Rotorcraft

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

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Third AW609 Airborne, Will Soon Start Icing Trials

AC3 recently begun flight testing from the company's Philadelphia plant and will soon head to Michigan, for cold weather testing and icing trials.

February 9, 2017

Airbus Helicopters Dominates North American Market

Company delivered 60 new helicopters in North America in 2016, which equates to 50 percent of all rotorcraft deliveries in this region.

February 7, 2017

Luxaviation Launches Helicopter Management Company

It will have a presence in “key locations” in Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Caribbean, Europe, the Americas and the Middle East.

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February 6, 2017

Bristow Secures New Financing as Helo Ops Losses Widen

Company's oil and gas business "continues to operate along the economic bottom" in a "dynamic and prolonged downturn."

February 6, 2017

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Proposed Boston Helipad Ops Outlined

The city said it will own the helipad, not use federal funding to build it, determine who can and cannot use the pad and what the user fees will be.

February 2, 2017

U.S. Cabri G2 Fleet Growing Rapidly

The French helicopter manufacturer is experiencing rapid growth following U.S. certification in 2015.

February 2, 2017

Waypoint Sees Near-term Lift for Offshore Helo Market

Near-term outlook is now “optimistic, buoyed by OPEC’s announcement to cut production followed by non-OPEC producers vowing to do the same."

January 31, 2017

Robinson Readies To Deliver Its 12,000th Helicopter

The milestone aircraft—a turbine single R66, S/N 0763—will be delivered to Hover Dynamics, one of three long-time Robinson dealers in South Africa.

January 30, 2017

Airbus Helo Shipments Rise Despite 'Difficult Year'

Airbus Helicopters delivered 418 rotorcraft last year, a 5 percent increase over 2015.

January 30, 2017

Bell Commercial Deliveries Down, Orders Improve

Company is hopeful to resume flight testing of 525 Relentless shortly.

January 26, 2017

Flight Physiology Course To Be Held at Heli-Expo 2017

session will focus on the latest research and developments on topics that over the years have led to numerous helicopter accidents and pilot deaths.

January 24, 2017

Robinson Deliveries Down, but Hopes Are Up for 2017

While delivery numbers were down, the average unit price sold increased substantially thanks to customer-specified options.

January 19, 2017

Abu Dhabi's Falcon Aviation Launches AW169 Offshore Service

Falcon Aviation will operate Leonardo's AW169 in support of Total's offshore oil and gas activities in the Arabian Gulf.

January 17, 2017

Helicopters Vulnerable to Laser Incidents

Helicopters are particularly vulnerable to these attacks.

January 12, 2017

North Sea Mishap Sparks More Scrutiny of Sikorsky S-92

Alert Service Bulletin from Sikorsky calls for a special one-time inspection of the tail rotor and bearing assemblies.

January 11, 2017

China Developing Homegrown 'Blue Whale' Tiltrotor

Unlike tiltrotors such the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey or Leonardo AW609, the "Blue Whale" is a quad proprotor design.

January 5, 2017

Helicopter Leasing Remains Attractive

With their longer lives and slower depreciation rates, helicopters are generally more attractive for leasing than airplanes.

December 31, 2016

Leonardo Assumes Ownership of Unmanned Helicopter Maker

The Italian industrial concern acquired the remaining 60 percent of shares in a joint venture that developed the SD-Hero unmanned helicopter.

December 27, 2016

HEMS Industry Getting Safer

The helicopter EMS industry is reducing the number of accidents and fatalities.

December 22, 2016

Bell 505 Wins Transport Canada Nod

Bell Holds More than 400 Letters of Intent from 505 customers.

December 21, 2016

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