Rotorcraft

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

Avionics

EIT Avionics Matches FDR with Display Device

EIT's data recorder and Esaid display combine to add more safety to the Robinson R44.

Rotorcraft

Airbus Helicopters Touts 50 Years of North American Operations

Airbus Helicopters places greater emphasis on customer service to retain a significant share of the U.S. commercial market and attract new customers.

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Mecaer Highlights Magnificent Interior

Mecaer delivered a Magnificent interior retrofit for a utility-configured Bell 505.

Rotorcraft

Windfarm Support Boosts Offshore Helicopter Work

Windfarm support operations are providing a new source of offshore work for helicopters.

Rotorcraft

Efficient Management of Rotorcraft Assets

Helicopters must be managed carefully to extract the optimal utility from these expensive assets.

Rotorcraft

R22 Converted To Long-Range Drone

Unmanned systems developer UAVOS has converted a Robinson R-22 helicopter into a long-range drone.

Rotorcraft

Metro Aviation Thrives in a Tough Environment

The helicopter emergency services provider, which has clients nationwide, also completes about 35 aircraft per year and trains pilots and technicians.

Rotorcraft

Bell Builds Urban Air Mobility Smart City

Bell is demonstrating how a modern city could adopt urban air mobility vehicles safely and efficiently.

Rotorcraft

Kopter Tests New Main Rotor Head, Blades on SH09

The main rotor configuration flight tests are confirming the roadmap for Kopter's SH09 light single-turbine.

Rotorcraft

Helicopter Operators Bristow and Era To Merge

Offshore helicopter companies Bristow and Era will combine to form a new company with $1.5 billion in annual revenues.

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Aero Asset: Preowned Helo Sales Down, but Market Improving

Aero Asset found overall pre-owned sales of $444 million in 2019 had declined five percent from the previous year,

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HAI Salute to Excellence: Gary Wiltrout, Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

HAI Salute to Excellence Lifetime Achievement Award goes to pilot Gary Wiltrout.

Rotorcraft

Dwayne Williams Caps Career with HAI Instructor Award

HAI Flight Instructor of the Year recipient Dwayne Williams has had a 50-plus-year career with the U.S. Army, PHI, Bell, MD Helicopters, and Aerodynamics.

Rotorcraft

Horizon Flight Academy Vital to Mideast Rotorcraft Training

An order for 12 Bell 505s heralds Horizon Flight Academy's phaseout of aging Bell 206s.

Engines

Safran Calls 2019 'Fantastic Year'

Safran Helicopter Engines certified four new models in 2019 and is continuing work on electric and hybrid systems.

Rotorcraft

UK Takes Four More Airbus H145 Trainers

Airbus Helicopters is providing four additional H145 twins as part of an expansion of the UK Military Flight Training System (UKMFTS).

Rotorcraft

Aircraft Tug Maker Debuts First Helicopter Unit

AC Air Technology is making its Heli-Expo Debut with its first product aimed at the rotorcraft market.

Rotorcraft

FAA Recognizes Vuichard Recovery in Handbook

The 2019 edition of the handbook includes the Vuichard Recovery, developed to make recovering from the insidious and dangerous “vortex ring state” safer.