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East Asia buys S-76Cs
Macau-based helicopter operator East Asia Airlines has signed a contract for three 12-passenger Sikorsky S-76C helicopters for delivery late this year, replacing three eight-seat Bell 222s. The airline flew more than 40,000 passengers on its shuttle between Hong Kong and Macau during 1996. Source: Flight International
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Europe & the CIS
Compiled by John Christovassilis, Neil Remmer,Andrew Griffin and Gabrielle Villano The 1997 Flight International World Airline Directory lists airlines involved in scheduled services or those which offer significant charter services. Our selection criterion has been to list operators with one or more aircraft with more than 19 seats. Where justified ...
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Parts help
The Helicopter Association International (HAI) has cut the cost of listing spares on its electronic Helicopter Parts Search (HELPS) service, available through its Web site (www.rotor.com). Buyers can search through more than 120,000 parts listed by 40 suppliers and e-mail requests for quotes to vendors. Source: ...
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Eurocopter alerts operators to destroyed-aircraft risks
Eurocopter's US arm has introduced a service to advise customers when an aircraft is considered destroyed. The move addresses safety concerns when parts from destroyed aircraft are returned to service as replacements in other helicopters. American Eurocopter's fleet-notification system will advise customers and operators of the serial number ...
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TCAS for Bell 412
JetCorp of St Louis, Missouri, has received US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certification for the installation of AlliedSignal's CAS 66A traffic-alert collision-avoidance system (TCAS I) on a Bell 412 helicopter. The TCAS antennas were mounted on both the upper-transmission cowling and tail boom to avoid interference from the wirestrike ...
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The Americas
The 1997 Flight International World Airline Directory lists airlines involved in scheduled services or those which offer significant charter services. Our selection criterion has been to list operators with one or more aircraft with more than 19 seats. Where justified by significance of service or national-carrier status, airlines operating aircraft ...
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Cyprus Police acquires another Bell 412
The National Police Force of Cyprus has ordered a second Bell 412EP for delivery in May. The first 412 has been in service in Cyprus for eight years, and the police force will use the new machine for search-and-rescue and other law-enforcement activities. The helicopter will be customised with a ...
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Fairchild cools down Longbow Apache
FAIRCHILDCONTROLS is to supply the environmental-control system for the upgraded AH-64D Longbow Apache attack helicopter under a $73 million contract from McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems. Frederick, Maryland-based Fairchild will supply the Improved Environmental Control System, a distributed vapour-cycle cooling and heating unit consisting of two redundant systems with ...
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Litton smartens UH-60
Litton's Guidance and Control Systems division is to retrofit an initial four US National Guard Sikorsky UH-60A helicopters with cockpit smart multi-function displays (SMFDs). Woodland Hills, California-based Litton says that the SMFDs could be fitted to up to 83 more aircraft, with the aircraft reconfigured as UH-60Qs for battlefield medical- ...
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New skids from Dart
Canada-based Dart Aerospace has developed a new helicopter-skid design which is up to seven times stronger than the conventional unit, according to the company. The Round-I-Beam skidtube is strengthened with a central web which runs through the centre of the tube. The skidtube has been designed to fit several Bell ...
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Turbomeca approval
The Turboméca Arrius 2F turbo engine, used to power the Eurocopter EC120 light helicopter, was awarded French certification on 22 January. Source: Flight International
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Jetcorp supplementary
Fixed-base operator JetCorp of St Louis, Missouri, has received US Federal Aviation Authority supplemental type certification for its AlliedSignal CAS 66A traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system which has been installed on the Bell 412 twin-engined helicopter. Source: Flight International
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Lighter moments
DeVore Aviation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, has been granted a supplemental type certificate for its Tel-Tail vertical-tail and rotor floodlights on the Bell 407 and 430 helicopters. Source: Flight International
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Tuned in at Collins
The Rockwell-Collins RTU-4200 Radio Tuning Unit has been certificated for use on the Sikorsky S-76B twin-engined helicopter. Source: Flight International
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CIS reports worst-ever airline accident rate
A MASSIVE deterioration in freight airline safety in the CIS countries has given the region its worst fatal airline-accident rate in history, according to figures released by the Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK). Ten of the year's 13 fatal accidents involved CIS-registered freighters. MAK says that this gives a fatal-accident rate ...
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Turnkey Newscopter
Robinson Helicopter is to market a version of the four-seat R44 equipped with the FLIR Systems UltraMedia RS stabilised camera. The equipment, including a microwave link, will be fitted on the R44 production line. Source: Flight International
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Eurocopter kicks off 'Hummingbird' with Danish orders
Franco-German manufacturer Eurocopter has launched its EC120 light helicopter in the USA with the announcement of its first order, the setting up of a "new-look" customer-support organisation and a new name for the single-engined five-seater. Danish operator Unifly of Svendborg has ordered an EC120 as an addition to ...
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MDC revises MD600N certification plan
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS) is revising the entire certification plan for the MD600N, following a series of mishaps during high-velocity testing which have already caused more than a two-month delay in receiving approval. Certification is not now expected until late March at the earliest. Another MD600N has ...
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Bell selects Rogerson EFIS and IIDS as standard
Rogerson Aircraft's electronic flight-instrument system (EFIS) and Integrated Instrument Displays (IIDS) have been selected as standard fit by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada for all its current production twin helicopters until 2005. Valued at more than $150 million, the agreement is the largest single deal ever received by California-based ...
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Schweizer develops unmanned helicopter
US manufacturer Schweizer Aircraft and its Japanese distributor, Kawada Industries, have teamed to develop an unmanned derivative of the Schweizer 300 single-piston light helicopter. According to vice-president and assistant general manager of Kawada's aviation division, Tadahiro Kawada, the "RoboCopter 300" is "basically a standard Schweizer 300CB with three-axis-gyro ...