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MarathonNorco Aerospace (Booth No. 2738) has its latest products on display. The 30-year-old Waco, Texas-based company specializes in a “total solution” to all aircraft power needs, including ground support, APU starting, emergency power and battery maintenance. The company traces it roots back to 1923 when Marathon Battery was incorporated. Today, MarathonNorco is one of a number of aviation more

Aviation consultancy Conklin & de Decker Aviation Information is marking its 25th anniversary at Heli-Expo by donating $2,500 to the Helicopter Foundation International (HFI) scholarship fund.

“This is a great opportunity for us to give back to the industry, and we are excited to support the scholarship program at the Helicopter Foundation,” said Bill de Decker, president and co more

Appareo Systems (Booth No. 3128) is developing a variety of new flight data monitoring (FDM) systems for both aftermarket and OEM installations. The company has received STC approval for its Alerts Vision 1000 system on the Eurocopter AS350B1-3.

The lightweight device captures flight data, cockpit imagery and audio and was developed jointly with Eurocopter. The system weighs less than more

Cutting-edge research takes an enormous amount of time and while the BA609 tiltrotor still shows signs of life, it may end up a solely AgustaWestland project. Sikorsky’s X2 compound helicopter hasn’t broken any speed records, yet, but it remains a fascinating program. Bell/AgustaWestland
BA 609 Civil Tiltrotor
Now entering its 12th year of development, the Bell/Agusta BA609 p more

StandardAero believes the industry is emerging from “one of the most challenging markets in the history of general aviation” and is bringing that optimism and confidence to Heli-Expo 2010.

The Tempe, Ariz.-based company (Booth No. 1507) has been servicing Rolls-Royce 250 engines and accessories for more than 40 years and has six MRO locations worldwide. “We weathered the storm and more

Several law enforcement agencies recently completed Night Flight Concepts’s (Booth No. 1024) “Turn Green, Turn-Key” night-vision-goggle training. The agencies included the Atlanta Police Department and the Broward County (Fla.) Sheriff’s office for the MD 500E, and EC130 and EC135, respectively.

The Night Flight Concepts (NFC) training includes use of a virtual-terrain board (V more

Component Control Software Saves Time
Rotorcraft Leasing, a provider of helicopter services to the oil and gas industry, credits business-management software from Component Control for slashing inventory time and costs. San Diego-based Component Control (Booth No.1306) is at Heli-Expo to acquaint companies ranging from OEMs to FBOs and completion centers with its Quantum Cont more

SRT Helicopters (Booth No. 4239) of Bakersfield, Calif., provides helicopter training that ranges from private to flight instructor certificates, but it also has curriculums for much more specialized flight instruction in such areas as special operations, law enforcement, and crew and incident management that address real-life scenarios. It does this with instructors who are themselves current pro more