Bell 407 series Market Update – May 2013 Current Aircraft Listed: 54 Current Fleet Size: 1125 Pre-Owned Sales Previous 6 Months (End User): 20 Average Days On Market: 286 CLICK HERE to learn more about Premier Jet Aviation’s Business Aircraft Sales and Acquisitions Division. Premier Jet is one of the world’s leading business aviation services firms. Premier […]
Bell 412 series Market Update – July 2013 Current Helicopters Listed: 25 Current Fleet Size: 698 Pre-Owned Sales Previous 6 Months (End User): 1 Average Days On Market: 342 CLICK HERE to learn more about Premier Jet Aviation’s Helicopter Sales and Acquisitions Division. Premier Jet is one of the world’s leading business aviation services firms. Premier […]
The Sikorsky X2 TECHNOLOGY™ demonstrator aircraft incorporates several new technologies and has successfully demonstrated them in a flight environment. These technologies include an integrated Fly-by-Wire system that allows the engine/rotor/propulsion system to operate efficiently, with full control of rotor rpm throughout the flight envelope, high lift-to-drag rigid blades, low drag hub fairings, and Active Vibration […]
The Eurocopter X3 is based on a Eurocopter EC155 helicopter with the addition of short span wings each fitted with a tractor propeller. The tractor propellers are gear driven from the two main turboshaft engines which also drive the five-bladed main rotor. The helicopter is designed to prove the concept of a high-speed helicopter which […]
Heli-Expo 2013 closes with crescendo . . . “Helicopters are alive and well”, proclaims Heli-Expo 2013! Over 725 exhibitors and 20,000 attendees trumpeted six years of successive growth for the show. “How to Get a Job in Aviation”, one of this column’s previous articles, was lived out by 900 applicants showing up at a Job […]
Eurocopter launches the EC135 T3/P3 members of its enhanced helicopter family with orders from the U.S., Norway and Italy Eurocopter marked a new milestone in its product line enhancement strategy by launching the improved-performance, updated EC135 T3/P3 helicopter versions at the Heli-Expo 2013 industry show today, signing Air Methods of the U.S., Norsk Luftambulanse of […]
The Bell 429 delivers 155kt speed with a state-of-the-art cockpit featuring single pilot IFR and WAAS precision approach capabilities. Its cabin is exceptionally spacious with seating for up to eight passengers and can be reconfigured for any number of different missions. The 429 also features extra-large 61in side doors opening to a 130f³ cabin compartment, […]
Human-Powered Helicopters: Straight Up Difficult from NPR on Vimeo. By author: Adam Cole at NPR “I grew up wanting to fly,” says Graham Bowen-Davies. “I guess I just settled for being an engineer.” He’s standing on an indoor track in southern Maryland, watching a giant helicopter take flight. At the end of each of its […]
Helicopter Convention Blows Roof Off – Standing in the parking lot of the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas, I braced against the downwash of a big Sikorsky as it hovered over a heavy military truck. It became apparent we may be to close; dust and sand enveloped the audience. A cable was dropped to the […]
Embraer and AgustaWestland to join forces in Latin America January, 21st, 2013 – Embraer S.A. and AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding aiming at establishing a joint-venture which could lead to the production of AgustaWestland helicopters in Brazil to be marketed for both commercial and military use […]