Content Archive: February 2009

Sikorsky honors L.A. County’s bravest

Sikorsky Aircraft recognized the Los Angeles County Fire Department on Sunday morning for its dedication to “saving lives and protecting the property of Ca

Fixed-wing flight school adds its first helicopter

A Sikorsky Aircraft S-300CBi slated for delivery to Olive Branch, Miss.-based AirVenture Flight Center is on display here at Heli-Expo’09 (Booth No.

Diverse missions make helicopters indispensible

The diversity of the helicopter industry would appear to be its saving grace as the global economic downturn continues to affect just about every other ind

HAI members elect new board members

Ballots for the election of three new board members were available at the HAI Annual Membership Breakfast and Meeting yesterday morning.

Robinson’s press event is vintage Frank

Most HAI press conferences involve stone-faced CEOs reading from note cards.

Eurocopter and Russia’s UTair strengthen EC 175 partnership

Russian air transport giant UTair Aviation (Booth No.

Eurocopter’s focus is on cash conservation

Eurocopter CEO Lutz Bertling rebuffed concerns about how his company would fare in the face of the ongoing global economic crisis by stressing the company’

Agusta’s CEO insists industry is ‘in good shape’

Citing a backlog of more than ?10 billion ($12.8 billion) and increases in both revenue and orders during the first nine months of 2008 compared to the sam