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Helipro sets April date for first flight of Offshore S-61 Short
Helipro is nearing completion of its first S-61 "Short" conversion for the offshore market, and aims to fly the helicopter for the first time in April. The Offshore S-61 Short, as its name suggests, is a modified version of the original Sikorsky S-61N with a 1.23m fuselage plug removed ...
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Passenger business up - Sikorsky
Paul Derby The rate at which new helicopters are being delivered indicates an upturn in scheduled passenger business, says Michael Moran, Sikorsky's Director of Commercial Programmes. Moran says almost 300,000 revenue passengers now fly in Sikorsky aircraft every year, a trend reinforced during the last 12 months with ...
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Upgraded Explorer is cleared for flight with one engine out
Boeing's MD902 Explorer was certificated to Category A standards on 11 February by the US Federal Aviation Administration, allowing the aircraft to continue flight after failure of an engine, even during take-off. The helicopter is an upgraded version of the initial MD900 Explorer, with more powerful Pratt & Whitney ...
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Sikorsky to fly on emergency medical missions in Mexico
Paul Derby Emergency medical missions in Mexico will receive a shot in the arm when Air Ambulance America takes delivery of four new Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopters. The organisation, which provides life-saving airborne aid to some of the most remote parts of the country, signed an agreement with Sikorsky this week. ...
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Dowty Aerospace wins Boeing component order
Dowty Aerospace, part of the UK-based TI Group, has won a multi-million dollar contract to supply high lift systems equipment for the new Boeing 767-400ER. Dowty Aerospace's Hydraulics and Actuation business will develop these components, which include trailing-edge rotary actuators and the leading edge offset gear boxes. Dowty ...
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Schweizer contract
Oxford Air Training School has placed an order for two Schweizer S300CB helicopters, bringing its total Schweizer fleet to six. The machines will be used by the UK company to provide ab initio pilot training. Source: Flight International
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Multimission craft
Julian Moxon/Marignane, FRANCECUTAWAY DRAWING/Giuseppe Picarella In bringing two new machines to the market in the space of two years, Eurocopter appears to have pulled off something of a coup. By any standards, the eight seat, twin engined EC135 and now the five seat EC120 Colibri single have both been very ...
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Coming on strongly
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Certification begins this quarter for Kamov's much delayed new Ka-226, which had its first flight on 4 September, 1997. Unusually, it was not really a test flight but a demonstration for Russia's Minister of Emergency Situations, Sergei Shoigu, whose new Ministry has provided the funding to bring the ...
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Tridair settles dispute with Bell
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES California-based helicopter conversion specialist Tridair Helicopters and Bell Helicopter Textron have settled a dispute over the alleged use of Tridair-developed data for Bell helicopters not covered by the 1993 licence agreement between the two companies. Under the settlement, the original licence deal will be amended to allow ...
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Workshop
-Air Jamaica has hired Pemco World Air Services to maintain its fleet of six Airbus A310-300s until the end of the year. The work will be carried out at Pemco's Dothan, Alabama, centre and will include D check heavy maintenance. -Field Aviation has received a contract from Air Ontario for ...
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Display success
BFGoodrich Avionics Systems' GH-3000 flat-panel electronic standby-instrument system has been certificated in the Gulfstream IV and V, Raytheon Hawker 800XP, and the Eurocopter AS365N2. Source: Flight International
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Air Methods equips
Air Methods of Colorado has received contracts from the UK's Police Aviation Services (PAS) and Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters in the USA for multi-function interiors for installation in Boeing MD Explorers. Source: Flight International
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Light twin, right price
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC When Bell introduced the Model 407 light single-turbine helicopter it was essentially competing with itself, or rather with the longevity of its popular Model 206 JetRanger/LongRanger family. With the new Model 427 light twin, the company is breaking new ground, and competing with helicopters from established manufacturers. ...
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Eurocopter delivers Super Puma for North Sea
Eurocopter has delivered an AS.332C-L1 Super Puma to British International Helicopters (BHI) at Aberdeen in Scotland. The machine, which has been converted to the stretched L1 configuration by Eurocopter, was originally built as a "C" model. The Super Puma is destined for offshore work in the North Sea oil support ...
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Sikorsky signs
Sikorsky has signed memoranda of co-operation with three Taiwanese manufacturers, as part of an offset agreement for S-70 helicopters. Chengfeng Machinery, Ta-Yih and Topkey will each be contracted to supply structural, landing-gear and lighting components. Source: Flight International
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Wayfarer grows
White Plains, New York-based Wayfarer Aviation has added a Gulfstream III business jet and SikorskyS-76 corporate helicopter to its managed-aircraft fleet. Source: Flight International
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Helibras sales up
Brazilian helicopter manufacturer Helibras sold 30 aircraft in 1997, worth real 50 million ($45 million), reports Gazeta Merchantil. Itajuba-based Helibras licence-assembles Eurocopter AS350/355s and AS365s and plans to introduce the EC120 light turbine-single and EC135 light twin to the Brazilian market by 1999. Source: Flight International
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PZL-Swidnik upgrades SW-4 prototype with flight-control system
Polish helicopter manufacturer PZL-Swidnik is fitting a hydraulic flight-control system from French manufacturer SAMM to its third SW-4 light-helicopter prototype. The four/five-seat helicopter, powered by a single 335kW (450shp) Allison 250-C20R/2 turboshaft has undergone 70h of flight testing since it was first flown on 26 October, 1996, and is ...
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Agusta power
Peter Gray/CASCINA COSTA DE SAMARATE Although it has been said before, the statement that "if it looks good, it flies good" certainly applies to the Agusta A109 - and particularly to the Power version. The outside shell has changed little since the first-prototype days of 1971, but as I ...
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Japan takes delivery of the first Colibri
The first Eurocopter EC120B Colibri light helicopter was delivered on 23 January to Japan's Nozaki, with Eurocopter claiming orders for "more than 100" aircraft in the 11 months since marketing began. USFederal Aviation Administration certification of the five-seat Colibri is imminent, the helicopter being one of the first cleared ...