HAI Convention News 2007

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For Columbia, the gem is 50 years of rotor motion

Columbia Helicopters is celebrating two anniversaries and is honoring four employees here at Heli-Expo’07.

Bell pulls the plug on 417 program

After months of dodging questions about the status of the program, Bell Helicopter officials yesterday announced the company has canceled development of th

Helicopter industry hanging ‘help wanted’ signs

The helicopter industry as a whole is as healthy as it has ever been, at a time when the retirements of Vietnam-era pilots and mechanics are causing a shor

AgustaWestland’s Orsi bullish on new products and customer-support growth

AgustaWestland often is overshadowed by that “other” major European helicopter manufacturer, cross-continent rival Eurocopter.

NTSB proposes air-tour rules

On Tuesday, the NTSB issued a full dozen safety recommendations (A-07-18 to -29) to the FAA directed at air-tour operations, most of them specifically addr

Jet-Care to test USCG engine oils

Jet-Care International of Cedar Knolls, N.J., and its sister company Spectro of the UK and Switzerland, have won multi-year contracts to analyze engine oil

Iridium to complement airborne wx reporting

SkyTrac Systems of Kelowna, British Columbia, has won a contract from AirDat, a U.S.

An S-61 with a Past

Without doubt, Coulson’s most famous helicopter is S/N 61428.

The S-61 man with a plan

Revered as one of the most venerable and versatile helicopters in the history of vertical flight, the Sikorsky S-61 has served for nearly a half century ar