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Bavarian Police Order Eight EC 135s
Eurocopter has received an order for eight EC 135 P2i light twins from the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior.
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Switzerland Limits Platforms Use
The Swiss civil aviation authority (OFAC) has restricted the use of mobile landing platforms for helicopters with skids.
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Bombardier mulls executive C Series
Bombardier is taking a hard look at offering an executive conversion of its recently announced C Series single-aisle twinjet to compete with the Embraer Li
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Foreign firms resuscitate old turboprop designs
Three popular unpressurized twin turboprops from the past have or will soon re-enter production.
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New Turboprops
Nothing re-ignites interest in new turboprops faster than a good old-fashioned “fuel crisis.”
While no one thinks that the market will top th
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Comp Air secures $150 million to fund all-composite Model 12 turboprop
Merritt Island, Fla.-based Comp Air is developing an all-composite, pressurized single-engine turboprop called the Model 12.
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Embraer offers further details on Phenom cabins
Embraer is revealing more details of the passenger cabins in its Phenom 100 and 300 as well as its plans to assemble both aircraft at a new plant in Melbou
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EMS helicopters prove essential during storms
Helicopters again played a critical role in providing safe evacuations and critical rescues before and after twin hurricanes that pounded the U.S.
Aircraft
Hawker 4000 deliveries accelerating as NetJets awaits first of 82 on order
Between mid-June and mid-September, Hawker Beechcraft delivered three super-midsize Model 4000 twinjets, and more are on the way.
Maintenance and Modifications
Few new details emerge on Dassault super-midsize jet
Some outlines of Dassault’s future super-midsize Falcon, codenamed SMS, are beginning to emerge, although the French manufacturer said it has no plan to un
Aircraft
VLJ key to Piper’s strategy for the future
Piper Aircraft president Jim Bass has laid out a clear strategy for carrying the company into the next decade by expanding its line of cabin-class singles,
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Spectrum’s all-composite S-40 due to fly for the first time next year
Although Spectrum Aeronautical has decided to skip this year’s NBAA Convention, the all-composite S-40 Freedom midsize twinjet will still fly next year, ac
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Epic progress questioned as ‘major’ development awaits
Bend, Ore.-based Epic Aircraft continues to pursue certification of its $1.2 million single-engine, owner-built kitplane, the Epic LT, re-badged in certifi
Maintenance and Modifications
Russia plans Eclipse factory
Despite the recent announcement that the Russian government would build the company a new factory in Ulyanovsk, embattled VLJ maker Eclipse Aviation (Booth
Aircraft
Bombardier drops Grob, revises plan for Learjet 85
Bombardier is scrambling to develop new production plans for the midsize Learjet 85 after dropping troubled Grob as the supplier of the airplane’s composit
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Bombardier drops Grob from Learjet 85 program
Bombardier has terminated its contract with Grob Aerospace AG of Switzerland to develop the composite structure for the Learjet 85.
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Round-the-world speed record falls to A109S
The around-the-world helicopter speed record fell hard on August 18.Pilots Scott Kasprowicz and Steve Sheik flew a stock twin-engine 2007 Agust
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The Koala Floats
Dart Helicopter’s Apical Industries has received EASA approval for its Tri-Bag Emergency Float System on the AgustaWestland A119/AW119 Mk II.
New York heliport operator expands offerings in Las Vegas
New York and Las Vegas are two of the most rarefied helicopter markets in the country.
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Hummingbird To Fly Higher
Boeing plans to expand the flight envelope of its unmanned vertical aerial vehicle A160T Hummingbird from the Southern California Logistics Airport in Vict
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Eurocopter Gears Up in Mississippi
American Eurocopter is adding 150 employees at its Golden Triangle plant in Mississippi over the next 18 to 24 months to support an increased production ra
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AgustaWestland Sets Up in Portugal
AgustaWestland has announced that orders in the first half of this year have risen by 10 percent over the same period last year, to U1.62 billion ($2.5 bil
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Pumas Upgraded in South Africa
South African-based maintenance specialist Thunder City is offering for Eurocopter Pumas a modernization program that the company claims extends the
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Eurocopter Enhances 2008 Forecast
Eurocopter CEO Lutz Bertling in July predicted that the company would sell between 650 and 700 helicopters this year, up from previous expectations of 600.
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Georgia governor gets rotor-rated
While many politicians enjoy “fact-finding” trips to far-flung places during their vacations, Georgia Gov.
First New-production Marine One Flies
The first production model of a new generation of Marine One U.S.
Regulations and Government
As scrutiny intensifies, Sturgell defends FAA cooperative programs
Speaking at this year’s EAA AirVenture, acting FAA Administrator Bobby Sturgell defended the track record of various agency-industry cooperative safety and
Maintenance and Modifications
West Star expands services at Grand Junction center
West Star Aviation is continuing to look for select niches to extend its large and small business aircraft service offerings, while at the same time streng
