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The company resumed K-MAX production in 2015 after a more than decade long hiatus with an initial commitment to build at least 10 new aircraft. Skip Robinson Photo

Kaman extends production of commercial K-MAX helicopter

Kaman Corporation's Aerosystems division is to extend production of the commercial K-MAX heavy-lift utility helicopter into at least 2019. [...]

With all of Southern California to cover, Air 7 HD could be working a story over downtown L.A. and 20 minutes later be covering a story in the mountains of the Angeles Forest.

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Best Seat in the House: ABC7 Los Angeles

By Skip Robinson

2017-06-09, in Commercial, ENG, Public Service

With the most powerful camera system in the industry integrated with an augmented reality mapping system, Air 7 HD for ABC7 Los Angeles is raising [...]

A Sikorsky S-300 gets ready for takeoff at the University of North Dakota (UND) in Grand Forks.

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Degrees of Flight: University of North Dakota

By Jen Boyer

2017-05-16, in Commercial, General Training

Student pilots at the University of North Dakota get the benefit of earning a degree alongside their pilot ratings — and with financial aid and [...]

Norðurflug allows visitors to Iceland to get up close and personal with some of the most spectacular geological phenomena in the world — such as this small volcanic eruption in 2010.

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Norðurflug Helicopters: Flying in the land of Fire & Ice

By Owen Peterson

2017-05-09, in Commercial, Tourism

How Icelandic operator Norðurflug Helicopters overcame the country’s economic and operating challenges to provide visitors with an experience like [...]

Delta, Blade to offer integrated helicopter airport transfers

Delta's JFK customers can book an expedited, seamless experience that begins and ends at one of Blade's three Manhattan heliport lounges where they may relax in a full-service lounge prior to their five-minute flight. [...]

After being out of the short light single engine helicopter market for seven years, Bell returns with the 505 Jet Ranger X. The aircraft has a proven 206L drive train, a drastically improved cabin over the 206, and cruise speeds in excess of 120 knots. Sheldon Cohen Photo

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Back in the Game: The Bell 505 Jet Ranger X

By Guy R Maher

2017-04-24, in Commercial, OEM, Products & Services

The 505 Jet Ranger X marks Bell’s return to the short light single-engine market following the end of production of the phenomenally successful 206 [...]

Helijet renews resort fishing lodge service contracts to 2019

Helijet has extended its existing helicopter air service contracts with six of British Columbia’s world-renowned fishing resort lodge clients located on the Haida Gwaii Islands and Bella Bella, along the Central-West coast of British Columbia. [...]

The aircraft flew 101 hours at various altitudes and in different temperatures over the course of the campaign, with the highest of its 350 landings at 18,800 feet.

AW119Kx Koala completes demo tour in Himalayas

By Oliver Johnson

2017-04-18, in Commercial, Vertical Insider

The Leonardo AW119Kx Koala has completed its test and demonstration tour in Nepal, during which it flew up to the Mount Everest base camp and [...]

Capt. Dara Fitzpatrick, left, was the first victim of the Irish Coast Guard S-92 crash to be identified. She is shown here with Capt. Carmel Kirby in 2013 when they flew as the Coast Guard’s first all-female SAR flight crew. Irish Coast Guard Photo

Irish Coast Guard S-92 helicopter crashes with four on board

By Elan Head

2017-03-14, in Commercial, Offshore, Safety, SAR

The Irish Coast Guard has confirmed that one of its search-and-rescue helicopters, a Sikorsky S-92 operated by CHC Ireland, was involved in an [...]

While the FastFin kit delivers most of its benefits on the back side of the power curve, it does not present any adverse effects in cruise or autorotative flight.

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Taming the Squirrel

By Jon Bourke

2017-03-02, in Commercial, Products & Services, Utility

With its new FastFin kit for the Airbus Helicopters H125, BLR Aerospace has created a margin enhancer that also makes a notoriously squirrelly [...]

NHV awarded offshore contract by SHL

The NHV Group has announced a new contract with Seaway Heavy Lifting to provide helicopter services in support of its upcoming wind farm construction project at the Beatrice Offshore Wind farm. [...]

Bel Air recently reached even greater levels of capability upon installing the Limited Icing Protection System onto the two AW189s. Leonardo Photo

Bel Air AW189 helicopters exceed 6,000 flight hours in North Sea operations

Two AW189 super medium twin-engine helicopters operated by Bel Air of Denmark have exceeded 6,000 flight hours as of January 2017. [...]

Wiking conducted the first commercial sea pilot transfer using its new Airbus H145 on Feb. 13, 2017, near the German Bight. Photo by Christoph Meyer

Wiking puts H145 into commercial service

By Elan Head

2017-02-13, in Commercial, HEMS, Offshore, Public Service, SAR

Wiking Helikopter Service has completed the first commercial sea pilot transfer using its new Airbus Helicopters H145 in offshore configuration. [...]

Líder Aviação receives Petrobras Excellence Award

Bristow partner Líder Aviação received the Petrobras Excellence Award in Air Transport Operations (Peotram) 2016 on Jan. 27, 2017, in recognition of its performance last year. [...]

Okanagan Air Services first Bell 47B-3, CF-FZX, piloted by Carl Agar, lifts off to spray insect-infected forests in the Windermere Valley in the East Kootenays. This operation, among others in 1948, helped prove the value of helicopters. B.C. Ministry of Forests Photo

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The Little Company That Could

By Bob Petite

2017-02-10, in Commercial, Utility, Vertical Rewind

Originally formed as a fixed-wing flight-training club, Okanagan Helicopters helped pioneer the rotorcraft industry in Canada, especially when it [...]

This is Maverick Helicopters’ sixth consecutive Diamond Award for its Las Vegas and Grand Canyon South Rim locations and the second consecutive award for its Maui, Hawaii facility since its inception in 2015. Maverick Helicopters Photo

Maverick Helicopters awarded FAA’s 2016 “Diamond Award” of Excellence

The prestigious honor is a result of Maverick Helicopters' ongoing dedication to maintenance training and aircraft safety. [...]

Previously operating its CH-47Ds under Billings Flying Service's Restricted Category TC, CHI Aviation will continue to develop the aircraft as a helitanker under its own TC. Skip Robinson Photo

CHI Aviation gains Type Certificate for CH-47D Chinook

CHI Aviation has announced completion of the Federal Aviation Administration’s process for acquiring a Restricted Category Type Certificate for the Boeing CH-47D. [...]

Airbus Helicopters’ new version of its Helionix avionics suite for the H135 (pictured here), H145 and H175 will see improvements in the helicopter terrain awareness and warning system and synthetic vision systems on all three models. Airbus Photos

New version of Airbus’ Helionix to be certified this year

By Thierry Dubois

2017-02-02, in Avionics, Commercial, OEM, Offshore, Products & Services, Public Service, Safety, SAR

Airbus Helicopters is planning on having a new version of its Helionix avionics suite certified this year for the H135, H145 and H175. [...]

As Okanagan Air Services grew, it was renamed to Okanagan Helicopters Limited in 1952.

CHC celebrates 70 years of serving customers around the world

CHC Group has announced the beginning of a year-long celebration of the operator’s 70-year history since its humble beginnings as a crop dusting operation in British Columbia in April of 1947. [...]

Waypoint’s oil report sees evidence of market recovery with improved demand for helicopters

Waypoint Leasing (Ireland) Limited has published its ‘January 2017 Oil Report,’ which reflects positive fundamental shifts in the market. [...]

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Kaman extends production of commercial K-MAX helicopter

Best Seat in the House: ABC7 Los Angeles

Degrees of Flight: University of North Dakota

Norðurflug Helicopters: Flying in the land of Fire & Ice

Delta, Blade to offer integrated helicopter airport transfers

Back in the Game: The Bell 505 Jet Ranger X

Helijet renews resort fishing lodge service contracts to 2019

AW119Kx Koala completes demo tour in Himalayas

Irish Coast Guard S-92 helicopter crashes with four on board

Taming the Squirrel

NHV awarded offshore contract by SHL

Bel Air AW189 helicopters exceed 6,000 flight hours in North Sea operations

Wiking puts H145 into commercial service

Líder Aviação receives Petrobras Excellence Award

The Little Company That Could

Maverick Helicopters awarded FAA’s 2016 “Diamond Award” of Excellence

CHI Aviation gains Type Certificate for CH-47D Chinook

New version of Airbus’ Helionix to be certified this year

CHC celebrates 70 years of serving customers around the world

Waypoint’s oil report sees evidence of market recovery with improved demand for helicopters

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