Rotorcraft
News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.
Rotorcraft
Embraer’s Eve Boosts Plans For Urban Air Mobility Revolution With Wall Street Cash
Embraer’s Eve Boosts Plans For Urban Air Mobility Revolution With Wall Street Cash
Rotorcraft
Leonardo AW169 Turns 10
Leonardo is marking the 10th anniversary of the AW169 on May 10, 2012, it has since delivered 140 of the light intermediate helicopters.
Rotorcraft
Blade's Q1 Revenues Jump 187 Percent
Blade Air Mobility said revenues from organ transports, short-haul passenger flights spurring growth.
Accidents
NTSB Cites VFR-into-IMC in Fatal Hawaii Helitour Crash
NTSB reports concluded that the fatal 2019 Safari Aviation Helitour crash was a result of the pilot continuing flight into IMC and called it "preventable."
Environment
Joby: NASA Test Flights Prove eVTOL's Low Noise Levels
Results from recent NASA-backed flight tests with Joby’s eVTOL prototype demonstrate that its noise would be barely audible from city streets below.
Rotorcraft
Army Selects Icarus For Black Hawk IFR Training
The U.S. Army will use Icarus's smart view limiting device for helicopter IFR training.
Rotorcraft
Savback Campaigning Two-seat Zefhir Copter in UK
Savback Helicopters will display the turbine-powered, two-seat Curti Zefhir at Wycombe Air Park during this year's Private Flyer luxury brand show.
Rotorcraft
Helinet Joins L.A. Urban Air Mobility Partnership
Helinet will explore eVTOL applications to traditional helicopter missions.
Rotorcraft
Bristow Acquiring British International Helicopter Services
Bristow Group to acquire British International Helicopter Services, a company that provides services to the UK military.
Rotorcraft
Rocket Lab S-92A Catches, Drops Booster Stage
Sikorsky S-92A snagged the first-stage booster of Rocket Lab's Electron midair but dropped it after the pilot noted "different load characteristics."
Rotorcraft
Company Seeks Partner To Build Certified S-52 Helo
Vertical Aviation Technologies is seeking a strategic partner to produce an updated, certified version of the Sikorsky S-52.
Rotorcraft
Resurrection of the Super Puma
Airbus H225 helicopters have found new life and missions in the wake of the 2016 offshore accident.
Rotorcraft
Bell Delivers More Helos but Revenues, Profit Slip
Commercial helicopter deliveries at Bell rose to 25 units in the first quarter of 2022.
Charter & Fractional
Bell Sells Two More 505 Singles into Switzerland
Bell has signed a purchase agreement with Swiss helicopter services company Karen for two Bell 505 helicopters for charter and flight training.
Avionics
Air Methods Selects Skyryse for Flight Controls
Air Methods will retrofit its air ambulance fleet with Skyryse FlightOS flight controls.
Airports
Air-One eVTOL Transportation Hub Makes Debut in UK
Urban-Air Port and eVTOL developer Supernal unveiled in the UK a fully functional example of a “multimodal infrastructure hub” to support eVTOL ops.
Rotorcraft
Vita Delivers Helo Load Stabilization System to Ukraine
The CEO of Vita has hand-delivered the company's Vita Rescue System for helicopter rescue load stabilization into an active war zone in Ukraine.
Rotorcraft
Bell Manufacturing Technology Center To Modernize Production for Next Gen Rotorcraft
Bell Manufacturing Technology Center To Modernize Production for Next Gen Rotorcraft
Rotorcraft
Helicopter Thief Convicted for Flying without a License
A Massachusetts man who had his license revoked in 2000 following a conviction for helicopter theft has now been found guilty of flying without a license.
Rotorcraft
Sikorsky S-92 To Recover Rocket's First Stage in Midair
A Sikorsky S-92 helicopter will be used in an attempt to recover Rocket Lab's reusable Electron satellite booster mid-air following the rocket launch.
Aircraft
Autonomous Aircraft Could Carry Vital Supplies to War and Disaster Zones
Autonomous Aircraft Could Carry Vital Supplies to War and Disaster Zones
Airports
EVTOL Vertiport Projects Launched in U.S. Midwest
Construction is beginning on two eVTOL vertiports in the Quad Cities and Oshkosh.
Rotorcraft
Airbus Sells First 'Line Lounge' ACH160 in Brazil
The Airbus ACH160 can be equipped with the modular Line Lounge interior.
Regulations and Government
Eve and Zanite Plan To Complete Merger, IPO Next Month
Eve Urban Air Mobility and Zanite Acquisition expect to complete their merger on May 9 and then float shares in the new Eve Holding entity on the NYSE.
Rotorcraft
Bestfly Expands Leonardo Fleet
Angolan operator Bestfly is expanding its fleet of Leonardo helicopters to support offshore energy.
Maintenance and Modifications
First Aviation To Buy Heliblade, Expand Helo Mx Service
First Aviation Services is acquiring Heliblade and forming a new rotary-wing maintenance division for rotor blades and dynamic components.
Rotorcraft
Bristow, Helicentre Formalize Training Partnership
Bristow Group has selected Helicentre as its preferred provider of ab-initio commercial pilot training.
Accidents
NTSB: LASD Super Puma Crashed In Brownout
'Rescue 5' was responding to an emergency call and attempting to land when the helicopter became engulfed in dust, contacted a tree, and rolled over.
Charter & Fractional
Volare Expands Helo Ops At London Oxford
Volare Aviation has opened a dedicated helicopter maintenance, management and refurbishment facility at London Oxford Airport.
Rotorcraft
Super Puma Operator Lands Navy Contract
Texas-based Air Center Helicopters has landed a vertical replenishment contract with the U.S. Navy to provide services.
