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Eurocopter and Russia’s UTair strengthen EC 175 partnership

Russian air transport giant UTair Aviation (Booth No.

HAI members elect new board members

Ballots for the election of three new board members were available at the HAI Annual Membership Breakfast and Meeting yesterday morning.

Diverse missions make helicopters indispensible

The diversity of the helicopter industry would appear to be its saving grace as the global economic downturn continues to affect just about every other ind

Fixed-wing flight school adds its first helicopter

A Sikorsky Aircraft S-300CBi slated for delivery to Olive Branch, Miss.-based AirVenture Flight Center is on display here at Heli-Expo’09 (Booth No.

Sikorsky honors L.A. County’s bravest

Sikorsky Aircraft recognized the Los Angeles County Fire Department on Sunday morning for its dedication to “saving lives and protecting the property of Ca

ATEC Ccmpletes technology design review

The Honeywell/Pratt & Whitney joint-venture Advanced Turbine Engine Co.

Alaska’s Temsco picks latitude Satcom

Temsco Helicopters, one of Alaska’s largest operators, has chosen British Columbia-based Latitude Technologies (Booth No.

Hillsboro Aviation reports record sales

Helicopter sales and services company Hillsboro Aviation (Booth No.

Military helos to top $88B through 2018

Forecast International is predicting an $88.1 billion market for medium/heavy (15,000 pounds and up) military rotorcraft between now and 2018.

SFAA certifies Era Trainer to Level 6

Lake Charles, La.-based Era Training Center received FAA Part 60 Level 6 qualification for its AS 350B2 flight simulator training device (FSTD).

ASU Helps the Irish see green

Aviation Specialties Unlimited (Booth No.

Eurocopter building Aberdeen center

Eurocopter is building a new service and training center to service its North Sea offshore energy clients in Scotland.

Heli-Lynx 355FX tops 5,000 hours

A Heli-Lynx-modified Eurocopter AS 355FX2R recently passed 5,000 hours time in service with the Special Anti-Crime Unit of Trinidad and Tobago.  The H

FAASA named AW119 service center

AgustaWestland has named FAASA Aviación of Spain as an authorized service center for AW119 helicopters.

Heavy lifter prototype finds a home in the UK

The largest helicopter ever built by a Western manufacturer and the world’s largest tandem-rotor helicopter never flew, but it dominated the outdoor collec

BBA touts its engine overhauls

BBA Aviation and its engine repair and overhaul (ERO) companies are at Booth No.

L-3 Lands Army order for standby units

L-3 Avionics is at Booth No.

Bell 407 suspension system makes debut

Onboard Systems (Booth No.

FDC Filter for S-76 gains EASA approval

Filtration Development Corporation (FDC), provider of inlet barrier filters for a variety of civil and military helicopters, has received EASA approval for

Shadin won’t leave pilots in the dark

As the use of night-vision goggles (NVG) becomes more prevalent, especially in EMS helicopter operations, the issue of cockpit instrument viewability is as

Group seeking standards for helicopter flight trainers

By next year, the Helicopter-International Working Group (H-IWG) plans to submit to ICAO a framework for a set of international criteria for the classifica

International buyers give Enstrom a boost

Enstrom Helicopter, which saw 12 of its 20 deliveries last year go to customers outside the U.S., is seeing a continuation of the trend in 2009. The

Northwest develops composite Bell blades

Northwest Helicopters (Booth No.

Former Bell CEO Joins Sim makers’ board

Former Bell Helicopter CEO Terry Stinson has joined the board of directors of Fidelity Flight Simulation.

Where’s your machine? Guardian knows

Guardian Trax Mobile, a mobile phone and PDA-based application for receiving position data from aircraft with Guardian Skytrax flight-following devices abo