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At the end of last year, amid celebrations marking 40 years of flying police helicopters, the Hamburg police force took delivery of two new Eurocopter EC 1

The first Bell/Agusta BA609 tiltrotor made full conversion to airplane mode near Fort Worth, Texas, in late July.

After months of uncertainty, MD Helicopters (MDHI) has a new owner.

Helicopter Association International (HAI) president Roy Resavage is calling it a day, after seven-and-a-half years at the helm of the helicopter industry’

The FAA has conducted a review of accidents involving commercial emergency medical services (EMS) helicopters between January 1998 and December last year.

Helicopter Adventures has opened a new flight-training facility.

China Eastern General Aviation Corporation (EGAC) is to buy two Sikorsky S-76C+s to support oil support missions off northern China.

Bell has delivered the first of a six-aircraft LongRanger order to Gulf of Mexico operator Rotorcraft Leasing Company (RLC). The addition of the new

Are you back to full production yet? At the time of our acquisition, we needed to restart the production line and reignite the supply chain.

Since Lynn Tilton bought MD Helicopters last summer and installed herself as CEO, she has spoken about being on a mission.

When we last talked you estimated you were about one-third of the way along a journey to changing Bell’s culture and implementing new tools and techniqu

Having assumed total responsibility for the AB139, how do you plan to deal with the growing backlog of orders? First of all, to mark

Honeywell announced that its HTS900 turboshaft engine, yet to be certified, is already getting an upgrade.

It will come as no surprise to industry watchers that Eurocopter had another good year last year.

What is the current position regarding the U.S.

The S-92 had a good year, primarily offshore, but most recently in the search-and-rescue sector.

The U.S.

London’s metropolitan police force has ordered three new Eurocopter EC 145s to supplement, and one day replace, a pair of AS 355 Twin Stars.

American Eurocopter Flight Training Scholarship–Georgina Hunter-Jones, Whirly-Girl No.

Erickson Aircrane (Booth No.

AgustaWestland A109S Grand–The order book for this uprated 109 variant currently stands at almost 60.

A helicopter service connecting Manhattan with New York City airports is due to start in about two weeks.

Under the direction of a new parent company, private investment firm Patriarch Partners, MD Helicopters has made more changes to its senior executive team.

At noon today at the Eurocopter booth (No.

In the wake of buying out Bell’s 25-percent stake in the AB139 medium-twin helicopter, AgustaWestland has rebranded the fast-selling model as the AW139.

Eurocopter has now sold more than 500 EC 135s (nearly 90 of those ordered in 2005 alone) and 50 percent of those were destined for U.S.

Although one of the helicopters sharing the Eurocopter booth here in Dallas may look like a Russian attack aircraft, its true role is far less aggressive.<

The high price of oil means busy times for helicopter operators in northern Alberta, Canada, as the major oil companies such as Imperial Oil (ExxonMobil),

With 75,000 dead confirmed so far, relief efforts following October’s earthquake in Pakistan are moving into a new and more hazardous phase.

The Sikorsky S-92 and Agusta AB139 will be deployed on search-and-rescue (SAR) duties around the UK between next year and 2012.