HAI Convention News 2009

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Some EMS pilots flying with NVGs and EVS

Choices that air medical operators will make about investing limited resources in safety equipment are price-sensitive.

Program Update: Sikorsky S-76D first flight ushers start of year-long test program

Sikorsky’s S-76D, the latest S-76 medium twin variant, made its first flight February 7 at the company’s West Palm Beach, Fla.

Industry Insider: MD Helicopters

Lynn Tilton runs Patriarch Partners, a New York equity company that specializes in buying and turning around distressed companies.

Program update: P&WC pitches Sikorsky S-76D engine to other helicopter OEMs

Pratt & Whitney Canada’s new 1,000-shp-class PW210S turboshaft engine, which has been developed to power the Sikorsky S-76D and is on offer to other manufa

Industry Perspective: Bell helicopter

Last year, Bell Helicopter president and CEO Richard Millman surprised the helicopter world with the announcement that the company planned to shut down

Igor I. Sikorsky Award: Stranded rafters hitch a ride with Helitack

It was an unusual report that swiftly sent the Grand Canyon National Park Helitack–this year’s winner of the Igor I.

Eurocopter Golden-hour Award

Last April 18 was a warm and blustery day in Chicago.

Industry Perspective: Sikorsky

Buying activity on the corporate side of the market has come to an abrupt and unwelcome stop at Sikorsky in the last six months as companies seek to con

Sikorsky expands X2 envelope

Sikorsky Aircraft has completed the first round of flight tests of the new X2 demonstrator and is on target to reach 250 knots by year-end, according to Ji