Latest

All AIN news by date

Thommen spotlights redone Russian searchlight system

Revue Thommen, a Switzerland-based manufacturer of aircraft instruments, air-data systems and components, is at Booth No.

AgustaWestland boss presents positive outlook

AgustaWestland CEO Giuseppe Orsi offered a satisfactory look back at 2009, as well as a positive forecast, during a Heli-Expo press conference on Saturday

Bell 429 is first helo with MSG-3

“The Bell 429 is the first helicopter to have a maintenance program designed under MSG-3,” Neil Marshall, program director for the Bell 429 project, told <

Sikorsky escapes 2009 relatively unscathed

Speaking yesterday at Heli-Expo 2010, Sikorsky president Jeffrey Pino found looking in the rear-view mirror a fair indicator of what’s to come, and as he p

Museum seeks financing for Sikorsky S-58T

The Canadian Air & Space Museum of Toronto has launched a fundraising drive to acquire a Sikorsky S-58T with almost half a century of service in the U.

CAE adds Bell 412 simulators, inks training deal with Bell

CAE and Bell Helicopter announced here yesterday that Bell is providing aircraft systems and performance data and technical support for the Bell 412 traini

North American LZ Web site To Launch

The National EMS Pilots Association and Aerosafe Risk Management Group are launching www.lzcheck.com to increas

2009 a bumpy ride for MD Helicopters

Calling 2009 a “rough year,” MD Helicopters CEO Lynn Tilton admitted during a press conference yesterday at Heli-Expo that the company had fallen down on c

Rolls forecasting ‘robust’ helo growth

Turbine-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce predicted robust growth for the global helicopter market over the next decade at a Heli-Expo press conference yeste

Absolute Fire expands event-logging software

Absolute Fire Solutions (AFS) is introducing expanded versions of its FastTrack event-logging hardware platform and its PCTrac software at Heli-Expo 2010.<

VIH Signs for Pair of EC225 Twins

VIH Aviation Group (Booth No.

Simplex Wins Its Single Largest Order Ever

Simplex Manufacturing of Portland, Ore.

Aspen mounts new charge into helo retrofits

The trend toward “plug and play” replacement of legacy electromechanical instrumentation with electronic glass displays continues into the rotorcraft marke

HAI 2010 News Clips

Naaco’s ‘Mercury Mod’ Turns 15Naasco, the starter-generator MRO specialist, is celebrating the 15th anniversary of “Mercury Mod,” it

Sikorsky invests in future tech

Sikorsky Aircraft plans to invest $1 billion over the next 10 years in research and development to redefine the future of vertical flight, the Stratford, C

PartsBase unveils government research tool

PartsBase, an online marketplace for aviation parts, released its new government-research information tool at Heli-Expo 2010.With more than 90

Asia orders boost Enstrom business

Enstrom Helicopter (Booth No.

FSI’s EC135 sim to be online in 2010

FlightSafety International (Booth No.

Eurocopter retools, readies for biz upturn

At Eurocopter’s annual Heli-Expo breakfast press conference yesterday, CEO Lutz Bertling said the company is using the current economic downturn to retool

Avidyne EX600 displays weather and much more

Avidyne is touting its EX600 multifunction display (MFD) as a replacement for weather radar indicators in systems from Bendix, Bendix/King and Collins.

Dart hits bullseye with ‘copter service

Dart Helicopter Services, celebrating just its fifth anniversary this week at Heli-Expo, is weathering the recession and growing nicely, says CEO and manag

Inlet-barrier Filters Now for AW109 and EC135

Donaldson is introducing two new products to its line of helicopter inlet-barrier filters (IBF).
Rotorcraft

Donaldson filter system approved for Bell 430

“Even something as simple as sand ingestion can easily reduce an engine’s time between overhauls by 50 percent or more,” said Bob Stenberg, business develo

Golden Hour Award: Bering Sea rescue in bad weather saves injured crab catch crewman

A Coast Guard helicopter crew that performed a challenging rescue of an injured fisherman in the Bering Sea will be honored tonight with HAI’s Eurocopter G

Simplex delivers foam to the fire

Simplex Manufacturing of Portland, Ore.

Universal eyes larger rotary world presence

Universal Avionics Systems, long known primarily for innovation in fixed-wing flight management systems (FMS) and electronic displays, is in Houston this w

Edgy new blades ease Eurocopter noise footprint

New technology is a main focus of Eurocopter at Heli-Expo 2010.

Bell: tough times until 2012 uptick

Bell Helicopter CEO John Garrison told a press conference here yesterday that he did not expect an uptick in the company’s civil helicopter sales until 201

R66 hovers into Houston

The first flying turbine-powered Robinson helicopter arrived on Thursday at the George R.
Article image