RA-4000/4500 Radar Altimeter Antennas Now Available For Tailboom Mounting On Bell 206L Helicopters

The FAA has granted STC approval to FreeFlight Systems for tailboom mounting of antennas for its RA-4000 and RA-4500 radar altimeters on Bell 206L, 206L-1, 206-L-3 and Bell206L-4 series helicopters.

Companies Finalize Deal At Heli-Expo

A contract has been finalized between Moog and Bell Helicopter for the design, qualification and manufacturing of the primary flight control actuation on the new Bell 525 Relentless helicopter.

Covers Helicopters Operated By Four Air Services Companies

Turbomeca and Avincis Group have signed a support agreement that covers engines operated by Inaer, Bond Air Services, Bond Offshore Helicopters and Australian Helicopters. This agreement recognizes the strengthening relationship between Avincis and Turbomeca and the desire by both parties to forge a greater partnership for the future.

Will Have Exclusive Distribution Rights From Hawaii To Utah

West Coast Aircraft Sales celebrates a new partnership with Mahindra Aerospace and welcomes the delivery of the new GippsAero GA8 Airvan to John Wayne Airport, SNA. Created in Australia as a general purpose utility aircraft well suited for unimproved field operations, the Airvan was designed as a multi-mission workhorse.

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Bizjets Cause Homeless Shelter Crowding? Really?

News/Analysis/Opinion By James R. Campbell, CEO/Editor-In-Chief Yes... we live in interesting times -- the point of a well-known Chinese curse, I'm told... But the amount of idiocy being displayed by people trying to destroy a uniquely American industry... once that needs hundreds of thousands of people world-wide, has just hit a new low... and we're scratching our heads trying to understand the rationale -- outside of the fact that the President and others in Washington have attacked the multi-billion dollar industry and its hundreds of thousands of affiliated jobs for cheap political points.  This time, New York Mayor and Helicopter pilot(!) Michael Bloomberg seems to be positing that h

HTS900 Engine Was Chosen By Eagle Copters For Its Re-Engine Program For The Bell 407

The re-engined Bell 407, which has been designated the Eagle 407HP, has successfully completed ground testing and is now in the final steps toward Transport Canada and Federal Aviation Administration certification. The Eagle Copters aircraft is powered by Honeywell's HTS900 turboshaft engine. The concept of this engine conversion program originated in 2009.

Association Calls On President, Congress To Reverse Budget Cuts ASAP

The Aerospace Industries Association is likening the implementation of sequestration to a hostage crisis, and in a statement released late last week, the association said "they've shot the hostage and the American people will take the hit. As March begins, sequestration budget cuts that former Defense Secretary Panetta has likened to "shooting ourselves in the head" are going forward, accelerating the real – though hopefully not fatal – damage to our economy and national security," the statement said.