Thierry Dubois is a freelance writer specializing in helicopters, business aviation and aerospace technology. He earned a degree in fluid dynamics from an engineering school in Toulouse, France in the mid-1990s. At an unexpected crossroads, he found his first job in journalism. In 1997, he started working for French aerospace weekly Air &amp; Cosmos in Paris. This lasted until 2000, when he moved south to Lyons. He then became a freelancer, working for various aerospace publications and has been part of the AIN team since late 2000. In addition to writing about business aviation, Thierry shares responsibility for the rotorcraft section. He also is a regular on-site writer for AIN’s daily editions at international airshows such as the Paris, Farnborough, Dubai and Singapore shows, as well as at EBACE in Geneva.
In 2007, he won the Honeywell award for “Best systems or technology submission” at the Aerospace journalist of the year awards. In 2013, he won an Aerospace Media Award for the "Best Safety, Training &amp; Simulation Submission."
In other activities, Thierry moderates international conferences on aviation technology topics. Thierry is married and has three children, who seem to begin enjoying the mountains–as their parents do.

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There are good times ahead for helicopter manufacturers, if the latest market forecasts are anything to go by. Forecast International recently projected sales of more than 14,000 helicopters worth some $30 billion in the next decade. If this year’s Heli-Expo is anything like last year’s–where sales tallies exceeded $730 million–the manufacturers will have to contend with backlogs that extend even farther into the future. Most of the major OEMs have some kind of new rotorcraft under development, and more announcements are being made here.

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New Rotorcraft

There are good times ahead for helicopter manufacturers, if the latest market forecasts are anything to go by.

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