Content Archive: February 2010

Absolute Fire expands event-logging software

Absolute Fire Solutions (AFS) is introducing expanded versions of its FastTrack event-logging hardware platform and its PCTrac software at Heli-Expo 2010.<

2009 a bumpy ride for MD Helicopters

Calling 2009 a “rough year,” MD Helicopters CEO Lynn Tilton admitted during a press conference yesterday at Heli-Expo that the company had fallen down on c

Museum seeks financing for Sikorsky S-58T

The Canadian Air & Space Museum of Toronto has launched a fundraising drive to acquire a Sikorsky S-58T with almost half a century of service in the U.

North American LZ Web site To Launch

The National EMS Pilots Association and Aerosafe Risk Management Group are launching www.lzcheck.com to increas

AgustaWestland boss presents positive outlook

AgustaWestland CEO Giuseppe Orsi offered a satisfactory look back at 2009, as well as a positive forecast, during a Heli-Expo press conference on Saturday

Sikorsky escapes 2009 relatively unscathed

Speaking yesterday at Heli-Expo 2010, Sikorsky president Jeffrey Pino found looking in the rear-view mirror a fair indicator of what’s to come, and as he p

Rolls-Royce's next-gen engines just rolling along

The ongoing worldwide need for helicopters of all types that serve diverse industry and government segments is helping keep manufacturers like Rolls-Royce

Thommen spotlights redone Russian searchlight system

Revue Thommen, a Switzerland-based manufacturer of aircraft instruments, air-data systems and components, is at Booth No.

Garmin introduces glass cockpit for helos

Garmin unveiled yesterday at Heli-Expo 2010 the G500H avionics system, specifically for the VFR Part 27 helicopter market.Jim Alpiser, Garmin’s