Content Archive: February 2007

Sikorsky has big plans for Schweizer subsidiary

Paul Schweizer seems to have taken well to his unfamiliar role as an employee.
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter Logged Record Orders in 2006

Eurocopter last year took orders for a record 615 new helicopters, 47 percent of them civil.
Safety

CF34 Break-up Prompts Emergency AD

The FAA issued an emergency AD on Friday to all owners and operators of GE CF34-3A1, -3B and -3B1 turbofans after NTSB investigators found an electrical ar
Safety

Runway Incursion Forum Scheduled

The NTSB will hold a one-day forum on March 27 focusing on runway incursions and accidents and potential solutions.

Eurocopter and China to develop heavy-lifter EC 175

During a Sunday morning press conference here at Heli-Expo, Eurocopter president Fabrice Bregier quietly announced a pending agreement with China to codeve
Safety

Nav Canada To Launch ADS-B in Remote Areas

Nav Canada announced last week it plans this year and next to install ADS-B ground stations around Hudson Bay, which straddles high-latitude airline flight

New projects afoot for revamped Soloy

Soloy is back.Though never totally gone, the Olympia, Wash.

Keystone uses ‘Silencer’ to reduce airframe clatter

Keystone Helicopter is introducing its new Silencer airframe at Heli-Expo, along with expanded Rolls-Royce 250 and Honeywell LTS 101 engine services.