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Mark Huber is an aviation industry veteran who has worked in the flight training, aircraft sales, aircraft component, and airport development businesses. He has flight time in more than 50 different and diverse aircraft, including helicopters, aerobatic aircraft, vintage warbirds, jet fighters, business jets and turboprops, and transport-category aircraft. He has jumped out of several of these—on purpose—with a parachute. His defense and aviation journalism has been published in a variety of national and international periodicals.
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Rotorcraft
Saudis Pick Sikorsky
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior ordered 12 S-76D twins at Farnborough.
Rotorcraft
Saudis Pick Sikorsky
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior ordered 12 S-76D twins at Farnborough.
Rotorcraft
Air Medical for Sale
The investment firms that own the Air Medical Group, which includes helicopter EMS provider Air Evac Lifeteam, have hung a “for sale” sign on the enterpris
Rotorcraft
Sikorsky To Fly All-electric Helo
Sikorsky plans to fly an all-electric 300C training helicopter by year-end.
Rotorcraft
CHC Call for Papers
CHC Helicopter is inviting interested parties to submit papers for presentation at its 2011 Safety & Quality Summit addressing topics within the genera
Rotorcraft
HeliFlite Recapitalized
New Jersey Bell 430 and Sikorsky S-76B operator HeliFlite recently announced that investors made an equity infusion into the company in exchange for a 60-p
Rotorcraft
Bell ceases production of its 40-year-old JetRanger
Later this year Bell Helicopter will deliver its last JetRanger, a 206B3. According to a company spokeswoman, Bell decided “to stop production on the
Operators plan to wait and see on Santulli’s Milestone venture
Richard Santulli’s re-entry into the helicopter game drew mixed reaction from a variety of operators who spoke to AIN.
Rotorcraft
Robinson Helicopter founder-president retires
Frank Robinson feigned insult when asked about his possible retirement at a 2009 press conference.
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA Revokes Phoenix Heliparts’ 145 Certificate
Today the FAA revoked Phoenix Heliparts’ air agency certificate to operate as a Part 145 repair station, alleging that the Mesa, Ariz.
Rotorcraft
Heavy-lift Helos Critical To Gulf Restoration
Heavy-lift helicopters from private contractors and the military are continuing to play a critical role in restoring the Gulf of Mexico's ecosystem in the
Rotorcraft
Frank Robinson Retires, Son Kurt Takes Over
Frank Robinson, 80, has retired from the iconic helicopter company he founded in 1973, just weeks before the company expects to receive certification of it
FBOs
Wisconsin FBO readies for airlift
A small Wisconsin FBO is gearing up for the arrival of as many as 1,200 business aircraft during this year’s PGA Championship, to be held August 12 to 15.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Boeing develops guidance for executive 787 completions
Boeing is deep into preparations for its first “green” 787 BBJ delivery in 2012 and is confident it can avoid the myriad early completion problems that pla
Rotorcraft
Unmanned helo flies with autonomous nav system
Piasecki Aircraft and Carnegie Mellon University have successfully flight tested a new navigation and sensor package on an unmanned Boeing AH-6 Little Bird
Rotorcraft
AAMS conducts inaugural safety academy
The Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) recently held its first Safety Management Transport Academy.
ATC
Operators skewer proposed Long Island VFR routing
Public comments about the FAA’s proposed mandatory helicopter routing over New York’s Long Island are overwhelmingly negative, according to the Eastern Reg
Rotorcraft
Sikorsky Takes Over LifePort
Sikorsky Aerospace Services last month announced the acquisition of LifePort and the simultaneous creation of an “accessories business segment.” The Woodla
Rotorcraft
New Avidyne MFD Installed in a Eurocopter
The First Avidyne EX600 multifunction display (MFD) has been mounted in a helicopter.
Rotorcraft
Two Mi-171s Delivered to UTair
Russia-based operator UTair took delivery of two Mi-171 heavy twins in late June, some three months ahead of schedule, according to Russian Helicopters.
Rotorcraft
Sikorsky To Offer ‘Visual’ Mx Learning
Sikorsky Aerospace Services last month signed a memorandum of understanding with Jacksonville, Fla.-based Job Performance Associates for the development of
Rotorcraft
Turbomeca Inaugurates New Plant
French president Nicolas Sarkozy in late June inaugurated Turbomeca’s new plant (named after company founder Joseph Szydlowski) in Bordes, near Pau i
ATC
FAA says Gulf TFR working
Helicopter traffic in the Gulf of Mexico has nearly doubled, to nearly 2,000 flights per day, since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded on April 20.
Aircraft
Extra 500 Composite Turboprop Single Resurrected
Extra Aircraft announced plans Friday to produce the dormant carbon-fiber-fuselage Extra 500 turboprop single in Montrose, Colo., for $1.65 million per cop
Aircraft
Klapmeier Confident of Kestrel Capitalization
Alan Klapmeier, the former chairman of Cirrus and new CEO of Kestrel Aircraft, told AIN yesterday at EAA AirVenture that the company still needs to raise a
Avionics
Breakthrough Unmanned Helo System Flies
Piasecki Aircraft and Carnegie Mellon University have successfully flight tested a new navigation and sensor package on an unmanned Boeing AH-6 Little Bird
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Long-haul truck seats could enhance helo ride
New Bose technology designed to dampen the road vibration translated into semi-truck cab seats could be applied to helicopters, according to at least one l
Finance, Taxes, Insurance
Repossessor advises banks against reclaiming aircraft
The nation’s foremost aircraft repossessor is counseling his bank and leasing company clients not to take back delinquent aircraft.
