The company is meeting engine manufacturer AlliedSignal to decide what action should be taken. The single-seat, single-engined helicopter, operated by ...
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Maryland Eurocopter
The Maryland State Police in the USA is scheduled to take delivery of a Eurocopter AS365N3 Dauphin in April 1999. The twin turbine helicopter will be added to the aviation division's existing fleet of 11 AS365s. Source: Flight International
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Year end target is in sight for Roton launcher
Guy Norris/MOJAVE Rotary Rocket, the California-based company developing the low-cost Roton launcher, hopes to begin assembling the first atmospheric test vehicle (ATV) by year end. The timetable is dependent on the completion of Rotary's high bay building at Mojave, where final assembly will take place. It also depends ...
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GPS approach network completed for AirEvac
Development of a network of 19 global positioning system (GPS) instrument approaches has been completed for Tulsa, Oklahoma-based AirEvac, which operates an emergency medical service (EMS) Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopter. The helipad-to-helipad instrument flight rules (IFR) network serving hospitals in eastern Oklahoma was designed by Satellite Technology Implementa-tion (STI), the ...
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Heli Fly includes all MDC civil helicopters in takeover talks
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Belgian helicopter distributor Heli Fly has widened negotiations with Boeing to include the acquisition of the entire former McDonnell Douglas civil helicopter line-up. Heli Fly, which was originally negotiating to acquire just the MD902 Explorer line while Boeing sold the rest of the product line to Bell ...
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Agusta and Bell team on new programmes
Agusta and Bell Helicopter Textron are putting together a wide ranging strategic joint venture covering the two companies' involvement in the Bell 609 civil tiltrotor and a new medium twin-turbine transport helicopter called the Agusta 139. The joint venture, which still requires approval by parent companies Textron and Finmeccanica, ...
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Simulated hell
Peter Gray/FORT WORTH and WEST PALM BEACH It was a dark and stormy night. I was in the jump seat of a Sikorsky S-61N helicopter. We were in the cruise and all was well. Suddenly, all hell broke loose. One engine ran up quickly and went slightly over the ...
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Farnborough debut 'do or die'
Bell Helicopter Textron pulled out all the stops to make sure a production 427 light twin made its public debut at Farnborough, officials said at the show. "That's the importance we place on this airshow," says senior executive marketing director Jeff Pino. "Out of the 75 orders we have ...
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Purdy makes UK show debut
First-time exhibitor Purdy is already looking forward to appearing at the next Farnborough airshow. Sales representative Ray Bull persuaded the Anglo-American company to exhibit its range of machine components and aerospace transmissions for the first time. "I convinced them that if they want to get into Europe this is ...
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Hazard avoidance
The Swedish Civil Aviation Group (Hall 1, Stand B3) is showing an interesting add-on module for the Aero NAVItracker GPS navigation system. Of interest to helicopter pilots, the SAFEAIR module was developed for pilots flying at low-level, such as air ambulance flights and power-line inspectors. The technology uses GPS ...
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Gearbox overhaul
Michigan aviation manufacturer ACR Industries has received FAA approval for overhauls and repairs at turbine engine gearboxes, helicopter drive systems, tail rotor gearboxes, and gearing. Visit ACR Industries at Hall 2, Stand A34. Source: Flight Daily News