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Entries for May 2011
Helicopter Lands at Local Hospital
May 28, 2011
WJFW-TV
From WJFW-TV
He says helicopters increase medical care coverage for people in rural areas because it's a straight shot. "We fly all types of patients," Short says. "Not just trauma, not just cardiac. We can actually run into just about any types of patients that ...
Russia sells helicopters to Pentagon
May 28, 2011
The Voice of Russia
From for Afghan forces - Monsters and Critics.com
Under the deal between the Pentagon and the state weapons concern Rosoboronexport, the Russian side will deliver 21 Mi-17-B-5 helicopters plus spare parts, ground equipment and logistics. The helicopter deliveries will start in October and be completed ...
Haryana to set up integrated helicopter hubs
May 28, 2011
From Times of India
While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that the two integrated helicopter hubs are planned at Pinjore and Narnaul to provide aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul and fixed base operations, specifically catering to helicopters. ...
NATO commander says attack helicopters arrive "timely"
May 28, 2011
The Guardian
From People's Daily Online
The commander of NATO's mission in Libya on Friday welcomed French and British helicopter contribution, saying it will ramp up the alliance's targeting power against Muammar Gaddafi's forces. "I consider their arrival timely . ...
Army retreats from superior technology
May 28, 2011
Columbus Dispatch
From Press Herald
... helicopters and unmanned drones. The cancellations have not stopped there. The helicopter developed to replace Comanche -- known as the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter program -- was abandoned in 2008 after its price ballooned well past its budget. ...
AIN Blog: Beware Complacency
May 27, 2011
From Aviation International News
Wire strikes are also fairly common, but in some of the accidents, you can almost see the moment when complacency crept in along with inattentiveness and/or an unhealthy underestimation of the hazards associated with rotorcraft operations. ...
Coming Into Focus
May 27, 2011
Vertical Magazine (press release)
From Vertical Magazine (press release)
At the outset, the process could have been described as ???helo-centric,??? as it was mostly the rotorcraft community that used NVGs. (This was furthered by Demers' own extensive background in helicopters: in addition to having been a safety inspector with ...
Winds damaged US helicopter during Obama visit
May 27, 2011
From Irish Times
A spokeswoman for the Department of Transport confirmed an incident occurred with one of the large military support helicopters ??? understood to be a Chinook ??? involved in the US visit on Monday. But she said the helicopter involved was not one of the ...
Helicopter gunships to join Libya air war
May 27, 2011
Globe and Mail
From Globe and Mail
British Prime Minister David Cameron told reporters Friday that the campaign in Libya was entering a ???new phase??? and the deployment of helicopters was ???part of the process of turning up the pressure??? on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. ...
Attack helicopters will change face of Libyan war
May 27, 2011
msnbc.com
From Irish Times
The American designed helicopter is equipped with Hellfire missiles that can be fired from 8km (five miles) away, well out of the range of ground fire, with the precision of a video game. It is this ability to stand hovering in the sky waiting for a ...
REPLACEMENT OF BOTH HELICOPTERS USHER IN NEXT ERA FOR OPP AVIATION SERVICES
May 27, 2011
From CanadianBusiness.com
Approximately 65 per cent of all OPP helicopter missions deal with search and rescue operations. The OPP helicopters are based in Orillia and Sudbury respectively. Dignitaries from the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (MCSCS), ...
For Gates, downed helicopter in bin Laden raid a reminder of failed Iran mission
May 27, 2011
MyFox Phoenix
From The Hill
One of the helicopters landed inside the compound, which was a deviation from the mission plan. ???When word of a downed helicopter came back my heart sank, remembering that awful night over 30 years ago,??? Gates told the academy's 2011 graduating class. ...
Russia sells 21 helicopters to US forces in Afghanistan
May 27, 2011
AFP
From Xinhua
The cost of one helicopter has been agreed earlier at 17.5 million US dollars. The first helicopters will be sent to Afghanistan in October 2011, said the spokesman. Besides, Russia will also provide the spare parts, ground support equipment and ...
Bell Helicopter features aircraft at SOFIC 2013
May 27, 2011
Vertical Magazine (press release)
From Vertical Magazine (press release)
The V-22 is one of the safest rotorcraft in the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps fleet, with more than 170,000 flight hours and outstanding operational performance, the company says. Introduced at the 2013 Army Aviation Association of America's (AAAA) annual ...
Military Ka-60 Eclipses Civil Ka-62
May 27, 2011
Aviation Week
From Aviation Week
Russian Helicopters, the holding company for the country's rotorcraft industry and Kamov's parent company, is simultaneously preparing both the Ka-60 military transport and the Ka-62 civil version. The latter has a maximum takeoff weight of 6500 kg ...
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