Content Archive: October 2009
Rotorcraft
Eurocopter challenges Maryland RFP
American Eurocopter has lodged a protest concerning the Maryland State Police’s (MSP) request for proposal (RFP) to replace its fleet of 11 aging AS 365Ns.
Aircraft
Airbus Spools Up A380 Production
It might seem only months since Airbus launched the mighty A380-800, but the double-deck, quad-aisle superjumbo marked the second anniversary of its first
Accidents
Controversy surrounds S-61 crash investigation
The investigation into last year’s fatal crash of a 1965 Carson Helicopter Sikorsky S-61N is beginning to take on the tenor of a high-stakes suspense novel
Average Jet-A prices globally: November 2009
Average Jet-A prices globally: November 2009.
Aircraft
MJet’s Wing Decision Raises More Questions about Composites
Resorting to worn-out business-speak to describe the merits of any new aircraft program has become customary, but Trans States Holdings president Rick Leac
Rotorcraft
Manhattan operator halts service
New York’s only scheduled helicopter shuttle service is no more, at least for now.
Aircraft
Boeing Uses Delays to Fine-tune 787 Maintenance Plan
While no one at Boeing would dare admit to any level of satisfaction with six separate
Engines
Talk of Narrowbody Re-engine Prospects Intensifies
Now that Boeing and Airbus have made clear their lack of interest in introducing all-new narrowbody models before 2020, talk of any response by the industr
Aircraft
Boeing’s Optimism Belied 747-8 Problems
Boeing Commercial Airplanes faced some familiar scrutiny over the fidelity of its program timelines again this month, when, no more than six weeks after 74
Air France Receives its First Airbus A380
Air France today took delivery of its first Airbus A380, the 20th delivered by
