Airbus Helicopters delivers H145 to Yorkshire Air Ambulancenews Terry Spruce 25 Jul 16 0In the presence of Transport Minister, Robert Goodwill MP, Airbus Helicopters formally handed over the second H145 to Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) at the Farnborough… Read more
Gama Aviation launches Garmin G500H STCnews Terry Spruce 25 Jul 16 0Gama Aviation has been awarded an EASA STC for installation of the Garmin G500H EFIS into the Bell 206B helicopter. Gama Aviation has produced additional… Read more
Waypoint Leasing places new AW189 on lease to Southern Vietnam Helicopter Companynews Terry Spruce 25 Jul 16 0Waypoint Leasing has closed a lease agreement with Southern Vietnam Helicopter Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vietnam Helicopter Corporation (“VHC”), for one AW189 helicopter,… Read more
Royal Bhutan Helicopter Services takes delivery of H130news Terry Spruce 25 Jul 16 0Royal Bhutan Helicopter Services has received its second H130 aircraft. The first H130 entered service in the Kingdom in October last year. The new helicopter… Read more
RUAG Aviation becomes Bell 429 customer facilitynews Terry Spruce 25 Jul 16 0Bell Helicopter has appointed RUAG Aviation as a Bell 429 customer service facility in Switzerland. Glenn Isbell, Bell Helicopter’s executive vice president of customer support… Read more
First Bell 505 Jet Ranger X ordered in Bolivianews Terry Spruce 19 Jul 16 0Bell Helicopter has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Rodrigo Gutíerrez for a Bell 505 Jet Ranger X. The helicopter will be used for… Read more
Bell 525 crash kills twonews Alasdair Whyte 8 Jul 16 0One of the prototype Bell 525 Relentless’ has crashed in Texas, killing both of the test pilots on board. The helicopter was on a routine… Read more
Vector Aerospace completes first AS350 inspection for San Bernardino Sheriffnews Terry Spruce 30 Jun 16 0Vector Aerospace has recently completed the first of three 12-year inspections for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department’s (SBCSD) fleet of Airbus Helicopters AS350 B3… Read more
Erickson chosen for Coast Guard support in Alaskanews Terry Spruce 30 Jun 16 0Erickson has been selected to provide helicopter transportation services for the US Coast Guard (USCG) in Alaska. Erickson’s Bell 212 helicopters will transport USCG Research… Read more
Monacair takes delivery of its last H130 helicopternews Terry Spruce 27 Jun 16 0Monacair has received the last H130 helicopter of a contract for six aircraft signed in September 2015. Like the previous five aircraft, the new helicopter… Read more
Waypoint places two Sikorsky S-92 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 27 Jun 16 0Waypoint Leasing has placed two new Sikorsky S-92s on lease with a global helicopter operator. “Despite a period of weak demand for oil and gas… Read more
Universal Avionics upgrades Sultan’s S-76Bnews Terry Spruce 27 Jun 16 0Universal Avionics is providing advanced avionics for two Sikorsky S-76B helicopters operated by His Majesty the Sultan of Johor’s Royal Flight. The upgrade provides three… Read more
Bell 505 Jet Ranger X makes Japanese debutnews Terry Spruce 20 Jun 16 0Bell Helicopter unveiled the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo on June 7, 2016. This is the first time the… Read more
Columbia Helicopters CH-47D Chinook fights first wildfirenews Terry Spruce 20 Jun 16 0Columbia Helicopters have added internal firefighting tanks to its fleet of CH-47D Chinook helicopters this season. The fleet was called upon and N471CH has now… Read more
Bell Helicopter strengthens its brand in USnews Terry Spruce 20 Jun 16 0Bell Helicopter has rebranded of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Edwards Rotorcraft Solutions Inc. – strengthening the Bell Helicopter brand in the Americas. This Bell Helicopter operation (legal… Read more
Bell 412EPI tours Nepalnews Terry Spruce 20 Jun 16 0The Bell 412EPI demonstrated landing and take offs from 15,200 ft., ground effect hover at nearly 18,000 ft. density altitude and then flew up to… Read more
Chinese consortium acquires 100 H135snews Terry Spruce 20 Jun 16 0A Chinese consortium made up of China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS), Qingdao United General Aviation Industrial Development Company (Qingdao United) and CITIC Offshore Helicopter… Read more
Vector Aerospace completes AS332 L1 12-year inspectionnews Terry Spruce 8 Jun 16 0Vector Aerospace has completed of a 7,500 hour major inspection (G-check) and 12-year major inspection for an Airbus Helicopters AS332 L1 Super Puma helicopter operated… Read more
WIKING Helikopter Service orders two H145s for offshore operationsnews Terry Spruce 7 Jun 16 0WIKING Helikopter Service ordered two H145s in offshore configuration. The order was placed at the international aerospace exhibition ILA in Berlin. The delivery of the… Read more
EASA grounds all AS332L2 and EC225LP Super Pumasnews Terry Spruce 7 Jun 16 0On JUne 2 2016, EASA grounded all Airbus Helicopters AS332L2 and EC225LP Super Pumas. EASA earlier grounded all passenger operations but have now extended it… Read more
