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All News

March 06, 2019

Airbus Helicopters Unveils H160 Air Medical Cabin Concept

Developed By Metro Aviation In North America

The next-generation H160 is debuting a new air medical interior concept at this year’s Heli Expo trade show, with a cabin-mock up on the Airbus Helicopters booth completed by Metro Aviation. Metro, a longstanding partner of Airbus, developed this specific cabin concept design with needs of North American air medical operations in mind.

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UA Teams With FAA for Rotorcraft Enhanced Flight Vision System R&D

FAA Tests UA Heli-ClearVision System To Develop Enhanced Flight Vision Regulations For Helicopters

Universal Avionics is continuing its research partnership with the FAA to further develop and mature new regulations to support the use of Enhanced Flight Vision Systems/Enhanced Helicopter Vision Systems (EFVS/EHVS) for rotorcraft. The FAA is evaluating the use of Heli-ClearVision as a representative EHVS to improve helicopter safety and provide operational benefit during day, night, and low visibility conditions.

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FlightSafety Now Offers New Courses For Airbus Helicopters In Denver

Adds Instruction In EC130T2 And AS350B3 Aircraft

FlightSafety International now offers new Airbus Helicopters EC130T2 and AS350B3 courses at its Learning Center in Denver, Colorado.

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StandardAero Marks First Year For AS350/EC130 Crash-Resistant Fuel Tank

Expands Into European Market

StandardAero and Robertson Fuel Systems are relishing the overwhelming success of their retrofittable crash-resistant fuel tank (CRFT) for the Airbus Helicopters AS350 and EC130 series, with delivery into the European market on the near horizon. Launch European customer and notorious mountain rescue service provider, Air Zermatt, is set to take acceptance of their first CRFT this spring.

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Multiple GBAS Firsts For Esterline And Leonardo

Completed Multiple GBAS GLS Approaches At The Zurich Airport In Late 2018

Esterline’s CMC Electronics (CMC) business unit and Leonardo have announced that Leonardo’s AW189 P5 prototype successfully completed multiple GBAS GLS approaches at the Zurich Airport in late 2018 using the CMA-6024 GPS/SBAS/GBAS Landing System Sensor Unit (GLSSU) as the precision approach sensor.

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DroneUp And Vintun Partner To Pursue Federal Drone Work

Will Acquire, Process, And Deliver Actionable Aerial Data For Various U.S. Government Agencies And Organizations

DroneUp LLC, an on-demand drone pilot service provider, has partnered with Vintun LLC to provide drone services for the United States Government.

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Thales And Telstra Join Forces To Unlock The Potential Of Low-Altitude Airspace

Companies Combine Their Expertise To Enable The Management Of Low Altitude Airspace For Manned And Unmanned Aircraft

Thales and Telstra have jointly prototyped a data and communication solution to prepare the way for the integration of manned and unmanned traffic in Australian skies.

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FAA Grants STC To Concorde Battery For S-92A Upgrade

Direct Replacement For OEM Ni-Cd Battery

FAA STC SR00917DE has been approved to install Concorde Battery Corporation's Platinum Series RG-292-102 (17Ah) or RG-292-103A (24Ah) on Sikorsky Aircraft S-92A helicopters. Concorde developed the RG-292 batteries as direct fit replacement for the original Ni-Cd battery. The table below indicates the correct Concorde battery to install dependent on the existing OEM battery. The existing temperature sensor connector is capped, bagged, and stowed.

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Bombardier Global 7500 Aircraft Sets Business Jet Flight Record

Also Sets Record For Highest Speed Over Longest Distance

A Bombardier Global 7500 aircraft has completed the longest range business jet flight in history, successfully completing an 8,152-nautical-mile flight non-stop, pushing the boundaries of business travel.

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FAA Grants Restricted Category Certification For The S-70M Black Hawk Helicopter

Addresses Growing Civil Market For New Black Hawk Aircraft

The FAA has granted type certification to Sikorsky for the S-70M Black Hawk helicopter after the agency determined the design meets the applicable airworthiness requirements in the Restricted Category. The type certificate will allow Sikorsky to request authorization from the FAA to produce S-70M aircraft for the following special purpose operations increasingly requested by the growing civil helicopter market: external cargo, agriculture operations, and forest and wildlife conservation.

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Enstrom Announces 280FX Upgrades

New Door Design, Lighting Among The Improvements Announced At Heli-Expo

Enstrom Helicopter continues to invest in their piston line with improvements they debuted at Heli-Expo in Atlanta. The newest 280FX, which was on display in the Enstrom booth, showed off a redesign of the cabin doors, lighting upgrades including LED Forward (with Pulse) and Aft Landing Lights, a New Collective Design with Illuminated Control Panel, and a redesigned avionics and switch console.

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Conklin & de Decker Introduces New Updates To Helicopter Market

Maintenance Tracking Audit Log Added to MxManager

Conklin & de Decker, a JSSI company and leader in aviation research, consulting and education, has introduced the latest version of its aircraft comparison tool, the Conklin & de Decker Report, to the helicopter industry at HAI Heli- Expo 2019 in Atlanta this week. The updated online report and mobile app offer new features to helicopter owners and operators looking for streamlined access to the most trusted aircraft comparison data available. The company has also revealed enhancements to its aviation maintenance software, MxManager.

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Coulson And Unical Join Forces To Form Coulson Unical

Joint Venture To Build And Operate Next Generation CH-47 And UH-60 Helicopters

Coulson Aviation USA, a member of the Coulson Group, and Unical Air, a new unit of the Unical Group of Companies, have joined forces to create a heavy lift helicopter joint venture company that will build and operate Boeing CH-47 and Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk aircraft for aerial firefighting and other markets.

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