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Eurocopter expands U.S. market investment

With the arrival of its new CEO, American Eurocopter also revealed that it is expanding its “footprint” in the U.S.
FBOs

Executive Fliteways asking, 'What downturn?'

With 13 aircraft in its stable, Executive Fliteways at Long Island McArthur Airport (ISP) in Islip, N.Y.
Security

News Note: U.S. Border Patrol begins using helos

When you think about the U.S.
FBOs

Flying cloud expansion hearings this month

Minnesota’s Flying Cloud Airport (FCM) is holding hearings this month concerning runway expansion and a project to build new hangars on the airport’s south
Rotorcraft

Rotorcraft Update: U.S. corporate helo hit by ground fire

A helicopter owned and operated by U.S.
FBOs

San Francisco grapples with expansion plans

While New York La Guardia Airport (LGA) has been hogging all the airline-delay headlines, San Francisco is equally concerned that its international airport
FBOs

FAA holds informal meetings on ACK airspace

On August 20 and 21 the FAA held meetings at Barnstable Municipal Airport (HYA), in Hyannis, Mass., and Nantucket (Mass.) High School, respectively, to dis
Accidents

Rotorcraft Update: Beloved French baker killed in helo crash

French baking baron Lionel Poilane was killed November 7 when the Agusta 109C he was piloting crashed into the sea off Brittany, France’s northwestern coas
FBOs

Dulles organization touts proactive study

A Washington Airports Task Force (WATF) survey last November showed that 90 percent of residents living close to Washington Dulles Airport (IAD) are regula
Rotorcraft

Rotorcraft Update: Aeromed pioneer passes on

Ellsworth “Dutch” Kuhlman, the hospital executive who in 1972 founded the Flight for Life medical airlift program at Denver’s St.
FBOs

ASOS station info can lag up to 2 minutes

Automated surface observation systems (ASOS) at airports without certified live weather observers have been a boon to pilots, but the information they disp
FBOs

Massport pushes Genav parkington to north ramp

At the request of airport authority Massport, Signature at Boston Logan Airport (BOS) relocated its aircraft parking area on August 10 from the south end o
Safety

Rotorcraft Update: Emergency AD grounds Bell 407 fleet

Once again, an emergency AD (No.
Accidents

Helo air-tour crash was fourth fatal for Papillon

The fatal crash of an Aerospatiale AS 350 at the Grand Canyon on August 10 was the fourth fatal accident of a Papillon Helicopters tour flight since Septem
Rotorcraft

Rotorcraft Update: Tltrotor flight-test proceeding satisfactorily

A pair of Bell Boeing MV-22 tiltrotor transports have joined the remedial developmental flight-test program that’s hoped to get the cause of tiltrotor oper
Accidents

In-depth exam of aeromed accidents yields results

Last month’s annual meeting of the Association of Air Medical Services was its usual low-key success as some 2,500 aeromedical professionals, a record numb
Rotorcraft

U.S. Army sold on the benefits of pilot airbags

Most aviators feel pretty secure when ensconced in that expensive, fleece-covered, form-fitted cockpit seat, their bodies held firmly in place by a five-po
Rotorcraft

NASCAR needs helos to move

The men and women who race cars on the Nascar circuit are addicts.
Avionics

Cellphones may soon be approved for in-flight use

Passengers flying on the company jet may soon be allowed to use their personal cellphones to make and receive calls.AirCell reports it is in th

Congress allots FAA twice the loran money it sought

Every spring the federal government departments must submit to Congress their proposed spending estimates for inclusion in the President’s budget for the n
ATC

Avionics shops adjust to persistent downturn

In a down economy it usually makes sense to focus on the finer details of running a business.
Rotorcraft

Pilot Report: EC 130B4

In aviation, like most other industries, success breeds regulation.

Anxieties over LAAS decision mount

At press time, bidders for the FAA’s Cat I local-area augmentation system (LAAS) ground station contract were awaiting a statement from the agency as to wh
ATC

Will avionics makers be ready for inauguration of IFR WAAS?

The recent successful completion of a 60-day continuous performance test of the FAA’s wide-area augmentation system (WAAS) is expected to clear the way for
Avionics

E-charts’ acceptance is growing, even by FAA

As the FAA continues to wrestle with the issue of whether to allow portable electronic devices to be used for viewing approach charts during commercial IFR
Avionics

Avionics Update: Gulfstream selects Honeywell avionics systems for G300, G500

Honeywell will supply the integrated avionics systems for Gulfstream’s newest business jets, the G300 and G500.
Avionics

After four years, opinions are mixed on Nav Canada-led ATC

Now halfway into its fifth year of operation as the world’s first fully privatized provider of air navigation services, Nav Canada today finds itself laude
Avionics

Avionics Update: Eurocontrol delays upgraded mode-S implementation

Eurocontrol has decided to delay by two years the deadline for operators to install upgraded mode-S equipment to meet the agency’s so-called elementary sur

Avionics Update: Inmarsat sale down to three bidders

Inmarsat, the main satellite communications provider to civil aviation, maritime and land-mobile users, has been placed on the sales block after the compan