Rotorcraft

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

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Sikorsky Takes X2 for a Spin

Sikorsky continues to inch toward flying its X2 technology demonstrator coaxial-compound helicopter for the first time at its R&D and test facility in Hors

Rotorcraft

May 22, 2008

Canadian researchers push technology barriers

Canada’s National Research Council has won a patent on “an active and adaptive rotor-blade control system called Smart Spring,” which is designed to reduce

Rotorcraft

May 21, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: New L.A. mayor expected to push for helo noise curfew

Now that former city attorney James Hahn has been elected mayor of Los Angeles, helicopter operators using Van Nuys (Calif.) Airport might be getting a lit

Rotorcraft

May 21, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: Boeing reveals yet another Chinook model

In a development that speaks volumes about the ongoing state of new helicopter technology development in America today, Boeing on July 12 revealed the 13th

Rotorcraft

May 21, 2008

Videos

Rotorcraft Update: Eight killed in South Korea S-76 crash

A Sikorsky S-76 hit an electrical tower near the port city of Chinhae, South Korea,  on July 5 and crashed into the sea, killing eight of the 12 peopl

Accidents

May 21, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: Airbags ordered for Army Black Hawks

Phoenix-based Simula has been awarded a $11.1 million contract for 490 front and side cockpit airbag shipsets for U.S.

Safety

May 21, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: Bad helo blades get father and son jail time

Bogus and illegally manufactured parts have long been a danger in aviation, but arrests and convictions of the peddlers are generally rare.

Rotorcraft

May 21, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: Rocky Mountain orders 10 EC 130s

In a move that will bring its total fleet to 95 rotorcraft, aeromedical transport giant Rocky Mountain Helicopter has signed to buy 10 Eurocopter EC 130B4s

Rotorcraft

May 21, 2008

Helion Procopter sells, refits Russian-made Mi-17, Mi-34s

German-Russian joint venture Helion Procopter is marketing Russian-built Mi-17 and Mi-34 helicopters for sale or charter to Western companies.

Rotorcraft

May 21, 2008

EC 145 bows in quietly

Quietly making its debut at this summer’s Paris Air Show was Eurocopter’s long-awaited EC 145.

Rotorcraft

May 21, 2008

Bell’s civil tiltrotor makes its own way toward first flight

While its bigger cousin in the Marines stays grounded, work on the civil tiltrotor is proceeding in the same Bell Helicopter hangars from which the first p

Rotorcraft

May 21, 2008

AgustaWestland AW101 adopts bizjet-like interior

Helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland is here showing a mockup of an AW101 cabin in a luxury layout, probably the ultimate for a VVIP helicopter, as it is

Rotorcraft

May 21, 2008

Bell 412EP Now JAR-OPS 3 Compliant

The Bell 412EP helicopter is now JAR-OPS 3 compliant after having completed an EASA joint operation evaluation board (JOEB) catch-up process, the U.S.-bas

Rotorcraft

May 20, 2008

Russia takes first Versace AW119Ke

The first AW119Ke single-turbine helicopter with a Versace interior has been ordered by a private customer in Russia, AgustaWestland (Booth No.

Rotorcraft

May 20, 2008

Abu Dhabi’s Falcon Aviation takes first ‘Hermès’ EC 135

Eurocopter announced here yesterday that Abu Dhabi-based operator Falcon Aviation Services (FAS) has signed the first firm order for the EC 135 light twin

Rotorcraft

May 20, 2008

Joint helo effort by Oboronprom, AgustaWestland

Russian aerospace conglomerate Oboronprom has begun cooperating with European rotorcraft manufacturer Agusta- Westland (Booth No.

Rotorcraft

May 20, 2008

Rotocraft Update: Turbomeca demo flight kills two

A Eurocopter AS 350 helicopter crashed at the Tarnos, France factory of engine maker Turbomeca on March 26, killing company test pilot Eric Fortier, 41, an

Accidents

May 19, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: Good news for Long Island east enders

Once asked his opinion of the almost 200-mi island stretching from the towers of Manhattan to the wet salt marshes and massive summer homes that are the pl

Rotorcraft

May 19, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: PHI accident claims pilot

Petroleum Helicopters pilot Charles Getchell, 56, of Milton, Fla.

Accidents

May 19, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: It's a gas

In certain oil-rich regions of Russia and its federated republics, natural gas is so abundant that it is treated as a waste product of the crude-oil extrac

Rotorcraft

May 19, 2008

Rotorcraft

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

Latest

Sikorsky Takes X2 for a Spin

Sikorsky continues to inch toward flying its X2 technology demonstrator coaxial-compound helicopter for the first time at its R&D and test facility in Hors

Canadian researchers push technology barriers

Canada’s National Research Council has won a patent on “an active and adaptive rotor-blade control system called Smart Spring,” which is designed to reduce

Rotorcraft Update: New L.A. mayor expected to push for helo noise curfew

Now that former city attorney James Hahn has been elected mayor of Los Angeles, helicopter operators using Van Nuys (Calif.) Airport might be getting a lit

Rotorcraft Update: Boeing reveals yet another Chinook model

In a development that speaks volumes about the ongoing state of new helicopter technology development in America today, Boeing on July 12 revealed the 13th

Videos

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Rotorcraft Update: Eight killed in South Korea S-76 crash

A Sikorsky S-76 hit an electrical tower near the port city of Chinhae, South Korea,&nbsp; on July 5 and crashed into the sea, killing eight of the 12 peopl

Rotorcraft Update: Airbags ordered for Army Black Hawks

Phoenix-based Simula has been awarded a $11.1 million contract for 490 front and side cockpit airbag shipsets for U.S.

Rotorcraft Update: Bad helo blades get father and son jail time

Bogus and illegally manufactured parts have long been a danger in aviation, but arrests and convictions of the peddlers are generally rare.

Rotorcraft Update: Rocky Mountain orders 10 EC 130s

In a move that will bring its total fleet to 95 rotorcraft, aeromedical transport giant Rocky Mountain Helicopter has signed to buy 10 Eurocopter EC 130B4s

Helion Procopter sells, refits Russian-made Mi-17, Mi-34s

German-Russian joint venture Helion Procopter is marketing Russian-built Mi-17 and Mi-34 helicopters for sale or charter to Western companies.

EC 145 bows in quietly

Quietly making its debut at this summer’s Paris Air Show was Eurocopter’s long-awaited EC 145.

Bell’s civil tiltrotor makes its own way toward first flight

While its bigger cousin in the Marines stays grounded, work on the civil tiltrotor is proceeding in the same Bell Helicopter hangars from which the first p

AgustaWestland AW101 adopts bizjet-like interior

Helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland is here showing a mockup of an AW101 cabin in a luxury layout, probably the ultimate for a VVIP helicopter, as it is

Bell 412EP Now JAR-OPS 3 Compliant

The Bell 412EP helicopter is now JAR-OPS 3 compliant after having completed an EASA joint operation evaluation board (JOEB) catch-up process, the U.S.-bas

Russia takes first Versace AW119Ke

The first AW119Ke single-turbine helicopter with a Versace interior has been ordered by a private customer in Russia, AgustaWestland (Booth No.

Abu Dhabi’s Falcon Aviation takes first ‘Hermès’ EC 135

Eurocopter announced here yesterday that Abu Dhabi-based operator Falcon Aviation Services (FAS) has signed the first firm order for the EC 135 light twin

Joint helo effort by Oboronprom, AgustaWestland

Russian aerospace conglomerate Oboronprom has begun cooperating with European rotorcraft manufacturer Agusta- Westland (Booth No.

Rotocraft Update: Turbomeca demo flight kills two

A Eurocopter AS 350 helicopter crashed at the Tarnos, France factory of engine maker Turbomeca on March 26, killing company test pilot Eric Fortier, 41, an

Rotorcraft Update: Good news for Long Island east enders

Once asked his opinion of the almost 200-mi island stretching from the towers of Manhattan to the wet salt marshes and massive summer homes that are the pl

Rotorcraft Update: PHI accident claims pilot

Petroleum Helicopters pilot Charles Getchell, 56, of Milton, Fla.

Rotorcraft Update: It's a gas

In certain oil-rich regions of Russia and its federated republics, natural gas is so abundant that it is treated as a waste product of the crude-oil extrac

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A Sikorsky S-76 hit an electrical tower near the port city of Chinhae, South Korea, on July 5 and crashed into the sea, killing eight of the 12 peopl