Helicopters

The relationships with PHI, Safran, and Shell highlight offshore operations and sustainable fuel utilization.

It’s our collective responsibility to keep driving toward a sustainable future—that was a key message that cut across many rotorcraft manufacturers participating in the 2022 Helicopter Association International Heli-Expo, from the “Meet the Regulators” opening session on Tuesday to partnership announcements such as that between Bell Helicopter and Safran on the use of sustainable aviation […]

The OEM has delivered more than 1,100 of the light turbine helicopter model, with nearly 1.5 million engine hours on the Rolls-Royce RR300.

The electronic flight instrument will add functionality to Part 27 helicopters.

Genesys Aerosystems is developing new functionality for its HeliSAS autopilot series, as well as announcing the new Genesys Control Panel (GCP) audio panel for its line of digital radios. The update to the HeliSAS adds the fourth axis to the autopilot, which enables hover and hold regimes and collective control. With the update, pilots can […]

“What we didn’t want to do was leave him up there for another couple days, because he would have died,” the pilot of an Alaska Army National Guard Medevac flight told FLYING.

There are those who say that you cannot conduct business on a global scale without aviation—it does not matter what part of the world you are in. Russia is no different—it has its share of millionaires and billionaires who use a variety of aircraft ranging from turbine helicopters to executive-outfitted Airbus A319s.  These high-net-worth individuals […]

East Hampton Airport (KHTO), a summertime hub for vacationers on the bustling East End of New York’s Long Island, is bracing for change as local officials seek to reduce noise from jets and helicopters. The town board of East Hampton is expected to vote Thursday on a plan to temporarily shut down the Class D […]

After a challenging year in 2021—in which its rival delivered nearly twice as many commercial airframes—Boeing (NYSE:BA) released its fourth-quarter deliveries report Tuesday. Highlights from the report include: Boeing delivered 84 of its 737s in the fourth quarter, more than 31 percent of those sold in 2021. Across its entire commercial fleet, which includes the […]

As investors envision a new era of hovering, environmentally friendly, electric air taxis flying short hops over traffic jams to nearby airports, the history of U.S. helicopter airlines may offer some keys to success.  New York Airways (1953-1979) and Los Angeles Airways (1947-1971)—along with similar operations in San Francisco and Chicago—were aviation trailblazers, part of […]