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Helicopter News 1999



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  • Dec 21:
    		• First two SAR Super Puma for Greece
  • Dec 21:
    		• Bell enters the 21st Century with new orders
  • Dec 18:
    		• Thousands airlifted from Venezuela disaster area
  • Dec 15:
    		• Boeing to modernize more Spanish Chinooks
  • Dec 14:
    		• Eurocopter delivers the 100th Ecureuil/Astar B3
  • Dec 13:
    		• First WAH-64 arrives 100 days early
  • Dec 13:
    		• Canadian Aerospace and Sikorsky Team in Portugal
  • Dec 10:
    		• EC 135 receives LBA IFR certification
  • Dec 9:
    		• Poland to give 2.6 % in KGHM to WSK PZL
  • Dec 9:
    		• 100th AH-64D Apache Longbow to US Army
  • Dec 8:
    		• Rooftop Landings Banned
  • Dec 7:
    		• Bell Eagle Eye Team UAV partners named - Eagle Eye
  • Dec 2:
    		• Hawk 4 passes agricultural flight test
  • Nov 29:
    		• Nordics ask for offers on military helicopters
  • Nov 29:
    		• Canada firm to make EH-101 Cormorant parts
  • Nov 22:
    		• US Army speeding repair of Apache helicopters
  • Nov 22:
    		• Westland opens new transmissions test facility
  • Nov 22:
    		• Oil platform landing success for EH-101
  • Nov 18:
    		• Cockpit air bag system for the H-60
  • Nov 15:
    		• Bell will be featured in a television commercial
  • Nov 15:
    		• Third Production MV-22 delivered
  • Nov 14:
    		• Sikorsky S-92 flying with production engine
  • Nov 11:
    		• New simulation program for the US Army
  • Nov 11:
    		• Colombia wants Blackhawks
  • Nov 9:
    		• Baby Belle Takes On New Name [Safari]
  • Nov 8:
    		• No more helicopters for mines countermeasures ?
  • Nov 8:
    		• US Army grounds AH-64 Apaches [+ update]
  • Nov 5:
    		• Night vision for the Canadian CH-146
  • Nov 4:
    		• Gyrodyne announces sale of aerospace division
  • Nov 4:
    		• SAR pilot named new AEGIS destroyer
  • Nov 2:
    		• 2nd US Longbow battalion combat ready
  • Oct 29:
    		• Rescue at an altitude of 15,000 feet ( 4,500 m )
  • Oct 26:
    		• Bell & Agusta gets boost in Poland helicopter bid
  • Oct 25:
    		• US Navy CH-60S is on the production line
  • Oct 22:
    		• 9 EC-635 for Portugal
  • Oct 21:
    		• Mexico buys 24 Bell 206 for Anti-Drug war
  • Oct 19:
    		• Israel says Apaches were flawed
  • Oct 14:
    		• Aerospatiale-Matra & DASA merger
  • Oct 13:
    		• Tiger: Hot weather test campaign in Abu Dhabi
  • Oct 11:
    		• MV-22 concludes successful sea trials [+ update]
  • Oct 8:
    		• NBAA expo: Bell/Agusta 609 Tiltrotor & Agusta/Bell 139
  • Oct 7:
    		• New gas turbine engine monitoring system
  • Oct 5:
    		• Mexico returns 73 helicopters to U.S.
  • Oct 4:
    		• New contract to maintain US army Blackhawks
  • Sep 30:
    		• First flight of the Hawk 4 gyroplane
  • Sep 26:
    		• Osprey 's big cousin excites Pentagon - Quad Tiltrotor
  • Sep 17:
    		• AH-64D Apache Longbow aerobatic tests
  • Sep 17:
    		• Iran unveils new helicopter
  • Sep 13:
    		• US Coast Guard fires at drug boats
  • Sep 13:
    		• SkyHook: successful flight trials with Australian Navy
  • Sep 9:
    		• Transatlantic First for EH-101
  • Sep 9:
    		• First "RESCO" Eurocopter Cougar MK2
  • Sep 8:
    		• US Marines introduce new helicopter [MV-22]
  • Sep 7:
    		• Malaysia orders Super Lynx
  • Sep 2:
    		• Tiger meets Poland 's requirements
  • Sep 1:
    		• U.S. delivers anti-drug helicopters
  • Sep 1:
    		• Boeing delivers first WAH-64 kit to Westland
  • Aug 26:
    		• "Super D" Chinook completes first flight
  • Aug 24:
    		• Laser-based countermeasures for the H-60
  • Aug 23:
    		• Sonar for Agusta
  • Aug 23:
    		• RAH-66 - $3.1 Billion proposal to US Army
  • Aug 20:
    		• Bell sees rapid growth in India helicopter market
  • Aug 19:
    		• Pilot Fined Over Streisand Wedding
  • Aug 18:
    		• FAA grounds some medical helicopters
  • Aug 18:
    		• MI 38 Heavy Twin-Engine [ EUROMIL ]
  • Aug 12:
    		• SH-2G (NZ) Super Sea Sprite for New Zealand
  • Aug 9:
    		• Chinooks grounded for checks [+ update]
  • Aug 2:
    		• Textron's Bell Helicopter Acquires Edwards
  • Jul 29:
    		• Aviation Training International Led [WAH-64]
  • Jul 26:
    		• New autopilot landing system
  • Jul 14:
    		• German Navy's first Super Sea Lynx rolled out
  • Jul 8:
    		• Hundreds Rescued From Ferry
  • Jul 1:
    		• Pilots undertrained and underequipped ?
  • Jun 18:
    		• France & Germany order 160 Tigers
  • Jun 17:
    		• Eurocopter delivers 500th Super Puma/Cougar
  • Jun 15:
    		• Sikorsky S-92 will replace Canada 's Sea Kings
  • Jun 15:
    		• 100th Eurocopter EC 135 delivered
  • Jun 12:
    		• RAH-66 at the Paris Air Show
  • Jun 12:
    		• Sikorsky S-92A Helibus debuts at Paris
  • Jun 1:
    		• NH90 - 4th prototype in flight
  • May 20:
    		• RAH-66 Program, Army sign pre-production MOU
  • May 10:
    		• 2 Comanches Fly Together For First Time
  • May 3:
    		• Flight Demonstrations of K-Max Aerial Truck
  • Mar 30:
    		• Boeing Celebrates Delivery of 1,000th Apache
  • Mar 17:
    		• Parents Fume Over Chopper Landing
  • Mar 15:
    		• Lama celebrates 30 Years
  • Mar 9:
    		• Ship Hangar Constructed
  • Mar 2:
    		• Helicopter Window Falls From Sky
  • Mar 1:
    		• The Alouette 3 celebrates 40 Years
  • Feb 23:
    		• Baby at Mid-Flight
  • Feb 19:
    		• Boeing sold Mc Donnell Douglas helis to RDM
  • Feb 18:
    		• US Navy ends antarctic service
  • Feb 16:
    		• S-70 Battlehawk for Australia
  • Feb 14:
    		• Ethiopian Mi-24 shot down
  • Jan 28:
    		• Blackhawk to South Pole in record flight


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