Rotorcraft

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

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EASA Proposes Noise Standards for eVTOLs

EASA is proposing using heavy helicopter noise limits for eVTOLs until it can gather more data on the new vehicles to refine these standards.

Environment

May 22, 2023

New ACA Board Member To Boost Rotary Representation

Alana Burns has led Atlas Helicopters to become one of the UK’s leading helicopter charter companies.

Charter & Fractional

May 21, 2023

Europe Key to Blade's Passenger Growth

Europe has become Blade Air Mobility's largest market.

Charter & Fractional

May 21, 2023

Leonardo Helicopters Plans Agusta-branded Service Centers

Dedicated service centers are the latest part of Leonardo's rollout of the Agusta luxury helicopter brand.

Maintenance and Modifications

May 20, 2023

Videos

See How the Bell V-280 Valor Tilt-rotor Touchscreen Cockpit Works

See How the Bell V-280 Valor Tilt-rotor Touchscreen Cockpit Works

Rotorcraft

April 7, 2016

New Kit Takes Bell’s 505 Jet Ranger X into Emergency Medical Service

New Kit Takes Bell’s 505 Jet Ranger X into Emergency Medical Service

Rotorcraft

March 29, 2016

Italian Pilots Reveal How Lives Were Saved in Mediterranean Ferry Rescue

Italian Pilots Reveal How Lives Were Saved in Mediterranean Ferry Rescue

Rotorcraft

March 18, 2016

New Flight Crew Operating Manuals Boost Safety for S-92 and S-76D Helicopters

New Flight Crew Operating Manuals Boost Safety for S-92 and S-76D Helicopters

Rotorcraft

March 8, 2016

More Articles

Bell Touts 525 Super-medium Helicopter for North Sea Ops

Bell sees its in-development 525 super-medium as the right helicopter for North Sea operators.

Rotorcraft

May 20, 2023

Meridian Helicopters Completes 25th Bell 206L Refurb

Meridian Helicopters completed its 25th Bell 206L upgrade and delivered the custom-refurbished aircraft to Clearview Air.

Avionics

May 19, 2023

Boost HEC System for Airbus AStar Helos Gets EASA Nod

Boost Systems has received EASA STC approval for its human external cargo system for the Airbus H125 family of helicopters.

Maintenance and Modifications

May 16, 2023

Erickson Air Crane Gets FAA Night Vision Goggle Approval

Erickson will begin NVG night-time firefighting operations with its Air Cranes

Regulations and Government

May 16, 2023

Babcock Awarded $192M Australian SAR Contract

Babcock Leonardo AW139s will provide medevac and search and rescue services to Australia's Queensland area.

Rotorcraft

May 16, 2023

FAA Approval Closer for Airbus H160

Airbus hopes to receive FAA certification approval for its medium twin H160 helicopter this year.

Rotorcraft

May 15, 2023

FAA Reminds Operators of Rotorcraft Bird Strike Study

A new FAA Information for Operators reminds helicopter pilots of recommendations from a rotorcraft bird strike study.

Regulations and Government

May 12, 2023

Organ Transport Edges Blade Toward Profitability

Blade Air Mobility's first quarter revenues increased by 70 percent from a year ago, driven largely by its MediMobility organ transport segment.

Rotorcraft

May 11, 2023

Bell 407 Increases Australian Presence

Bell recently delivered seven more of its model 407GXi helicopters into Australia.

Rotorcraft

May 10, 2023

Vertical Vx4 eVTOL Certification Pushed To Late 2026

Citing regulatory requirements, Vertical Aerospace pushed certification of its VX-4 eVTOL by 12 months to late 2026.

Environment

May 9, 2023

Study: Robust Growth Ahead for Air Ambulance Market

Nearly 9 percent annual growth rate is forecasted for global ambulance market.

Rotorcraft

May 3, 2023

McMahon Helicopter Opens New Headquarters

McMahon Helicopter Services has opened a 20,000-sq-ft facility at Canton-Plymouth Mettetal Airport in Michigan.

Rotorcraft

May 2, 2023

Airbus Showcasing ACH160 at Geneva Bizav Show

The Airbus Corporate Helicopters ACH160 will be on static display and available for customer demonstrations.

Rotorcraft

April 28, 2023

Airbus ACH130 Customer Flies Helo from UK to Australia

Australian tech entrepreneur John-Paul Thorbjornsen took delivery of his Airbus ACH130 Aston Martin edition and flew it the 10,000 miles home from the UK.

Rotorcraft

April 28, 2023

Bell Offering Militarized Variants of All Civil Models

Bell will offer militarized "special mission aircraft" versions of all its civil aircraft models tailored to the needs of the export market.

Maintenance and Modifications

April 27, 2023

Noise Study Drives Washington Helicopter Route Change

The FAA is modifying helicopter routes in the Washington, D.C. area based on the results of an aviation noise study.

Rotorcraft

April 25, 2023