The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public
Board meeting on its investigation into an accident in which a
chartered business jet crashed during a rejected takeoff in
Columbia, South Carolina, 18 months ago.
First Of Three Helicopters To Be Assigned To Outer EU Border
Duty
The Bulgarian Border Police took delivery of its first AW109
Power light twin helicopter during an official ceremony held at
Sofia Airport Tuesday. This helicopter will provide air
surveillance capability on the outer EU borders, since Bulgaria is
expected to be a Schengen Zone Member starting from March 2011.
Unique Rotorcraft Development Program Seen As Sikorsky R&D Benchmark
Few (if any) rotorcraft development programs have earned the intense interest and scrutiny devoted to the Sikorsky X2 Coaxial Pusher concept. About as unique as a rotorcraft gets these days, this program has set the heli world on its ear with the promise of a viable helo design that could conceivably be put into service within just a few years and readily stomp through 250 knots, in the process. Yeah, Sikorsky got the rotor community's attention... and in a very big way.
Sikorsky Is Making A Most Extraordinary Commitment To
R&D
An ebullient Sikorsky Boss, Jeffrey Pino, talked up the future
of Sikorsky with all the pride and enthusiasm of a new Father. Pino
noted that the company could be positioned to become the world's
biggest helicopter company in the not-too-distant future, while
also reporting that 2009 was a strong year for Sikorsky, which
showed over $6.3 billion in turnover for the year... $1.1 billion
of that in its commercial helicopter business.
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