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Hindustan Aeronautics claimed new helicopter high-altitude flying records last month, although it remains to be seen whether those records will be certifie

A Danish flight-test engineer has developed a camera nose mount for the EC 120 that, he says, is stronger and lighter than the only current alternative.

Development of AgustaWestland’s new A109S Grand is on schedule, with two test aircraft already achieving their performance targets, according to the Italia

Eurocopter wasn’t the only OEM to strike it rich with a multiple-ship order from the U.S.

The city of Hamburg, Germany, has accepted two new EC 135s for police duties.

Chinese operator COHC has ordered two Eurocopter AS 332L1 Super Pumas, with an option to acquire one EC 225 and an EC 155 B1.

American Eurocopter opened its manufacturing, assembly and customization plant in Columbus, Miss., in October.

You might call Heli-Expo 2005 a triumph for Bell/Agusta Aerospace and particularly for the AB139.

The award of the U.S.

Just two days before submitting its February 7 bid for the U.S.

Hickok & Associates of Orange Beach, Ala., has developed a network of 19 GPS approaches to hospitals in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for aeromedical operator

A British aerial filming business played a small part in last month’s successful landing of a European Space Agency probe on the surface of Saturn’s moon T

An Italian military tribunal has thrown out cowardice charges against four pilots who refused to fly in Iraq because of the poor state of their helicopters

The Eastern Region Helicopter Council has established a “fly neighborly” program that establishes guidelines for helicopter operators flying over the New Y

The industry gears up for its annual group hug, this year back in Las Vegas (March 15 to 17) against a backdrop of decent sales figures for new civil helic

A search-and-rescue crewman with the UK’s Bristow Helicopters claims he is being “unceremoniously dumped” from his job after the injuries he sustained over

Southwest Nebraska will receive its first-ever air ambulance in May–a Bell 407 operated by MedStar.

Bell 212, 412 and 412EP operators now have FAA STC approval to install Max-Viz’s EVS-1000 enhanced vision system.

Following the first Bell/Agusta AB139 delivery to Helilario, production is now ramping up to meet deliveries to international customers later this year.

Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia-based UTair is supporting South Africa’s summer aerial firefighting campaign, under a new contract awarded by the national forest f

The past 12 months have not been the most thrilling, it has to be said, for anyone on the lookout for new Western helicopters.

Frank Piasecki, president and founder of Piasecki Aircraft, has been awarded the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Lifetime Achievement Trophy.

Congratulations to “the Henry Ford of helicopters,” Frank Robinson, who was presented with the Howard Hughes Memorial Award at a reception in Los Angeles r

While U.S.

Although excessive rainfall and mudslides have hit Southern California hard this winter, near-record lows in rain and snowfall elsewhere in the west are in

The owner of London Battersea Heliport is seeking planning permission to build a hotel alongside it on the southern bank of the River Thames.

The government of the Netherlands has canceled a contract for eight high-gross-weight MD 902 Explorers.