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Thursday, August 9, 2007
U.S. Needs More Helos to Fight Wildfires
With more than 40 major wildfires raging in the western United States, the National Interagency Fire Center is short helicopters to battle the blazes. Over 200 rotorcraft and many fixed-wing aircraft are fighting the fires now, but attack coordinators want more... [read more]
September 5, 2008 Rotor & Wing
USCG HH-65 Crashes Off Hawaii
The Eurocopter Dolphin with four crewmembers on board crashed 6 mi off Sand Island, near Honolulu...
September 5, 2008 Rotor & Wing
Simplex Opens Service Center in Japan
The Portland, Ore.-based maker of helicopter aerial application systems and mission equipment has...
September 4, 2008 Rotor & Wing
Kaman Takes SH-2G to Eastern Europe
Kaman Helicopters is taking its SH-2G Super Seasprite to the Black Sea Defense & Aerospace Exposition in Romania this...
September 4, 2008 Rotor & Wing
San Diego Fire Gets 412EP
The San Diego Fire-Rescue Dept has taken delivery of a Bell Helicopter 412EP...
September 3, 2008 Rotor & Wing
N.Y. Demonstrating EMS Bell 407
Camp Smith training site in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. is demonstrating the capabilities of a new EMS...
September 3, 2008 Rotor & Wing
Police Patrol Discovers Pot Plants
Indiana State Police, Evansville District, were conducting patrols in their Bell 407 when at 500 ft AGL, Sgt Andy Clark...
September 2, 2008 Rotor & Wing
U.S. Team Seeks Cause of EMS Crash
Federal investigators have searched a cornfield near Burney, Ind. for clues to the Aug. 31 crash of an Air Evac Lifeteam Bell Helicopter...
September 2, 2008 Rotor & Wing
Ireland Sees Corporate Helo Sell-Off
So reports The Independent newspaper there. The most immediate indication of the sell-off, it says, is postponement of the Irish HeliExpo. Event organizers...
September 1, 2008 Avionics
People
Ray Miller Universal Avionics, Tucson, Ariz., promoted Ray Miller to vice president and general manager of its Instrument Division, located in Duluth, Ga. In this new position, Miller will oversee engineering design and certification of the company’s...
September 1, 2008 Avionics
Industry Scan
With EDO Purchase ITT Is Poised For Bigger Piece Of EW Market ITT Corp. foresees double-digit annual growth of its Electronic Systems group, helped by the recent addition of the former EDO Corp. The market for electronic warfare (EW) systems is seen as...
September 1, 2008 Avionics
New Products
Data Converter Certification AgiLynx, of Billerica, Mass., completed software verification and environmental and Electromagnetic Compatibility testing of its Lynx Series Protocol Converters, which are designed for airborne applications. The converter...
September 1, 2008 Avionics
Calendar
September 8-11 World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) 29th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, Calif. Contact WAEA, 703-610-9021 or visit www.waea.org. 8-11 Autotestcon Systems Readiness...
September 1, 2008 Rotor & Wing
Rotorcraft Report: A109s Grand Crew Claims World Record
PERSONAL AgustaWestland Grand pilots Scott Kasprowicz and Steve Sheik landed at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Aug. 18, claiming a world record for a flight around the world in a helicopter. Kasprowicz, who owns the A109S with the distinctive registration...
September 1, 2008 Rotor & Wing
Rotorcraft Report: Everyday Heros
PERSONAL Gui Cipriani, a commercial operator with Rotors of the Rockies in Broomfield, Colo., and Jake Harmon, a certified flight instructor and private instrument pilot, didn’t hesitate when they saw an amateur-built, single-engine, fixed-wing aircraft...
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