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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.
Rotorcraft

Helicopter Operators Bristow and Era To Merge

Offshore helicopter companies Bristow and Era will combine to form a new company with $1.5 billion in annual revenues.
Aircraft

Eviation's Electric Alice Aircraft Catches Fire During Ground Tests

The extent of damage from the fire on Eviation's Alice electric aircraft is not yet known, or how the incident may delay planned flight testing.
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Accidents

Coulson C130 Waterbomber Down in Australia

All three crew aboard a Coulson Aviation USA C130 waterbomber were killed.
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Rotorcraft

Bell Builds Urban Air Mobility Smart City

Bell is demonstrating how a modern city could adopt urban air mobility vehicles safely and efficiently.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Drones Used To Track Cargo Trailers at Danish Ports

Using drones to identify cargo trailers significantly reduces CO2 emissions, manpower, and costs.
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Rotorcraft

Metro Aviation Thrives in a Tough Environment

The helicopter emergency services provider, which has clients nationwide, also completes about 35 aircraft per year and trains pilots and technicians.
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Rotorcraft

R22 Converted To Long-Range Drone

Unmanned systems developer UAVOS has converted a Robinson R-22 helicopter into a long-range drone.
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FutureFlight

Fire Damages Eviation's First Alice Prototype During Ground Testing

The fire on the Alice electric aircraft is believed to have started due to a fault in a ground-based power system.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Clone of Sustaining Military Aircraft in Southeast Asia

Customers in tropical environments require different care to keep their aircraft flying, and Boeing is working to accommodate them.
Airlines

Airlines Move To Adjust Schedules Amid Virus Scare

Wuhan International Airport saw more than 400 scheduled flights canceled on Thursday.
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Rotorcraft

Aircraft Tug Maker Debuts First Helicopter Unit

AC Air Technology is making its Heli-Expo Debut with its first product aimed at the rotorcraft market.
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Aircraft

First Indian BrahMos Squadron Commissioned

Based in southern India, No. 222 Squadron now operates the Su-30MKI with the BrahMos supersonic surface attack weapon.
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Aircraft

Analysts: Bombardier's Bizjet Unit Could Be Sold

Business aviation analysts Brian Foley and Rolland Vincent believe financial woes at Bombardier could lead to the sale of its business jet division.
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