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Helicopter News 2000



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  • Dec 21:
    		• RAH-66 with new Empennage completes First Flight
  • Dec 18:
    		• 30 more blackhawks for Colombia
  • Dec 15:
    		• US Army grounds all Apaches
  • Dec 13:
    		• V-22 grounded and production delayed [MV-22 Crash]
  • Dec 13:
    		• Polish Swidnik privatisation
  • Dec 12:
    		• Marines MV-22 Crashes in North Carolina [+ update]
  • Dec 12:
    		• Two rescue Sikorsky S-76C+ for China
  • Dec 07:
    		• Bell AH-1Z Super Cobra First Flight
  • Dec 06:
    		• New radios for US helicopters
  • Dec 01:
    		• Wing mated to Bell/Agusta Tiltrotor BA609
  • Nov 30:
    		• Cougar / Super Puma MK 2+ First Flight
  • Nov 30:
    		• MV-22 ready for full-rate production
  • Nov 27:
    		• New RAH-66 Comanche empennage
  • Nov 21:
    		• First Bell AH-1Z Super Cobra rolled out
  • Nov 17:
    		• New paint for US Navy gray CH-60S
  • Nov 16:
    		• EC120B Colibri reachs 200 units
  • Nov 15:
    		• CSAR Cougar completes in-flight refueling tests
  • Nov 14:
    		• MV-22 deemed suitable for Shipboard Operations
  • Nov 02:
    		• 3 EC135 for the Swedish Police
  • Nov 01:
    		• World's first commercial Tiltrotor training academy
  • Nov 01:
    		• First Super Lynx for Denmark
  • Oct 27:
    		• New sensors "Arrowhead" for AH-64 Apache
  • Oct 26:
    		• Comanche survivability system selected
  • Oct 26:
    		• 6 more SH-60 Seahawks for Spain
  • Oct 21:
    		• Colombia UH-60 damaged
  • Oct 16:
    		• Troop loading milestone for RAF EH-101
  • Oct 13:
    		• MV-22 declared operational over land [Alert!]
  • Oct 09:
    		• Austria to purchase 9 Blackhawks
  • Oct 02:
    		• 25th Anniversary of Apache first flight
  • Sep 27:
    		• 11 civilian EC135 order from Austria
  • Sep 26:
    		• Eurocopter España Set Up !
  • Sep 22:
    		• Mil Helicopter Plant press releases resume [summary]
  • Sep 21:
    		• Blackhawks to Go to Colombia in 2002
  • Sep 20:
    		• New training system for british Apaches
  • Sep 19:
    		• CV-22 flight testing set to begin at Edwards AFB
  • Sep 18:
    		• Mitsubishi recalls MH-2000 helicopters
  • Sep 15:
    		• Boeing to modify Israeli Longbows
  • Sep 12:
    		• Indonesia may buy Russian helicopters
  • Sep 06:
    		• New Safari website secure area
  • Sep 06:
    		• Taiwan copter spins out of control [with Movie]
  • Sep 05:
    		• Chechnya: Russia lost 23 helicopters
  • Aug 31:
    		• S-92 for the Nordic Helicopter Program
  • Aug 27:
    		• US Marines ground 3 types of aircraft [+ update]
  • Aug 25:

    • Helicopters Rescue Marooned in India Floods
  • Aug 22:
    		• V-22 searching to reduce costs
  • Aug 17:
    		• Harris Corp to provide RAH-66 avionics
  • Aug 15:
    		• First UK built WAH-64 delivered
  • Aug 07:
    		• Harrison Ford to the Rescue
  • Aug 03:
    		• Canada Navy boards US owned ship
  • Aug 03:
    		• CH-47D: Boeing to pay up to $54 million
  • Jul 28:
    		• Thomson-CSF Wins Tiger Simulation
  • Jul 27:
    		• Canada eyeing $1.4 billion worth of maritime helicopters
  • Jul 26:
    		• Westland & Agusta agree helicopters merger
  • Jul 21:
    		• Bell KingCobra selected by Turkey
  • Jul 19:
    		• Kaman provide MD rotor systems
  • Jul 19:
    		• First UK built WAH-64 makes maiden flight
  • Jul 18:
    		• South Korea AH-X project
  • Jul 05:
    		• NH90: Go ahead for 1st Batch of 298 helicopters
  • Jul 05:
    		• Flight control computers to equip EH-101
  • Jul 04:
    		• 6th EH-101 Merlin Mk3 to RAF
  • Jul 02:
    		• S.Africa evacuates Oil-Hit Penguins off the Cape
  • Jun 30:
    		• Eurocopter confirms 243 NH90 order
  • Jun 27:
    		• 23 deficiencies in the V-22 Osprey
  • Jun 18:
    		• USAF Special Operations Command marks 10th Year
  • Jun 14:
    		• More Seahawks for Greece Navy
  • Jun 12:
    		• Adventurers Rescued From Arctic
  • Jun 09:
    		• General Electric engines for italians NH90s
  • Jun 08:
    		• Production go-ahead for the NH90 Programme
  • Jun 08:
    		• Rolls-Royce Turbomeca engines for NH90
  • Jun 07:
    		• Turkey orders 8 CH-53E Super Stallion
  • Jun 05:
    		• MV-22 resume operational evaluation [MV-22 Crash]
  • Jun 02:
    		• Turk helicopter tender award postponed
  • May 28:
    		• And the helicopter never came back...
  • May 25:
    		• First CH-60S arrives at NAS Patuxent River
  • May 24:
    		• Royal Navy 's EH-101 Merlin trials
  • May 20:
    		• Major NATO naval exercises in Portugal
  • May 18:
    		• New film about Yom Kippur war [+ update]
  • May 18:
    		• US to build more assault carriers
  • May 17:
    		• Bell Eagle Eye completes autoland tests
  • May 16:
    		• US Marines wants a remotely piloted K-MAX
  • May 12:
    		• EH-101 demonstates SAR & Rescue credentials
  • May 10:
    		• Reports of pilot error are false [MV-22 Crash]
  • May 10:
    		• US Marines declare V-22 safe
  • May 01:
    		• Combat SAR Cougar to the Turkish Air Force [+ update]
  • Apr 19:
    		• Delivery of the 100th EC120B Colibri
  • Apr 18:
    		• Europe will manage NH90
  • Apr 17:
    		• New laser system for mines countermeasures
  • Apr 09:
    		• MV-22 Crash [+ update]
  • Apr 06:
    		• Kaman provide MD fuselages
  • Apr 04:
    		• US Army wants 1213 Comanche helicopters
  • Mar 30:
    		• US Army and Boeing sign long-lead Apache contract
  • Mar 29:
    		• New US military helicopter engine
  • Mar 28:
    		• Electrical power equipment for the RAH-66
  • Mar 27:
    		• 22nd EH-101 Merlin for the Royal Navy
  • Mar 27:
    		• SH-2G Super Sea Sprite for Canada ?
  • Mar 24:
    		• Canada Navy helicopter rescues 7 from sunken ship
  • Mar 24:
    		• CV-22 Osprey Block 10 Upgrades
  • Mar 16:
    		• Northrop Grumman to built V-22 panels
  • Mar 15:
    		• UK Army take delivery of the first WAH-64
  • Mar 10:
    		• ITT provide US Army with electronic protection
  • Mar 06:
    		• Turkey 's combat helicopter contract
  • Feb 27:
    		• South African helicopters help hundreds in Mozambique
  • Feb 24:
    		• UK Lynxs and Chinooks upgrades
  • Feb 22:
    		• 15 EC120B for training in the Spanish Air Force
  • Feb 22:
    		• Manvis: New Integrated Digital Map System
  • Feb 22:
    		• Radars for Singapore Longbow Apaches
  • Feb 21:
    		• WWII plane rescue in the Andes Mountains
  • Feb 10:
    		• Northrop Grumman's UAV awarded US Navy 's contract
  • Feb 07:
    		• Brantly announced new sales
  • Feb 02:
    		• US refuses to give Israel Longbow Apaches
  • Jan 27:
    		• First CH-60S completes initial flight
  • Jan 25:
    		• Sikorsky wins first S-92 orders
  • Jan 25:
    		• The EC155B is Single-Pilot IFR Capable
  • Jan 24:
    		• Rockwell Collins upgrade Turkish Blackhawks
  • Jan 24:
    		• CHC repairs and overhaul Super Pumas Worldwide
  • Jan 17:
    		• US Army closes probe of Apache crash
  • Jan 14:
    		• New Apache production facility opens at GKN
  • Jan 14:
    		• MTU engine order for the Tiger [+ update]
  • Jan 12:
    		• Northrop Grumman's UAV completes first flight
  • Jan 11:
    		• Sikorsky expects more rebuild business in future
  • Jan 06:
    		• Australian SH-2G(A) begin initial flight testing
  • Jan 06:
    		• CHC training Canadian military pilots
  • Jan 05:
    		• Boeing to sell 9 Chinooks to Taiwan


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