Rotorcraft

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

Sep 30, 2020 - 8:49 AM
Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first five-blade H145 D3 to the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation.
Kopter
Sep 29, 2020 - 8:18 PM
Kopter CEO Andreas Lowenstein has left the light helicopter manufacturer that Leonardo acquired in early 2020.
Airbus H175
Sep 25, 2020 - 8:18 AM
Omni Taxi Aereo will be the first operator for the Airbus H175 super-medium helicopter in Brazil.
Bell 505
Sep 24, 2020 - 1:50 PM
The fleet of more than 260 in-service Bell 505 Jet Ranger X light single turbine helicopters has accumulated more than 50,000 flight hours.
HX-50 interior
Sep 24, 2020 - 1:06 PM
HX50 helicopter interior designed to mirror that of a premium luxury automobile.
Sep 24, 2020 - 10:35 AM
Richard Paul Harper, the owner of helicopter sales and repair shop Apple International in Bristol, Tennessee, has been convicted of aircaft parts fraud.
Sep 23, 2020 - 1:15 PM
The operator of the fatal flight that killed Kobe Bryant, OC Helicopters, has been added to the defendant list.
Sep 23, 2020 - 10:59 AM
LCI and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing have agreed to establish a joint-venture helicopter leasing business.
H145
Sep 18, 2020 - 7:45 AM
HTM-Helicopters will be the first operator to use the new five-bladed Airbus H145 D3 in the offshore wind market.
H135
Sep 17, 2020 - 9:24 AM
NASA has signed a $15 million HCare Infinite maintenance agreement with Airbus Helicopters.