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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Flight Safety and Frasca Partner on AS350 Simulator
Flight Safety International has partnered with flight simulator manufacturer Frasca to place light turbine simulators in many of FSI’s training centers... [read more]
September 1, 2008
Training: Safety Watch
Pilot Responsibility — Where Has it Gone? Where is the FAA? That’s the question we all ask following an aircraft mishap. But the question that really should be asked is, where is pilot responsibility in general aviation these days? We all rely on...
July 30, 2008
Gulf Helicopters Orders AW139 Simulator
Gulf Helicopters is purchasing an AW139 simulator from the U.K. vendor cueSim, according to The Gulf Times. The Doha, Qatar newspaper quoted Gulf Helicopters as saying...
April 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Frasca Builds Business In Offshore Segment
TRAINING Frasca International marked the 50th anniversary of its incorporation at Heli-Expo by delivering a flight training device (FTD) for the Eurocopter EC135 to Era Helicopters and booking an order for a similar device from Bristow Group. The Urbana, Ill...
April 1, 2008
Helicopter Training: New Simulators: Making It Real
Eurocopter is adding training capabilities in the United States to respond to long-term market needs and shorter-term opportunities. In the latter category, the manufacturer’s American Eurocopter unit in Grand Prairie, Texas is developing a...
April 1, 2008
Helicopter Training: From the Field
Sorting Out Silver State’s Impact Flight schools, former students and employees, and lawyers are trying to sort out the implications of Silver State Helicopters’ shutdown. Some former staffers are seizing the opportunity created by the Feb. 3...
March 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: India Clears All-Foreign Stake in Helo Ops
COMMERCIAL India’s government will now allow foreign investors to own 100 percent of the stock in helicopter operators in that nation. The Indian...
March 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Schools and Operators Reap Benefits From Big Competitor’s Closure
TRAINING Since the sudden, Feb. 3 shutdown of Silver State Helicopters nationwide network of flight training centers, phones have been ringing off the hook around the rotorcraft community. For flight schools, the closure of a big competitor means the...
March 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Silver State Fleet Not Expected To Swamp Market
PRODUCTS | AIRFRAMES Silver State Helicopters’ pending liquidation will put 215 helicopters on the used market, but that is not expected to swamp the market or sink used-aircraft prices. There are two reasons for that. One is that the market is hungry...
March 1, 2008
Rotorcraft Report: Silver State Helicopters Shutdown Stuns Students, Staff, Suppliers, and Customers
In a shocking move that was weeks in the making, Silver State Helicopters shut its more than 40 facilities last month and sought a court-supervised liquidation. The North Las Vegas, Nev.-based company said it shut down all operations at 1733 PST Feb. 3 due to...
January 1, 2008
Company Profile: Flightsafety International: New Training Center Focuses on Offshore Operations
FlightSafety, the world’s foremost aviation training company, delivers another first this year with the projected opening in late 2008 of a new Learning Center devoted principally to training for offshore operations. The center, positioned in Lafayette...
November 15, 2007
Bristow Expands Training With Vortex Buy
Bristow Group has expanded its training division with the acquisition of New Iberia, La.-based Vortex Helicopters for about $2.5 million...
November 1, 2007
Rotorcraft Report: Offshore Industry Moves Away From Hours as Pilot Hiring Benchmark
TRAINING The oil and gas industry has decided to abandon flight hours as the prime benchmark for hiring pilots to support its operations. It now wants competency-based flight training that would allow qualified individuals to move into jobs flying multi-pilot...
November 1, 2007
From the Factories: Hindustan Aeronautics, CAE Join Forces To Open Flight School in India
Despite CAE’s initial reticence on the matter, the global training and simulation company has agreed with Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. to open a helicopter training center in Bangalore, India. The center is to be equally owned by Hindustan and...
September 1, 2007
Rotorcraft Report: Company Looks to New FH1100 Deliveries in 2008
PRODUCTS/AIRFRAMES FH1100 Manufacturing Corp. is looking to deliver its first newly made FH1100 turbine helicopter to a customer in 2008. Georges Van Nevel, president and CEO of the Century, Fla.-based company that bought the FH1100 type...
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