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Rotorcraft

HAI Renames Its Charitable Foundation

Helicopter Foundation International has been renamed as HAI Foundation, to more closely align its ties to parent HAI.
Rotorcraft

ITT Enidine Smooths the Ride for Helicopters

ITT has a legacy of providing expertise and innovative solutions for flight-critical rotorcraft applications designed to meet each customer's needs.
Rotorcraft

Twirly Birds To Host Member Meeting

International organization Twirly Birds invites members and interested parties to attend annual membership gathering.
Rotorcraft

Heli-Expo Hosts Aircraft Mx Safety Session

While safety events are provided for pilots, "This one is just for mechanics."
Accidents

Kobe Bryant Dead In S-76 Crash

Helicopter went down in overcast skies and heavy fog.
Rotorcraft

Axnes Wireless Intercoms Flying In More Aircraft

Axnes PNG wireless intercom system flying in Travis County’s (Texas) Star Flight fleet of Leonardo AW169s and CalFire’s Firehawks
Rotorcraft

Frasca Tapped for New Life Flight AATDs

Life Flight Network has selected Frasca to provide an advanced aviation training device (AATD) for its Bell 407 GXi helicopters.
Aircraft

Bell Revamps Nexus as Four-rotor eVTOL

Bell is moving full-speed-ahead on its Nexus electrically powered passenger-carrying urban air mobility vehicle.
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Aircraft

Boeing 777X Completes First Flight

The world’s biggest twin-engine airliner took to the air at 10:09 local time on Saturday following postponements on Thursday and Friday.
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Industry Takes Steps To Ease Pilot Shortage Pinch

Boeing's research highlights the shortage is particularly acute for the helicopter industry as airlines up the ante to draw experienced pilots.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Draganfly Develops New Drone Sensor Packages

UAV maker Draganfly has developed three new drone camera packages for agricultural research and environmental monitoring missions.
Rotorcraft

Airbus Helicopters Touts 50 Years of North American Operations

Airbus Helicopters places greater emphasis on customer service to retain a significant share of the U.S. commercial market and attract new customers.
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Avionics

EIT Avionics Matches FDR with Display Device

EIT's data recorder and Esaid display combine to add more safety to the Robinson R44.
Rotorcraft

Uniflight Touts Medical Configurations for Mercy Flight

MRO Uniflight completes configurations for Mercy Flight Buffalo’s three new Bell 429s.
Rotorcraft

Robinson Sees Off Year, Boosts Customer Service

While Robinson Helicopter saw its deliveries dip in 2019, the company has launched a new maintenance facility to tend to its more than 12,000 helicopters.
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Rotorcraft

Direct Helicopter Sees Transport Business Booming

Global rotorcraft transport specialist Direct Helicopter looks to build on a record 2019.
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Rotorcraft

Windfarm Support Boosts Offshore Helicopter Work

Windfarm support operations are providing a new source of offshore work for helicopters.
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Rotorcraft

Efficient Management of Rotorcraft Assets

Helicopters must be managed carefully to extract the optimal utility from these expensive assets.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Bell Joins Choctaw's UAS Integration Pilot Program

Bell will begin testing UAS systems on land belonging to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
Rotorcraft

Mecaer Highlights Magnificent Interior

Mecaer delivered a Magnificent interior retrofit for a utility-configured Bell 505.
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Rotorcraft

Aero Asset: Preowned Helo Sales Down, but Market Improving

Aero Asset found overall pre-owned sales of $444 million in 2019 had declined five percent from the previous year,
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FBOs

Synergy Flight Buys Facilities of Closed Rival FBO

Synergy Air is now the lone FBO at Central Illinois Regional Airport after the closing of local fixture Image Air
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Rotorcraft

Kopter Tests New Main Rotor Head, Blades on SH09

The main rotor configuration flight tests are confirming the roadmap for Kopter's SH09 light single-turbine.
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Safety

AINsight: Safety Differently, by Learning from the Good

A new approach to aviation safety includes studying what went right, not just what went wrong.
Airlines

LOT Polish Airlines Parent to Acquire Condor

The buy of the German leisure airline fits with Poland’s ambition to strengthen its position in the aviation market.
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier's Tianjin Center Receives EASA Mx Approvals

The approvals are for line and base maintenance on Global and Challenger jets and component approval for batteries and wheels.
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Aircraft

EASA Set To Publish Accepted Means of Compliance Proposals for eVTOL Certification

EASA proposals for accepted means of compliance will advance plans for rules under which new eVTOL aircraft will achieve type certification.
Airports

FMS Constraints Preempt Citation's TEB Approach

A pilot flying a Cessna Citation 560 to Teterboro Airport had to divert to Westchester County Airport due to flight management system limitations.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

AiRXOS, Syniverse Team On Secure Drone Communications

GE Aviation unit AiRXOS and Syniverse are working together to make in harder to hack drones .
Training and Workforce

SurePilot Developer Offers Free Online Assessments

The free assessments are part of Jupiter Aviation Technology's effort to continue development of SurePilot.