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HAI urges immediate action from Congress on Gulf safety
September 29, 2006, 6:00 AM
February 27, 2006

There are more than 35,000 people living and working offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, supported by nearly 650 helicopters flying as many as 9,000 flights each day.

HAI Salute to Excellence Award Winners
September 29, 2006, 5:53 AM
February 27, 2006

    Aviation Maintenance Technical Award

HAI honors Katrina responders
September 29, 2006, 5:48 AM
February 27, 2006

In an unusual tribute for an unprecedented rescue mission, HAI has chosen to bestow the 2005 Igor I. Sikorsky Award for Humanitarian Service to all the companies, organizations and individuals who took part in the monumental rescue and relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Firm opts for livewire detector
September 29, 2006, 5:44 AM
February 27, 2006

Safe Flight Instrument Corp. of White Plains, N.Y., announced that Trans Helicopter Service of Paris plans to install its powerline detection system in a Eurocopter AS 355.

Honeywell to make T53 civil version for 210
September 29, 2006, 5:42 AM
February 27, 2006

Honeywell has chosen Heli-Expo’06 to announce plans to manufacture an FAA-certified 1,800-shp version of the military T53 turboshaft engine for the Bell 210.

On top of the world. officially
September 29, 2006, 5:38 AM
February 27, 2006
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Eurocopter test pilot Didier Delsalle (center) and president and CEO Fabrice Brégier (right) yesterday accepted the world record verification from Fédération Aéronautique Internationale representative Jacques Escaffe (left) for landing the first helicopter on top of Mount Everest (elevation 29,0

Italian manufacturer consolidates
September 29, 2006, 5:32 AM
February 27, 2006

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

FlightSafety’s latest simulator comes to you
September 29, 2006, 5:30 AM
February 27, 2006

FlightSafety International is demonstrating its new mobile graphical flight simulator LNV, a full-flight device that is software-configurable to any helicopter or fixed-wing model, at Heli-Expo’06 Booth No. 1699C.

Bond taps Super Pumas for North Sea SAR operations
September 29, 2006, 5:27 AM
February 27, 2006

Bond Offshore Helicopters will use two Super Pumas for dedicated 24-hour search and rescue (SAR) in support of BP’s North Sea exploration in UK waters.

This Bird Goes By Sea
September 29, 2006, 5:20 AM
February 27, 2006

Getting a giant helicopter like the Sikorsky S-61 from one continent to another offers a special challenge. Last year the helicopter shipping division of Panalpina had not one but five such tasks.

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