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| 01.09.2009 |
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France Orders 22 NH90s
On Jan. 8, the French government announced that it will exercise its option to purchase 22 NH90 helicopters for 600 million euros ($818.3 million). When added to the...
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| 01.09.2009 |
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Eurocopter and Helibras to Build EC175s
In a two-part contract totaling $11.9 billion, Brazil and France have agreed to build 50 military transport helicopters and five submarines. On the aircraft side of...
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| 01.08.2009 |
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NTSB Begins PHI Crash Investigation
A team of investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is on the scene of the fatal January 4 crash of a Sikorsky S-76C++ operated by PHI of Lafayette, La. The...
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| 01.08.2009 |
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Boeing's Proposed AH-6S Phoenix
During a luncheon hosted by Boeing for members of the press attending the Army Aviation Symposium and Exposition outside of Washington, D.C., Charles (Mike) Burke, Boeing’s director of...
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| 01.07.2009 |
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"Robbie" Book Makes Debut
To learn about a Robinson helicopter, one must read its pilot’s operating handbook. To learn about the people who fly them and put them to use, one should read the newly released book entitled Robbie: The Robinson...
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| 01.07.2009 |
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Northeast Helicopters Opens Texas School
Ellington, Conn.-based Northeast Helicopters has opened a satellite school at Lone Star Executive Airport (CXO) near Conroe, Texas. Northeast Helicopters, which bills...
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| 01.06.2009 |
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Saboteur Sentenced in CH-47 Plant Incident
A former Boeing employee has been sentenced to five months in prison, a $110,000 fine and five months of home detention after pleading guilty to sabotaging a CH-47 Chinook at the company’s Ridley, Pa...
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| 01.06.2009 |
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Man Arrested for Shining Laser at Helo
A North Carolina man has been arrested for shining a laser light at a police aircrew on the evening of January 3. Nicholas Wheeler now faces charges of interfering...
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| 01.05.2009 |
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Return of US Helicopter to JRB Delayed
On Dec. 1, 2008, the Transportation Security Administration temporarily suspended the operations of US Helicopter (USH) from New York City’s Downtown Manhattan Heliport (JRB) when it discovered the site’s new fixed-base operator...
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| 01.05.2009 |
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DRS Wins OH-58 Optics Support Contract
DRS Optronics of Palm Beach, Fla has received a “new firm-fixed-price” and cost plus fixed fee contract for maintaining the mast-mounted optics system used...
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| 01.02.2009 |
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Multiple Fingers Pointed in Fuel Dispute
The lawsuits are piling up in the case of alleged fuel contamination disrupting two businesses in Hawaii’s helicopter tour industry. Attorneys representing Air Kauai and Island Helicopters have filed a $3 million lawsuit against Tesoro Hawaii, claiming...
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| 01.02.2009 |
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Malaysian Helo Repels Pirates
A military helicopter launched from a nearby Malaysian warship is credited with saving an Indian vessel from an attack by pirates in the Gulf of Aden on Jan.1, so says the International Maritime Bureau. The would-be hijackers, who were firing...
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| 12.30.2008 |
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Pirate Attack Thwarted by Helo
A helicopter, dispatched from the German Navy frigate Karlsruhe, ended pirates' plans to rob a merchant ship near the Somalian coast. The use of...
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| 12.30.2008 |
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Canada Waits for the Cyclone
Sikorsky is working on the 28 CH-148 Cyclones that the Canadian government contracted, but the manufacturer will be four years late now and isn't planning on delivery...
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| 12.29.2008 |
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Final Qualifications for Tiger Met
OCCAR, the European Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation managing the Tiger combat helicopter program, issued jointly with the DGA (Délégation Générale pour l’Armement)...
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| 12.29.2008 |
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Heligo Starts India Offshore Ops
Heligo Charters, a self-proclaimed “upcoming” helicopter company based in Mumbai, India, began deepwater offshore service with the...
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| 12.24.2008 |
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Helicopters Conduct Unusual Water Rescue
A Maryland State Police AS365 Dauphin and a U.S. Park Police Bell 412 were called to what amounted to a river rescue when a 66-in water main burst in Potomac, Md just outside of Washington, D.C. The underground pipe...
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| 12.24.2008 |
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China Sends Helos to Fight Pirates
China is the latest country ready to send military assets to the Gulf of Aden to help combat Somalian pirates hijacking ships in transit through the region. The naval group, which...
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| 12.23.2008 |
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More U.S. Helicopters to Afghanistan
The U.S. Army's 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade out of Fort Bragg, N.C. is going back to Afghanistan next year. Nearly 2,800...
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| 12.23.2008 |
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U.S. Contracts with Canada
The Department of Defense contracted with Canadian Helicopters to provide Bell 212s to support...
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