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Simplex system snuffs out fires
September 28, 2006, 11:10 AM
February 26, 2006

Aviation equipment manufacturer Simplex Manufacturing is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, and is marking the occasion by commemorating another milestone, delivery of a Model 308 firefighting system for a Bell 407, to the Venezuelan power authority.

New team takes the field at MDHI
September 28, 2006, 11:07 AM
February 26, 2006

Under the direction of a new parent company, private investment firm Patriarch Partners, MD Helicopters has made more changes to its senior executive team. The company has named Peter Hokanson chief financial officer and acting CEO as the search for a permanent chief executive continues.

Spanish Marine Safety Agency Joins AW139 SAR Operators
September 28, 2006, 11:06 AM
February 26, 2006

Sasemar, the Spanish Marine Safety Agency, is the fifth government customer to order AgustaWestland’s AW139 medium-twin helicopter in search-and-rescue (SAR) configuration, like the one shown here.

Firms plan S-76 charters from Philly
September 28, 2006, 11:04 AM
February 26, 2006

Associated Aircraft Group (AAG) and Keystone Helicopter Corp. have joined forces to create an East Coast charter operation. Both companies are wholly owned subsidiaries of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., which recently acquired Keystone.

Precise Flight Receives STC for HID Beacon
September 28, 2006, 11:03 AM
February 26, 2006

Precise Flight (Booth No. 2030) of Bend, Ore., has gained STC approval for the company’s high-intensity-discharge (HID) Pulselite landing light for the Robinson R22 and R44.

Vancouver Island Helicopters Gets a Lift
September 28, 2006, 11:02 AM
February 26, 2006

Vancouver Island Helicopters has signed up for Aviall’s Logistics and Inventory Flight Team (Lift) helicopter support program, which the operator said is already proving its worth by helping reduce inventory and operating costs. Aviall (Booth No.

Sterling Breaks Ground on New Center
September 28, 2006, 10:57 AM
February 26, 2006

Sterling Helicopter (Booth No. 2635) has broken ground on a new maintenance facility in Croydon, Pa., the company announced. The 25,000-sq-ft hangar and maintenance site will serve helicopters ranging in size from the Bell 206 to the Agusta A139.

AMG Buys Flite Components
September 28, 2006, 10:55 AM
February 26, 2006

Aero Maintenance Group (AMG) announced it has acquired Dallas-based Flite Components Inc., an FAA-certified repair station with more than 50 years of experience in the repair, overhaul and distribution of rotable components for aircraft.

Flight Display intros helo moving map
September 28, 2006, 10:52 AM
February 26, 2006

At last, a moving-map display for helicopter passengers.

Alpharetta, Ga.-based Flight Display Systems approached the design of its new helicopter-specific moving map with some experience, according to the company.

Enstrom goes global
September 28, 2006, 10:50 AM
February 26, 2006

When HAI Convention News reported on Enstrom Helicopter at last year’s Heli-Expo, the Menominee, Mich. company, founded in 1959, was on the heels of losing a $75 million U.S. Department of Homeland Security competition.

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