Rotorcraft
News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.
Rotorcraft
HAI Salute to Excellence Pilot of the Year: Jason Glynn
Jason Glynn is winner of the HAI Salute to Excellence Pilot of the Year Award.
Rotorcraft
HAI Salute to Excellence Golden Hour Reward: NSW Ambulance
New South Wales Ambulance Service is the HAI Golden Hour Reward recipient.
Rotorcraft
HAI Salutes Bryn Elliott for Global Police Outreach
Recipient of the HAI 2020 Law Enforcement Award, Elliott founded Police Aviation Research.
Rotorcraft
HAI Honors Mark Ogden for Communications Excellence
Excellence in Communications Award honoree Mark Ogden has spent 20 years editing magazines focused on civil, military, and aerial firefighting ops.
Aircraft
Navy’s Osprey Enters Flight Test
The CMV-22B is a longer-ranged version of the Osprey tiltrotor for carrier delivery duties.
Avionics
Avidyne Helios Brings Multifunction FMS to Rotorcraft
The new Helios FMS is designed to replace console-mounted FMS units in legacy rotorcraft.
Rotorcraft
HAI Salute to Excellence in Safety Award: Krisna Dewi
Krisna Dewi is the HAI Salute to Excellence in Safety Award winner.
Regulations and Government
EASA and EHA Partner To Launch New European Rotors Show
The new European Rotors show will launch in Cologne, Germany, in November 2020, and will include all vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
Rotorcraft
Elbit Hydrop Is Aerial Firefighting Game-changer
Elbit Systems' Hydrop aerial firefighting system that enables retardant drops from much higher altitudes
Rotorcraft
Airbus Helicopters Bringing Diverse Fleet To Heli-Expo
Airbus Helicopters is bringing three aircraft to its Heli-Expo 2020 booth.
Maintenance and Modifications
Ruag Creates Training Program For Helo Mx Check Flights
Ruag's new offering follows EASA mandate for maintenance check flights following work on a helicopter.
Accidents
NTSB Issues Preliminary On Hawaii Air-tour Crash
Rapidly changing localized weather and pilot fatigue are two possible contributors to the fatal crash of an air tour helicopter in Hawaii.
Rotorcraft
In Farewell, Zuccaro Calls Helo Industry One of Survivors, One in Transition
As he bid farewell as president and CEO of HAI, Matt Zuccaro touted what he sees as a bright future ahead for vertical lift.
Rotorcraft
Under Attack, Hawaii Air Tour Industry Forms Task Force
Hawaii air tour stakeholders have formed a task force to deal with the fallout from recent accidents there.
Rotorcraft
Leonardo Wins U.S. Navy Helo Trainer Deal
Leonardo selected to provide up to 130 training helicopters to U.S. Navy in a deal potentially worth $650 million.
Aircraft
Russia’s Aerospace Sector May Be Headed For Consolidation
Folding Russian Helicopters into the OAK structure to form one single entity is a possibility.
Rotorcraft
Mayhew Assumes New Role as USHST Co-Chair
Helicopter training industry veteran Nick Mayhew is the new industry co-chairman of the United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST).
Rotorcraft
Aussie Wallabies Feed On Copter Carrot Bombing
Australia air-dropping carrots to feed starving wildlife.
Rotorcraft
UK Rotor Ranter Fined $2,000
UK helicopter pilot fined $2,080 by the Civil Aviation Authority for on-air exchange with air traffic controller.
Charter & Fractional
Blade India Starts Helo Air-taxi Service in Mumbai
New York-based Blade Urban Air Mobility and majority partner Delhi-based Hunch Ventures recently started preliminary helicopter service in India.
Rotorcraft
HAI Names Senior FAA Safety Exec Viola as CEO
Viola, who becomes the next HAI CEO on January 16, helped launch the USHST and was a former special ops MH-6 and MH-47 pilot.
Rotorcraft
Bell AerOS Shows How Urban Air Mobility Flies
Bell is demonstrating how a smart city of the future could incorporate urban air mobility vehicles running under autonomous control.
Rotorcraft
Erickson Flying Six Air Cranes on Australian Fires
Erickson is flying six of its S-64 Air Cranes on Australia's record-setting wild fires.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Airbus Teams with Aston Martin on Special-edition ACH130
Airbus Corporate Helicopters revealed its ACH130 Aston Martin Edition at Courchevel in the French alpine skiing region.
Rotorcraft
Erickson Delivers Sixth Air Crane to Korea
The twin-engine heavy lift helicopter is used for firefighting by the Korean Forest Service.
Accidents
Hawaii Tour Helo Wreckage Found—Seven Dead
The wreckage of a missing Safari Helicopters Airbus AS350 B2 has been found on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
Accidents
Helo EMS Pilot Crash Lands After Apparent Heart Attack
The pilot of an EMS helicopter died after suffering an apparent heart attack while landing in Alabama.
Accidents
Tour Helo Missing in Hawaii
The Coast Guard is searching for a missing Airbus AS350 B2 with seven aboard after it failed to return to its base on Kauai.
Rotorcraft
Leonardo Flies Fourth Flight-test AW609
The company is working with the FAA on certification, but it has not yet released a timeline for that.
Charter & Fractional
Long Island FBO Offers NYC Transfer Packages
Farmingdale, N.Y.-based FBO Republic Jet Center has partnered with a charter provider to offer exclusive NYC flight/transfer package options.
