Sikorsky Australia plans to acquire Helitech's aerospace service and product support business in Brisbane. The move comes as parent Sikorsky prepares to compete for Australia's Air 9000 Helicopter Master Plan programme. Helitech's parent company will be renamed and continue to act as a representative for Bell, Bell/Agusta, Textron and the New Piper Aircraft company. The deal is expected to be closed by the third quarter of this year.
Source: Flight International
Airbus Helicopters has hit the latest speed goal for its Racer demonstrator, with the compound rotorcraft achieving 240kt (444km/h) in level flight earlier in the spring.
Preliminary information indicates that two of the 20 passengers on a De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter were seriously injured during a runway excursion in Tennessee. The aircraft had been engaged in skydiving operations at Tullahoma on 8 June. According to provisional data from the US FAA, the aircraft was taking ...
It’s been nearly 50 years since the Hughes YAH-64 prototype lifted off for the first time in September 1975 and Boeing is now looking at how to keep the iconic attack helicopter flying for another half-century.
