Rotorcraft

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

Latest

Agusta hot to trot on civil tiltrotor

Unfazed by (or perhaps because of) murmurs from within Bell Helicopter management to the effect that development of the BA609 might be accelerated, Agusta-

Rotorcraft

August 11, 2008

Eurocopter breaks ground for new U.S. facility

The start of construction for American Eurocopter’s new parts manufacturing facility in Columbus, Miss., was marked by an August 7 groundbreaking ceremony.

Rotorcraft

August 6, 2008

Rotorcraft Update:Enstrom scores biggest sale ever

Mere months after a corporate shakeup rocked Enstrom Helicopter to the roots of its mahogany row, the Menominee, Mich.-based rotorcraft manufacturer celebr

Rotorcraft

August 5, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: New Bell president maps the future

While praising the efforts of his predecessor, Bell Helicopter’s freshly appointed CEO has been offering his own vision of the future for the beleaguered r

Rotorcraft

August 5, 2008

Videos

Rotorcraft Update: JetRanger gets stickshaker

Safe Flight Instrument Corp.

Safety

August 5, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: South African shootout

It’s a story right out of the Wild West.

Rotorcraft

August 5, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: Keystone honored by Rolls-Royce

Keystone Helicopter’s engine services division announced that it won Rolls-Royce’s program investment award.

Rotorcraft

August 5, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: Extex reveals extension plan

PMA parts maker Extex is finding current business so good it has embarked on an ambitious new expansion program.

Rotorcraft

August 5, 2008

EC 225 clearing hurdles; certification slips to 2004

Eurocopter now hopes to obtain certification for its EC 225 by early next year instead of in the third quarter of this year, as previously stated.

Rotorcraft

August 5, 2008

Russian helo designs struggle to enter market

“I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia.

Rotorcraft

August 5, 2008

MD Helicopters back in the black after a turbulent year

The light at the end of the tunnel is not a train bearing down on MD Helicopters Inc., said chairman and CEO Henk Schaeken.

Rotorcraft

August 5, 2008

Eurocopter quietly working on 'neighborly helicopter'

Just a few years ago Eurocopter scored a major coup at an HAI Heli-Expo show, amazing the crowds by introducing a new helicopter as a completely certified

Rotorcraft

August 5, 2008

Mounting a solid defense

Thanks to the many miracles of modern optics, modern aerial surveillance crews can zoom in their lenses from improbable distances and get razor-sharp image

Security

August 5, 2008

Helicopter share programs reinvent the fractional model

“What’s the difference between fractional helicopter operations and fractional business jet operations?” asked one fractional sales professional rhetorical

Charter & Fractional

August 4, 2008

Sao Paulo helicopter frax capital of the world

The only really successful helicopter fractional operator is not in the U.S.

Charter & Fractional

August 4, 2008

Rolls and GE Unveil New Turboprop Engines

Rolls-Royce unveiled a new turboprop engine for general aviation applications on Tuesday at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis.

Rotorcraft

July 31, 2008

Sikorsky Reaches Flight-hour Milestone

The in-service fleet of Sikorsky S-92 medium-twin helicopters reached 100,000 total flight hours, the company announced last month.

Rotorcraft

July 30, 2008

Medevac helicopters collide over Arizona

Neither of the two medevac Bell 407s that collided in midair June 29 over Flagstaff, Ariz., was equipped with TCAS or any kind of cockpit voice or data rec

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Use of PMA parts growing within rotorcraft ranks

“PMA parts? Ooh, now there’s a murky area,” said a maintenance supervisor who oversees the upkeep of an offshore oil support helicopter fleet numbering wel

Maintenance and Modifications

July 30, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: This year's second Salt Lake City-area aeromed crash claims pilot

Searchers scouring the ground near the impact site of an Agusta A109K2 operated for Salt Lake City’s Latter Day Saints Hospital have found the part suspect

Accidents

July 30, 2008

Rotorcraft

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

Latest

Agusta hot to trot on civil tiltrotor

Unfazed by (or perhaps because of) murmurs from within Bell Helicopter management to the effect that development of the BA609 might be accelerated, Agusta-

Eurocopter breaks ground for new U.S. facility

The start of construction for American Eurocopter’s new parts manufacturing facility in Columbus, Miss., was marked by an August 7 groundbreaking ceremony.

Rotorcraft Update:Enstrom scores biggest sale ever

Mere months after a corporate shakeup rocked Enstrom Helicopter to the roots of its mahogany row, the Menominee, Mich.-based rotorcraft manufacturer celebr

Rotorcraft Update: New Bell president maps the future

While praising the efforts of his predecessor, Bell Helicopter’s freshly appointed CEO has been offering his own vision of the future for the beleaguered r

Videos

More Articles

Rotorcraft Update: JetRanger gets stickshaker

Safe Flight Instrument Corp.

Rotorcraft Update: South African shootout

It’s a story right out of the Wild West.

Rotorcraft Update: Keystone honored by Rolls-Royce

Keystone Helicopter’s engine services division announced that it won Rolls-Royce’s program investment award.

Rotorcraft Update: Extex reveals extension plan

PMA parts maker Extex is finding current business so good it has embarked on an ambitious new expansion program.

EC 225 clearing hurdles; certification slips to 2004

Eurocopter now hopes to obtain certification for its EC 225 by early next year instead of in the third quarter of this year, as previously stated.

Russian helo designs struggle to enter market

“I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia.

MD Helicopters back in the black after a turbulent year

The light at the end of the tunnel is not a train bearing down on MD Helicopters Inc., said chairman and CEO Henk Schaeken.

Eurocopter quietly working on 'neighborly helicopter'

Just a few years ago Eurocopter scored a major coup at an HAI Heli-Expo show, amazing the crowds by introducing a new helicopter as a completely certified

Mounting a solid defense

Thanks to the many miracles of modern optics, modern aerial surveillance crews can zoom in their lenses from improbable distances and get razor-sharp image

Helicopter share programs reinvent the fractional model

“What’s the difference between fractional helicopter operations and fractional business jet operations?” asked one fractional sales professional rhetorical

Sao Paulo helicopter frax capital of the world

The only really successful helicopter fractional operator is not in the U.S.

Rolls and GE Unveil New Turboprop Engines

Rolls-Royce unveiled a new turboprop engine for general aviation applications on Tuesday at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis.

Sikorsky Reaches Flight-hour Milestone

The in-service fleet of Sikorsky S-92 medium-twin helicopters reached 100,000 total flight hours, the company announced last month.

Medevac helicopters collide over Arizona

Neither of the two medevac Bell 407s that collided in midair June 29 over Flagstaff, Ariz., was equipped with TCAS or any kind of cockpit voice or data rec

Use of PMA parts growing within rotorcraft ranks

“PMA parts? Ooh, now there’s a murky area,” said a maintenance supervisor who oversees the upkeep of an offshore oil support helicopter fleet numbering wel

Rotorcraft Update: This year's second Salt Lake City-area aeromed crash claims pilot

Searchers scouring the ground near the impact site of an Agusta A109K2 operated for Salt Lake City’s Latter Day Saints Hospital have found the part suspect

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