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Airlift Takes First of Six Agustas
October 23, 2006, 12:22 PM
October 2005

Airlift Northwest, based in Seattle, has taken delivery of two A109 Power EMS helicopters, with four Agusta Grands to follow.

Spanish Operator Invests in Simulator
October 23, 2006, 12:18 PM
October 2005

Helicopteros del Sureste (HSE) has ordered a cueSim Bell 412 flight training device (FTD). The contract with UK manufacturer cueSim includes a comprehensive spares and support package.

Blind Landing in the Works
October 23, 2006, 12:14 PM
October 2005

A new landing-aid sensor under development in Australia may enable helicopters to land in conditions that cannot currently be attempted.

Bell Picks Chelton
October 23, 2006, 12:12 PM
October 2005

Bell Helicopter has selected Chelton Flight Systems to provide a synthetic-vision EFIS cockpit for the 407 program. The contract has a potential value of more than $100 million.

Corporates Take Care of Their Own
October 23, 2006, 12:07 PM
October 2005

Although the desperate situation in New Orleans has garnered most of the media attention, Hurricane Katrina cut a swath of destruction far to the north of the Gulf Coast.

HAI urges FAA to step up Gulf safety initiative
October 23, 2006, 12:04 PM
October 2005

The Helicopter Association International (HAI) has appealed to FAA Administrator Marion Blakey to further collaborate with the industry to improve communications and weather information for flight operations in the Gulf of Mexico.

Civil helicopters provide support to the Gulf Coast
October 23, 2006, 11:49 AM
October 2005

The TV news might have focused on the contributions of military rotary-wing aircraft– notably hoist-fitted UH-60 Black Hawks from the National Guard and Jayhawks from the U.S.

ERA warns of EASA's cash crunch
October 23, 2006, 11:37 AM
ERA 2005

Two years on from the creation of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the ERA remains worried about that new agency’s cash flow problems.

ERA Takes Direct Role in Sesame Project
October 23, 2006, 11:35 AM
ERA 2005

The European Regions Airline Association (ERA) will help manage the two-year definition phase of the Sesame Single European Sky implementation program as part of a consortium of companies and industry associations selected as preferred bidder by Eurocontrol.

Regional Traffic Recovery Climbs Higher
October 23, 2006, 11:34 AM
ERA 2005

Traffic recovery continued to accelerate during the first half of the year, according o the latest statistics from the ERA.

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