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Two Million Flight Hours for AW139 Global Fleet
helicopter news December 2017 Two Million Flight Hours for AW139 Global Fleet

29-Dec-17 - Canadian Helicopters Gets $8M Loan Canadian Helicopters Gets $8M Loan...
29-Dec-17 - Don Wall and PHI Acquired HNZ Group Don Wall and PHI Acquired HNZ Group...
28-Dec-17 - Serbia in Talks with Russia for Six Mil Mi-17 Serbia in Talks with Russia for Six Mil ...
27-Dec-17 - FAASA and Calquin Deploy 30 Aircraft in Chile and Uruguay FAASA and Calquin Deploy 30 Aircraft in ...
27-Dec-17 - FAASA Acquired Hispánica de Aviación FAASA Acquired Hispánica de Aviación...
27-Dec-17 - Two Million Flight Hours for AW139 Global Fleet Two Million Flight Hours for AW139 Globa...
27-Dec-17 - AW109 Trekker Achieves EASA Certification AW109 Trekker Achieves EASA Certificatio...
26-Dec-17 - New Canadian Mothership Asterix Commissioned New Canadian Mothership Asterix Commissi...
22-Dec-17 - KAI Tested KUH-1 Surion Firefighter Variant KAI Tested KUH-1 Surion Firefighter Vari...
22-Dec-17 - EliFriulia H145 Ambulance at 2nd Stormo’ Heliport EliFriulia H145 Ambulance at 2nd Stormo�...
22-Dec-17 - Scandinavian Air Ambulance AW169 in Gothenburg Scandinavian Air Ambulance AW169 in Goth...
22-Dec-17 - Indian Air Force and Army Ordered 15 HAL LCH Indian Air Force and Army Ordered 15 HAL...
22-Dec-17 - Airbus Sign Support for RAF Puma Mk2 Airbus Sign Support for RAF Puma Mk2...
21-Dec-17 - DART Floats Certified for Bell 412EPi Increased Weight DART Floats Certified for Bell 412EPi In...
21-Dec-17 - CH-53K First Dual Point External Load CH-53K First Dual Point External Load...
21-Dec-17 - France Upgraded First of 36 Tiger to HAD Variant France Upgraded First of 36 Tiger to HAD...
20-Dec-17 - RAF Puma HC.2 Fleet Reaches 20,000 Flight Hours RAF Puma HC.2 Fleet Reaches 20,000 Fligh...
19-Dec-17 - Environmentally Eco Friendly Helipad Environmentally Eco Friendly Helipad...
19-Dec-17 - Spirit AeroSystems Built V-280 Fuselage Spirit AeroSystems Built V-280 Fuselage...
19-Dec-17 - CityAirbus Completed Iron Bird Power On CityAirbus Completed Iron Bird Power On...
19-Dec-17 - First BK117D2 in Japan Delivered to Hiratagakuen First BK117D2 in Japan Delivered to Hira...
19-Dec-17 - Bell V-280 Valor First Flight Bell V-280 Valor First Flight...
18-Dec-17 - City of San Diego Wants S-70i City of San Diego Wants S-70i...
18-Dec-17 - Lobo Leasing AW139 to CHC Australia Lobo Leasing AW139 to CHC Australia...


H160’s Third Prototype Gets Carbon Design Livery
helicopter news December 2017 H160’s Third Prototype Gets Carbon Design Livery

18-Dec-17 - Erickson 20th Fire Season in Australia Erickson 20th Fire Season in Australia...
18-Dec-17 - Italy Recognized Leonardo Electric Tail Rotor Italy Recognized Leonardo Electric Tail ...
18-Dec-17 - LCI Leased First H175 to CHC Scotia LCI Leased First H175 to CHC Scotia...
18-Dec-17 - Babcock Australia to Start H175 Operations Babcock Australia to Start H175 Operatio...
16-Dec-17 - USS Little Rock (LCS 9) Commissioned USS Little Rock (LCS 9) Commissioned...
15-Dec-17 - Compliant UAV Status for Sparrow Cargo Drone Compliant UAV Status for Sparrow Cargo D...
14-Dec-17 - First Rebuild Chinook for Netherlands First Rebuild Chinook for Netherlands...
14-Dec-17 - Bell 429 EMS for Heliand Andorra Bell 429 EMS for Heliand Andorra...
14-Dec-17 - Airbus Inaugurates Paris-Le Bourget Blades Site Airbus Inaugurates Paris-Le Bourget Bla...
14-Dec-17 - Danish Retires Lynx. MH-60R First Deployment Danish Retires Lynx. MH-60R First Deploy...
14-Dec-17 - Six Dutch CH-47D Chinooks to be Upgraded to F Six Dutch CH-47D Chinooks to be Upgraded...
14-Dec-17 - Airbus Project Eagle Takes Flight Airbus Project Eagle Takes Flight...
13-Dec-17 - Christchurch Helicopters Recognized by HAI Christchurch Helicopters Recognized by H...
13-Dec-17 - San Diego Fire-Rescue Department to add Firehawk San Diego Fire-Rescue Department to add ...
13-Dec-17 - Aurora Autonomous UH-1H in Quantico Aurora Autonomous UH-1H in Quantico...
13-Dec-17 - ATEC T900 Engine On Apache and Black Hawk ATEC T900 Engine On Apache and Black Haw...
13-Dec-17 - Los Angeles County Welcomed Two S-70i Los Angeles County Welcomed Two S-70i...
12-Dec-17 - East/West Earns Part 145 FAA Repair Station Certification East/West Earns Part 145 FAA Repair Stat...
12-Dec-17 - Riverside County Deputies Recognized by HAI Riverside County Deputies Recognized by ...
12-Dec-17 - AS565MBe Panther Service in Mexican Navy AS565MBe Panther Service in Mexican Navy...
12-Dec-17 - Wiking Helikopter H145 Approved Training Organisation Wiking Helikopter H145 Approved Training...
12-Dec-17 - Bell Helicopter’s Mirabel Celebrates 5,000th Aircraft Bell Helicopter’s Mirabel Celebrates 5...
12-Dec-17 - S-64E “Annie” Return to Chile for Firefighting S-64E “Annie” Return to Chile for Fi...
12-Dec-17 - H160’s Third Prototype Gets Carbon Design Livery H160’s Third Prototype Gets Carbon Des...


Six New Airbus Helicopters for Philippines in 2017
helicopter news December 2017 Six New Airbus Helicopters for Philippines in 2017

12-Dec-17 - Six New Airbus Helicopters for Philippines in 2017 Six New Airbus Helicopters for Philippin...
11-Dec-17 - HeliOffshore and Honeywell Demonstrate HTAWS HeliOffshore and Honeywell Demonstrate H...
11-Dec-17 - Airmedic’s New Call Dispatch System Airmedic’s New Call Dispatch System...
11-Dec-17 - Bell 412EP Ballistic Protection Bell 412EP Ballistic Protection...
11-Dec-17 - Four Bell 412EP Delivered to Argentina Four Bell 412EP Delivered to Argentina...
11-Dec-17 - Eight More AW139 for Italian Customs and Coast Guard Eight More AW139 for Italian Customs and...
11-Dec-17 - HAL Invite Private Partners for ALH Civil Dhruv HAL Invite Private Partners for ALH Civi...
09-Dec-17 - Vietnam’s VNH South Honored Its Customers Vietnam’s VNH South Honored Its Custom...
08-Dec-17 - Exercise Dark Dune 2017-II Exercise Dark Dune 2017-II...
07-Dec-17 - Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth Commissioned Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth Commi...
07-Dec-17 - Able to Overhaul Tucson Police Bell 206s Able to Overhaul Tucson Police Bell 206s...
07-Dec-17 - NYPD Bell 429 Rescues Hiker NYPD Bell 429 Rescues Hiker...
07-Dec-17 - Centrica Norwegian Sea Drilling Program for CHC Centrica Norwegian Sea Drilling Program ...
06-Dec-17 - Firefighter Chinook Tracking System Firefighter Chinook Tracking System...
06-Dec-17 - Tenth and Last AS565MBe Panther to Mexican Navy Tenth and Last AS565MBe Panther to Mexic...
04-Dec-17 - Med Trans Moved Headquarters to Denton, Texas Med Trans Moved Headquarters to Denton, ...
04-Dec-17 - Honeywell Opens Repair Station in Colombia Honeywell Opens Repair Station in Colomb...
04-Dec-17 - US Army Recognized Partner Communities US Army Recognized Partner Communities...
04-Dec-17 - Whitesky Starts Jakarta Bandung Helicopter Service Whitesky Starts Jakarta Bandung Helicopt...
04-Dec-17 - GHS to Continue Supporting UN in Nigeria GHS to Continue Supporting UN in Nigeria...
01-Dec-17 - Upgrading the Mi-171E Upgrading the Mi-171E...
01-Dec-17 - Digital Production of Helicopters in Ulan-Ude Digital Production of Helicopters in Ula...
01-Dec-17 - Mexican Federal Police Black Hawk Overhaul Mexican Federal Police Black Hawk Overha...
01-Dec-17 - Royal Australian Navy Retires S-70B-2 and AS350 Royal Australian Navy Retires S-70B-2 an...






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