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ASU Helps the Irish see green

Aviation Specialties Unlimited (Booth No.

Eurocopter building Aberdeen center

Eurocopter is building a new service and training center to service its North Sea offshore energy clients in Scotland.

Heli-Lynx 355FX tops 5,000 hours

A Heli-Lynx-modified Eurocopter AS 355FX2R recently passed 5,000 hours time in service with the Special Anti-Crime Unit of Trinidad and Tobago.  The H

FAASA named AW119 service center

AgustaWestland has named FAASA Aviación of Spain as an authorized service center for AW119 helicopters.

Heavy lifter prototype finds a home in the UK

The largest helicopter ever built by a Western manufacturer and the world’s largest tandem-rotor helicopter never flew, but it dominated the outdoor collec

BBA touts its engine overhauls

BBA Aviation and its engine repair and overhaul (ERO) companies are at Booth No.

L-3 Lands Army order for standby units

L-3 Avionics is at Booth No.

Bell 407 suspension system makes debut

Onboard Systems (Booth No.

FDC Filter for S-76 gains EASA approval

Filtration Development Corporation (FDC), provider of inlet barrier filters for a variety of civil and military helicopters, has received EASA approval for

Shadin won’t leave pilots in the dark

As the use of night-vision goggles (NVG) becomes more prevalent, especially in EMS helicopter operations, the issue of cockpit instrument viewability is as

Group seeking standards for helicopter flight trainers

By next year, the Helicopter-International Working Group (H-IWG) plans to submit to ICAO a framework for a set of international criteria for the classifica

International buyers give Enstrom a boost

Enstrom Helicopter, which saw 12 of its 20 deliveries last year go to customers outside the U.S., is seeing a continuation of the trend in 2009. The

Northwest develops composite Bell blades

Northwest Helicopters (Booth No.

Former Bell CEO Joins Sim makers’ board

Former Bell Helicopter CEO Terry Stinson has joined the board of directors of Fidelity Flight Simulation.

Where’s your machine? Guardian knows

Guardian Trax Mobile, a mobile phone and PDA-based application for receiving position data from aircraft with Guardian Skytrax flight-following devices abo

Bell 206L skid tubes save 20 pounds

While a 20-pound weight saving may not seem like much, every pilot knows even a small reduction in aircraft weight can make a difference in performance.

Accord GPS receiver small, affordable

Accord Technology (Booth No.

Sentinel a single pilot’s best friend

Honeywell is at HeliExpo’09 with its Eurocopter AStar, which it uses to develop, test and demonstrate the company’s wide range of avionics for helicopters.

Industry perspective: AgustaWestland

Italian manufacturer AgustaWestland’s helicopters address what has become a sweet spot in today’s economy, the medium helicopter segment.

AeroDesign group powers growth at Ranger Rotor

While the aviation industry is facing tough economic times, Ranger Rotorcraft Group continues a program of expansion headlined by launch of a new engineeri

Dart adds 1,000 new helo accessories to its catalog

If the Dart Helicopter Services booth (No.

NTSB hearings only the start of broad HEMS safety review

At the conclusion of four days of National Transportation Safety Board public hearings on the safety of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) operat

Heli-Expo’09 defies gravity

As a wave of negative signs points to evidence of a prolonged economic downturn, perhaps the biggest surprise at the start of Heli-Expo’09 is how packed th

Bell 429 certification slips again

The projected certification date for Bell’s new 429 light twin has slipped again.

Carson S-61s get glass cockpits

Carson Helicopter Services, Sagem Avionics and Vector Aerospace will jointly celebrate a supplemental type certificate issued to Carson for a five-display

Van Horn Blade Enhances 206B

Van Horn Associates (Booth No, 2012) said it completed flight testing of a new composite carbon fiber spar and skin tail rotor blade for the Bell 206B earl

L-3 EVS certified for B206/407

Precise Flight of Bend, Ore., has received a supplemental type certificate for an L-3 Communications Iris infrared enhanced-vision system (EVS) and its own

A hot idea for RR 250 could cut fuel burn by 40%

Savings of up to 40 percent on jet fuel for the Rolls-Royce 250 turbine-engine family? That is the prospect offered by Frontline Aerospace, said company CE