McDermott Aviation plans for Australian summer firefighting seasonnews Terry Spruce 13 Nov 25 0As Australia prepares for another hot and dry summer, McDermott Aviation’s firefighting helicopters have arrived back in Australia after completing an international deployment fighting fires… Read more
LA Fire Department to receive two more Sikorsky Firehawksnews Terry Spruce 4 Nov 25 0Los Angeles Fire Department is to take delivery of two new Sikorsky S70-i Firehawk helicopters. The aircraft will be deployed on missions to fight wildfires,… Read more
Hiroshima fire service becomes first firefighting operator of Airbus H160news Terry Spruce 29 Oct 25 0Hiroshima City Fire Services (CFS) has taken delivery of its first Airbus H160. It becomes the first firefighting operator of the H160 in Japan. The… Read more
Milestone and Helitak win FAA certification for FT5000 fire tank for S-92Anews Mike Stones 5 Aug 24 0Milestone Aviation and Helitak Firefighting Equipment – the Australian firefighting equipment manufacturer – have received an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for the FT5000 fire tank… Read more
HI Uplift: Heli help for a planet ‘literally on fire’. (Shame about rates) news Mike Stones 22 Jul 24 0Demand for firefighting helicopters has never been greater. Both the number and intensity of wildfires worldwide is fuelling the need for more aerial support –… Read more
Firefighting Chinook helicopter delivered to NSW, Australianews Mike Stones 7 Aug 23 0A CH-47 Chinook helicopter, configured for firefighting missions, has been delivered to the Rural Fire Service (RFS) of New South Wales, Australia. The $9m, tandem-rotor,… Read more
Nova Capital: 20 years, 100 aircraft and a $500m portfolioinsight Alasdair Whyte 29 Nov 21 0Resilience is the quality which has led aircraft lessor Nova Capital to achieve a $500m aircraft portfolio over 20 years in business, CEO Olivier Piot… Read more
Milestone Aviation Group leases two Bell 412SPs to FAASA of Spainnews Terry Spruce 6 Oct 17 0Milestone Aviation Group has agreed to lease two Bell 412SP helicopters to FAASA Aviacion S.A., to support the Spanish company’s expanded firefighting services. The two… 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
Third Aircrane to join State of Victoria bushfire protectionnews Terry Spruce 18 Jan 16 0Kestrel Aviation will take a third S-64E Aircrane heli-tanker to support firefighting efforts in the State of Victoria, Australia. “We are proud to help protect… Read more
Sky Aviation is first civilian operator of the CH-46E Sea Knightnews Terry Spruce 14 Jan 16 0Sky Aviation has become the first civilian owner and operator of a Boeing Vertol CH-46E Sea Knight. The company specialises in firefighting, aerial survey, search… Read more
Erickson wins Greek contract extensionnews Terry Spruce 10 Dec 15 0Erickson Incorporated has won a two-year service contract extension with the NSPA (NATO Support & Procurement Agency) and the Hellenic Fire Department (HFD) in Athens,… Read more
Russian Helicopters signs contract with Chinanews Terry Spruce 7 Dec 15 0China’s Jiangsu Baoli has ordered four Ka-32A11BC fire-fighting helicopters. The aircraft will be delivered between 2016 & 2017. The Ka-32A11BC helicopters will be used in… Read more
Avinco financing enables Mont Blanc Helicopters to buy firefighting AS350 B3 aircraftnews Terry Spruce 12 Nov 15 0Mont Blanc Helicopters (MBH) recently closed the purchase of a firefighting Airbus Helicopters AS 350B3 with the assistance of Avinco. Recently, MBH secured a firefighting… Read more
Two Bear Air Rescue orders new MD 530Fnews Terry Spruce 2 Nov 15 0Two Bear Air Rescue based in Whitefish, Montana has ordered a new MD 530F. The custom MD 530F will perform a variety of missions in… Read more
Erickson awarded Turkish contractnews Terry Spruce 26 Aug 15 0Erickson has been selected by Pan Aviation to provide emergency fire suppression support for the Municipality of Istanbul. ALSO READ: Erickson introduces S-64 enhancements Erickson… Read more
Summit Aviation prepares ex-US Army Chinook for firefighting rolenews Terry Spruce 12 Sep 14 0Summit Aviation, a Greenwich AeroGroup company, has recently converted a Boeing CH-47D Chinook helicopter into a firefighting aircraft. Late last year, the US military began… Read more
Los Angeles awards Erickson new firefighting contractnews Terry Spruce 8 Sep 14 0Erickson has won a new five-year contract with the City of Los Angeles for aerial firefighting services. The greater Los Angeles area is one of… Read more
AgustaWestland receives two Japanese AW139 firefighter ordersnews Terry Spruce 26 Feb 14 0AgustaWestland has received two orders for firefighting Japanese AW139 helicopters. AgustaWestland announced two Japanese AW139 orders at the Heli-Expo 2014 show, which will be used… Read more
