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Factual Report: Firefighting helo crashes

BELL B206L-3, WHITERIVER, ARIZ., JULY 26, 2003–At 10:34 a.m.
Avionics

Gulfstream Orders $900K of IS&S RVSM Avionics

Gulfstream has ordered $900,000 worth of avionics from Exton, Pa.-based Innovative Solutions & Support, a maker of low-cost RVSM avionics for the retrofit
Avionics

FlightSafety Installs EVS in GV Simulator

The FAA has approved the enhanced vision system (EVS) recently installed in a Gulfstream V flight simulator at FlightSafety’s Savannah, Ga.
Avionics

Embraer Evaluates Spirent Handheld PC Aboard ERJ-145

The AvVantage electronic flight bag (EFB) from Spirent Systems recently completed a series of flight evaluations by Embraer in an ERJ-145 regional jet.
Avionics

AT&T Exiting Airborne Telephone Market

AT&T Wireless has sent letters to customers of Claircom air-to-ground telephony services, telling owners of the Claircom telephones it will no longer offer
Avionics

Cost of Maintaining Aging ATC Radars Concerns FAA

In the wake of September 11 the FAA has decided to shelve earlier plans to decommission the U.S.-wide network of ATC primary radar installations.
Avionics

WAAS Timeline Stretches Some More

The woes experienced by builders of the wide-area augmentation system (WAAS) are nothing new to those who have followed the development of the satellite-na
Avionics

Collins Demonstrates High-speed Satcom Datalink

Rockwell Collins is behind Honeywell and EMS Technologies in the race to bring high-speed data to the cockpit, but the company is still vying to make it a
Avionics

STCs unnecessary for some TAWS installations

In a welcomed shift in policy, business aircraft operators may now forego the STC process when installing class-B terrain awareness and warning systems (TA
ATC

An ATC remedy with side effects

One of the newest ATC techniques is multilateration, where several small unattended receiving stations are dispersed around an airport to monitor transpond
ATC

Aircraft Electronics Association Convention 2002

For any pilot who’s ever sat glued to the Weather Channel or logged onto a weather Web site to keep a watchful eye on a powerful cold front or line of thun
ATC

FAA’s hybrid GPS/loran tests backup capability

As part of its evaluation of loran as a potential backup to GPS, the FAA has contracted Rock-well Collins to build a combined GPS/loran variant of its stan
Rotorcraft

Helo Ops Unite To Block Housing Development

It’s the helicopter equivalent of the “man bites dog” story.
Rotorcraft

President Bush Gets Bumped from ‘Marine One’ Twice

It’s been 45 years since President Dwight Eisenhower became the first standing U.S.
Accidents

Russian Leader Killed in Crash

Alexander Lebed, a once-powerful Russian politician, was killed April 29 when the Russian-made Mil Mi-8 helicopter in which he and 19 others were traveling
Rotorcraft

Suit Claims Tiltrotor ‘Misrepresentation’

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Textron, accusing the Providence, R.I.
Rotorcraft

EH-101 Breaks American Sales Hegemony in Japan

Breaking into a market that has traditionally favored U.S.-made products, British defense systems builder GKN has aced a $1.5 billion helicopter deal with
Rotorcraft

Big Apple Cops To Get ‘Super-Copter’

New York City has been granted $9.8 million in federal funds to buy and equip a hybrid “super-copter” equipped for response to a variety of emergency situa
Rotorcraft

Offshore helo saves wayward ferry flier over North Sea

Sometimes all it takes is a reassuring voice on the radio and a heartfelt “follow me” to spell the difference between life and death in a tight aeronautica
Rotorcraft

Enhanced Schweizer delivered to launch customer

Just a few months after its official introduction at last winter’s HAI Heli-Expo, the Schweizer 300CBi, an enhanced version of Schweizer’s Model 300CB, is
Rotorcraft

Accident mars AB139 progress

Before suffering a fatal crash April 22, the joint Bell/Agusta AB139 helicopter was enjoying a notably trouble-free development program that was at times w
Rotorcraft

CHC Scotia workers prep for possible strike

North Sea oil and gas producers could be facing a summer of extreme discontent should a voting majority of union members at CHC Scotia have their way.
Rotorcraft

Strike curtails Norsk operations

After a government-appointed arbitrator stopped discussions on May 9, mechanics at Norwegian offshore operator Norsk Helikopter went on strike, curtailing
Security

NBAA: Balance Security and Economy

With the first hints that the Bush Administration is considering raiding the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) to help fund security-related expenses in 20
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: June 2002

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has raised its estimates of budget deficits.
FBOs

Carlisle Group stays pat on Piedmont Hawthorne

Carlisle Group, the investment house that owns the vast majority of stock in Piedmont Hawthorne, decided on March 1 to remove the for sale sign from its FB
FBOs

Jet Aviation opens Biggin Hill base

Establishing a foothold in the UK has long been a goal of Swiss-originated Jet Aviation, now with headquarters in West Palm Beach, Fla.
FBOs

Million Air SLC basks in glow of Wyvern OK

Last month Million Air Salt Lake City’s executive aircraft charter department received full approval from auditor Wyvern of Palmyra, N.J.
Airports

Good news and not so good news

If you’re selling fuel at Kissimmee (Fla.) Airport, you’ve got a reason to smile.