Content Archive: January 2010

Maintenance and Modifications

Eurocopter Closing Long Beach Service Center

American Eurocopter will close its company-owned and -operated Long Beach, Calif.
Rotorcraft

Guimbal Raises Funds

On December 29 last year, France-based manufacturer Hélicoptères Guimbal completed a €1.8 million ($2.6 million) injection of capital.
Rotorcraft

Silver State ex-CEO Airola sued for fraud

The court-appointed trustee in the 2008 Silver State Helicopters (SSH) collapse has filed suit against the company’s ex-CEO, Jerry Airola, and his top depu
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter upgrades Dauphin

Eurocopter has improved its Dauphin to offer more modern avionics and enhanced passenger comfort.
Rotorcraft

Scott’s Acquires Bell 47 TC

Scott’s Helicopter of Le Sueur, Minn., has acquired the type certificate and assumed all aspects of commercial spares support, technical support and contin
Rotorcraft

American Eurocopter predicts improved product support

Customers will begin to see demonstrably better product support, including hard AOG (aircraft on ground) support, from American Eurocopter by the end of th
Rotorcraft

Helsinki-Tallin Scheduled Flights End

One of the few public scheduled helicopter routes in the world, linking Helsinki, Finland to Tallin, Estonia, has been discontinued.
Rotorcraft

Heli-Expo preview 2010

The annual Helicopter Association International Heli-Expo–at the George R.
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter, AW Deliver Offshore Helos

In Vergiate, Italy, last month, AgustaWestland delivered an AW139 to VIH Cougar Helicopters.
Aircraft

General Dynamics Fourth Quarter a Strong Performance

In a conference call with analysts yesterday, General Dynamics president and CEO Jay Johnson summarized full-year and fourth-quarter results for the defens