Rotorcraft

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

Loading an S-76D onto a 747 freighter
Mar 30, 2021 - 9:01 AM
Covid Couldn't Stop Direct Helicopter's Shipping Business
While people may not have been traveling the globe over the past year due to the Covid pandemic, used helicopters certainly were.
Jeanette Eaton
Mar 30, 2021 - 8:30 AM
HAI Selects Sikorsky's Jeanette Eaton for Comms Award
HAI called Jeanette Eaton, who has spent more than 23 years with Sikorsky and another nine with Bell, a “natural communicator" in presenting comms award.
H225M Singapore
Mar 29, 2021 - 11:09 AM
Airbus Delivers First H225M Helicopter to Singapore
Singapore is receiving a batch of the latest Puma derivative as part of a rotary-wing fleet modernization that also includes new CH-47F Chinooks.
Lynx
Mar 29, 2021 - 10:00 AM
Leonardo's Lynx Celebrates 50th Anniversary
The Lynx helicopter set a rotorcraft speed record in 1986.
Nobuyuki Kosuge
Mar 29, 2021 - 9:35 AM
Nobuyuki Kosuge Is Flight Instructor of the Year
Nobuyuki Kosuge, HAI's Flight Instructor of the Year award recipient, has amassed 9,000 of flight instructor time.
Bell's Forth Worth Texas Training Academy
Mar 29, 2021 - 8:50 AM
Bell To Fly on Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Bell will begin incorporating sustainable aviation fuel in all operations at its training academy and for use by its customer demonstration fleet.
Bell Nexus (Photo: Curt Epstein)
Mar 26, 2021 - 2:40 PM
Textron Powers Up New eAviation Division
Rob Scholl will lead Textron's formal entry into the electric aviation market.
Mar 26, 2021 - 11:00 AM
GI 275 Simplifies Avionics Upgrades in Part 27 Helos
Garmin's new GI 275 electronic flight instruments feature touchscreen and dual concentric knob control.
Columbia Helicopters Chinook
Mar 26, 2021 - 11:00 AM
Columbia Launches Multi-Mission Program For 234 Chinooks
Columbia Helicopters has unveiled its multi-mission helicopter program featuring its Model 234 Chinook tandem-rotor, heavy-lift helicopters.
Mar 26, 2021 - 12:53 AM
Foresight MX HUMS Approved for Bell 212/412
GPMS has received FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for its Foresight MX health monitoring system on the Bell 212/412.