Content Archive: September 2006

US Helicopter Boosts s-76 Fleet

US Helicopter, the operator due to launch a scheduled service linking Manhattan heliports with New York City airports (see yesterday’s edition of HAI C

It’s a golden year for Helikopter Service

Norway’s Helikopter Service, now part of CHC Europe, a division of CHC Helicopter Corp.

Columbia: 1.2M hours

GE Aircraft Engines recognized Columbia Helicopters for achieving 1.2 million flight hours on CT58 engines with a presentation in the GE booth (No.

Pilots More at Risk of Getting Cataracts

Commercial pilots are at a higher risk than the general public of developing cataracts because of exposure to cosmic rays while aloft, a study concluded.

Enstrom seeks growth capital

Enstrom Helicopter Corp.
Charter & Fractional

Charter Consumer Guide Available

NBAA released the “Aircraft Charter Consumer Guide,” intended to provide charter users with a means for locating and evaluating charter operators.
Accidents

10 Days, One Airport, Two Fatal Crashes

All four people in a Cessna Conquest I died August 13 when their aircraft crashed about three miles south of Centennial Airport in Colorado.

Raytheon Aircraft Avoids Strike

Machinists at Raytheon Aircraft in Wichita are working under a new contract after failing last month to marshal enough votes for a strike.
Airports

DCA access rules go into effect

Rules that enable qualified general aviation operators to resume flights into and out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) went into effect l
Charter & Fractional

Flight Options Expands 75/25 Program

Fractional operator Flight Options expanded its 75/25 program to include the Citation X and Embraer Legacy, in addition to the Hawker 400XP and 800XP.