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AME Hall of Fame

2003-2008

• AME Hall of Fame.
• ANDY RUSSELL.
• ARTHUR THOMAS PARRY .
• BARRY HEWKO .
• BARRY LAPOINTE .
• BARRY MARSDEN .
• BENNETT LUKE (BEN) McCARTY .
• Clinton D. Shannon.
• DIEDRICK (DICK) TOBIAS BERG.
• ELWOOD (WOODY) GRAHAM.
• G. S. (GERRY) WOLFE .
• HUGH THOMAS.
• James (Jim) Chatham Leggat.
• JAMES DOUGLAS WALL.
• LAWRENCE (LARRY) JOSEPH THERIAULT.
• LORNE DOUGLAS AMOS.
• Nils Christensen .
• ROBERT WHITFIELD BRIGGS .
• WILLIAM W. WALSH.

Archives

Departments

• A New Age of Public Scrutiny.
• A New Day Dawns.
• A numbers game.
• Accept the SMS Challenge.
• Armstrong: An Ongoing Dilemma.
• Armstrong: CF Selection Policy Flops.
• Armstrong: The Old and the Bold.
• Armstrong: The Passenger Safety Briefing.
• Armstrong: The Perfect Flight.
• Armstrong: The Russians Aren’t Coming– They’re Here.
• Armstrong: Transport Canada.
• Armstrong: We’re Not Done Yet.
• Back to Basics.
• Best Practices, Best Idea.
• Chopper Phobia.
• Countdown to 2010.
• Countdown to 2010.
• Countdown to 2010.
• Countdown to 2010.
• Countdown to 2010 April 2009.
• Countdown to 2010: January/February 2008.
• Countdown to 2010: July/August/September 2008.
• Countdown to 2010: March/April 2008.
• Craig Dobbin R.I.P..
• Creating a Solid Employee Manual.
• Croucher: Good Rules of Thumb.
• Custom Compliance for Heli-Operators.
• Dixon: Countdown to 2010.
• Flight Safety: Expect the Unexpected.
• Flight Safety: The Dangerous Goods Dilemma.
• Flight Safety: The Military Has a Lot to Tell Us.
• Flight Safety: Where there is smoke, there should be fire.
• Fuel for Thought.
• Getting That First Helicopter Pilot Job.
• Going It Alone.
• Goodyear: Columnist.
• Helicopter Heroes.
• It's Boeing - No Surprise!.
• Let's Ante Up on Safety.
• MacDonald: Legal Contracts.
• McWhirter: Countdown to 2010.
• McWhirter: Countdown to 2010.
• On Balance of Probabilities.
• On The Fly: Fall 07.
• On the Fly: January/February 2008.
• On The Fly: Summer 07.
• On the web.
• On the web: May/June 2008.
• Operators Hover In Uncertainty.
• Ottawa View.
• Passport Daze.
• Pilot Check: Considerations for Transport Inspectors.
• Protect Yourself.
• Richard Purser: Columnist.
• Rough Road of a Rotor Rookie.
• Rough Road of a Rotor Rookie.
• Rough Road of a Rotor Rookie.
• Safety Systems.
• Skills, Skills & More Skills.
• The Aging Workforce.
• The Art of Fatigue Management.
• The Perfect Flight.
• The subtle nuances of a contract.
• Tinkering Around the Edges.
• Underwater Egress Training.
• Upholding TSB’s Mandate.
• Utmost Good Faith.
• Weight & Balance.
• What’s the Cost?.
• Win a Battle, Lose a War.

Editorial

• A Wrench in the Works.
• Both Sides of the Law.
• Editorial - Quiet Perseverance.
• Editorial: A New Journey Begins.
• Editorial: Delivering the Goods.
• Editorial: Exploring a New Framework.
• Editorial: Fall 07.
• Editorial: Fire and Rain.
• Editorial: Forward with Vision.
• Editorial: Lateral thinking.
• Editorial: MHP Becomes PCP.
• Editorial: Toward the Finish Line.
• Editorial: Watershed Change.
• Editorial: We Have a New Look.
• Editorial: What’s in a Word?.
• Editorial: Where Are the Solutions?.
• Fuel, Insurance Prices Challenge Industry.
• HEPAC Taking Shape: Membership Growing, Priorities Are Set.
• Hope for the Best.
• It’s Really Satisfying: Steve Flynn wins Medal of Bravery.
• Lateral Thinking.
• McCarthy: Editorial.
• McCarthy: Introduction.
• The Cost of Compliance.
• The Future Then & Now.
• The times ... they may be a changin'.

Features

• 75 Years Young: Is Jock Mackay Hanging up his Wings?.
• A Bullish Market Predicted: Honeywell Looks to the Future .
• AB139 is Leading Candidate for Stars Order.
• Above & Beyond.
• Accident Investigation in an Age of SMS.
• Aerial Firefighting.
• Aerial Firefighting Ingenuity.
• Aerospace Policy.
• Aftermarket Magic.
• Aging Is Not For The Faint-Hearted.
• Airborne is All About Solutions.
• AME Shortage Tightens.
• And the Winner is....
• Aviation Medicals.
• Back to Basics.
• Big helicopter - Little ship.
• Black Swan Helicopters: The ‘Air Force’ of Berwyn, Alberta.
• Book Review: Professional Helicopter Pilot Studies, Canadian Version – By Phil Croucher.
• Bringing in Backup.
• Buckets or Belly Tanks?.
• Build It and They Will Come.
• Bush Time.
• Canada’s First Turbine Helicopters.
• Canadian Helicopter MROs.
• Canadian MROS on the Upswing.
• Celebrating 25 Years.
• Choose Wisely: Factors to Consider When Buying a Commercial Helicopter.
• Chopper School.
• Comorant One Year Later.
• Cormorant on Deck.
• Corporate Connections.
• Corporate Copters.
• Corrective Eye Surgery.
• Cougar Helicopters: A Canadian Aviation Success Going Global.
• Countdown to 2010.
• Crashed and Burned.
• Dam Good.
• DART Aims High.
• Depreciation - Fact or Fiction?.
• Dixon: Countdown to 2010.
• Eurocopter Canada.
• Exploits of an Enduring Enterprise.
• Fanning the Flames.
• Flight Training.
• Fly by Wire.
• Flying Northwestern Quebec.
• Flying Offshore or EMS?.
• For the Love of the Business: Transwest’s Progressive Formula.
• Fuel Prices.
• Full Speed Ahead.
• General Dynamics Green.
• Get on Board.
• Getting a handle on rotorcraft icing.
• HAC 2008: SMS at the Forefront.
• HAC Success Reflects Industry Boom.
• HAC Success Reflects Industry Boom.
• HAC: Taking Care of Business.
• HAWCS: Calgary's Eye in the Sky.
• Hayes Develops Worldwide Presence.
• Heli-Expo 2005.
• Heli-logging’s High-end Niche.
• Helicopter approach observations.
• Helicopter MROs Weigh In.
• Helijets: It's How Time Flies.
• Heliports by Design: Ensuring a Safe Landing.
• Helo Warriors.
• Helo Warriors: Rotary-Wing Renewal in the Canadian Forces.
• Highland Helicopters: Success Based on Safety.
• Hydro One Celebrates 60 Years.
• In Conversation with Fred Jones.
• Industry Catch-22: Operators Search for Solutions.
• Juggling parts.
• Keep Them Coming Back.
• Keeping the Blades Turning.
• Learning at Boundary Bay.
• Life or Strife?: The Tradeoffs of Living With a Helicopter Pilot.
• Longline Vs. Shortline.
• Making it Work the Kokanee Way: BC’s Kokanee Helicopters Fits the Bill.
• MD Manna From Heaven: Flying From Arizona to Texas.
• Measuring Productivity.
• Medication Pitfalls.
• Meet Fred Jones.
• MHP Escapes Axe on Capital Spending.
• MHP: Final Approach.
• Mountain Flying.
• MRO Challenges: Shortages Hamper Canadian Operations.
• MRO Roundtable.
• New Heart for a Proven Bird.
• Night Vision Equipment: The Illuminating Work of NRC Aerospace.
• No Rotor Unturned.
• Not all opportunities are equal.
• Not all opportunities are equal.
• On the Fast Track at Silverline Helicopters.
• On the Fly.
• On the Web.
• On the web: July/August/September 2008.
• On-Air Traffic Control.
• One-on-One: Brian Jenner, H.A.C. president.
• Operations: A Crash Course on Insurance.
• Pacific Western Helicopters: Doing it all Through Innovation.
• Peak Performance.
• Peregrine Helicopters.
• Pilot Training Peaks.
• Post-disaster Preparation: Are you ready?.
• Power Vision.
• Prairie Helicopters .
• Precision Flying at Kootenay Valley.
• Premium Fix.
• Preview Vancouver.
• Professionalism: Turning Over Your Helicopter .
• Profile: Investing in the Market.
• Profile: Present Meets Future.
• Profile: Technology, Training and Collaboration.
• Pure Gold.
• Rapid Response.
• Rapid Response.
• Re-alignment.
• Remembering Frank Norie: Celebrating a Vancouver Island Flying Legend .
• Required Training?: Risk Profiling Can Lead the Way.
• Responding to the industry.
• Robinson Helicopters.
• Robinson Helicopters.
• Rotor Rookie.
• Running at Maximum Power.
• Running in Fast Water.
• Safety’s Cornerstone.
• Scanning for Hot Spots.
• Sea King Precision.
• Sea Kings Continue to Patrol Gulf Region.
• Serving the Industry.
• Shattering Records in Houston: HAI Convention 2008.
• Sikorsky's Superhawk.
• Sikorsky's X2 Technology.
• Singles and Twins.
• Slimmed Down and Shaped Up: Standard Aero Focuses on Aligning Cultures and Creating Awareness.
• Smoother Ride for Bell.
• So Much Data, So Little Information.
• STARS – Alberta's Air Ambulance.
• STARS: Alberta's Air Ambulance.
• Steady as it Goes.
• Stretching Our Resources.
• Supply and Demand: Forest Helicopters up for the Challenge.
• Surrounding Explosions: One Pilot's Experience.
• Temperatures Rising.
• The Boss Drives an EC120.
• The Case for Civilian Helicopter Search and Rescue.
• The EC130 B4 On Tour.
• The February 2008 Digital Edition of Helicopters Magazine is ready!.
• The MD 902 Explorer.
• The Mirabel Gamble: Montreal’s Hélibellule FBO is Paying Off.
• The Power of a Bad Attitude.
• The Right Stuff.
• The Twin Decision: What Does The Future Hold?.
• The Ugly Truth about Low-Visibility Operations.
• The Versatile NH90.
• There's No Lift Like It.
• Thin & Deadly.
• To Fly Is Human ... To Hover, Divine.
• To Pursue or Not to Pursue.
• Tom Brooks.
• Toronto's Chopper Foes.
• Total Force.
• Turbine Tips.
• Under Arrest.
• Utility Plus.
• Vertical Relief in New Orleans.
• VTOL UAVs: Pilotless Rotary-Wing Aircraft.
• What's in a Name?: Vector Aerospace Expands Services and Establishes a new Identity.
• Whitney Helicopters.
• Who's the Better Pilot - Commercial or Military?.
• Wings of Life.
• Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
• You Need Spares.

Recommended

• HAC announces new president and CEO.
• Turbine Tips.

Web Features

• CHC announces 4th annual Safety & Quality Summit .
• HAC announces new president and CEO.

Blog

April2009

• Slow start?.

January2009

• Learning to fly a helicopter?.

Main Blog

• Company owner and AME guilty of manslaughter in New Zealand.
• Father and Son Billed for Backcountry Rescue.
• He must be kidding.
• How can HEPAC best help the industry?.
• ITAR impediments.
• Life insurance for pilots?.
• Making someone accountable.
• No passing the buck – pilots are in charge and responsible.
• Pilots Life?.
• What's "Canadian" control?.

Current Issue

Departments

• Disaster Preparedness.
• It’s Time to Hit the Books.
• Waivers Are Your Reserve Chutes.

Editorial

• Return on Investment.
• VIDEO - Test.

Features

• Eyes in the Sky.
• Navigating the Ring of Fire.
• Peak Partnership.
• Remote Refuelling: NextGen.
• Safety-Based Culture.
• Uncovering Hot Spots.

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New Products

• DART Helicopter Services adds United Rotorcraft Solutions night vision applications to inventory.
• 4 minutes 40 seconds hangaring.
• 4000 US gallon double walled EnviroTanker.
• A clean airplane is a happy airplane.
• Accumetrics introduces high-resolution/high-bandwidth multi-channel digital telemetry system.
• ACR Electronics Introduces The Next Generation of PLBs .
• ACROHELIPRO Gets Approval for S76 Exhaust Ejectors.
• aerox® Provides High Flow Oxygen Solutions.
• AFS adds AW119 Ke helicopter certification.
• AFS to Display New AW139, Bell 430 Barrier Filters at 2009 Heli Expo.
• Air Particle Seperator Certified.
• Aircraft Spruce offers breakthrough in headset technology.
• Airworthiness Directive issued on Robinson blades supercedes Service Bulletin.
• AKV Inc’s N1/N2 Engine Cycle Counter.
• AKV’s Dual Engine Cycle Counter .
• AKV’s Dual Tachometer Indicator for the AS350BA, B1 and B2 helicopters.
• AMES announces high precision liquid coating capabilities.
• Apical’s AB139 & AW139 Nose Landing Gear Doors Kit.
• Apical’s Cable Cutters Kit for the AS350D, D1, B, B1, B2, BA and B3.
• Apical’s EC145 Emergency Float Kits.
• Apical’s EC145 emergency float kits.
• Apical’s Emergency Float Kits.
• Apical’s Liferaft Kit.
• Artex introduces spidertracks Flight Tracking System.
• Artex ME406 series of 406 MHz ELTs certified by Canadian authorities.
• Automatic Lid Opener Kit for DART heli-utility-basket.
• Auxiliary Side Locker Fuel Tank for the AS350 series helicopters..
• Award winning night vision lighting for Eurocopter B0105.
• AWI Model 8339 Laser Ceilometer Certified by FAA.
• Bag-A-Door.
• BBA Aviation Showcases Total Engine Services At Heli-Expo 2009.
• BBA Aviation to Expand Rolls-Royce 250 Service Coverage to Dallas Love Field.
• Bharat Hotels takes delivery of Grand chopper .
• Borescopes-R-Us introduces a 4mm hand-held video scope.
• Cable Cutters Kit for the AS350D, D1, B, B1, B2, BA and B3.
• Cammda Corp. now has aerospace certification.
• Canada Certifies AFS High-Performance Engine Filter for Turbomeca-Powered Eurocopter AS350s.
• Conklin & de Decker release 2008 Life Cycle Cost.
• Conklin & De Decker upgrades Aircraft Cost Evaluator for 2008.
• Customers on Board with New Airplane Tracking Solutions from Guardian Mobility .
• Dallas Airmotive Introduces Quick-Turn 1750 HMI Kits For Rolls-Royce Model 250.
• DART announces EASA approval Apical's Fuselage Panel for AS350/AS355 model helicopters.
• DART announces EASA approval of Apical Pop-Out/Emergency Float Systems for R44 and R44II.
• DART announces EASA Approval of Apical’s EC130 Emergency Float System .
• DART announces FAA, Transport Canada and EASA approval of low gear crosstubes.
• DART announces TC approval of replacement engine mount kit.
• DART Announces the addition of Agusta Westland AW119 MKII aircraft to its FAA STC.
• DART Announces Transport Canada Approval .
• Dart announces Transport Canada approval of its Drive Shaft Tunnel for Bell 205A-1/205B.
• DART announces Transport Canada, FAA and EASA approval of DART’s Low Profile Basket.
• DART Automatic Door Opener approved by Transport Canada and EASA..
• DART Helicopter Services Announces ANAC Approval of Heli-Utility-Pod™ for Eurocopter AS350/355.
• Dart Helicopter Services announces approval of DART’s Glareshield for Bell 212,412,412,412CF, 412EP .
• DART Helicopter Services announces approval of lightweight Heli-Utility-Basket.
• DART Helicopter Services announces approval of Spacepod.
• DART Helicopter Services announces EASA / Transport Canada and FAA approval .
• DART Helicopter Services announces EASA approval of Bearpaws for the AS350/AS355 and EC130 model air.
• Dart Helicopter Services announces EASA approval of DART’s Interior Panels.
• DART Helicopter Services announces EASA approval of new wearplates and wearpads .
• DART Helicopter Services Announces EASA Approval of the Apical AW139 Liferaft Kit..
• DART Helicopter Services announces EASA approval of their 3 Point / 4 Point Shoulder Harness Kits.
• Dart Helicopter Services announces FAA approval for AKV’s Dual Tachometer Indicator.
• DART Helicopter Services Announces FAA Approval of Apical’s AS350 Air Conditioning Kit.
• DART Helicopter Services announces FAA approval of cargo cabin floor protectors .
• Dart Helicopter Services announces FAA approval of DART’s Interior Panels.
• DART Helicopter Services announces FAA certification for DART’s Crosstubes.
• DART Helicopter Services announces FAA certification of Round-I-Beam™ Skidtube on civil UH-1 models.
• DART Helicopter Services Announces Transport Canada approval for DART’s New Aft Facing Seats (2x2).
• DART Helicopter Services announces Transport Canada approval of DART Round-I-BeamT Skidtubes.
• DART Helicopter Services announces Transport Canada letters of approval.
• DART Helicopter Services Gets EASA Approval of Cargo Cabin Floor Protectors for Bell 205/212/412s.
• DART receives approval for 3 Point Should Harness Kits.
• Dart's Aft Facing Seats.
• DART's Comfort Seat for the Bell 205/212/214.
• Dart's Medium Bell Protective Trim Kits.
• DART's Replacement Glareshield.
• DART's Replacement Glareshield for the Bell 212, 412, 412CF, 412EP.
• DART's Round-I-BeamTM Skidtubes for the SA 315.
• DART's sliding door hinge kit.
• DART’s Aft Cabin Wall Protectors for medium Bell aircraft.
• DART’s AS 350/AS 355 Interior Panels.
• DART’s baggage compartment protector kits .
• DART’s Cargo Mirror for the A119/AW119MKII.
• DART’s Cargo Mirror for the AS 350 / AS 355.
• DART’s Cargo Mirror for the Med Bell Aircraft.
• DART’s Crosstubes for Bell 206A/B, 206L series .
• Dart’s Crosstubes for the AS 350 | AS 355.
• DART’s Full Vertical Reference Door Modification Kit.
• DART’s Heli-Access-Step for the A119 / AW119MKII.
• DART’s interiors for Bell helicopters.
• DART’s Round-I-Beam Skidtube.
• DART’s Round-I-Beam Skidtubes for the AS 350 / AS 355.
• DART’s Safety Enhancement Kits.
• DART’s Spacepod and LH Door Hinge .
• DART’s Traffic Advisory System Modification.
• EASA approval of Apical’s Tri-Bag Emergency Float System for BO-105 Series Helicopters.
• EASA Approval of DART Round-I-Beam Skidtubes .
• EC120 REAR passenger replacement cushions.
• EDMO Distributors and Spokane Industries make refueling 'Handi'.
• Efficient Helicopter Hangars Move Air with Big Ass Fans.
• Enstrom selects Onboard cargo hook for 480B.
• FAA approval of Apical Nose Landing Gear Door Kit for AB139/AW139s.
• FAA approval of Geneva's P148 and P149 console.
• FAA Approves Able’s Latest 206 PMA Part.
• FAA Awards Airwolf AMOC to AD 2007-26-12 on Robinson Helicopter Rotor Blades.
• FAA Certifies AFS High-Performance Engine Filter for MD Helicopters MD900 Explorer.
• FAA Grants PMA for DECT Handset Systems.
• FMS moving map.
• Four new qualifications for high performance Aerospace Sealants.
• Frasca'a TruVision Global will be on display at I/ITSEC in Orlando, FL..
• Geneva Aviation receives EASA approval for the P122, P132, P148 and P149 avionics & switch consoles.
• Geneva Aviation receives FAA certification for advanced version of its P132 avionics switch console.
• Geneva Aviation's P101 Instrument Panel P125 Pedestal and the P137 Instrument Panel Visor.
• Geneva Aviation’s AS350/355 High Back Pilot Seat.
• Geneva Aviation’s P139 Audio Systems.
• Geneva’s AS350/355 Two-Place Front Seat .
• GPS capability added to the Bambi Bucket with innovative new device.
• Guardian Mobility at HAC Convention and Trade Show.
• Guardian Mobility to exhibit SkytraxSL Flight Tracking Portable at HELI-EXPO .
• Helidrome Architecture.
• Helifab’s S-76 Aft cabin door replacement door hinge.
• Heliproducts Industries Ltd. launches new online store.
• Helitowcart introduces 18 000lbs capacity tow cart at HAI convention:.
• Helitowcart introduces Extra Large pod for R44: The AMPLE pod .
• High density liferaft kit for AB139 & AW139.
• High Performance, high-value Aircraft Tracking just got better by .2.
• Howard Leight 2008 product guide.
• ITS Offers Cost Saving Alternative for Compliance with Model 250 CEB–1365 and TP CEB–1345 .
• Jeppesen Adds Worldwide Lightning Maps.
• Kaman Expands K-MAX Firefighting Capability with New Water Cannon.
• Kaman Helicopters Introduces Advanced Rotor Blade Protection To Commercial Operators at Heli-Expo 20.
• Keeping that 'new car smell'.
• Life Cycle Cost 2008 Volume II released.
• Lightspeed Aviation™ Introduces Zulu Helo,™ for Rotor Pilots.
• LoPresti SpeedMerchants brings BoomBeam technology to Bell 206 helicopters.
• MD500 panel with the Sagem integrated cockpit display.
• Measurement Specialties differentiates with custom solutions expertise .
• Merlin Simulation Inc. delivers first S333 AATD to Rotors of the Rockies.
• Modular Audio and Video Systems and Electrical Consoles by Geneva Aviation.
• NAASCO announces the latest FAA approvals.
• NEO – the new generation kit helicopter.
• New Bambi Bucket .
• New BK117 Twin Engine Cycle Counter.
• New dedicated Heli-Firefighting Fleet with fast buckets for Lebanon.
• Night vision goggles approved for civil aviation.
• Onboard's EC120 Cargo Hook Kit FAA Certified.
• One Sky Aviation receives Cessna EVS STC.
• Performance options expand for Bell 204/205 operators.
• Portable Video Borescope from GE.
• Principles of Helicopter Flight.
• Register to win free ODV tractor from Hammonds.
• Release of the Artex 2-Wire Remote Interface for cost-effective upgrades to 406 MHz ELT technology.
• RGB Fluorescent Lighting Systems .
• Robinson Helicopter Selects Tempest Spin-on Oil Filter.
• Rugged DC Accelerometers for steady state and shock measurements.
• SAE qualified aircraft sealant 35% lighter.
• Sagem Avionics, Inc. and Honeywell to provide cockpit upgrades.
• Saint-Gobain Sully glass and acrylic helicopter windshields and windows.
• Sandel introduces LED upgrade for 3-ATI EHSI.
• Scandinavian Safety Training Centre introduces Multiway HUET, MWH-6.
• Side video gimbal support framework .
• Silicone 1200 building and glazing sealant.
• SkyNode S200 Satcom System.
• Skyquest adds the missing piece to the HD jigsaw.
• Skyquest’s PC in a display.
• SkyTrac Offers Enhanced Capabilities to Flight-Follow and Map Aircraft Locations .
• Soloy gains approval for the Brazilian Honeywell-powered Eurocopter AS350BA and B2.
• Stag Group base new facility in France.
• Start Pac introduces its Model 53300 Power Supply.
• Start Pac Lithium Press Release.
• STC awarded for the Bell 430 night vision lighting.
• Strategia launches MRO dashboard to help manage compliance in real-time.
• Tech-Tool plastics certifies new windows for Eurocopter Aircraft.
• Tempest Announces “Magnetic” Vacuum Pump Wrench.
• The Headset Visor .
• the Stratus Heli-XT.
• Transport Canada approval of Apical’s replacement lower forward fuselage panel for AS350/AS355s.
• Transport Canada approves DART’s interior panels for Eurocopter AS350 / AS355.
• Transport Canada certifies mission essential products from Geneva Aviation.
• Transport Canada-approved P101 Instrument Panel and P125 Pedestal Design by Geneva Aviation.
• TrueNorth enables emergency airborne medical services link.
• United Rotorcraft Solutions have new NIVISYS night vision goggles.
• URS delivered a customized Eurocopter EC120 to Diamondback Orchard.
• Valve Wizard™ Dramatically Reduces Aero-engine Valve Maintenance Time.
• Vertical window kits for Eurocopter.
• Western Avionics launches CommuniCube .
• WinAir Essentials - Aircraft Maintenance and Inventory Tracking.
• WinAirWeb Reliability Version 3.1.

News

News

• Teamsters Union Local 1150 ratifies new 5- year contract with Sikorsky .
• DART Helicopter Services adds United Rotorcraft Solutions night vision applications to inventory.
• Helicopter Foundation International Revamps Homepage .
• Vector wins Sikorsky S-61 shortening contract .
• Woes of Cormorant helicopters hinder rescues.
• 'Smart' I-Shades just got smarter.
• 12th Annual International SEA KING Maintenance Symposium.
• 2,000th Makila engine flying around the world.
• 2008 International Sea King Maintenance Symposium.
• 2008 International Sea King Symposium to be hosted by Vector Helicopter Services .
• 2008 Sea King Symposium participation at an all-time high.
• 2008 SeaKing Symposium website - www.seakingsymposium2008.com - goes “live”.
• 4 minutes 40 seconds hangaring.
• 406 MHz ELT’s soon mandatory.
• A settlement is reached with Bell Helicopter following complaint.
• ACROHELIPRO (Vector) wins Rolls Royce model 250 2007 customer satisfaction award.
• ACROHELIPRO APPOINTS DIANE CHILDERHOSE.
• ACROHELIPRO AWARDED SUPPORT CONTRACT.
• ACROHELIPRO Gets Approval for S76 Exhaust Ejectors.
• ACROHELIPRO Global Services becomes Vector Aerospace-Helicopter Services.
• ACROHELIPRO Launches “Lean Stream” providing value-added benefits for customers.
• ACROHELIPRO recognized as top 24 BC exporter.
• ACROHELIPRO to Host Interactive Simulators from Sagem and Chelton at Heli-Expo.
• ACT chosen by Eurocopter Canada to deliver composite courses.
• Aereospace to remain in the black through recession.
• Aero Toy Store names Tony Cosimano director of helicopter operations.
• Aeronav Avionics authorized as Garmin distributor.
• Aerospace Cluster of Montréal meets.
• Aerospace industry expects another year of turmoil.
• AFS adds AW119 Ke helicopter certification.
• AFS certifies high performance engine.
• AFS Certifies High Performance Engine Inlet Filter.
• AFS certifies high performance engine inlet filter for Eurocopter EC130.
• AFS debut new firefighting tracking technology.
• AFS High Performance Engine Inlet Filter Certification Anticipated for Eurocopter EC130.
• AFS Obtains Canadian STC for Eurocopter EC130 B4 and Dual Hydraulic AS350B3 Inlet Barrier Filter.
• AFS receives Bell Helicopter premier supplier award.
• AgustaWestland and CAE partner to provide AW139 helicopter training .
• AgustaWestland and Heli-One sign agreement .
• AgustaWestland co-leader of the Green Rotorcraft Programme.
• AgustaWestland Completes BERP IV Flight Testing.
• AgustaWestland congratulates 2009 Cormorant Trophy winners.
• AgustaWestland delivering BERP IV rotor technology.
• AgustaWestland Grand setting new standards in the light twin market .
• AgustaWestland helps to keep the sky clean.
• AgustaWestland launches training program.
• AgustaWestland open AW139 assembly line in Philadelphia.
• AgustaWestland Opens New Dedicated T129 Facility.
• AgustaWestland’s First Oil & Gas Seminar .
• AgustaWestland’s Oil & Gas Seminar in Brazil.
• Air Médic responds to minister's comment.
• Aircraft Mechanical Services choses new portable videoscope.
• Aircraft Spruce offers breakthrough in headset technology.
• AirMédic has busiest week in eight years.
• Airventure 2009 video.
• Airworthiness Directive by FAA.
• Airworthiness Directive issued on Robinson blades supercedes Service Bulletin.
• Alan Bristow: 1923 – 2009.
• Ambercore announces acquisition of Terrapoint.
• Apical‘s Cable Cutter Kit for Bell 206 Series.
• Apical’s Liferaft Kit.
• Appointments at Turbomeca.
• Armaereo awards Chinook Helicopter contract .
• Artex introduces spidertracks Flight Tracking System.
• Artex ME406 series of 406 MHz ELTs certified by Canadian authorities.
• Aviation Specialties Unlimited Clarifies Servicing and Warranty of ITT F4949 Aviation Goggles.
• Avionics Innovations DMP-100 Cabin Briefer Selected By AgustaWestland.
• Avior wins contract wth Bell Helicopter.
• AW139 To Target Long Range Offshore Market.
• B.C. Hydro suspends helicopter use after crash .
• Baldwin Aviation Safety & Compliance offers helicopter safety management system.
• Barry Aylward appointed chairman of AEA.
• Barry Kohler Promoted to V.P, Commercial Production Programs at Bell Helicopter.
• Barry Rempel new chairman of the Canadian Airports Council.
• BBA Aviation Showcases Total Engine Services At Heli-Expo 2009 .
• BC helicopter crash still a mystery.
• BC's Whitney Helicopters Forms Initial Fleet.
• Bell "Freezes" the 429 External Lines.
• Bell 206 & 407 Round iBeam Skidtubes.
• Bell 407s Helicopters destined for Iraq.
• Bell 429 is certified by Transport Canada.
• Bell 429 performance update .
• Bell Announces 412EP Gains JAR-OPS 3 Compliance .
• Bell Boeing celebrates its 100th V-22 Osprey.
• Bell Helicopter achieves Organization Designation Authorization from FAA.
• Bell Helicopter cuts 150 more workers at its Quebec plant amid weak demand .
• Bell Helicopter hosts Textron's first engineering bootcamp.
• Bell Helicopter Opens Expanded Logistics Center.
• Bell Helicopter strike ends after manufacturing workers approve new contract .
• Bell Helicopter Training Academy announces a new course offering.
• Bell Helicopter’s Supply Center expands offerings.
• Bell Racks Up Banner Orders in 2007.
• Bell receives contract to modify 27 more aircraft in OH-58D Safety Enhancement Program.
• Bell recognizes Platinum Level Customer Service Facilities.
• Bell reduces workforce in U.S..
• Bell Reports Status of the 429 Program.
• Bell streamlines product line.
• Bell Training Academy receives EASA Part 147 MTO approval.
• Blackcomb Aviation takes delivery of a new AS350 B3.
• BLR Aerospace selects Airborne Engines to sell helicopter enhancement systems in Canada.
• Blue Sky Network Adds Communication and Tracking to VIH Helicopter's Worldwide Operations.
• Blue Sky Network and Cougar Helicopters partner on S-92 tracking equipment.
• Blue Sky Network's customers and subscriber units grew by more than 60% in 2007.
• Boeing aims to make MRO facilities more environmentally progressive.
• Boeing and AgustaWestland announce CH-47F Chinook Helicopter Industrial Agreement at Farnborough Air.
• Boeing and ATIL celebrate 10th anniversary.
• Boeing Announces New Rotorcraft Program: AH-6.
• Boeing completes benefits Program for CF-18 .
• Boeing receives $1.15B contract for 15 Canadian Chinooks.
• Boeing restarts aircraft production at suburban Philadelphia plant .
• Boeing teams with Skyhook International to build heavy-lift rotorcraft.
• Boeing to highlight broad range of commercial and defense products and services.
• Bombardier sells two Q400 NextGens to Porter.
• Brian Jenner issues statement concerning his dismissal from HAC.
• Bursary and scholarship established to remember Cougar 491 crash.
• CAE acquires Terrain Experts, Inc..
• CAE awarded more than C$60 million in new military contracts.
• CAE collaborates with Netherlands lab.
• CAE joint venture to open helicopter training school in India.
• CAE to invest C$714 million in research and development.
• CAE Wins Contract to Provide MRH90 Training to Australian Defence Forces.
• Calgary Airport Authority welcomes Bell Helicopter to YYC Global Logistics Parks.
• CAMC Announcement.
• Canada Aviation Museum re-opens free for veterans.
• Canada awards $1.2 billion contract for 15 Chinooks .
• Canada Certifies AFS High-Performance Engine Filter for Turbomeca-Powered Eurocopter AS350s.
• Canada's First Agusta Westland Grand.
• Canada's new fleet of navy helicopters need engine changes: subcontractor .
• Canada's New Government Invests $350 Million to Improve Aircraft Engine Technology & Fuel Efficiency.
• Canada, EADS sign agreement for research and technology development .
• Canada’s ELT mandate sparks concern among U.S. pilots .
• Canadian Aerospace Industry Recognized as Crucial to Canadian Economy.
• Canadian aerospace seeks maximum benefits from new military aircraft purchase.
• Canadian Aviation Security Conference.
• Canadian Coast Guard Selects Onboard Cargo Hooks.
• Canadian Helicopters acquires interest in Heli-Welders.
• Canadian Helicopters fund posts $406K loss.
• Canadian Helicopters Ltd.'s Gary Royer Wins HAI 2008 Aviation Repair Specialist Award.
• Canadian helicopters make history in Afghanistan.
• Canadian Helicopters reports increase in profits.
• Canadian Helicopters Reports Q3 and Nine-month 2007 results.
• Canadian military adds medical techs to air force.
• Canadian military chopper makes brief test flight; still behind schedule .
• Canadian military will testify at N.L. inquiry.
• Canadian Night Vision Conference & Training Day .
• Canadian Sea King scares off pirates.
• CBAA announces appointment of new president and CEO.
• CBAA directors meet at Buttonville Airport.
• CBAA to host 2009 convention in Montreal.
• CDM presents MAOS certificate to Vector Aerospace.
• CH-148 Cyclone helicopter completes first flight .
• CHC announces 4th annual Safety & Quality Summit .
• CHC Buys 16 EC225 Helicopters.
• CHC expects to pass EU ownership hurdle to close First Reserve deal.
• CHC Files Annual Management Discussion.
• CHC Helicopter Corp. Signs a Contract for 13 AW139 Helicopters .
• CHC Helicopter Corporation: Heli-One Supports Spanish Helicopter Operator .
• CHC Helicopter flying high.
• CHC Helicopter to be bought in $3.7B deal by private equity firm First Reserve.
• CHC Helicopters announces Sergei I. Sikorsky as keynote speaker.
• CHC Orders 12 Sikorsky S-92® Helicopters .
• CHC Orders Additional Sikorsky S-92 and AgustaWestland AW139 Helicopters.
• CHC selects Worldwide Helicopter Solutions `.
• CHC shareholders vote yes to First Reserve takeover.
• CHC to Release Second Quarter Results .
• Chris Swan named vice-president and general manager of StandardAero’s Component Services operation.
• Cobham Reaches Agreement to Purchase S-Tec in the USA for US$38 Million.
• Columbia Helicopters' Founder Wes Lematta, passes..
• CommuniCube at AMTC.
• Composites training offered in Calgary.
• Computer-based training for NVG .
• Conference Board revises Canadian economic outlook downward.
• Conklin & De Decker 2009 state tax guide valuable tool for helicopter operations.
• Conklin & de Decker at PAMA 2009 aviation maintenance management symposium.
• Conklin & De Decker brings aircraft acquisition seminar to Philadelphia.
• Conklin & De Decker offer special Heli-Expo show discount and chance to win a GPS..
• Conklin & De Decker Offers Extensive Course Line-up at 2008 HELI-EXPO .
• Conklin & De Decker offers extensive course line-up at 2009 Heli-Expo.
• Conklin & de Decker release 2008 Life Cycle Cost.
• Conklin & De Decker upgrades Aircraft Cost Evaluator for 2008.
• Conklin & De Decker’s 2009 Life Cycle cost release offers solutions for helicopter operators .
• COPTERJOBS to debut at HAI Convention.
• Cougar crash renews calls for separate safety agency.
• Cougar Heli Inc. takes delivery of an AW139 .
• Cougar Helicopters takes delivery of AW139 .
• Cougar to inspect main gearbox.
• Council approves deposit on second police chopper.
• Cranbrook RCMP identify three victims of fiery helicopter crash in B.C. .
• Customers on Board with New Airplane Tracking Solutions from Guardian Mobility .
• Customers welcome latest approval for Guardian Mobility.
• DART and Heli-Lynx Helicopters Sign Agreement.
• DART acquires Canam Aerospace and Cargo Net Innovations.
• DART acquires Heliproducts Tooling Division.
• DART announces EASA Approval of Apical Replacement Emergency Floats and Inflation Cylinder for the A.
• DART announces EASA Approval of Apical’s EC130 Emergency Float System .
• DART Announces FAA & EASA Approval of Replacement Engine Mount Kit .
• DART announces FAA approval of Round-I-Beam™ Skidtubes for Eurocopter BK117.
• DART announces FAA, Transport Canada and EASA approval of low gear crosstubes.
• Dart announces Transport Canada approval of its Drive Shaft Tunnel for Bell 205A-1/205B.
• DART announces Transport Canada, FAA and EASA approval of DART’s Low Profile Basket.
• DART Helicopter Services announces EASA approval of DART Round-I-Beam™ Skidtubes .
• Dart Helicopter Services announces EASA approval of DART’s Interior Panels.
• DART Helicopter Services Announces EASA Approval of the Apical AW139 Liferaft Kit..
• DART Helicopter Services announces FAA approval of cargo cabin floor protectors .
• DART Helicopter Services Announces Transport Canada approval for DART’s New Aft Facing Seats (2x2).
• DART Helicopter Services announces Transport Canada approval of DART’s Full Vertical Reference Door.
• DART Helicopter Services Continues Expansion.
• DART Helicopter Services Gets EASA Approval of Cargo Cabin Floor Protectors for Bell 205/212/412s.
• Dart Helicopter Services named distributor for Spectrolab products .
• DART now exclusive distributor for Tyler Special Operations Platforms .
• DART Purchases Apical Industries.
• DART's sliding door hinge kit.
• DART’s Full Vertical Reference Door Modification Kit.
• DART’s Spacepod and LH Door Hinge .
• Derco Aerospace signs contract with SABCA.
• Discovery Air announces new directors.
• Discovery Air Inc. Starts Due Diligence on the Acquisition of Air Tindi Ltd..
• Discovery Air reports aircraft accident.
• Don’t over-react - innovate.
• Dyamic Non-Linear Display technology.
• Early Registration Deadline Approaching for IASS 2008.
• Earnings up 21 per cent at defence contractor General Dynamics.
• EASA approval of Apical's cable cutter kit for the AS350 D, D1, B, B1, B2, BA and B3.
• EASA approval of Apical’s Tri-Bag Emergency Float System for BO-105 Series Helicopters.
• EASA Approval of DART Round-I-Beam™ Skidtubes.
• EASA approval of Two-Place Front Seat and their Rear Bench Seat Modification Kit for AS350/355s.
• Edmonton police to get new helicopter.
• Edwards & Associates begins New Year in new facility.
• Embry-Riddle researcher gets Honda grant for hands-off instrument panel controls.
• Embry-Riddle, Tomlinson Aviation conduct helicopter research flights.
• Enstrom Helicopter Selects Chelton Flight Systems EFIS.
• Enstrom selects Onboard cargo hook for 480B.
• Enstrom to provide helicopters to JGSDF.
• EnviroTankers Inc. showcases new fuel solution.
• EnviroTankers' Best Management Practices manual.
• Era Training Center Selects Frasca for S76 FSTD.
• Esterline announces executive appointments .
• Eurocopter and the NRC sign ten-year agreement.
• Eurocopter announces first Canadian sale of EC 145.
• Eurocopter announces sale of 500th helicopter in Canada.
• Eurocopter approves ANAC coating for control surfaces.
• Eurocopter Canada and BCIT announce new training program.
• Eurocopter Canada announces Joannes as president & CEO.
• Eurocopter Canada celebrates 25 years of success.
• Eurocopter Canada completes sale to Villeneuve Hélicoptères Ltée.
• Eurocopter Canada delivers new EC 120 to Edmonton Police .
• Eurocopter Canada opens customer service centre in Richmond, B.C..
• Eurocopter Canada recognized by Minister of Labour .
• Eurocopter CEO Visits Canada - Tours Expanded Facility.
• Eurocopter delivers the first EC135 helicopter manufactured in Albacete .
• Eurocopter Deutschland Orders 23 MAX-VIZ EVS-1500 Enhanced Vision Systems.
• Eurocopter displays latest-generation Product Range at ILA 2008.
• Eurocopter endorses Canadian Helicopters Limited advanced helicopter mountain flying training .
• Eurocopter finalizes agreement for training.
• Eurocopter increases its research to develop even greener helicopters.
• Eurocopter Increases Manufacturing Capability in Canada.
• Eurocopter is Celebrating the Centenary of the Helicopter.
• Eurocopter offers its helicopters as the perfect complement to yachts.
• Eurocopter UK receives first ever UK helicopter order for offshore wind farm maintenance.
• Eurocopter's New Customer Support Centre".
• Evergreen Unmanned Systems to Unveil Mobile Unmanned Aircraft System.
• Exclusive marketing agreement with Night Flight.
• FAA approval of Apical Nose Landing Gear Door Kit for AB139/AW139s.
• FAA approval of DART's automatic door opener.
• FAA Approves Able’s Latest 206 PMA Part.
• FAA approves seven Heli WAAS LPV IFPs.
• FAA Awards Airwolf AMOC to AD 2007-26-12 on Robinson Helicopter Rotor Blades.
• Families of passengers file lawsuit against Keystone.
• Farnborough International Airshow 2010 to be better than ever for business.
• FAS Becomes Worldwide Launch Customer for S-76D.
• Female pilot rescued after helicopter crash on lake near Pointe Claire, Que..
• Final “Increment 1” VH-71 US Presidential Helicopter .
• First 'Blades-On' ground runs conducted successfully for Sikorsky’s X2 TECHNOLOGY™ demonstrator .
• First pusher prop ground runs for X2 TECHNOLOGY demonstrator successfully conducted.
• First two AgustaWestland helicopters with Versace interiors delivered .
• First upgraded Lynx flies with new engines.
• First VH-71 presidential helicopter production aircraft takes flight.
• FLIR Systems acquires OmniTech.
• FLYIT Simulators at Heli Expo introduces scholarship.
• Forsberg, L'Esperance, and Lariviere named vice-presidents of Kaman Aerospace Group.
• Frasca Built AS350 Flight Simulation Training Device Achieves Level 6 Qualification.
• Frasca Built EC-135 Flight Simulation Training Device Achieves Level 6 Qualification.
• Frasca built EC-135 helicopter device.
• Frasca Helicopter FTD Gets Level 7 Approval.
• Frasca International Celebrates 50th Anniversary.
• Frasca International to exhibit EC-135 flight training device at Heli-Expo .
• Frasca to Provide FTD for New Bell 429.
• Frasca'a TruVision Global will be on display at I/ITSEC in Orlando, FL..
• Geneva Aviation receives Transport Canada STC - video system.
• Geneva’s AS350 transmission cowling approved.
• GKN Aerospace develops techniques for rapid deposition of composite materials .
• Global Vectra Helicorp Orders Two Bell Helicopter 412.
• Goodrich and Rolls-Royce propose engine controls joint venture.
• Goodrich Corp. completes acquisition of Skyline Industries, Inc..
• Goodrich to expand customer services campus in Monroe, NC.
• Government of Canada invests in aerospace security.
• Government Qualifies CAE-led Team for C-130J and CH-47 Aircrew Training Capability.
• GPS capability added to the Bambi Bucket with innovative new device.
• Great Slave Helicopters Ltd. has been approved as a Bell Service Centre.
• Griffon helicopters begin hunting Taliban bomb planters at night.
• Guardian Mobility at HAC Convention and Trade Show.
• Guardian Mobility shows enhanced maps.
• Guardian Mobility to exhibit SkytraxSL Flight Tracking Portable at HELI-EXPO .
• Guardian Trax Mobile at HELI_EXPO.
• H-92® Helicopter to demonstrate capabilities in European tour.
• HAC announces new president and CEO.
• HAC Communique - Aeronautical study of VHF-DF service.
• HAC president & CEO Brian Jenner suspended.
• HAC terminates president & CEO Brian Jenner.
• HAI accepting applications for the 2007 operator safety awards.
• HAI announces 2008 Pilot of the Year Award.
• HAI Announces Recipient of the 2006 Helicopter Maintenance Award.
• HAI Announces Recipient of the 2008 Aviation Maintenance Technician Award.
• HAI Announces Recipient of the 2008 Igor I. Sikorsky Humanitarian Award.
• HAI Announces Recipient of the 2008 Robert E. Trimble Memorial Award.
• HAI Announces Recipients of 2008 “Salute To Excellence” Awards.
• HAI at NBAA in Orlando.
• HAI Helicopter Firefighting Safety Forum, February 5-6, 2008 .
• HAI is saddened by the passing of Frank Piasecki, helicopter pioneer.
• HAI Membership to promote pilot and maintenance technician membership.
• HAI offers free one-year membership to aviation students.
• HAI offers two heliport design workshops at HELI-EXPO 2008 in Houston, Texas.
• HAI president testifies before Congress.
• HAI Sadly Announces the Passing of Bruce Smith.
• HAL and CAE partner on helicopter training centre.
• Hearses bring nine bodies pulled from N.L. chopper wreckage for examination.
• HEICO Corp. completes important acquisition.
• Heli Expo 2010 – last day for registration!.
• Heli skiing chopper crash near Golden, B.C..
• HELI-EXPO 2009 is fast approaching .
• HELI-EXPO 2009 — The Countdown Begins .
• HELI-EXPO 2010 - Upcoming Exhibitor Deadlines .
• Heli-Lynx Creates new customer service department .
• Heli-Lynx delivers 355FX2R to Catalyst Aviation.
• Heli-Lynx shows strength on new aircraft completions.
• Heli-Lynx to show operators at Heli-Expo how to be more productive.
• Heli-Mart Acquires Phoenix Heliparts.
• Heli-Mart has acquired a majority interest in Phoenix Heliparts.
• Heli-One Announces North American Helicopter Maintenance Facility.
• Heli-One Supports Brazilian Operator.
• Heli-One Supports Brazilian Operator.
• Heli-One to Provide New SAE Aircraft for Sweden.
• Helicopter Association of Canada is currently seeking a President/CEO.
• Helicopter Association of Canada is seeking new president/CEO.
• Helicopter Association of Canada Seeks Nominees for Award.
• Helicopter Carrying Brazilian Santa Comes Under Fire over Rio Shantytown .
• Helicopter crash happened in blinding Afghan dust.
• Helicopter crash northwest of Montreal kills two people.
• Helicopter crashes on ice-covered lake near Montreal.
• Helicopter delay shortened, but there's a price tag in the deal.
• Helicopter Delivers Transplant Organ for the First Time in Quebec.
• Helicopter drags 14 metre wide transmitter along in search for minerals .
• Helicopter pilots land individual liability insurance coverage.
• Helicopter pioneer Stanley Hiller dies at 81.
• Helicopter purchase lands important work in Canada.
• Helicopter Safety Management Course Offered.
• Helicopter Support, Inc. receives FAA Diamond Award.
• Helicopters launches Careers in Aviation website.
• Helijet achieves 140, 000 fleet hour milestone accident free with Sikorsky.
• Helijet announces flight plans for 2010 Games.
• Helijet awarded air ambulance contract extension.
• Helijet awarded contract extension for helicopter ambulance service.
• Helijet awarded Olympic air ambulance contract.
• Helijet offsets 900 tonnes CO2e .
• Helijet offsets GHG emissions.
• Helijet offsetting greenhouse gas emissions.
• Heliproducts Industries Ltd. launches new online store.
• Heliproducts Purchases 10 AS350SD2 Kits from Soloy Aviation Solutions.
• Helitech Support signs 11 million dollar contract.
• Helitech: the place for contracts.
• Helitech’s first ever live aerial firefighting demonstrations to take place in Portugal.
• HEPAC announces its interim Board of Directors.
• HEPAC looks for new Board of Directors.
• Heroux Devtek to make large components for new Bell 429 helicopter.
• Héroux-Devtek signs MOU H-47F Chinook landing gear.
• HFI and ALEA offer "Managing an Aviation Disaster" course.
• HFI offers courses in conjunction with Heli-Expo.
• HFI Professional Education Series at HELI-EXPO 2009.
• HFI's Professional Education on-the-road to Vegas.
• Hickok & Associates Inc. begins developing helicopter WAAS approaches.
• Historical delivery of the last new BO105 LS..
• HMCS Athabaskan Sea King Incident.
• Honeywell - HUMs Annual General Meeting will be held at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver.
• Honeywell Aerospace makes major announcements at HAI Heli-Expo 2009 .
• Honeywell and LOM PRAHA team up for helicopter maintenance services.
• Honeywell Q2 profit rises 17 per cent, boosts full year profit guidance .
• Honeywell to expand in P.E.I.
• Human-powered Helicopter Contest prize is now $250,000.
• Ideas on leadership: The Hillier Inspiration Series.
• IHST Launches Redesigned website.
• IMP Aerospace Components wins Boeing contract.
• Innovative EC135 Inlet Barrier Filter Design.
• Interior Trim Panels, Cabin Floor and Baggage Protectors.
• International executive helicopter service takes flight with AAG Global.
• International Sea King Maintenance Symposium.
• Investigators cleaning up scene of Nfld. Chopper crash.
• Investing in Shearwater.
• Japan authorities order another AW139 helicopter.
• JB Air Buys Its First Eurocopter.
• Jean-Pierre Mortreux Elected Chairman, Aerospace Industries Association of Canada.
• Jeppesen Adds Worldwide Lightning Maps.
• John French Consultants Ltd. to Merge with Solocks.com Training Inc..
• Kaman Acquires Brookhouse Holdings, Ltd..
• Kaman Aerospace’s Clifford Gunsallus Selected Chairman of the Board for CRI.
• Kaman Corp. awarded $53 million .
• Kaman Helicopters appoints Donald Lownds .
• Kaman Helicopters restructures.
• Kaman reports first quarter 2008 Results.
• Kaydon Bearings Division Selected as Bell Premier Supplier.
• Ken Dandy Retires from 44 Years at Innotech Aviation; .
• Keystone Helicopter Appoints Joel Fullerton Engine Service’s Product Support Representative.
• Keystone Helicopter Corp. wins approval to grant certifications on behalf of the FAA.
• L-3 Avionics Systems Launches New Web Site.
• L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. teams with Optex Systems.
• L-3 Wescam to exhibit new MX-10 EO/IR imaging turret.
• Largest Helicopter in the U.S. to Deliver World's Largest Christmas Tree.
• Latest variant of the AW101 makes Paris debut.
• Latitude Tech and SEI Industries sign agreement.
• Leadership change at Edwards & Associates.
• Lightspeed Aviation™ Introduces Zulu Helo,™ for Rotor Pilots.
• Little over a week left to register for the CHC Safety & Quality Summit.
• Local chopper could have saved vessel.
• London Air Services Purchases Third AW139.
• Lynx Mk9’s enhanced protection package from Vector Aerospace.
• Machinists certify helicopter mechanics.
• MAF Canada responds to Haiti earthquake.
• MAF sends new KODIAK to Haiti.
• Major success for Eurocopter at Heli-Expo 2008 .
• Manitoba Air Services Branch orders additional MAX-VIZ EVS-1500s .
• Marc Parent named chairman of the board of Aéro Montréal .
• Max-Viz Evs Installed on Government of Manitoba Citations.
• MAX-VIZ EVS-1000’s type certificated AgustaWestland’s Grand helicopters for Rega.
• Media Luna orders Grand Helicopter.
• Memo from new HAC president Fred Jones.
• Merlin Simulation, Inc. receives Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD) approval.
• Mike Turner to Lead Marketing and Corporate Communications at StandardAero .
• Military escapes federal budget axe for now.
• Military heli to join search for missing man .
• Military requires more Cormorant rescue choppers.
• Military to improve 'dust ball' landings after fatal Afghan crash.
• Minister Cannon issues statement on helicopter accident in Cranbrook, British Columbia.
• Minister Clement announces repayable investment in flight simulators.
• MMIR Auto-notification Upgraded.
• Model 250 AMC Council elects Standard Aero’s Tom Roche chairman.
• MP calls for review of Cougar Flight 491 crash .
• N.L. chopper crash lawsuit is settled.
• N.L. MP Jack Harris asks for standing at inquiry into fatal chopper.
• NAASCO chosen as American Eurocopter’s service center for actuators used on the BO105.
• NAASCO Outstanding AME Award presented .
• NAT announces appointment.
• NAV CANADA reports February traffic figures .
• NAV CANADA Reports October Traffic Figures .
• NBAA announcement - Ornge orders ten AW139 helicopters.
• NBAA applauds approval of new FAA Administrator.
• NEO – the new generation kit helicopter.
• New aerospace firm sets up shop on Prince Edward Island.
• New airshow to link air medical and air rescue industries.
• New Appointments at Flight Safety International's Atlanta Learning Center.
• NEW Around-the-World speed record.
• New around-the-world speed record in an AgustaWestland Grand .
• New aviation safety regulations for air traffic services.
• New BK117 Twin Engine Cycle Counter.
• New day to night vision conversion system.
• New dedicated heli-firefighting fleet with fast buckets.
• New general manager of DART Helicopter Services.
• New Light Utility Helicopters site launched.
• New platform approach system for Sikorsky S-92s.
• New this year at HELI-EXPO 2008.
• New this year at HELI-EXPO 2008.
• New world speed record in AgustaWestland Grand.
• Night Vision–Electro-Optical Conference 2009.
• Nominate for “Salute to Excellence” Today.
• Northstar Aerospace gets US$14 million contract.
• Northstar Aerospace Inc. appoints Michael J. Tkach .
• Northstar Aerospace Inc. receives contract on AH-64 Apache Block III modernization.
• Northstar Aerospace Inc. reports new contracts and orders of more than $50 million.
• Offshore chopper risks.
• Oil execs must bolster offshore rescue.
• Onboard's EC120 Cargo Hook Kit FAA Certified.
• One Sky Aviation receives Caravan EVS STC.
• Oshawa Municipal Airport will gain more than $1 million in funding.
• Ottawa set to announce helicopter, UAV lease for Afghan mission.
• Ottawa to send attack helicopters to Afghanistan .
• P & W Canada authorizes H+S Aviation for repair and overhaul.
• Pair guilty over pilot's death in helicopter .
• PAMA ends SAE affiliation.
• Partners of DHS to provide digital moving maps.
• Pegasus bringing kit helicopter to market.
• Pegasus partners with Ranger Aerospace to manufacture Pressure Jet Rotorcraft.
• Phoenix Heliparts to do first conversion of an MD 500E to an MD 530FF.
• Pilot and passenger escape helicopter fire.
• Pilot Convicted of Criminal Negligence.
• Pilot who negligence caused fatal plane crash in Winnipeg to be sentenced today.
• Police Explain Why It's Dangerous to Point a Laser At A Helicopter.
• Popular Science magazine honors the V-22 .
• Portable Video Borescope from GE.
• Pratt & Whitney Canada and Helicopters of Russia sign MOU to produce PW127TS for Russian MI-38 helic.
• Pratt & Whitney Canada and L.A. County Fire Dept. sign engine maintenance contract.
• Pratt & Whitney Canada Boosts Production Capacity.
• Pratt & Whitney Canada Celebrates 60,000th Engine.
• Pratt & Whitney Canada Employees Donate Over $1 Million to Centraide for Third Consecutive Year.
• Pratt & Whitney Canada launches maintenance program.
• Pratt & Whitney Canada launches second phase of $45M investment in Halifax.
• Pratt & Whitney Canada Nova Scotia facility recognized for environmental excellence.
• Pratt & Whitney Canada signs long-term FMP® Program agreement with customer Air Methods.
• Pratt & Whitney Canada to Invest $1.5 billion in Research and Development Over the Next Five Years.
• Pratt & Whitney Canada to Invest $250 Million .
• Pratt & Whitney Canada wins the Grand Prix québécois de la qualité.
• Pratt & Whitney Canada's Centraide campaign earns two awards.
• Pratt & Whitney won't supply engines to Russians.
• Pratt Whitney Canada Certifies PW207D1 and PW207D2 Engines to Power Bell Helicopter 429 .
• Pre-owned helicopter sales strong in niche markets.
• Precision Accessories & Instruments Canada announces their EASA Approval.
• President George W. Bush visits Robinson Helicopter Co..
• Prototype assembly looms as first parts arrive for CH-53K Heavy Lift Helicopter.
• PT6C-67E Engine .
• PZL Mielec rolls out first BLACK HAWK cabin produced outside the U.S..
• PZL Mielec Taking A Sustainable Approach to Manufacturing.
• Qatar Armed Forces takes delivery of AW139 .
• Quebec camera-man dies in helicopter crash.
• Quebec Company Acquires Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
• Quebec exports to grow in 2007 before receding in 2008, says EDC.
• Randy Simonneau Joins EnviroTankers.
• Richard C. Forsberg promoted to assistant V.P.at Kaman Corp..
• Rick Hill Named V.P., Operations and Commercial Programs at Helijet.
• Robert Donald is CAMC's New Executive Director.
• Robinson Delivers 8000th Helicopter .
• Robinson Helicopter Co. sales continue upward.
• Robinson Helicopter Selects Tempest Spin-on Oil Filter.
• Rockwell Collins contributes $100,000 to training program at the University of Regina.
• Rolls-Royce delivers first production RR300 engine from new assembly line .
• Rolls-Royce Joins With Heli-Lynx AS355 Upgrades.
• Rolls-Royce model 250 engine remains a staple for Vector-Helicopter Services .
• Rolls-Royce Names New President & Chief Operating Officer for Canada.
• Rotary Wing Technology Introduction course to be held in Ottawa.
• Ruedi Hafen nominated for Aviator of the Year!.
• S-76 fleet reaches five million flight hours .
• S-92 enters service in Barazillian offshore oil market.
• S-92™ helicopter operators complying worldwide with Sikorsky Bulletin on Gearbox Oil Bowl Studs.
• Safety & Training Summit 2009.
• Sagem Avionics, Inc. and Honeywell to provide cockpit upgrades.
• Sagem Avionics, Inc. Strengthens Law Enforcement Presence.
• Sagem Glass featured on 13 aircrafts at HeliExpo 2009.
• Sagem ICDS certified for flight in Heli-Lynx 355FX STC.
• Salute to Excellence call for nominations booklets in the mail.
• Sandel introduces LED upgrade for 3-ATI EHSI.
• Sandel Partners with Aero Dynamix to add NVG display compliance .
• Sandel sets flight testing schedule for new TAWS.
• Santa passes tests with flying colours.
• SARS Corp. and AeroMechanical Services Team Up .
• Sask. forest fires force more evacuations; brings total to over 1100 people.
• Schweizer Announces Release of New Jeppesen Training Materials.
• Scott Kasprowicz seeking to set a new around-the-world speed record in an AgustaWestland Grand .
• Sea King pilots getting much more time in the air since Denmark crash.
• Search and rescue officials say they can cope with N.L. choppers down .
• Second Bell 429 Joins Flight Test Program.
• SEI Industries celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Bambi Bucket.
• Settlement reached in Bell Helicopter discrimination case.
• Shortage of ships, helicopters blamed for crash .
• Sikorsky Aerospace Services expands its footprint in Texas.
• Sikorsky Aerospace Services launches time-saving tool for H.S.I. customers.
• Sikorsky Aerospace services to support Saudi Arabia's new MOI helicopter fleet.
• Sikorsky Aerospace Services' HSI Supplies Robertson Fuel Tanks to Columbian Air Force.
• Sikorsky Aircraft Breaks Ground for Co-generation Project.
• Sikorsky Aircraft launches Sikorsky Global Helicopters.
• Sikorsky Aircraft offers free aviation and product safety training at HELI-EXPO.
• Sikorsky Aircraft Subsidiary Keystone Celebrates FAA Approval to Manufacture S-76(R) Helicopters.
• Sikorsky aircraft teams with Carson Helicopters to launch modernization program for S-61 aircraft.
• Sikorsky and Goodrich join to offer HUMS.
• Sikorsky announces sale of first S-434 certified commercial helicopter.
• Sikorsky appoints three senior executives.
• Sikorsky completes flawless first fly-by-wire flight.
• Sikorsky delivers 100th new production UH-60M BLACK HAWK to U.S. Army.
• Sikorsky delivers first two S-434TM choppers.
• Sikorsky delivers HELOTRAC RL® enhancements .
• Sikorsky delivers UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter.
• Sikorsky delivers VIP S-76C to Royals.
• Sikorsky expands with Texas blade R&O centre .
• Sikorsky H-53 Helicopter inducted into United States Air Force national museum.
• Sikorsky hosts rollout ceremony.
• Sikorsky looks ahead to envelope expansions after unprecedented period of first flights.
• Sikorsky recognizes CHC and MCA with Rescue Award.
• Sikorsky Rollout Ceremony.
• Sikorsky S-76 Gets Max-Viz EVS STC.
• Sikorsky S-76D heli enters production.
• Sikorsky Selects Eaton to Supply Integrated Fuel System for New CH-53K.
• Sikorsky selects TrueNorth Simphone for Forward-Fit S-76 installations.
• Sikorsky to develop mission-adaptive rotorcraft.
• Sikorsky tops 100-knot speed milestone.
• Sikorsky X2 Technology™ Program relocates .
• Sikorsky's S-92® fleet passes 100,000 total hours.
• Sikorsky's safer helicopter landings technology.
• Sikorsky’s S-76D achieves first flight.
• Sikorsky’s X2 demonstrator - another milestone.
• Sikorsky’s X2 TECHNOLOGY™ demonstrator achieves first flight.
• Ski hill operators mull billing skiers for rescue costs.
• Skyline Helicopters appointed as first AgustaWestland service centre in Canada.
• SkyTrac Offers Enhanced Capabilities to Flight-Follow and Map Aircraft Locations .
• SkyTrac Systems Obtains STC for EC120 .
• SkyTrac to Provide SatCom and Flight Following to Taiga.
• Slave Lake Helicopters Chooses SkyTrac.
• SMS tool kit to assist operators address mandatory regulatory requirements.
• Soloy gains approval for the Brazilian Honeywell-powered Eurocopter AS350BA and B2.
• St. John's in need of a search and rescue.
• Standard Aero earns spot in prestigious U.S. EPA National Environmental Performance track program.
• Standard Aero integrates MRO facilities and launches new brand mark and corporate identity.
• Standard Aero names Scott Taylor business development leader.
• Standard Aero wins Canadian Helicopter contract for Rolls-Royce 250 MRO.
• StandardAero appoints new V.P., contracts.
• StandardAero awarded Design Organization Approvals by EASA and FAA.
• StandardAero implements flight safety management system.
• Star Navigation announces sale of tracking and communication systems.
• STARS opens new helipad at QEII.
• Start Pac introduces its Model 53300 Power Supply.
• Steiner named president of Kaman Aerospace Group.
• Steve Flynn of Blackcomb Helicopters wins Medal of Bravery.
• Strategia launches MRO dashboard to help manage compliance in real-time.
• Strong year for EXTEX prompts addition of sales staff and new sales & marketing VP.
• Successful Ground Runs for H-92 Fly-by-Wire .
• Tangent Link launches HeliSphere event.
• Tata and Sikorsky agree to manufacture cabins in India .
• Temporary price reduction on ICDS components.
• Test pilot selected for astronaut training.
• Textron Awards Top Innovations of 2007.
• Textron Names Richard Millman President & CEO of Bell Helicopter.
• Textron prices offering to raise more than US$750M.
• The Arrius 2B2 engine offers an increased T.B.O. of 4,000 hours.
• The EC135 Receives Canadian Certification.
• The Headset Visor .
• Three more Eurocopter aircraft for Great Slave Helicopters .
• TopDeck avionics suite onboard the 1st flight of Sikorsky’s S-76DTM helicopter .
• Toronto G20 large security task but economic boon.
• Transport Canada approves Apical’s replacement lower forward fuselage panel for AS350/AS355s.
• Transport Canada approves DART’s interior panels for Eurocopter AS350 / AS355.
• Transport Canada certifies mission essential products from Geneva Aviation.
• Transport Canada certifies the Turbomeca Arrius 2B2.
• Transport officials probe fatal helicopter crash.
• Transportation Appeal Tribunal Appointments.
• Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada appointment.
• Transportation Safety Board of Canada Will Issue Safety Recommendations.
• TRK Helicopters buys three Eurocopters.
• TrueNorth enables emergency airborne medical services link.
• TSB issues update on Sikorsky S-92A accident.
• TSB will release update on Cougar Helicopters crash.
• Turbomeca Canada celebrates fifth anniversary.
• Turbomeca expands with a new site in Monroe, North Carolina.
• Turbomeca has reached agreement with regard to a SBH® contract with Bond .
• Turbomeca improves its internet site dedicated to operators.
• Turbomeca Limited becomes Turbomeca UK and enlarges its activities’ scope.
• Turbomeca signed contracts with Russian Helicopters .
• U.S. based United Technologies cutting 11,600 jobs, slashes outlook.
• U.S. manufacturers at Helitech.
• UK acquisition closes - Global growth platform for Vector Aerospace .
• Union votes to approve Sikorsky contract offer, return to work Wednesday.
• United Rotorcraft obtains STC approval for Night Vision Lighting modifications .
• United Rotorcraft solutions.
• United Rotorcraft Solutions and Ahlers Aerospace form new partnership.
• United Rotorcraft Solutions announces new general manager.
• United Rotorcraft Solutions awarded dealership from Cobham Avionics.
• United Rotorcraft Solutions to give away TSO’d night vision goggles at AMTC.
• Universal Avionics reaches settlement in patent litigation against Optima Technology Group .
• UTC elects Chênevert chief executive officer.
• Vector acquires certified OH58 airframe fixture.
• Vector Aerospace acquires UK Defence aviation and repair agency rotary wing and components businesse.
• Vector Aerospace announces new contract with Boeing.
• Vector Aerospace appoints Declan O'Shea as president and CEO.
• Vector Aerospace awarded Brazilian Air Force contract.
• Vector Aerospace creates new sales organization.
• Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services amalgamating Dallas and Van Nuys engine shops .
• Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services exhibiting at Heli-Expo 2009.
• Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services receives European Aviation Safety Agency approval.
• Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services welcomes guests to Grand Opening of Vector-Andalusia .
• Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-Langley now offering in-house paint capability.
• Vector Aerospace signs 3-year MRO Agreement with Coast to Coast Helicopters, Inc..
• Vector announces record profit.
• Vector approval for Bell 407 “glass cockpit” installation.
• Vector awarded Turbomeca Arriel 2 license.
• Vector awarded US Army subcontract.
• Vector commemorates world’s 1st Sikorsky S61 equipped with “glass cockpit”.
• Vector delivers S61 “Short” to Billings .
• Vector gets approval for Bell UH-1 maintenance and overhaul.
• Vector grows engine repair and overhaul capabilities.
• Vector Helicopter Services announces appointments.
• Vector Helicopter Services Appoints Bede Rocks as Director, Business Development .
• Vector Helicopter Services receives Bell 206 "Glass Cockpit" STC.
• Vector offers SAGEM “glass cockpit” upgrades to Bell 407 Operators.
• Vector receives Gold Performance Award.
• Vector receives TC approval for GE CT7-8A.
• Vector renews contract in support of Canadian Military Search & Rescue .
• Vector set to grow with boost from military market.
• Vector-Helicopter Services and Aviall Canada present Rotor Focus 2008.
• Vector-Helicopter Services Increases Service Capability.
• VH-71 presidential helicopter test vehicle 3 performs maiden flight .
• VIH Buys First Canadian EC135.
• Villeneuve Hélicoptères Ltée exercises its options to purchases two additional AS350 B2s .
• Villeneuve Helicopters purchases Panorama.
• Voluntary Rotorcraft Safety Initiative Launched.
• Western Avionics launches CommuniCube .
• Whitney Helicopters takes delivery of second EC120.
• Wildcat Helicopters is launch customer for Bell 212 FastFin System from BLR Aerospace.
• World's smallest helicopter to fly at da Vinci's birthplace on May 25.
• World-leading EMS team calls for life-saving aviation data sharing.
• X2 Tech demo wins 'Best of What’s New” award.
• X2 Tech wins award from Popular Science.
• X2 TECHNOLOGY™ Light Tactical Helicopter Concept.
• XL Insurance expands speciality underwriting capabilities in Canada.
• “The Robinson R44 Grand” Earns STC for Sagem Avionics Glass Cockpit Retrofit.

Newsflash

• AFS adds AW119 Ke helicopter certification .
• AgustaWestland co-leader of the Green Rotorcraft Programme.
• Helicopters LLC to Open Helicopter Training Center In Louisiana.
• PZL Mielec Taking A Sustainable Approach to Manufacturing.
• Schweizer Announces Release of new Jeppesen Training Materials.
• Scott Kasprowicz seeking to set a new around-the-world speed record in an AgustaWestland Grand.
• Sikorsky aircraft preps for multiple first flights as "four pillars" continue to pace rapid growth.
• Sikorsky S-92® helicopter fleet reaches 100,000 flight hour milestone.
• STARS opens new helipad at QEII.
• Vector Aerospace announces new contract with Boeing.

Newsletter

April2009

• Aerospace Cluster of Montréal meets.
• Eurocopter Canada recognized by Federal Minister of Labour .
• Helijet offsetting greenhouse gas emissions.
• HEPAC looks for submissions for new board of directors.
• Principles of Helicopter Flight.

August2008

• Goodrich and Rolls-Royce propose engine controls joint venture.
• New around-the-world speed record in an AgustaWestland Grand .
• Sikorsky’s X2 TECHNOLOGY™ demonstrator achieves first flight.
• Submit Your "Salute to Excellence" nominations today.
• test article.

August2009

• Boeing receives $ 1.15B contract.
• Cabin floor and baggage protectors.
• Canadian Helicopters reports increase in profits.
• DART’s AS 350/AS 355 Interior Panels.
• EnviroTankers' Best Management Practices manual.
• Human-powered Helicopter Contest prize is now $250,000.
• MAOS certificate presented to Vector Aerospace.
• New general manager of DART Helicopter Services.
• Sikorsky X2 Technology™ Program relocates .
• Villeneuve Helicopters purchases Panorama.

December2008

• Boeing restarts aircraft production at suburban Philadelphia plant .
• CommuniCube at AMTC.
• Dart Helicopter Services named distributor for Spectrolab products .
• Eurocopter UK receives first ever U.K. helicopter order for offshore wind farm maintenance.
• HAI 2009 Salute to Excellence Awards.
• Letter to the Honourable John Baird.
• New international regulations for transporting hazardous materials.
• Pratt Whitney Canada certifies PW207D1 and PW207D2 engines to power Bell Helicopter 429 .
• RGB fluorescent lighting systems .
• United Rotorcraft Solutions have new NIVISYS night vision goggles.

December2009

• Aerospace industry expects another year of turmoil.
• AFS certifies high performance engine.
• B.C. helicopter crash still a mystery.
• Bell Helicopter’s Supply Center expands offerings.
• Canadian military will testify at N.L. inquiry.
• Columbia Helicopters' founder Wes Lematta dies.
• Cougar to inspect main gearbox.
• Helijet announces flight plans for 2010 Games.
• Helijet awarded Olympic air ambulance contract.
• L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. teams with Optex Systems.
• Sikorsky S-76D enters production.
• The Headset Visor .
• Toronto G20 large security task but economic boon.
• Vector grows engine repair and overhaul capabilities.
• Vector set to grow with boost from military market.

February2009

• 4000 US gallon double walled EnviroTanker.
• Bell 429 program update .
• DART Helicopter Services announces approval of Spacepod.
• DART Helicopter Services Continues Expansion.
• Eurocopter endorses Canadian Helicopters Limited advanced helicopter mountain flying training .
• Heli-Lynx Creates new customer service department .
• Heli-Lynx shows strength on new aircraft completions.
• Helijet achieves 140,000 fleet hour milestone accident free with Sikorsky.
• Helitowcart introduces 18 000lbs capacity tow cart at HAI convention:.
• Letter to the editor .
• Sikorsky looks ahead to envelope expansions after unprecedented period of first flights.
• Sikorsky’s S-76D achieves first flight.
• Teamsters Union Local 1150 ratifies new 5- year contract with Sikorsky .
• The Arrius 2B2 engine offers an increased T.B.O. of 4,000 hours.
• Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services exhibiting at Heli-Expo 2009.
• Vector offers SAGEM “glass cockpit” upgrades to Bell 407 Operators.

February2010

• EnviroTankers Inc. showcases new fuel solution.
• S-92 enters service in Brazilian offshore oil market.

January2009

• Vector wins Sikorsky S-61 shortening contract .
• Borescopes-R-Us introduces a 4mm hand-held video scope.
• Conklin & de Decker offers extensive course line-up at 2009 Heli-Expo .
• HFI Professional Education Series at HELI-EXPO 2009.
• IHST launches redesigned website.
• Sikorsky appoints three senior executives.
• StandardAero appoints new VP, contracts.
• Vector renews contract in support of Canadian military search and rescue .

January2010

• 2,000th Makila engine flying around the world.
• Blackcomb Aviation takes delivery of a new AS350 B3.
• Canadian military adds medical techs to air force.
• Cougar Heli Inc. takes delivery of an AW139 .
• DART's sliding door hinge kit.
• Defence critic says oil execs must bolster offshore rescue.
• Heli Expo 2010.
• Helicopters launches Careers in Aviation website.
• Helicopters launches Careers in Aviation website.
• Kaman Helicopters restructures.
• MAF Canada responds to Haiti earthquake.

July2009

• Award-winning night vision lighting for Eurocopter B0105.
• Bell Helicopter cuts 150 more workers at its Quebec plant amid weak demand .
• Customers welcome latest approval for Guardian Mobility.
• Customers welcome latest approval for Guardian Mobility.
• DART now exclusive distributor for Tyler Special Operations Platforms .
• DART’s baggage compartment protector kits .
• DART’s Cargo Mirror for the AS 350 / AS 355.
• Helicopter crash happened in blinding Afghan dust.
• Sagem ICDS certified for flight in Heli-Lynx 355FX STC.
• Sikorsky’s X2 demonstrator – another milestone.

June2009

• Aereospace to remain in the black through recession.
• AgustaWestland Opens New Dedicated T129 Facility.
• Bell 429 is certified by Transport Canada.
• Dart's replacement Glareshield.
• DART’s Traffic Advisory System Modification.
• Eurocopter and the NRC sign 10-year agreement.
• Eurocopter Canada delivers new EC 120 to Edmonton Police .
• FAA approves seven Heli WAAS LPV IFPs.
• Families of passengers file lawsuit against Keystone.
• HELI-EXPO 2010 - Upcoming Exhibitor Deadlines .
• Heli-Lynx delivers 355FX2R to Catalyst Aviation.
• IMP Aerospace Components wins Boeing contract.
• Pratt & Whitney won't supply engines to Russians.
• TSB issues update on Sikorsky S-92A accident.

March2009

• ACT chosen by Eurocopter Canada to deliver composite courses.
• CAE joint venture to open helicopter training school in India.
• DART announces TC approval of replacement engine mount kit.
• Fred Jones Interview.
• Helijet offsets GHG emissions.
• Manitoba Air Services Branch orders additional MAX-VIZ EVS-1500s .
• S-92™ helicopter operators complying worldwide with Sikorsky Bulletin on Gearbox Oil Bowl Studs.
• Sikorsky delivers 100th new production UH-60M BLACK HAWK to U.S. Army.
• Sikorsky's safer helicopter landings technology.
• Vector delivers S61 “Short” to Billings .

May2009

• Alan Bristow: 1923 – 2009.
• Barry Aylward appointed chairman of AEA.
• Bell 407s helicopters destined for Iraq.
• Canadian helicopters make history in Afghanistan.
• Historical delivery of the last new BO105 LS.
• Test pilot selected for astronaut training.
• Vector announces record profit.
• Vector receives TC approval for GE CT7-8A.

November2008

• 406 MHz ELT’s soon mandatory.
• ACROHELIPRO Global Services becomes Vector Aerospace-Helicopter Services.
• AgustaWestland co-leader of the Green Rotorcraft Programme.
• AirMédic has busiest week in eight years.
• Artex ME406 series of 406 MHz ELTs certified by Canadian authorities.
• Autonomous helicopters teach themselves to fly .
• Bell reduces workforce in U.S..
• Canada’s ELT mandate sparks concern among U.S. pilots .
• CH-148 Cyclone helicopter completes first flight .
• Dart announces Transport Canada approval of its Drive Shaft Tunnel for Bell 205A-1/205B.
• DART announces Transport Canada, FAA and EASA approval of DART’s Low Profile Basket.
• DART announces Transport Canada, FAA and EASA approval of DART’s Low Profile Basket.
• Dart Helicopter Services named distributor for Spectrolab products .
• Embry-Riddle, Tomlinson Aviation conduct helicopter research flights.
• Eurocopter announces first Canadian sale of EC 145.
• General Aviation receives Transport Canada STC - video system.
• HAC announces new president and CEO.
• HAC announces new president and CEO.
• HAI offers free one-year membership to aviation students.
• HELI-EXPO 2009 — The countdown begins .
• Helicopter drags 14 metre wide transmitter along in search for minerals .
• Lightspeed Aviation™ Introduces Zulu Helo,™ for Rotor Pilots.
• Major success for Eurocopter at Heli-Expo 2008 .
• Mike Turner to Lead Marketing and Corporate Communications at StandardAero .
• Pratt & Whitney Canada launches second phase of $45M investment in Halifax.
• Rolls-Royce delivers first production RR300 engine from new assembly line .
• Sikorsky S-76 Gets Max-Viz EVS STC.
• Skyline Helicopters appointed as first AgustaWestland service centre in Canada.
• Standard Aero earns spot in prestigious U.S. EPA National Environmental Performance track program.
• Standard Aero integrates MRO facilities and launches new brand mark and corporate identity.
• The February 2008 Digital Edition of Helicopters Magazine is ready!.
• Transport Canada approval of Apical’s replacement lower forward fuselage panel for AS350/AS355s.
• Transport Canada certifies mission essential products from Geneva Aviation.
• Transport Canada certifies the Turbomeca Arrius 2B2.
• UTC elects Chênevert chief executive officer.
• Vector Aerospace appoints Declan O'Shea as president and CEO.
• Vector Helicopter Services Appoints Bede Rocks as Director, Business Development .
• Vector-Helicopter Services Increases Service Capability.
• Western Avionics launches CommuniCube .
• “The Robinson R44 Grand” Earns STC for Sagem Avionics Glass Cockpit Retrofit.

November2009

• Eurocopter Canada announces Joannes as president & CEO.
• Eurocopter finalizes agreement for training.
• FAS becomes worldwide launch customer for S-76D.
• Helijet offsets 900 tonnes CO2e .
• Ideas on leadership: The Hillier Inspiration Series.
• Olympic breaking point .
• Reader Survey Contest.
• Reader Survey Contest.
• Vector awarded U.S. Army subcontract.
• X2 Tech wins award from Popular Science.

October2008

• Boeing Announces New Rotorcraft Program: AH-6.
• Canadian Night Vision Conference & Training Day .
• Eurocopter Canada opens customer service centre in Richmond, B.C..
• HAI at NBAA in Orlando.
• Marc Parent named chairman of the board of Aéro Montréal .
• Media Luna orders Grand Helicopter.
• NBAA announcement - Ornge orders ten AW139 helicopters.
• New around-the-world speed record.
• Search and rescue officials say they can cope with N.L. choppers down .
• Sikorsky selects TrueNorth Simphone for Forward-Fit S-76 installations.
• Turbomeca expands with a new site in Monroe, North Carolina.

October2009

• AgustaWestland and Heli-One sign agreement .
• AgustaWestland congratulates 2009 Cormorant Trophy winners.
• Bharat Hotels takes delivery of Grand chopper .
• DART’s Crosstubes for Bell 206A/B, 206L series .
• Guardian Mobility shows enhanced maps.
• HEICO Corp. completes important acquisition.
• Héroux-Devtek signs MOU H-47F Chinook landing gear.
• Offshore chopper risks.
• Sikorsky tops 100-knot speed milestone.
• Vector approval for Bell 407 “glass cockpit” installation.

September2008

• 2008 International Sea King Maintenance Symposium.
• 2008 International Sea King Symposium to be hosted by Vector Helicopter Services .
• Aero Toy Store names Tony Cosimano director of helicopter operations.
• Aero Toy Store names Tony Cosimano director of helicopter operations.
• AgustaWestland delivering BERP IV rotor technology.
• AgustaWestland’s First Oil & Gas Seminar .
• Ambercore announces acquisition of Terrapoint.
• Appointments at Turbomeca.
• AW139 To Target Long Range Offshore Market.
• Barry Rempel new chairman of the Canadian Airports Council.
• Bell Helicopter Opens Expanded Logistics Center.
• BLR Aerospace selects Airborne Engines to sell helicopter enhancement systems in Canada.
• Boeing aims to make MRO facilities more environmentally progressive.
• Boeing teams with Skyhook International to build heavy-lift rotorcraft.
• Calgary Airport Authority welcomes Bell Helicopter to YYC Global Logistics Parks.
• Canadian Sea King scares off pirates.
• CBAA announces appointment of new president and CEO.
• Council approves deposit on second police chopper.
• DART acquires Canam Aerospace and Cargo Net Innovations.
• Dart Helicopter Services announces approval of DART’s Glareshield for Bell 212,412,412,412CF, 412EP .
• DART Helicopter Services announces Transport Canada approval for DART’s new Aft Facing Seats (2x2).
• DART Helicopter Services announces Transport Canada letters of approval.
• Discovery Air announces new directors.
• Eurocopter announces sale of 500th helicopter in Canada.
• Eurocopter announces sale of 500th helicopter in Canada.
• Eurocopter increases its research to develop even greener helicopters.
• Eurocopter increases manufacturing capability in Canada.
• Eurocopter offers its helicopters as the perfect complement to yachts.
• First 'Blades-On' ground runs conducted successfully for Sikorsky’s X2 TECHNOLOGY™ demonstrator .
• Frasca Built EC-135 Flight Simulation Training Device achieves Level 6 qualification.
• GKN Aerospace develops techniques for rapid deposition of composite materials .
• HAC announces new president and CEO.
• HAC Communique - Aeronautical study of VHF-DF service.
• HAI is saddened by the passing of Frank Piasecki, helicopter pioneer.
• Helicopter delay shortened, but there's a price tag in the deal.
• HEPAC announces its interim Board of Directors.
• HFI's Professional Education on-the-road to Vegas.
• Honeywell and LOM PRAHA team up for helicopter maintenance services.
• How can HEPAC best help the industry?.
• John French Consultants Ltd. to Merge with Solocks.com Training Inc..
• L-3 Avionics Systems launches new website.
• Machinists certify helicopter mechanics.
• Memo from new HAC president Fred Jones.
• Model 250 AMC Council elects Standard Aero’s Tom Roche chairman.
• NAT announces appointment.
• NAT announces appointment.
• New aerospace firm sets up shop on Prince Edward Island.
• Portable Video Borescope from GE.
• Portable Video Borescope from GE.
• Pratt & Whitney Canada and Helicopters of Russia sign MOU to produce PW127TS for Russian MI-38 helic.
• Pratt & Whitney Canada Nova Scotia facility recognized for environmental excellence.
• Randy Simonneau Joins EnviroTankers.
• Rugged DC Accelerometers for steady state and shock measurements.
• S-76 fleet reaches five million flight hours .
• Self-repairing aircraft could revolutionise aviation safety.
• Sikorsky's S-92® fleet passes 100,000 total hours.
• SkyTrac Systems obtains STC for EC120 .
• SkyTrac to Provide SatCom and Flight Following to Taiga.
• Standard Aero names Scott Taylor business development leader.
• Steiner named president of Kaman Aerospace Group.
• Strategia launches MRO dashboard to help manage compliance in real-time.
• Transport Canada approves DART’s interior panels for Eurocopter AS350 / AS355.
• Turbomeca Canada celebrates fifth anniversary.
• United Rotorcraft obtains STC approval for Night Vision Lighting modifications .
• Vector commemorates world’s 1st Sikorsky S61 equipped with “glass cockpit”.
• Vector Helicopter Services receives Bell 206 "Glass Cockpit" STC.
• Whitney Helicopters takes delivery of second EC120.
• Whitney Helicopters takes delivery of second EC120.
• XL Insurance expands speciality underwriting capabilities in Canada.

September2009

• AFS debut new firefighting tracking technology.
• Cobham Avionics awards United Rotorcraft Solutions a dealership.
• DART’s Round-I-Beam Skidtube.
• Government of Canada invests in aerospace, defence and maritime security.
• New platform approach system for Sikorsky S-92s.
• Ruedi Hafen nominated for Aviator of the Year!.
• Sikorsky Aircraft breaks ground for co-generation project.
• Temporary price reduction on ICDS components from Sagem Avionics.
• Vector gets approval for Bell UH-1 maintenance and overhaul.

Video

January 2009

• Robinson Helicopter Safety Course.
• Carey Bond Sikorsky X2.
• CH-47 Chinook Helicopter RNLAF.
• Eurocopter's Marc Paginini.
• Frank Robinson - On the Depression.
• Frank Robinson - R66.
• Fred Jones Interview.
• Helicopter Autorotation EC-120.
• Lynn Tilton.
• Richard Millman on the economy..
• Robinson R66 First Public Flight .

Web Exclusives

April2009

• American Helicopter Society events.
• Canada 2009 U.S. Aerospace Supplier Development Mission to Montreal.
• CBAA 2009 Convention.
• New Control System Has What it Takes to Guide Experimental Aircraft.

August2008

• Submit Your "Salute to Excellence" nominations today.

August2009

• CAMC's Career Focus.
• Different place, same problems.
• The First Helicopter IFR Route In Italy.
• U.S. Aviation maintenance trade highlights economic risks of industry restrictions .

December 2007

• CHC announces 4th annual Safety & Quality Summit .
• Jean-Paul Fournier - Canadian Helicopter Pioneer.
• Letter to the Minister of Transport.
• Paul Cornu's 1907 Helicopter .
• Take it from this Marine aviator: The Osprey is worth every penny.
• VIH Helicopters Adds State-of-the-Art Flight Tracking System.
• What do AMEs, pilots and ballerinas have in common?.
• World's Second Helicopter Built in Manitoba in 1937-38.

December2008

• HAI 2009 Salute to Excellence Awards.
• Letter to the Honourable John Baird.
• New international regulations for transporting hazardous materials.

December2009

• Chopper drop tests new technology.

February2009

• Canadian Air & Space Museum Press Conference.

January 2008

• AHS Forum 65 Call for Papers.
• Eurocopter Canada Soars with number 500.
• Full Speed Ahead.
• HAC announces new president and CEO.
• HAI is saddened by the passing of Frank Piasecki, helicopter pioneer.
• HEPAC submits SMS - Industry Self Management proposal to Transport Canada.
• Message from ATAC'S chairman of the board.
• Self-repairing aircraft could revolutionise aviation safety.
• SMS Corner.
• Why SMS? or "How hard can it be to sling a boat anyway?".

January2009

• Centennial of flight in Canada featured on Royal Canadian Mint's first collector coins of 2009.
• Conklin & de Decker offers extensive course line-up at 2009 Heli-Expo .
• Letter to the editor .
• Registration is now open for the 5th Annual Safety & Quality Summit .

July2009

• Aviation experts offer free risk management seminar.
• Freedom's Flying Memorial.
• Helitech reflects resilience of rotary wing sector.

June2009

• Canada Aviation Museum a best bet for Canada Day.
• FBW09 CANEUS Workshop.
• New TV series announces U.S. broadcast distribution.
• PremiAir promotes helicopters as an important business tool.

March2009

• Extending useful life of aircraft, increase their reliability and reduce repair costs.
• Montreal aerospace sector encourages students to complete their studies.
• Museum celebrates women in aviation on March 7.
• The Launch of NEW Canadian Air and Space Museum.

May2009

• Aerial Fire Fighting International Conference and Exhibition.
• China International Aviation Summit.
• Winners to be selected for Artflight 2009.

November2008

• Autonomous Helicopters Teach Themselves To Fly .

November2009

• First aircraft with Polish-built cabin delivered.
• HMCS Calgary Sea King video.
• Olympic Breaking Point .

October2009

• Bharat Hotels takes delivery of Grand chopper .
• Ontario AME Workshop 2009.
• Samsung takes delivery of First AW139.

September2008

• New QC protocols at Bell Helicopter rely on Extech humidity and temperature chart recorder.

September2009

• ATAK team announces T129 flight.
• AW139 ready for electronic news gathering.
• Chinook contract $66M reinvestment in Western Canada.
• MD Helicopters: Chalet number 6 at Helitech .
• NAV CANADA tops donation to Ottawa Cancer Centre.
• Turbomeca signs agreement for training in China.

Web Exclusives 2010

• Helicopters launches Careers in Aviation website.
• Helicopters Magazine partners with HAC.
• Winnipeg police justify airborne patrols.

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