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Standard Aero boosts R-R 250 support

Standard Aero (Booth No.

CHC sells for $3.7 billion

CHC Helicopter Corp., the world’s largest provider of helicopter services to the offshore oil and gas industry, is to be sold for $3.7 billion in what comp
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FSI’s Second S-92 Sim Gets Papers

FlightSafety International announced that its second full-flight simulator for the Sikorsky S-92 has been qualified to FAA and JAR level-D standards, follo

Aviall, PHI Collaborate on Parts Management

PHI has partnered with Aviall in an effort to improve the Lafayette, La.

Bell 429 qualifies for border dash to Texas

Sure, you can fly, but you can’t travel.

Air Methods appoints new COO

Aeromedical transport operator Air Methods (Booth No.
Rotorcraft

MD Switches to Garmin Avionics

Buyers of new MD Helicopters MD 600N, MD 520N, MD 530F and MD 500E models will fly away with instrument panels full of Garmin avionics starting with purcha

AD warns AS 365 users of loose rotor head bolts

An airworthiness directive issued by the FAA on Thursday warns of tightening torque loss on the main-rotor-hub (MRH) to main-rotor-mast attachment bolts on

One lap of U.S. will take helos to Vietnam Wall Memorial Day

Helicopter rebuilding firm Overseas Aircraft Support (Static Display No.

Lockheed, Agusta demo Merlin air-to-air fueling

The Lockheed Martin and AgustaWestland HH-71 team have successfully conducted aerial refueling tests involving a Royal Air Force AW101 Merlin Mk3 helicopte

All the world is a stage

And with helicopters as the players, that stage can be just about anywhere big enough to plant a pair of skids and keep the rotors out of trouble.
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Enstrom riding a wave of demand from overseas buyers

Enstrom Helicopter recently delivered the first five-place 480B destined for Turkey to Istanbul-based Enstrom dealer Kaan Air.

AgustaWestland 109 makes grand entrance

Half a continent away from its builder’s growing U.S.
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Electric horizon for Robinson R22, R44

Robinson Helicopter (Booth No.

Van Horn trumpeting composite blades

Van Horn Aviation (VHA) is showing a prototype of its new composite tail-rotor blade for Bell 206-series helicopters at its Heli-Expo’08 booth (No.
FBOs

Arcadia Aviation Acquires Second FBO

Arcadia Aviation, which is developing corporate aviation hangar facilities at Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport (MRB) in Martinsburg, W.Va., has acqui
Aircraft

Orders for Embraer E-Jets keep rolling in

Brazil’s Embraer announced an order here yesterday from U.S.
Aircraft

Honeywell scores three airline deals

Honeywell will leave Singapore with agreements to place its equipment on three Asia Pacific airlines’ airplanes.

Bell outlines progress on its key projects

Bell Helicopter announced upgrades for the in-service 206L LongRanger and the Model 407 and 412 during a press conference here Monday.
Aircraft

Cessna sees demand in Asia Pacific

Demand for aircraft in the Asia Pacific region has become increasingly diverse, to the delight of Cessna senior vice president of sales and marketing Roger

Singapore Segways on the Move

Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway personal transporter and a jet pilot himself, might have had the airshow venue in mind.
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Embraer airs its 20-yr expectations

Paced by China, commercial air traffic demand in the Asia Pacific region will grow faster than any other region in the world over the next 20 years, accord

B777 crash reveals fault in checklist

The UK air accidents investigation branch (AAIB) has issued a safety recommendation calling for Boeing to notify all 777 operators that they should change
Engines

EcoPower proves the value of clean engines

Pratt & Whitney expects to triple the number of engines it washes under its EcoPower program this year, claiming the fuel-saving cleaning process has b

Big Changes at Changi

An all-new show site awaited visitors to Singapore for this year’s event.
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Malaysian firm signs for an AW139

Malaysia’s YTL Corporation Berhad signed an order at the show for an AgustaWestland AW139 twin-turbine helicopter for VIP and corporate transport operation

AIN Editor on Camera

AINtv.com editorial director Charles Alcock cohosted Tuesday’s live CNBC broadcast from the Singapore Airshow.
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Aircraft

AirAsia Opts for Rockwell Collins Avionics

AirAsia has selected a suite of Rockwell Collins avionics for 60 new Airbus A320s, with options for 40 more.