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It will come as no surprise to industry watchers that Eurocopter had another good year last year.

Honeywell announced that its HTS900 turboshaft engine, yet to be certified, is already getting an upgrade.

Having assumed total responsibility for the AB139, how do you plan to deal with the growing backlog of orders?

First of all, to mark

Bell has delivered the first of a six-aircraft LongRanger order to Gulf of Mexico operator Rotorcraft Leasing Company (RLC).
The addition of the new

China Eastern General Aviation Corporation (EGAC) is to buy two Sikorsky S-76C+s to support oil support missions off northern China.

Helicopter Adventures has opened a new flight-training facility.

The FAA has conducted a review of accidents involving commercial emergency medical services (EMS) helicopters between January 1998 and December last year.

Helicopter Association International (HAI) president Roy Resavage is calling it a day, after seven-and-a-half years at the helm of the helicopter industry’

After months of uncertainty, MD Helicopters (MDHI) has a new owner.

The first Bell/Agusta BA609 tiltrotor made full conversion to airplane mode near Fort Worth, Texas, in late July.

At the end of last year, amid celebrations marking 40 years of flying police helicopters, the Hamburg police force took delivery of two new Eurocopter EC 1

American Eurocopter’s training center at Grand Prairie, Texas, has won FAA Part 141 approval to offer training on night vision goggles (NVGs).

Heli-Dyne Systems has sold a new Bell 206BIII JetRanger to Duke University for use as an environmental observation platform.

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The United Nations sprays a synthetic compound on its helicopter landing sites that apparently reduces the threat of “brown-outs” in dusty conditions.

Bristow Helicopters subsidiary Aviashelf has achieved the first certification of a HUMS (health and usage monitoring system) fitted to a Mil Mi-8, by the R

Heli-Invest of Poland has signed a deal with Eurocopter to carry out light maintenance on the EC 120 and EC 130, and to act as its customer services agent

Kaman Aerospace has launched the Firemax, a K-Max medium-lifter equipped with a 700-gallon fixed-tank aerial firefighting rig.

Canadian Helicopter (CHC) has won a new five-year contract, and possible extensions, to support Nexen Petroleum UK’s central and northern North Sea operati

Southampton, England-based business jet operator Club 328 has had to revise its plans in the past few months, particularly since its only source of Dornier