Bell Helicopter sells three aircraft at MEBAnews Terry Spruce 11 Dec 14 0Bell Helicopter announced the sale of three aircraft at the MEBA show in Dubai. The company have sold a Bell 429 and an order for… Read more
Dart Aerospace gains approval for R66 cargo hooknews Terry Spruce 5 Dec 14 0Dart Aerospace has gained approval for a primary Robinson R66 cargo hook. The new hook is approved by Transport Canada. The company expects that FAA… Read more
AW189 completes North Sea demo tournews Terry Spruce 3 Dec 14 0AgustaWestland has completed a successful North Sea demo tour of the AW189 helicopter. During the tour, more than 60 attendees from oil and gas companies,… Read more
Russian Helicopters start Mi-171A2 flight testsnews Terry Spruce 26 Nov 14 0Russian Helicopters has began flight tests on the first prototype of the Mi-171A2 helicopter. The first prototype of the Mi-171A2 was designed for tests on… Read more
Beaufort County Sheriff adds search and rescue Bell helicopternews Terry Spruce 25 Nov 14 0The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina adds a 1971-built Bell 206A helicopter. The new asset will be used to assist in search and… Read more
Russian Helicopters starts final certification tests for Mi-38news Terry Spruce 12 Nov 14 0Russian Helicopters has started the final stage of certification testing for the Mi-38 helicopter. Testing is being carried out on two prototype models of the… Read more
First flight for Bell 505 Jet Ranger Xnews Terry Spruce 11 Nov 14 0The Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopter has performed its first flight from the company’s manufacturing facility in Mirabel, Québec (Canada). ALSO READ: Bell 505… Read more
Maverick Helicopters lands Kiss in Las Vegasnews Terry Spruce 11 Nov 14 0The world-famous rock band Kiss made a night-time landing at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas to kick-start their residency, which started… Read more
Bell 505 Jet Ranger X completes ground runsnews Terry Spruce 6 Nov 14 0The Bell 505 Jet Ranger X has completed a series of ground run tests using the engine, rotor and drive systems. The company expects the… Read more
Metro Aviation completes milestone EC135news Terry Spruce 28 Oct 14 0Since 1997, Metro Aviation has been customising Airbus Helicopters for the US aeromedical services and it has just finished its 200th EC135 completion to California… Read more
Bell Helicopters focuses on Europenews Terry Spruce 27 Oct 14 0Bell Helicopters provided a company update in a video from Helitech 2014. Patrick Moulay, vice president of European sales, drew attention to the company’s presence… Read more
VIDEO: Elbit Systems performs demo on Swiss helicopternews Terry Spruce 1 Oct 14 0Elbit Systems, an international defense electronics company, has successfully demonstrated a flight using Skyvis. The demonstration flight was onboard a Swiss Air Rescue REGA AgustaWestland… Read more
AgustaWestland Philadelphia delivers its 200th AW139news Terry Spruce 25 Sep 14 0AgustaWestland has assembled its its 200th AW139 helicopter in Philadelphia and has delivered the aircraft to Mitsui Bussan Aerospace and the City of Yokohama. The… Read more
Airbus Helicopters starts delivering EC145 T2news Terry Spruce 1 Aug 14 0Airbus Helicopters hands over the first EC145 T2 to DRF Luftrettung. In spring 2014, the latest addition to the EC145 family received certification from EASA.… Read more
Airbus Helicopters EC135 T3 in the Italian Dolomitesnews Terry Spruce 29 Jul 14 0Airbus Helicopters EC135 T3/P3 performs a three-day demostration tour of the Italian Dolomites. The new Airbus Helicopters EC135 helicopter conducted tests in the Italian Dolomites… Read more
Sonair takes delivery of a new EC225 helicopternews Terry Spruce 7 May 14 0Airbus Helicopters handed over an EC225 helicopter to Sonair, a subsidiary of the Sonangol Group of Angola, during a ceremony in France SonAir’s fleet of… Read more
SevenBar orders a GrandNew helicopternews Terry Spruce 5 Mar 14 0AgustaWestland announces that SevenBar has placed an order for an EMS configured GrandNew to operate in an air medical transport capacity. Additionally, the SevenBar paint… Read more
The AW189 will start its first US demo tournews Terry Spruce 28 Feb 14 0The AgustaWestland AW189 will leave Heli-Expo on its first US demo tour to oil and gas producers. AgustaWestland has announced that the AW189 will depart… Read more
AS332 C1e launch customer tops-up original ordernews Terry Spruce 27 Feb 14 0AS 332C1e launch customer Starlite Aviation has added an additional two firm orders to its original firm order for two helicopters, and two options. The… Read more
Bell Helicopter launches new Bell 505 Jet Ranger Xnews Terry Spruce 27 Feb 14 0Bell Helicopter has unveiled the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X, its latest single-engine, turbine helicopter, at Heli-Expo 2014 in Anaheim, California. Slated for its first… Read more
