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Helicopter Express New Partner for Erickson S-64F

Helicopter Express New Partner for Erickson S-64F

Helicopter Express, the first commercial operator to acquire an Erickson S-64F helicopter, now signed a strategic alliance to support and diversify the Aircrane operations
29-Sep - #aircrane

Australian Taipans Retired Earlier than Expected

Australian Taipans Retired Earlier than Expected

Australia’ MRH90 Taipan helicopters will not fly again. The fleet has been grounded since a fatal accident last July. The withdrawal was originally planned for December 2024, when the new UH-60M Black Hawk are to be fully operational
29-Sep - Taipan

Canadian Approval for Bell 505 Cargo Basket

Canadian Approval for Bell 505 Cargo Basket

DART Aerospace received a new Transport Canada’s Civil Aviation (TCCA) supplemental type certificate (STC) for the external cargo Heli-Utility-Basket™ designed for the Bell 505 helicopter. It is also currently pursuing U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) validation
28-Sep - #basket

Rolls-Royce Hybrid-Electric Engine First Fuel Burn

Rolls-Royce Hybrid-Electric Engine First Fuel Burn

The new Rolls-Royce new small engine for advance hybrid-electric flight completes successful first fuel burn. Developed for the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) market including electrical vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) or electric short take-off and landing (eSTOL) aircraft up to 19 seats
28-Sep - #ElectricEngine

Poland Minister of Defense Visits Boeing Apache Site

Poland Minister of Defense Visits Boeing Apache Site

Poland’s Minister of Defense, Mariusz Błaszczak, visited the Boeing Mesa site in Arizona, where the 96 AH-64E helicopters ordered for the Polish Army are being built
27-Sep - #Mesa

South Dakota Air Ambulance Carrying Life-Saving Whole Blood

South Dakota Air Ambulance Carrying Life-Saving Whole Blood

South Dakota’ Black Hills Life Flight helicopters now carries life-saving whole blood, the first community-based air ambulance service in the state with this capability
27-Sep - #RapidCity

MD Helicopters Refurbished Parts from Able Aerospace

MD Helicopters Refurbished Parts from Able Aerospace

MD Helicopters (MDH) collaborates with Able Aerospace for parts refurbishment and reduced costs for customers
26-Sep - #Parts

Timberland  Bell 206 in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission

Timberland Bell 206 in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission

A Bell 206 helicopter, operated by Timberland Helicopters, assisted in the historic recovery of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission at the Utah desert’s Dugway Proving Ground
26-Sep - #OSIRISREx

Helicopter Institute Awarded USN IFT-R COPTR Contract

Helicopter Institute Awarded USN IFT-R COPTR Contract

Helicopter Institute Inc (HII) at Fort Worth, Texas awarded the US Navy Initial Flight Training Rotary (IFT-R) contract using Bell 206. The Contractor Only Pilot Training – Rotary (COPTR) will support the Naval Air Training Command (NATC) in their existing helicopter training programs.
26-Sep - #FlightTraining



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