Rotorcraft

The engineer and pilot who founded Robinson Helicopter Company and created the R22, R44, and R66 has hovered west.

NAFI president Paul Preidecker called Service Award winner Ned Parks “a friend and colleague of the industry” and said, “when I think of role models, Ned is at the top of the list.”

Aero Asset, a Canadian Helicopter brokerage firm, said in its half-year helicopter market trends report this week that a dwindling supply of used single-engine turbine helicopter inventory also caused sales volume to shrink.  Lower Sales Due to Lower Inventory Aero Asset tracked retail sales of select helicopter models for purchase by Airbus, Bell, and Leonardo. […]

In a dramatic save, a 19-year-old freed himself and a pilot from fiery wreckage after a helicopter struck power lines over a cherry orchard.

The 48-year-old brand made its landmark sale to French company Blugeon Hélicoptères.

Sikorsky Aircraft, the helicopter subsidiary of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), signed a new five-year contract this week with the U.S. Army to deliver at least 120 H-60M Black Hawk helicopters with an option for up to 225 more.

Proposed legislation would make city-owned heliports off-limits to tourist choppers.

After 11 years, Rainbow Helicopters has carved out a niche in tourist flights.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, sent back on-board video of its 25th and longest flight above the Martian surface.

With the fuel supply chain in question—and jet deliveries recovering from the pandemic, it will be the hot topic in Geneva this year.