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News from March 2016

Mar 31, 2016 — Maverick Helicopters in Maui First Anniversary

Mar 31, 2016 — Heli-One Poland Received FAA Approval

Mar 31, 2016 — JTF-Bravo Support Honduras in Fighting Wildfire

Mar 31, 2016 — Two LoIs Signed for VIP Bell 505 at FIDAE 2016

Mar 31, 2016 — Philippine Navy Orders Two AW159 Helicopters

Mar 30, 2016 — Seventh Huey II Kit to Colombian Air Force

Mar 30, 2016 — Brazilian FT Sistemas FT-200FH Umanned Helicopter

Mar 30, 2016 — UK Ambulance EHAAT Orders AW169

Mar 29, 2016 — Second Upgraded AB212 Delivered to Spanish Navy

Mar 29, 2016 — Improved Medical Interior for PHI’s Bell 407

Mar 29, 2016 — Indonesian and Mexico Navies New AS565 MBe Panther

Mar 29, 2016 — Airbus Helicopters at FIDAE 2016

Mar 29, 2016 — Mexican Navy Mi-17-1V Maintenance Contract

Mar 29, 2016 — New Bell 429 to Mexican Chihuahua State

Mar 29, 2016 — AW189 World Fleet Surpasses 10,000 Flight Hours

Mar 29, 2016 — FlightSafety International 65th Anniversary

Mar 29, 2016 — Textron Family at FIDAE 2016

Mar 29, 2016 — Royal Marines Merlin iMk3 Aboard HMS Ocean

Mar 29, 2016 — Kaman K-MAX at FIDAE 2016

Mar 28, 2016 — 40th CAB and USS Ponce Interoperability Exercise

Mar 28, 2016 — DART Aerospace with Eagle Copters at FIDAE

Mar 28, 2016 — Rockwell Collins CAAS for India CH-47F Chinook

Mar 28, 2016 — Mexican Air Force Received 15th and Last Bell 407GXP

Mar 28, 2016 — Russian Helicopters at FIDAE 2016

Mar 28, 2016 — Mi-17 New After-Sale Service in India

Mar 25, 2016 — Operation Ossau Air Units in Mali

Mar 25, 2016 — 12th CAB Chinooks Training in Grafenwoehr

Mar 24, 2016 — Mercy Air Converts AS350 for Humanitarian Missions

Mar 24, 2016 — Russian Helicopters at Defexpo India 2016

Mar 24, 2016 — Finmeccanica at FIDAE 2016

Mar 24, 2016 — RAF Puma HC.2 Fleet Reaches 10,000 Flight Hours

Mar 24, 2016 — Royal Navy Retired Sea King HC.4

Mar 23, 2016 — Vertiport Chicago Partners with HeliFlite

Mar 23, 2016 — First Kawasaki BK117C2 to Japan National Police

Mar 23, 2016 — Heli-One Develops Repair Capability for S-92 Air Inlet

Mar 23, 2016 — Oceania Aviation First R44 Order in Two Years

Mar 23, 2016 — Norwegian First AW101 Maiden Flight

Mar 23, 2016 — Erickson Gets Two Alaska Fire Suppression Contracts

Mar 22, 2016 — Better Gear for Arctic Helicopter Crews

Mar 21, 2016 — DARPA Awarded Next Gen US Navy UAV Demonstrator

Mar 21, 2016 — Rockwell Collins at FIDAE 2016

Mar 21, 2016 — India Post Releases HAL 75 Anniversary Stamp

Mar 21, 2016 — Airlift Northwest Adds Helicopter to Yakima Base

Mar 21, 2016 — H145 on New Demo Tour in Asia

Mar 21, 2016 — Australian Defence Force Exercise Jericho Dawn

Mar 18, 2016 — Turbomeca Rebrands to Safran Helicopter Engines

Mar 18, 2016 — Coast Guard Alaska Train on Thin Ice

Mar 18, 2016 — USA and South Korea Exercise Ssang Yong 2016

Mar 17, 2016 — Oceania Aviation to Train Pakistan on the S300C

Mar 17, 2016 — Thailand R44s to Receive Maintenance in California

Mar 17, 2016 — Bell Secured Three Bell 407GXP Sold at Heli Expo

Mar 16, 2016 — Kawasaki BK117C2 to Ehime Prefecture Fire Department

Mar 16, 2016 — Poland PZL Mielec Completes 300th Black Hawk Cabin

Mar 16, 2016 — NY National Guard Train Helo Evacuation Techniques

Mar 16, 2016 — Mi-28NE with Dual Controls Entered Production

Mar 16, 2016 — HAL and PHL to Establish Helicopter MRO at Delhi

Mar 16, 2016 — Northwest MedStar to Integrate into LFN

Mar 16, 2016 — Simplex Aerospace Celebrates 70 Anniversary

Mar 14, 2016 — HAL LCH Fires Rockets

Mar 14, 2016 — Dutch NH90 Maintenance Agreement

Mar 14, 2016 — India GVHL Sign HEMS MoU with Era Group

Mar 14, 2016 — United Kingdom 17th Guimbal G2 Cabri

Mar 14, 2016 — Canadian Coast Guard Accepts Bell 429 in Shearwater

Mar 14, 2016 — Second CH-53K Joins Flight Test Program

Mar 14, 2016 — Japan Coast Guard Orders Sixth H225

Mar 11, 2016 — HSM-37 Rescues Stranded Fishermen

Mar 11, 2016 — Bell Helicopter Service Network to Grow in Turkey

Mar 10, 2016 — Precision Aviation Group New Facility in Brazil

Mar 10, 2016 — Bell 412SP to HP Upgrade

Mar 10, 2016 — Bell 505 Jet Ranger X Moves Forward with Velocity

Mar 10, 2016 — Wildcats for the First Time in Arctic Training

Mar 9, 2016 — PAS Now Bell Helicopter Customer Service Facility

Mar 9, 2016 — AAR Receives FAA AMT Diamond Award of Excellence

Mar 9, 2016 — Heli-One Completes H225 9,000 Hours G Check

Mar 9, 2016 — LAPD H125 Law Enforcement Helicopter

Mar 9, 2016 — 814 Naval Squadron ASW Exercise in the Mediterranean

Mar 9, 2016 — German H145M First Pilots Complete Training

Mar 8, 2016 — HNZ Group Expands in Northern Canada

Mar 8, 2016 — Tactical Display For Colombian Police Bell 407GX

Mar 8, 2016 — Helicentre Aviation Opening Cabri School in Florida

Mar 8, 2016 — Bell Sign MoU with Vietnam Helicopter Corporation

Mar 8, 2016 — Bristow Leasing Three AW139 for Guyana

Mar 7, 2016 — Rockwell Collins Honored by Ethisphere Institute

Mar 5, 2016 — Bristow Resumes Service of S-76 in Nigeria

Mar 4, 2016 — USS Fort McHenry Participates in Cold Response 2016

Mar 4, 2016 — Fiji Humanitarian Relief After Cyclone Winston

Mar 3, 2016 — Eagle Copters Australasia is Bell Customer Service Facility

Mar 3, 2016 — H225 Main Rotor Blade Repair in Norway

Mar 3, 2016 — DARPA Selects Aurora to Build VTOL X-Plane

Mar 3, 2016 — Heli-One Completes S-92A SLEP

Mar 3, 2016 — First Bell 429 with Mecaer Interior to Russia

Mar 3, 2016 — First Bell 407GXP Purchased in Italy

Mar 3, 2016 — Heli-One Norway EASA Approved Flight Test Organization

Mar 3, 2016 — DRF Luftrettung Leases 2 H135P2 from Waypoint

Mar 3, 2016 — First Flight of MD902 with InSight Integrated Flight Deck

Mar 3, 2016 — Makila 2 Engine Overhaul in Norway

Mar 3, 2016 — Aircraft Tracking Spidertracks Selected by 3 Companies

Mar 3, 2016 — Mississippi DPS H125 at Heli-Expo 2016

Mar 3, 2016 — H175 Flight Crew Operating Manual

Mar 2, 2016 — JAX Sheriff Helicopters New Radios

Mar 2, 2016 — Indopelita Aircraft Services Assembled Basarnas AW139

Mar 2, 2016 — Alpine Aerotech to Maintain CH-146 Griffon

Mar 2, 2016 — AW109 Trekker Flies with Genesys Glass Cockpit

Mar 2, 2016 — Detection Kit Finds All Aircraft Fluid Leaks

Mar 2, 2016 — Rolls-Royce, Enstrom Agreement for M250 Engines

Mar 2, 2016 — Yokota AFB UH-1N New Rescue Hoists

Mar 2, 2016 — AW139 Main Rotor Blade Repair in Norway

Mar 2, 2016 — WeatherTech Orders VIP H145

Mar 2, 2016 — MDHI Agreement For M250-C47E/3 Engines

Mar 2, 2016 — AW109 Trekker First Flight

Mar 2, 2016 — Bell Helicopter Repairing Van Horn Tail Rotor Blades

Mar 2, 2016 — Helicopter Underwater Egress Survival Training

Mar 2, 2016 — Waypoint Leasing Surpasses $1.5 Billion in Assets

Mar 2, 2016 — LACoFD Receives Sikorsky Rescue Award

Mar 2, 2016 — University of Utah Bell 407GX

Mar 2, 2016 — University of Miami H125 for Scientific Research

Mar 2, 2016 — VIH Aerospace Bell 407 Certificate of Airworthiness

Mar 2, 2016 — VIH Aerospace Adds MRO Services for AW139

Mar 2, 2016 — Able Aerospace Now a Bell Helicopter Service Center

Mar 2, 2016 — California Orange County Sheriff Dept Orders H125

Mar 2, 2016 — Bell Helicopter Named Number One in Customer Support

Mar 2, 2016 — Sikorsky Recognizes Bristow S-92 Rescue

Mar 2, 2016 — Phoenix Heli Flight with JA94-001 Dual Audio Controller

Mar 2, 2016 — FAA Certifies Universal Filter Module for S-61

Mar 2, 2016 — Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Chooses EC145e

Mar 2, 2016 — Air Zermatt Orders SKYe SH09

Mar 2, 2016 — Era Signs MoU for AW609 Tiltrotor EMS Variant

Mar 2, 2016 — Finnish Border Guard Receive Their First H215

Mar 1, 2016 — VNH South Mi-172 Helicopters in Indonesia

Mar 1, 2016 — Hillsboro Aviation Exclusive Airbus Sales Agent

Mar 1, 2016 — Turbomeca Arrius 2B2Plus For New DRF Luftrettung H135

Mar 1, 2016 — Multi-Function Displays for German CH-53GS/GE

Mar 1, 2016 — H215 in U.S. Demo Tour after Heli-Expo

Mar 1, 2016 — LFN Achieve Two Distinguished Safety Accreditations

Mar 1, 2016 — New Bell 206 Polycarbonate Windshield

Mar 1, 2016 — AW139 Sliding Door Silens

Mar 1, 2016 — Airbus Helicopters USA Highly Realistic Simulator

Mar 1, 2016 — Memorial Hermann Life Flight Selects Management System

Mar 1, 2016 — China Guangxi Diwang Group Signs LoI for Ten Bell 525

Mar 1, 2016 — Bell Helicopter and Turbomeca Coverage on Bell 505

Mar 1, 2016 — Bell Helicopter Customer Advantage Plans

Mar 1, 2016 — Dakota Air Parts Begins Uplift of New Zealand Hueys

Mar 1, 2016 — Hong Kong Government H175 with Trakka Searchlight

Mar 1, 2016 — AgustaWestland at Heli-Expo 2016

Mar 1, 2016 — Topflight Orders First Bell 407GXP in the UK

Mar 1, 2016 — Phoenix Heli-Flight Acquires New H130

Mar 1, 2016 — Erickson Selected By NASA for Mid-Air Retrieval Program

Mar 1, 2016 — VIH Aerospace Agreement with Precision Aviation Group

Mar 1, 2016 — LCI at Heli-Expo 2016

Mar 1, 2016 — Japan Aichi Prefecture Orders Bell 412EPI

Mar 1, 2016 — U.S.-produced H125 for the Utah Highway Patrol

Mar 1, 2016 — PAC Updates Avionics Equipment on Bell 429

Mar 1, 2016 — New Hampshire DHART Orders H135

Mar 1, 2016 — Metro Aviation EC145e Early Market Introduction Offer

Mar 1, 2016 — San Bernardino County AS350 12-Year Inspection

Mar 1, 2016 — Era is the First Operator with a S-92 GWE

Mar 1, 2016 — LifePort Flooring Durability Improvement for SAR S-92

Mar 1, 2016 — Sikorsky Announces S-76C+ Upgrade Program

Mar 1, 2016 — Airbus Helicopters USA Offers Bo105 Maintenance Training

Mar 1, 2016 — MD902 Explorer with InSight Integrated Flight Deck

Mar 1, 2016 — Donaldson Inlet Barrier Filter (IBF) for the H160

Mar 1, 2016 — Enstrom TH180 Incident Update

Mar 1, 2016 — Thailand TAS Orders 5 S-76D and 2 S-92

Mar 1, 2016 — Super Puma with New Universal Avionics Solution

Mar 1, 2016 — H160 at Heli-Expo 2016

Mar 1, 2016 — Brazil Helisul Táxi Aéreo Sign LoI for Ten SKYe SH09

Mar 1, 2016 — Garmin Unveils Aera 660 Next Generation Navigator

Mar 1, 2016 — MAG Inspections for Maryland State Police AW139

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