Rotorcraft

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

Latest

New York’s flying finest cope with post-Sept. 11 realities

More than a year later, southern Manhattan still seems scarred, incomplete; the variegated skyline stretching the length of the island seems an archite

Security

May 9, 2008

Pilot Report: EC 130B4

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

Rotorcraft

May 9, 2008

NASCAR needs helos to move

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

Rotorcraft

May 9, 2008

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

May 9, 2008

Videos

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

Accidents

May 9, 2008

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

Rotorcraft

May 9, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: Coast Guard goes for unmanned tiltrotor

The U.S.

Rotorcraft

May 9, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: Emergency AD grounds Bell 407 fleet

Once again, an emergency AD (No.

Safety

May 9, 2008

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.

Rotorcraft

May 9, 2008

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

Accidents

May 9, 2008

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

A helicopter owned and operated by U.S.

Rotorcraft

May 9, 2008

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

When you think about the U.S.

Security

May 9, 2008

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.

Rotorcraft

May 9, 2008

Delays stymie EC 145 entry into service in Europe & U.S.

The French Sécurité Civile (the state rescue arm) no longer has a defined entry-into-service schedule for its Eurocopter EC 145 twin-turbine helicopters.

Rotorcraft

May 9, 2008

PZL-Swidnik’s turbine single helo certified

More than a decade-and-a-half after PZL-Swidnik introduced it to the Western world in 1985, the Polish helicopter manufacturer’s Ecureuil-like SW-4 turbine

Rotorcraft

May 9, 2008

Top of the world

In a world in which one can, by means of a relatively inexpensive handheld GPS, determine one’s position within two feet, there just aren’t a lot of explor

Rotorcraft

May 9, 2008

PDG secures funding for expansion

UK rotorcraft charter operator PDG Helicopters is poised to expand through acquisition after sealing a new £7.5 million ($12 million) funding package.

Rotorcraft

May 9, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: Biggest Sikorsky ever proposed

Nobody beats the Russians when it comes to rotorcraft “bigness.” Mil unveiled the Mi-12 in 1971 and later hoisted a record-setting 44 tons to more than 7,0

Rotorcraft

May 8, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: Wrong place, wrong time, baby's fine

Most medevac helicopter missions are a race against time, and when the helicopter loses, it’s usually a time for sadness.

Rotorcraft

May 8, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: First EC 145 U.S. sales

American Eurocopter has sold its first EC 145 in the U.S., to the Lee County (Florida) division of public safety/EMS.

Rotorcraft

May 8, 2008

Rotorcraft

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

Latest

New York’s flying finest cope with post-Sept. 11 realities

More than a year later, southern Manhattan still seems scarred, incomplete; the variegated skyline stretching the length of the island seems an archite

Pilot Report: EC 130B4

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

NASCAR needs helos to move

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

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

Videos

More Articles

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 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

Rotorcraft Update: Coast Guard goes for unmanned tiltrotor

The U.S.

Rotorcraft Update: Emergency AD grounds Bell 407 fleet

Once again, an emergency AD (No.

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.

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

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

A helicopter owned and operated by U.S.

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

When you think about the U.S.

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.

Delays stymie EC 145 entry into service in Europe & U.S.

The French Sécurité Civile (the state rescue arm) no longer has a defined entry-into-service schedule for its Eurocopter EC 145 twin-turbine helicopters.

PZL-Swidnik’s turbine single helo certified

More than a decade-and-a-half after PZL-Swidnik introduced it to the Western world in 1985, the Polish helicopter manufacturer’s Ecureuil-like SW-4 turbine

Top of the world

In a world in which one can, by means of a relatively inexpensive handheld GPS, determine one’s position within two feet, there just aren’t a lot of explor

PDG secures funding for expansion

UK rotorcraft charter operator PDG Helicopters is poised to expand through acquisition after sealing a new £7.5 million ($12 million) funding package.

Rotorcraft Update: Biggest Sikorsky ever proposed

Nobody beats the Russians when it comes to rotorcraft “bigness.” Mil unveiled the Mi-12 in 1971 and later hoisted a record-setting 44 tons to more than 7,0

Rotorcraft Update: Wrong place, wrong time, baby's fine

Most medevac helicopter missions are a race against time, and when the helicopter loses, it’s usually a time for sadness.

Rotorcraft Update: First EC 145 U.S. sales

American Eurocopter has sold its first EC 145 in the U.S., to the Lee County (Florida) division of public safety/EMS.

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