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Air medical service operator CareFlite, based in Grand Prairie, Texas, received final approval for its network of 17 IFR approach procedures to hospitals w

Texas Aeromed Op Gets IFR Approach OK

Honeywell has chosen Heli-Expo’06 to announce plans to manufacture an FAA-certified 1,800-shp version of the military T53 turboshaft engine for the Bell 21

Honeywell to make T53 civil version for 210

If sales are the standard by which the success of an aviation trade show is measured, Heli-Expo 2006 will go down as an unqualified triumph, with announced

Sales tally here so far tops $620 million

Four-year-old Max-Viz of Gig Harbor, Wash.

Max-Viz EVS now comes in helo flavor

Mark Huber

Russia has created a unified United Aircraft Construction Corp.

Russian aerospace companies consolidate, helo exports increase

AgustaWestland (Booth No.

AgustaWestland teams with Libyan company

Meeker Aviation, a manufacturer of FLIR camera and searchlight mounts, has unveiled at Heli-Expo its latest product, the multiple-payload cabin step for th

Meeker step mount has wide variety of uses 

While many in general aviation were seeking to modify or eliminate the much-loathed Washington air defense identification zone (ADIZ), the FAA executed a 1

FAA floats idea of permanent Washington ADIZ

A supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking modifies previously proposed (Nov.

Chances on tap for Class B airspace

Gordon Gilbert

Signature Flight Support broke ground late last month on a new facility at Boston Logan Airport.

Signature To Build New Boston Facility

With a firm order for 10 Eclipse 500s and an option for 10 more, London, Ontario-based OurPlane became the first fractional customer for the very light jet

Eclipse Receives First Frax VLJ Order

Executive Jet Management’s plan to establish a scheduled airline using business jets took a major step forward on August 16 when the DOT approved EJM’s app

Bizjet Commuter Plan Gets DOT Nod

Sino Swearingen said it has received the last of a series of 13 FAA type inspection authorizations for its SJ30-2.

SJ30-2 Moves Closer to Type Certification

Harry Weisberger

The U.S.

How’s your oil? Jet-Care knows

Getting a giant helicopter like the Sikorsky S-61 from one continent to another offers a special challenge.

This Bird Goes By Sea

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Aviation Maintenance Technical Award 
 
 Robert Jones of Air Logistics in Fairbanks, Alaska, has contributed t

HAI Salute to Excellence Award Winners

Heli-Expo 2006 set a record with 14,051 first-day registered attendees.

One for the record book

Lycoming Engines is devoting a generous portion of its Williamsport, Pa.

Lycoming advancing engine design

Evergreen Helicopters, a subsidiary of Evergreen International in McMinnville, Ore., is laying the groundwork to tap into the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Evergreen taps into unmanned helicopter market

GE Aircraft Engines recognized Columbia Helicopters for achieving 1.2 million flight hours on CT58 engines with a presentation in the GE booth (No.

Columbia: 1.2M hours

Dallas Airmotive is at Heli-Expo’06 (Booth No.

Dallas Airmotive expands at Lafayette

The FAA said its notice sent last month to tower controllers to review the taxi into position and hold (TIPH) procedure is not intended to end the practice

ATC must prove merits of TIPH

Avion Private Jet Club (www.flyavion.com) is the latest venture to introduce per-seat business jet public charter service between designated cities “on a r

Per-seat Bizav Charter Takes Off

Jet Aviation’s FBO at London Biggin Hill Airport is now providing fuel, and its facility at Dubai International Airport now includes in-house customs clear

Jet Aviation Expands Services

Judge Edwin Neill of the Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition has denied protests by the union representing flight service station (FSS) employees 

Judge Upholds FSS Consolidation

Chad Trautvetter

Halon fire-extinguishing agents have been used for many years to protect valuable electronics, oil and gas production facilities, military systems, aircraf

Eclipse plays with fire and doesn’t get burned

Borrowing from its established Custom Build Standard for Rolls-Royce Allison 250 engines, Standard Aero (Booth No.

Standard Aero Intros ‘Optimum Build’

Andrew Healey

Having assumed total responsibility for the AB139, how do you plan to deal with the growing backlog of orders? 
 
First of all, to mark

Italian manufacturer consolidates

Daryl Murphy

Last year, representatives for Aero Products Component Services (Booth No.

Aero Products’ facility grows with the firm

Bell Helicopter’s sales machine ran at full throttle here at Heli-Expo.

Heli-Expo a salethaon for Bell

International Communications Group (ICG) is at Heli-Expo’06 with its newest Iridium-based cabin tele-communication unit (CTU), a single-channel system opti

ICG unit offers Iridium services for helicopters 

Bell Helicopter has selected a variety of Honeywell avionics for its light-twin Model 429, highlighted by the new solid-state KSG-7200 air-data attitude he

Honeywell sensors help Bell 429 stay right side up

As unveilings go, it wasn’t in the quite same category as Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction.” But on the other hand, displaying a new engine cowling is

Cowling tops off conversion 

On August 11 European private equity group Permira said it would buy a majority stake in Zurich, Switzerland-based aviation services company Jet Aviation f

Sale of Jet Aviation marks end of an era 

Seven industry trade groups are asking the FAA to delay by six months the effective date–currently September 2–of new flammability requirements for aircraf

GA asks for delay of insulation rule

Fractional operator Flexjet has increased the seating capacity of its Challenger 604s from nine to 12, creating a four-seat conference grouping in the aft 

Bombardier Enhances Flexjet Fractional

The FAA suspended the August 31 date for Part 135 operators to comply with airworthiness bulletin HBAW 04-06E, while it considers proposed rulemaking that 

FAA Sits on Part 135 Seat Bulletin

Executive Aircraft Completions, a Tulsa, Okla.-based interior design and engineering firm, has acquired Avhar Services of San Antonio.

Completions Center Acquires Avhar

The FAA issued a notice last month reminding operators that satellite processing of distress signals from 121.5 and 243 MHz emergency locator transmitters 

121.5 ELT Deadline Reminder

Rolls-Royce’s annual 10-year global turbine helicopter demand outlook is again forecasting steady growth, with total 2006-2015 deliveries of civil and mili

Rolls-Royce sees steady helo demand

Tempe, Ariz.

Van Horn Showcases Huey Rotor Blades

Safe Flight Instrument Corp.

Firm opts for livewire detector

Since Lynn Tilton bought MD Helicopters last summer and installed herself as CEO, she has spoken about being on a mission.

Tilton’s plans for MDHI start with a factory deal in Mexico 

Penetration of the Honeywell LTS101 turboshaft into the civil market continued yesterday at Heli-Expo’06 as Heli-Lynx Helicopter Services conveyed two AS 3

Two LTS101 AStars handed to customers

US Helicopter, the operator due to launch a scheduled service linking Manhattan heliports with New York City airports (see yesterday’s edition of HAI C

US Helicopter Boosts s-76 Fleet

Composite Technology, Inc.

CTI invests in expansion and service

Meredith Saini

Enstrom Helicopter Corp.

Enstrom seeks growth capital

Federal legislation (H.R.

Busting D.C. Airspace Might Get Costly

In last month’s overview of the fractional aircraft industry, several consultants characterized Cleveland-based Flight Options as the least financially sou

Raytheon throws another lifeline to Flight Options

Commercial pilots are at a higher risk than the general public of developing cataracts because of exposure to cosmic rays while aloft, a study concluded.

Pilots More at Risk of Getting Cataracts

All four people in a Cessna Conquest I died August 13 when their aircraft crashed about three miles south of Centennial Airport in Colorado.

10 Days, One Airport, Two Fatal Crashes

SimCom now offers Socata TBM 700 training at both its Orlando, Fla.

TBM 700 and Avanti Training Expands

As part of an effort to consolidate its engine, avionics and brake and wheel divisions with the aim of improving product support and customer service, Hone

Honeywell Revamping Product Support

Honeywell announced that its HTS900 turboshaft engine, yet to be certified, is already getting an upgrade.

Honeywell upgrades the HTS900

Bond Offshore Helicopters will use two Super Pumas for dedicated 24-hour search and rescue (SAR) in support of BP’s North Sea exploration in UK waters.

Bond taps Super Pumas for North Sea SAR operations

John Sheridan

There are more than 35,000 people living and working offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, supported by nearly 650 helicopters flying as many as 9,000 flights ea

HAI urges immediate action from Congress on Gulf safety

Over the past 18 months, Jet-Care International has witnessed a dramatic upturn in its helicopter engine condition program as manufacturers and operators s

Engine conditioning monitoring program growing

Texas Aviation Services president Timothy Woodard (left) and Ricardo Librija (center), director of EMS operations for Grupo Mexicano Aeronautica, signed an

Texas Aviation Services Seals the Deal

Norway’s Helikopter Service, now part of CHC Europe, a division of CHC Helicopter Corp.

It’s a golden year for Helikopter Service 

Switlik Parachute has been awarded a contract by the U.S.

Switlik wins USCG dry suit contract

Altair Avionics (Booth No.

First buy for IntelliStart+ data monitor 

Pilots will have several more months to comply with the new second-in-command (SIC) type rating rule.

More time to meet SIC type rating

Gregg Williams, who has been president and COO of Williams International for eight years, has been named CEO.

New CEO Named at Williams International

Effective September 1, operators are required to use a new set of flight plan aircraft equipment suffixes to indicate advanced navigation capabilities.

Revised Flight Plan Suffixes Effective

The NTSB determined that the Sikorsky S-76 that crashed in the East River in Manhattan on June 17 had a bent compressor blade on one engine.

NTSB Updates Two Helo Accidents

Machinists at Raytheon Aircraft in Wichita are working under a new contract after failing last month to marshal enough votes for a strike.

Raytheon Aircraft Avoids Strike

Keystone Helicopter Corp.

Keystone Names Sikorsky Vet CFO

Eurocopter test pilot Didier Delsalle (center) and president and CEO Fabrice Brégier (right) yesterday accepted the world record verification from Fédérati

On top of the world. officially

When we last talked you estimated you were about one-third of the way along a journey to changing Bell’s culture and implementing new tools and techniqu

Venerable helicopter manufacturer reworks culture and product line

In the midst of the overwhelming technology that drives much of the business at HAI’s Heli-Expo, it’s sometimes refreshing to find equipment that performs 

Erickson has the scoop on water

AgustaWestland’s EH101 medium-lift submarine hunter is already in service with the British Royal Navy and the Italian navy and will soon enter service with

AgustaWestland touts EH101

Matt Thurber

When someone mentions the perils of “aging aircraft,” most people probably think about airplanes, usually large ones like the Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 tha

Feds research helo aging effects

Helinet is a company well known in Hollywood circles.

Helinet is eye in the sky

Deliveries of new turbine business airplanes–particularly from Bombardier, Cessna, Gulfstream and Raytheon–in the first half of this year shot up more than

Turbine deliveries skyrocketed in first half of 2005

Macquarie Infrastructure, a New York subsidiary of Australia-based Macquarie Bank, completed its $58.2 million purchase of Las Vegas Executive Terminal.

Las Vegas FBO now Atlantic Aviation

Tech Engineering, an AOG mobile repair service, has expanded its capabilities to include an operation at FBO Lanmar Aviation at Groton-New London Airport, 

AOG Response Service Teams with FBO

Fractional operator Flight Options expanded its 75/25 program to include the Citation X and Embraer Legacy, in addition to the Hawker 400XP and 800XP.

Flight Options Expands 75/25 Program

Europe-headquartered handling group Swissport and maintenance provider Arabasco (Arab Airplane Services Co.) of Saudi Arabia have formed a new joint ventur

New FBOs on Tap in Jeddah and Riyadh

King Schools introduced an online course that the San Diego company said meets FAR Part 61.31 requirements for pilots to receive high-altitude training for

Online High-altitude Course Introduced

Meggitt is a company that deals in extremes: temperature, impact, vibration and contamination.

Meggitt touts diversity here at Heli-Expo’06

Air Comm Corp.

With Air Comm system, pilots can keep their cool in EC 145s

In an unusual tribute for an unprecedented rescue mission, HAI has chosen to bestow the 2005 Igor I.

HAI honors Katrina responders

By this time next year Sikorsky may be in a position to challenge the number one spot in commercial helicopter deliveries based on total revenue.

Sikorsky sets sights on No. 1 revenue spot

Carson Helicopters Services and Sagem Avionics are teaming to install and certify a suite of digital avionics in the Sikorsky S-61, including a five-tube a

New glass for old S-61s

French turbine helicopter engine manufacturer Turbomeca, coming off a record production year in 2005, is at Heli-Expo’06 working to secure a beachhead in i

Turbomeca continues U.S. ‘invasion’

Aviall, the aftermarket supply-chain management services company, has announced agreements with Rolls-Royce and Keystone Helicopter to support select milit

Aviall partners with Rolls, Keystone on rotor support 

The big news from Pratt & Whitney Canada at HeliExpo’05 in Anaheim, Calif., was the announcement of the launch of the PW210S turboshaft engine program.

Bellemare bullish on P&WC’s prospects

Raytheon Aircraft has received an STC from the European Aviation Safety Agency approving the Hawker 400XP (crewed by suitably qualified pilots) to fly the 

Hawker 400XP ok'd for steep approach

Farnborough Aircraft commercial director Richard Blain told AIN last month that his British company now has “adequate funding for current activities

Farnborough Claims ‘Adequate’ Funds

Charles Alcock

Within a decade, aircraft operators flying in the airspace of the 25-state European Union (EU) will likely have to start paying for carbon dioxide (CO2) em

EU considers charging emissions fees

Despite the precariousness of the legacy airlines and their pension plans, their pilots still narrowly support the FAA’s mandatory age-60 retirement rule f

Senate mulls new pilot retirement age legislation

The Cayman Islands have launched a publicity campaign to get business jet owners to register aircraft there, citing the ease of the process.

Cayman Islands Beckon to Bizav

Despite its location 60 miles southeast of the British capital, Lydd Airport is trying to attract business aircraft with a new name–London Ashford Airport–

Hey Bloke, Land Here

Ilovene Potter, a long-time member of the Whirly-Girls and Ninety-Nines, died February 14 in Puyallup, Wash.

Ilovene Potter Makes Final Flight

FlightSafety International is demonstrating its new mobile graphical flight simulator LNV, a full-flight device that is software-configurable to any helico

FlightSafety’s latest simulator comes to you

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