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Wireless Aircraft Weighing from Vishay

California firm Vishay Intertechnology (Booth No.

Standard Aero boosts R-R 250 support

Standard Aero (Booth No.

AgustaWestland sales top $163M

AgustaWestland kicked off what is expected to be a bonanza of sales activity this week by announcing contracts for new helicopters worth an estimated $163

Bell explains reasons behind decision to drop four models

At a press conference yesterday here at Heli-Expo, Bell Helicopter executive vice president of customer solutions Mike Blake further explained the Fort Wor

Criminal probe into Silver State collapse likely

As more students come forward to say they believe they were swindled by the country’s biggest civil helicopter flight school, attorney general offices in s

CHC sells for $3.7 billion

CHC Helicopter Corp., the world’s largest provider of helicopter services to the offshore oil and gas industry, is to be sold for $3.7 billion in what comp
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FLIR Intros Low-Cost EVS Sensor

Wilson, Ore.-based FLIR Systems bills its EVS3 as a “compact thermal imager built for the general aviation industry.” A company representative said t

Honeywell’s Observer III tracker coming to the U.S.

After acquiring Skyforce, a small UK-based avionics company, in 1998, AlliedSignal (now Honeywell) focused on the European market for the helicopter missio

FSI’s Second S-92 Sim Gets Papers

FlightSafety International announced that its second full-flight simulator for the Sikorsky S-92 has been qualified to FAA and JAR level-D standards, follo

Aviall, PHI Collaborate on Parts Management

PHI has partnered with Aviall in an effort to improve the Lafayette, La.

Bell 429 qualifies for border dash to Texas

Sure, you can fly, but you can’t travel.

N.Y. to L.A. in 15 hours aboard A109S Grand

Northern Virginia businessman and helicopter owner-pilot Scott Kasprowicz, along with copilot Steve Sheik, broke the international New York-to-Los Angeles

BLR touts benefits of 212 fin mod

Flight testing of BLR Aerospace’s Bell 212 FastFin modification has demonstrated improved performance that will allow the 212 to carry more weight to highe

Air Methods appoints new COO

Aeromedical transport operator Air Methods (Booth No.
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MD Switches to Garmin Avionics

Buyers of new MD Helicopters MD 600N, MD 520N, MD 530F and MD 500E models will fly away with instrument panels full of Garmin avionics starting with purcha

AD warns AS 365 users of loose rotor head bolts

An airworthiness directive issued by the FAA on Thursday warns of tightening torque loss on the main-rotor-hub (MRH) to main-rotor-mast attachment bolts on

Simulator works its magic on R22, R44

Merlin Simulation (Booth No.

One lap of U.S. will take helos to Vietnam Wall Memorial Day

Helicopter rebuilding firm Overseas Aircraft Support (Static Display No.

Seven-year gestation for engine failure

A Eurocopter AS 350D that lost engine power during a sightseeing flight in January 2006 and suffered “substantial” damage during the landing had lost oil p

Lockheed, Agusta demo Merlin air-to-air fueling

The Lockheed Martin and AgustaWestland HH-71 team have successfully conducted aerial refueling tests involving a Royal Air Force AW101 Merlin Mk3 helicopte

Panalpina handles helo shipments for the long haul

Panalpina is showing a video at its Heli-Expo booth (No.

Piasecki passes on, but his pioneering work lives

Helicopter pioneer Frank Piasecki, who died two weeks ago at age 88, leaves behind a lasting legacy in the rotorcraft world.

Forecasts see helo demand close to OEM capacity

With a new generation of light single-engine helicopters on the horizon, continued strong demand for twins and aggressive fleet replacement plans worldwide

All the world is a stage

And with helicopters as the players, that stage can be just about anywhere big enough to plant a pair of skids and keep the rotors out of trouble.
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Enstrom riding a wave of demand from overseas buyers

Enstrom Helicopter recently delivered the first five-place 480B destined for Turkey to Istanbul-based Enstrom dealer Kaan Air.

AgustaWestland 109 makes grand entrance

Half a continent away from its builder’s growing U.S.
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Electric horizon for Robinson R22, R44

Robinson Helicopter (Booth No.