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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S-76 rotor blades put under scrutiny

Less than two weeks after the July 16 crash of a Bristow Sikorsky S-76A+ (G-BJVX) that killed all 11 passengers and crew when the helicopter apparently los

Sikorsky Helo Goes Hollywood

Movie stars tend to get what they want, so when comic actor Adam Sandler asked to borrow Sikorsky’s S-92 helicopter for a cameo appearance in his new film

Newscopters Clash with Police

Plano, Texas Police threatened to close the airspace over future news events after helicopters from nearby television stations disrupted their attempts to

Son of Silver State

A former instructor at bankrupt and defunct helicopter school Silver State Helicopters has opened his own flight school in New Braunfels, Texas.

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Brazilian Operator Selects Blue Sky

Lider Aviaco, Brazil’s largest offshore helicopter service provider, has selected Blue Sky Network to provide satellite-based tracking and logistics servic

AW Delivers First Versace Interiors

AgustaWestland has delivered the first two of its helicopters fitted with interiors styled by Italian fashion design house Versace.

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Cutting Edge Launches School

Cutting Edge Helicopter Training School opened its doors to student pilots in Derry, Northern Ireland, in late March.

OEM Partners with Chilean Schools

Eurocopter last month signed cooperation agreements with two Chilean universities.

OEMs: airframe mods key to noise reduction

Helicopter manufacturers are exploring a number of technologies to reduce noise, both that perceived from the ground and inside the cabin.

UK SAR debut for AW139

The second of three AgustaWestland AW139s that CHC Helicopter will use for search-and-rescue operations off the south coast of England on behalf of the UK

One contentious engine failure

The president of a helicopter supply company whose actions were determined by the NTSB to be a contributing factor in the January 2006 crash of a Eurocopte

Exhibit celebrates helo’s role in news gathering

When the Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., opened last month to tell the tale of news gathering, publication and broadcast and to champio

More changes for ‘natural quiet’ rule

The subject of aircraft noise in the Grand Canyon area has been of special interest to helicopter operators for years now, but it might be taking on an eve

Regulations and Government

Eurocopter renews helo safety effort

Eurocopter’s “fleet safety directorate,” officially formed last July, continues to study human factors in helicopter operations, with the statistical backd

EC 175 main gearbox takes shape

Eurocopter design engineers continue ground testing the main gearbox of the EC 175 medium twin.

MD Helicopters Move Likely

Cushman and Wakefield, the real-estate firm hired by MD Helicopters parent company Patriarch Partners, has reportedly narrowed potential new sites for the

Agusta, MDHI again in battle for USCG helo bid

The U.S.

Osprey resumes flight test; tiltrotor future far from certain

With little fanfare and a lot of crossed fingers, flight test of the embattled Bell Boeing MV-22 Osprey resumed in the final days of May at the U.S.

Rotor blade implicated in S-76A+ crash

With more than 90 percent of the wreckage recovered, the UK’s Department for Transport’s Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) has released preliminary

Confidence in AB139 high despite crash

Despite the fatal loss of one of its prototypes, Agusta and program partner Bell Helicopter are confident of the success of the AB139 and recently celebrat

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