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Turbomeca’s high-altitude Ardiden gas turbine has made its first run in southwestern France.

Dundee, Scotland-born David Paris, 55, joined the Royal Navy in January 1967, for an eight-year hitch as a pilot.

Every customer who signed up for the 427 IFR model has swallowed the premium associated with upgrading to the bigger 429.

Bell says its new anti-torque system will offer directional control, reductions in main rotor speed and noise and higher cruise speeds–up to 170 knots.

Bell’s 429 IFR light twin caused quite a stir at its February launch.

India’s Dhruv medium twin has reportedly impressed state oil corporation ONGC, which manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) says has a pressing need for

Texas-based Sky Helicopters has opened new buildings at its Garland/DFW Heliport in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

A French Internet spare parts supplier claims to save customers up to 25 percent on their repair bills.

Robinson has handed over its 6,000th helicopter–an R44 Raven II–to a Canadian customer.

The Republic of Korea agreed to buy three S-92s to fulfill its presidential mission.

Enstrom has sold two helicopters, a turbine 480B and a piston 280FX, to Hanseo University in South Korea.

Bell/Agusta’s BA609 looks nothing like the finished article in the VMSIL.

Pietro Venanzi took the left seat in the BA609 during the tiltrotor’s return to flight status, at Bell’s XworX center near Fort Worth, Texas, on June 3.

BAE Systems in England has developed an active collective for helicopters that can be configured to provide infinitely variable levels of feedback to the p

At last month’s American Helicopter Society forum in Grapevine, Texas, several OEMs unveiled entirely new projects or reported major progress on projects u

The relaunched helicopter service between the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Gozo carried more than 500 passengers in its first month of operation.