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Fire officials: Helicopter response time could cost lives, homes
May 13, 2012
From BlueRidgeNow.com
Previously, there were helicopter bases in Franklin, Asheville and Hickory. But the helicopters were moved to a central base in Hickory earlier this year due to maintenance needs and budget cuts. Mills River Fire Department Chief Rick Livingston and ...
Poland Embarks on Helicopter Acquisition Program Worth up to US$1 Billion
May 13, 2012
Defense Update
From Defense Update
This multi-phase helicopter procurement will be divided into several stages, the first will include the acquisition 26 aircraft for the Army, Navy and Air Force through 2017. The Air Force will also receive three helicopters configured for Combat SAR ...
Increased speed comes at a high price
May 13, 2012
Financial Times
From Financial Times
The helicopters Sikorsky sells can travel at up to 140-160 knots ??? if they go too much faster, conventional rotorcraft become unstable. But Mr Shidler and his team are working on a model that can fly 50 per cent quicker, so medical evacuation teams ...
EASA Approves FastFin Rotor Mod For Bell Helicopters
May 13, 2012
Aviation International News
From Aviation International News
by Paul Lowe The Bell 412 helicopter is soon to be the latest rotorcraft to be certified to use BLR Aerospace's FastFin rotor enhancement and stability system. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified the FastFin tail rotor enhancement ...
EBACE: Eurocopter keen to demonstrate value of helicopter role
May 13, 2012
From Flightglobal
The Franco-German company is calling on more private aviation customers and operators to consider rotorcraft options. "The take-off and landing flexibility offered by helicopters provides the crucial missing link for end-to-end transport solutions," ...
Apache and Black Hawks come to JBLM
May 12, 2012
KOMO News
From Examiner.com
The Apache attach helicopter was first developed in 1975 by Hughes helicopters and became the military's primary weapon; with its hellfire air-to-surface missiles, rockets and 30mm chain guns; against a potential soviet invasion of western Europe in ...
Robot helicopters swoop in to help from the air
May 12, 2012
Deutsche Welle
From Deutsche Welle
Unmanned helicopters are opening up entirely new possibilities. With the help of a 50- to 150-centimeter mini-helicopter, one can quickly discover faults in solar panels with the aid of an infrared camera, and wind energy convertors and bridges can be ...
Canadian Helicopter sees growth opportunities at home with mining and Plan Nord
May 12, 2012
From Montreal Gazette
???It is very much a focus towards helicopter support work so we think it will be very good for us over the next few years,??? he said later in an interview. The distinction between regular activities and Plan Nord is a little blurry. Canadian Helicopters ...
Flight-Control System For Ansat Helicopter
May 12, 2012
From Aviation Week
By Maxim Pyadushkin Fly-by-wire controls are commonplace in fixed-wing aircraft, but a rarity in rotorcraft. Cost is usually cited as the reason for not using FBW, despite its performance advantages, but now Kazan Helicopters is removing fly-by-wire ...
Paramedic students learn about rescue helicopters
May 12, 2012
From Rexburg Standard Journal
Pilot John Weiers, of Air Idaho Rescue, shows several BYU-Idaho paramedic students what they need to know about emergency shutdown procedures for the helicopter. REXBURG ??? A group of Brigham Young University-Idaho students gathered in Rexburg Thursday ...
Canadian Helicopter sees growth opportunities at home with mining and Plan Nord
May 12, 2012
From Global Edmonton
"It is very much a focus towards helicopter support work so we think it will be very good for us over the next few years," he said later in an interview. The distinction between regular activities and Plan Nord is a little blurry. Canadian Helicopters ...
Bond grounds Super Puma helicopters after North Sea ditching
May 11, 2012
BBC News
From Scotsman
As Bond's two rival helicopter operators continued to fly the same model of Super Puma helicopters offshore on Friday, the safety record of the Aberdeen-based company was questioned by trade union leaders. Oil and Gas UK, the pan- industry trade body, ...
New Generation AW169 Helicopter Completes Its Maiden Flight
May 11, 2012
Corporate Jet Investor
From Helicopter Association International
Operator will for the first time ever, in the helicopter market, be able to benefit from the advantages of a family concept of three new generation helicopters.??? The AW169 is part of AgustaWestland's family of new generation helicopters that includes ...
MT group seeks to block helicopter use to herd bison
May 11, 2012
From KAJ18 Kalispell Montana News
HELENA- A non-profit group is asking a federal court judge to stop the state from using helicopters to herd bison. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed the injunction this week claiming the use of low flying helicopters to herd bison negatively ...
Canadian Helicopter sees growth opportunities at home with mining and Plan Nord
May 11, 2012
From Winnipeg Free Pres
"It is very much a focus towards helicopter support work so we think it will be very good for us over the next few years," he said later in an interview. The distinction between regular activities and Plan Nord is a little blurry. Canadian Helicopters ...
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