HAI Convention News 2016

Mar 2, 2016 - 8:35 AM
Air Zermatt Is Launch Customer for Marenco SKYe SH09
Air Zermatt becomes a launch customer for the new single-engine turbine helicopter.

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Mar 2, 2016 - 6:50 PM
Van Horn Customers Anxious for Composite LongRanger Blades
The Van Horn MRBs have an 18,000-hour service life, more than triple the life of current OEM 206B metal blades.
Mar 2, 2016 - 6:14 PM
International Helicopter Safety Team rechartered
The group has seen positive trends in helicopter safety and is working toward the goal of zero accidents.
Trekker in flight
Mar 2, 2016 - 5:22 PM
AW Trekker Utility Helicopter Makes First Flight
EASA certification is expected by year-end.
Clearvision HeliEVS
Mar 2, 2016 - 11:00 AM
Skylens, Elbit’s Wearable EVS, Nears Certification
Certification of HeliEVS could occur in 2017.
Able Engineering hangar
Mar 2, 2016 - 10:01 AM
Bell MRO Approval Strengthens Bond With Textron-owned Able
Able Engineering has been made an approved service center for Bell Helicopters.
Mar 2, 2016 - 9:40 AM
HAI Names First Safety Standards Operators
Since the beginning of the year, the association has accredited four rotorcraft operators under its new safety standard system.
Sikorsky Aircraft president Dan Schultz
Mar 2, 2016 - 9:30 AM
Under New Ownership, Sikorsky Looks to the Future
Making its Heli-Expo Debut as a Lockheed Martin company, Sikorsky fielded questions about its current market
Mar 2, 2016 - 9:25 AM
Airbus Partners with Thales for H160 Simulator
The first will be positioned in France, with more added as needed.
Mar 2, 2016 - 9:15 AM
Bell Reveals February Orders and Deliveries
India and Nepal are among the more recent buyers.
Mar 2, 2016 - 9:00 AM
P&WC Increases Service Intervals, Expands Support Offerings
The engine maker has taken a number of steps to lower costs for operators facing an uncertain market.
Apr 7, 2016
See How the Bell V-280 Valor Tilt-rotor Touchscreen Cockpit Works

Bell Helicopter is busy developing their next-generation V-280 Valor tilt-rotor aircraft, which is the planned successor to the V-22 Osprey. The company is experimenting with a completely new cockpit design for the aircraft featuring a massive touchscreen avionics interface that integrates night vision and synthetic vision.

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Mar 2, 2016 - 2:15 PM
Heli-Expo 2016 - Day 2
Heli-Expo 2016 attendees eagerly flocked to the Kentucky Exposition Center for the opening day of the show yesterday morning,

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Mar 2, 2016 - 2:15 PM
Heli-Expo 2016 - Day 2
Heli-Expo 2016 attendees eagerly flocked to the Kentucky Exposition Center for the opening day of the show yesterday morning,
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Mar 1, 2016 - 3:15 PM
Heli-Expo 2016 - Day 1
Flying examples of Bell Helicopter’s super-medium twin 525 Relentess and light turbine single 505 Jet Ranger X

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Feb 27, 2016 - 11:30 AM
Part 27/29 Rewrite Committee Underway
Rulemaking committee is tackling the difficult subject of changes to FAA and EASA rotorcraft certification regulations.
HFTC’s Frasca Bell 407 FTD was recently certified to Level D.
Feb 27, 2016 - 11:00 AM
HFTC Secures Approval for Bell 407 Sim
The simulator is approved for NVG training.
Feb 27, 2016 - 10:15 AM
Sequoia Helicopters Picks Skytrac HDMS for Bell 212 Fleet
Sequoia is staying ahead of the deadline for data monitoring on helicopter air ambulance flights.
Helicopter noise in the Los Angeles Basin has been an ongoing issue for years. Operators have been working with neighbors and the FAA to address the issue, but it remains a contentious one.
Feb 27, 2016 - 10:00 AM
Complainers Want Higher Helo Base in LA
Helicopter noise in the Los Angeles metropolitan area remains a critical issue.
Feb 27, 2016 - 10:00 AM
Bell Lifetime Achievement Award Goes to Dana Kerrick
HAI awards longtime IA for a lifetime of innovation and excellence in maintenance.
Sikorsky’s commercial systems and services v-p Dana Fiatarone sees the EMS and search-and-rescue markets as having the potential to offset the flagging oil market.
Feb 27, 2016 - 9:45 AM
Sikorsky Targeting Variety of Product Segments
Now part of Lockheed Martin, helicopter maker expects to find synergies under new ownership.
Erickson’s massive Aircrane shows its worth in firefighting, but the company offers plenty of other services: energy, construction, timber harvesting and oil-and-gas. It is self-sufficient at remote locales.
Feb 27, 2016 - 9:30 AM
Erickson Offering “Full Bandwidth” Solutions
Erickson’s new leader, Jeff Roberts, has consolidated the fleet and business elements to make the company leaner and more efficient.
Feb 27, 2016 - 9:10 AM
Turbomeca Faces 15-percent Drop in Deliveries
The Arrano 1A has flown on the Airbus H160, and the Arrius 2R for the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X was certified.
Bell 505 flight-test vehicle 1 made its first flight in November 2014.
Feb 27, 2016 - 9:00 AM
Bell 505 Aims for Mid-year Certification
Bell Helicopter sees production of 200 of the new helicopters per year by 2018.
Airbus CEO Guillame Faury is focusing on the positives as the company reports fewer deliveries than expected for 2015.
Feb 27, 2016 - 8:45 AM
Airbus Helicopters Saw Dwindling Orders, Deliveries in 2015
Order book to open this year for in-flight-test H160 medium twin.