Chinese GDAT to Lease 20 H175s Worldwide
Chinese sales and leasing company GDAT has placed an order for 10 (+10 options) Airbus H175 to complement the 50 H160 procured last year. The Irish new start-up finance company GD Helicopter Finance (GDHF) will be marketing these helicopters worldwide25-Apr - #H175
Airbus Racer Demonstrator First Flight
Racer, Airbus’s high-speed helicopter demonstrator for the European Research Clean Sky 2 project, completed its first flight in Marignane, France. With a new hybrid-electric eco-mode, it can pause one of the two Aneto-1X engines, thereby contributing to the reduction of CO2 emissions25-Apr - #ecology
Nova Systems Selects Smith Myers for Coast Guard AW189
Nova Systems selected the Smith Myers Artemis mobile phone location and communications system for the new Irish Coast Guard AW189 maritime helicopters24-Apr - #artemis
Entrol EC155 Simulator for Air Greenland
The Spanish company Entrol has installed its H15 Flight Training Device (FTD) Level 3 simulator for the EC155 helicopter at the Air Greenland headquarters in Nuuk24-Apr - #Greenland
German Air Force Familiarizes with Chinook via Dutch Allies
The arrival of a Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) Boeing CH-47F Chinook at Holzdorf marks the beginning of the familiarization process for Luftwaffe crews with their forthcoming helicopter, slated to replace the CH-53G23-Apr - #Chinook
Guardsmen, Firefighters Train for Flood Emergencies
Idaho Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk and UH-72A Lakota helicopters participated in hoist rescue exercises with the Boise Fire Department’s Swiftwater / Dive Team23-Apr - #Idaho
New Kawasaki Bk117D3 for Shizuoka Firefighters
Kawasaki receives order for a H145 / BK117D3 from the Shizuoka City firefighting and disaster relief aviation unit. The new helicopter will be delivered in March 202622-Apr - #Shizuoka
New Croatian Air Ambulance Helicopters
A new consortium formed by Italian EliFriulia, Spanish Eliance Aviation, and EliAdriatik has initiated the Croatian Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) based out of Zagreb and Osijek ( with Eliance H135s ) and Rijeka and Split ( Elifriulia H145s )22-Apr - #croatia
“Christoph 32” Renewed to Fly Until 2035
ADAC Luftrettung continues to operate the rescue helicopter in Ingolstadt, with its ’Christoph 32’ renewed to fly until 203521-Apr - #Ingolstadt