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June 14, 2010 Guardian Air Celebrates 25 Years in Arizona Eurocopter to Increase R&D Spending Coast Guard Helo Pilots Recall Deepwater Rescue Deepwater Drilling Ban Affecting Gulf Helo Operators Emergency Landing Bell Helicopter AD
Monday: 03/22/10 Cal Fire Does Short Haul Training Helicopters in Haiti Man Arrested for Firing at Helicopter China's AC313 Has First Flight and Secures Launch Customer Perry Orders State Helicopters to the Borders
Wednesday: 03/17/2010 Flight for Life Saves Snowmobiler Night Landings Approved for Elk Valley's Hosptial Helipad NASA Crashes Helicopter to Improve Safety NTSB Report on Air Angels Crash in October 2008 Lifeline Expands Service to Lafayette, Muncie Eurocopter Profitable Despite Economic Turbulence Commissioners Push Pasco Sheriff's Helicopter Hangar Project Placer County's $4 Million Chopper Airborne in Turbulent Fiscal Times NORAD Clarifies Incident Involving Mexican Helicopter Mexican Helicopter Enters US Airspace Pilot Killed in 2009 Crash Positive for Meth
Friday: 03/12/10 Chopper Crash Test a Smash Hit India Buys 12 AW-101 Helicopters New High-Tech Tool Aids Searchers After Avalanches Rolls Royce Awarded $75 Million Contract for V-22 Improved North Sea Helicopter Traffic Safety R-66 Turbine 5-Seat Helicopter
Tuesday: 03/09/10 Witness Accounts: Pilot's Struggle to Land Helicopter Before Fatal Crash Coast Guard Crew Returns After Utah Crash Navy to Honor West Virginia Rescuers in Helicopter Crash Two Critically Hurt When Coast Guard Helicopter Crashes OSF St Francis Program Profiled Taiwan's Not So Civil Helicopters Unmanned Blackhawks? NTSB Chairman Issues Fatigue Warning 2010 Heli Expo, Market Perspective for the Helicopter Industry 100th UH-72A Delivered to US Army
Tuesday: 03/02/10 Texas DPS Selects AS-350 B3 Helicopters Emergency Transport Helicopter Fails to Get Off the Ground The Cost of Air Ambulance Services State Senator Agreed to Settlement Over Air Ambulance Dispute Lawsuit Tossed Against Air One, State Police Helicopters Apache Role Changing in Iraq New Combat Helicopter Proposed for Australian Navy
Friday: 02/26/10 Vail Valley Helicoper Service Takes Off Report Says That Pack May Have Caused Helicopter Crash Mountain Life Flight Back in Full Operation Eurocopter to Dazzle This Decade Australia Confirms Order for Seven New Chinooks Crowds Come Out for Busy Houston Heli-Expo Police Helicopter Auction Off for $170k Bell STC Taps Available Power to Boost 407 Power Sikorsky Announces Upgrades for S-92
Friday: 02/19/10 Sikorsky Moves to Regain Marine One Contract Outer Link and PHI Lead the Industry No. Idaho Medical Flight Base to Open in April New VXX Competition Reveals Changes for Presidential Helicopter UK to Standardize on S-92 for Search & Rescue Police Chopper Does Not Fly in Rural Areas Garmin Does Glass for Helicopters
Tuesday: 02/03/10 Helicopter Crashes in San Joaquin Orchard How Do I Get There From Here? News From Night Flight Concepts Singapore 2010: Bell in Discussion to Export V-22 Tilt Rotor Sikorsky Launches Innovation Scheme Bell Bullish on Military, Suffering in Civil Sales New System Helps Authorities in Rescue Sheriff's Deputy, Helicopter Rescue Stranded Family
Friday: 01/29/2010 Chicago Area Helicopter Crew Helps in Haiti Newfoundland Helicopter Grounded Because of Cracks in Gearbox Pitt County Receives EC-135 Upgrade County's Air Ambulance Service Continues Deputies in Helicopter Rescue Suicidal Man Air Patrols Questioned Shooter's Bullets Miss State Police Helicopter by Inches Reorganization Announced at Kaman Helicopters
Tuesday: 01/26/10 Human Error Cited in Army Helicopter Crash Effort to Save Copter Unit Given Up KCPD Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing LifeForce Deal Turning Out Well for Erlanger Pilot of Downed Police Helicopter Cites Divine Intervention US Navy Aircraft Carrier Playing Major Role in Haiti Relief Cherry Point SAR Team Trains to Save Lives HMH-366 Deploys to Djibouti Life Net of New York Adds New Bases RAF Boosting Chinook Fleet AW-139 Wreckage Found Off Spanish Coast Sikorsky Unveils CH-53K Technology Center
Thursday: 01/21/10 Eurocopter Meets 2009 Targets San Antonio Fire Special Operations Unit Upgraded Lynx Helicopters are Back in Service New Air Ambulance in Anderson, SC Police Line Up to Use Drones on Patrol First S-70i Blackhawk Nearing Completion
Friday: 01/15/10 Helicopter Operators Volunteering Services After Haitian Earthquake FAA Controllers in Houston Begin Using ADS-B in Gulf of Mexico Carolinas Medical Center Selects EMS Sky Connect UK Confirms Plans to Deploy New Chinooks to Afghanistan Recommendations for Rotorcraft During Icing Conditions UH-72A Helicopters Delivered to Alabama National Guard AFS High Performance Engine Inlet Filter for Bell 430 VIH Cougar Helicopters Adds an AW-139
Tuesday: 01/12/09 Edwards & Assoc. Announces Reduction in Workforce Idaho Helicopter Crash; State Biologists and Pilot Survive New Air Ambulance in Upland, CA Sikorsky Settles With Survivor, Families of S-92 Crash Victims Grounded Police Helicopter Used to Search for Police Dog Helicopter Use Under Increased Scrutiny NTSB Publishes New Accident, Incident Rules 34 Panther Helicopters to Receive Upgrades
Monday: 01/04/10 Sikorsky Deal Nets More Than $200 Million Helicopter School Expands to Sanford Airport Helicopter Crews Rescues Injured Ice Climber Fire Helicopter Rescues Three Hikers CSPD Helicopter Pilot Hopes Program Will Return EC-175 Begins Flight Test Program Defense Bill Revives VH-71
Tuesday: 12/29/09 Civil Suits Mounting in Deadly Helicopter Crash Hiker Rescued After Falling 100 Feet in LA Forest Flight School Caught in Fraud Case Interstate 40 Rock Slide Gets an Airlift From Helicopter Helicopter Pilot One of City's Most Decorated Firefighters BAE Systems Equips US Army Helicopters With Infrared Countermeasures USAF Starts Search for UH-1N Replacement First 4 Lynx MK.9A Helicopters Delivered
Saturday: 12/26/09 Three Injured in Helicopter Ambulance Hard Landing Deal Reached to Keep Medical Helicopters in the Air Wes Lamatta of Columbia Helicopters Passes Away Colorado Springs Aviation Unit Permanently Grounded Santa Gives Reindeer a Break and Flies a Helo Swiss Air Force Receives 20th Eurocopter EC-635
Monday: 12/21/09 Miramar Welcomes Osprey Rescue Effort Isn't A Drill for LBPD Helicopter Pilots Norwegian Bell 412s Celebrate 100,000 Hours Air Ambulances Leave Some With Sky High Bills Avicopter Ponders Alternative Engine Following EC-175 First Flight Sikorsky Logs Milestones for S-76D and S-434 Eurocopter Flies New EC-175 Bell Helicopter Announces Support Change for the Model 47
Wednesday: 12/16/09 Report Cites Crew Errors in Blackhawk Crash US Gives Mexico 5 Helicopters To Aid Drug War Police Helicopter's Future Uncertain DPS Air Rescue Medics Deliver Baby on Board Helicopter Czech Republic Deploying Helicopters to Afghanistan Texas Lifestar Changes Name to Air Evac Lifeteam US May Approve Taiwan UH-60 Blackhawk Sales VH-71 Presidential Helicopter May Get a Small Boost Irish Helicopter Pilot Fined for Rooftop Landing
Thursday: 12/10/09 Lawsuit Filed in Hudson Mid-Air Crash Deaths NASA Helicopter Crash Test Video Lockheed to Boost Navy Helicopter Data Pipeline Possible Chinook Buy for Turkey Royal Navy Sea Kings, Flying Over Afghanistan for 2 Years Air Life Denver Video EC-175 Quietly Makes First Flight Sikorsky Unveils First UH-60 For CBP
Tuesday: 12/08/09 US Navy Retires Last UH-3H Sea King Pilots Survive Mid Air Collision Coast Guard Medevacs Woman From Cruise Ship French Order Two EC-225s for SAR FAA Issues AD on S-92s V-22 Makes Debut in Afghanistan Illinois Company Files to Provide Helicopter Ambulance Service Boeing Flies AH-64D With Block III Power Upgrades FAA Issues Standards for ADS-B First Black Hawk Delivered to Bahrain Air Force
Sunday: 12/06/09 Resident Says Helicopter Flew Too Low Helicopter Search Finds Missing Snowmachiner Near Nome US Helicopter Surge to Aid British Units V-22 Makes Combat Debut in Afghanistan Man Arrested For Pointing Laser at DPS Helicopter R-22 Becomes Unintentional UAV
Saturday: 12/05/09 FAA Investigating Whether Helicopter Violated TFR Helicopter Job That Killed Four Not Authorized Second AS-350B3 Delivered to Miami-Dade Police Priority 1 Provides Training for NC Highway Patrol AH-64D Block III Makes First Test Flight Possible UAE Chinook Buy Oil Filter Maintenance Error Puts S-92 Crews at Risk Japan Receives First EC-135 Naval Training Helicopter Eurocopter Delivers Two EC-155's to China
Thursday: 12/03/09 Coast Guard Helicopter Called to Rescue Two From Sailboat Off N.C. Sheriff's Helicopter Helps Near Lake Isabella Erickson Air Crane Helicopters Arrive in Australia Sweden Prepares Helicopters for Afghanistan NTSB Wants More Oversight Helo Accident Rate Drops Deliveries Up, Orders Down at AugustaWestland
Tuesday: 12/03/09 Lack of Safety Features Sited in Copter Crash Did TV Station Helicopter Disrupt Police Investigation? Helicopter Service to Airports Faces Uncertain Future Helicopter Proves Worth With Multiple Callouts Adams Center Favored by EMS for Copter Links Canine External Cargo RAF: Merlins Fly First Afghan Sortie Pilot, News Director Could be Charged With Police Interference
Friday: 11/17/09 Deadline Set in Helicopter Crash Lawsuit NTSB Report Offers No Clue on Medical Helicopter Crash Helicopter Hired by Military Contractor Missing in Afghanistan No Helicopters For Air Ambulance Program Wrong-Way Pilots's Cockpit Tapes Released Cobham Helicopter Stability, Autopilot System Receive FAA Certification
Wednesday: 11/25/09 Afghanistan War: Why Helos are so Critical to US and NATO Forces LA County Leaders Back Fire Flights Air Methods Maryland Will Not Have Much Impact on MSP RAF Rescues 67 People During Floods Paradigm Helicopters Takes Delivery of First AS-350B3 Qatar Accepts First AW-139 Military Helicopter China's AVIC Completes First S-76 Airframe
Monday: 11/23/09 Push for More Regulation in Medical Helicopter Industry Coast Guard Rescues Missing Cruise Ship Passenger Coast Guard Rescues Five From Sinking Sailboat Off NC NavAir Delivers New MI-17s to Afghanistan Iraq in the Market for Light & Medium Utility Helicopters Chopper in Fatal Crash Failed Safety Test US Navy Awards Maintenance Contract to AugustaWestland
Saturday: 11/21/09 Ship Passenger Evacuated by Helicopter Diver Rescued by Sonoma County Sheriff New Technology Helping Medical Pilots Flying at Night Safer FAA Finalizes Changes in Hudson River Airspace to Enhance Safety URS Installs LoJack for San Diego Dept Long Night for RAF SAR After Floods Medical Transport Helicopter Added to the Fleet TSA Rule Targets Repair Stations NTSB Safety Recommendation More NTSB Safety Recommendations
Monday: 11/16/09 Investigators Seek Answers in Crash of Medical Helicopter New Breed of Helicopters May Mean More Jobs for Mesa Dixie Center Lands Helicopter Helicopters Help Survey Deer Population Night Vision Goggles in Stock - ASU AugustaWestland's Two New Helos Fly Loved Ones Remember Medical Crew Killed in Crash
Saturaday: 11/14/09 3 Dead in Reno Medical Chopper Crash Helicopter Crash Kills 3 Near Reno St John's Life Line Marks 25th Anniversary Hafen Edged Out by Sullenberger Army Renews Pilot Continuation Pay Travis County STAR Flight Profiled AW-159 Takes to the Air First H-72A Delivered to US Navy
Monday: 11/09/09 Memorial Set For Coast Guard Crash Victims Coast Guard Transport May Have Collided With Marine Corps Helicopter US Helicopter Pilots Die in Iraq Coast Guard Resues Man, Dog From Boat Off Clearwater Relative of Copter Crash Victim Sues Life Line Helicopter Celebrates 25th Anniversary Female Advisor Trains Iraqi Helicopter Pilots Sikorsky Delivers New S-76C++
Friday: 11/06/09 Crash Survivor Criticizes Chopper, Survival Suits, Training Air Methods Reports Quarterly Results Medical Helicopter Hits Power Lines Native Air Medical Helicopter Crash Methodist AirCare Program Launched in San Antonio Area Spokane County Sheriff's Helicopter Chases Down Suspect San Bernadino County Sheriff Using Heat Seeking Technology
Monday: 11/02/09 CAMTS: A Question of Credibility (Part 2 of 2) Theda Care Officials Laud New Aircraft's Updated Features Mercy Flight Accuses Police Helicopters of Stealing Emergency Flights Still Aloft After 30 Years: Life Flight (Ohio) Israeli Air Force Happy With 2025 Upgrade to CH-53 Eurocopter Challenges Maryland's RFP Manhattan Operator Halts Service Extensive Failures in Medevac Crash Sikorsky Delivers First Aircraft With Polish Built Cabin Life Star of Kansas Orders New AW-119
Thursday: 10/22/09 NTSB to Meet on Maryland State Trooper EMS Accident V-22 To Be Deployed in Afghanistan Helicopter Flight School Closes in Louisiana NTSB Preliminary Report Released for Oklahoma Helicopter Crash Bellvue City Council to Consider Changes to Helicopter Landing Regulations Concerns Regarding Canadian Offshore Helicopters CAMTS: A Question of Credibility Israel Shows UH-60 Missile Capability First Bell 429's Delivered
Monday: 10/19/09 $14 Million Settlement Reached in Valley AirCare Crash Pilots in NY Airspace Need More Training, NTSB Says Four are Injured in Helicopter Crash Brunswick County Helicopter Costs Raise Concerns Crashed Helicopter Found in Oklahoma Medevac Firm To Cut Service in Hagerstown Baptist Lifeflight Surpasses Expectations Boeing Rotorcraft Employees Ratify New 5 Year Contract Families of Servicemen Sue DynCorp, Whose Blackhawk Crashed in Aviano
Thursday: 10/01/09 Bell Delivers First 429 to Launch Customer Westchester County Aviation Unit Busy Silver State Helicopters Trustee Sues Jerry Airola Brunswick Commissioner Regrets Helicopter Acquisition RAF Chinooks to be Upgraded for Afghanistan Russian Helicopters Will Take Orders For Modernized Mi-8M
Monday: 09/28/09 Helicopter Dropped 400 Feet in Seconds, NTSB Report Says Report Released on Helicopter Crash in Mississippi Pilots Report More Than 900 Laser Contact in 2008 Fifth MH-60T Helicopter Delivered to Coast Guard Helicopter Crashes on Golf Course Six Arrested in Connection With Daring Swedish Heist Helicopter Crash Near Las Vegas Injures Three Helicopter Trying to Divert For Weather NTSB: Copter Had Power on Impact 3 Die When Copter Crashes Into Woods in Georgetown Co. Used Helicopter Inventories Have Peaked Eurocopter Pushing Further Into China UK Considers Procurement of Additional Chinook Helicopters VH-71 Presidential Helicopter Teeters on the Edge NTSB Investigating Crash of Fatal Heli Med Flight South Florida Man Cited for Backyard Helicopter Landing NTSB Says Evidence Missing in Helicopter Crash Investigation
Thursday: 09/24/09 Bristow Group Announces Three New Aircraft Purchases Sikorsky to Reduce Platform Landing Workload Bell Forges Ahead with Bell 429 Planning Commission Approves Mercy Helipad NTSB: Evidence Missing From Iron 44 Accident Robbers in Sweden Use Chopper in Cash Depot Theft
Tuesday: 09/22/09 Life Link III to Open Base in Alexandria San Juan Teen Charged After Pointing Laser at DPS Helicopter Man Accused of Pointing Lasers at Helicopters Fiery Helicopter Crash Kills 2 Thief Takes Off with Bright Yellow Helicopter in Broad Daylight Maintaining the Approach Helitech: Sneak Preview FAA, NTSB Seek Clues in Helicopter Crash Offshore Accidents Drive North Sea Helicopter Safety Focus Surveillance by Multilateration Transforms Offshore Safety
Saturday: 09/19/09 Heroism Award Presented to MSP Helicopter Crew Helicopter Crash Survivor Remains in ICU Sheriff's Helicopter Tracks Dangerous Laser Light in Buffalo Marine Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing HAI President Testifies Before Congress Blue Hawaiian Voted Maui's Best Air Tour for 3rd Straight Year Norwegian Lynx Reach 50,000 Hours Going to an Oil Rig? Watch Out for Kites!
Thursday: 09/17/09 NTSB: Pilot Altman Had Incorrect Radio Frequency Feds Say Firefighting Helicopter Was Pushing Weight Limit Transcript: Co-Pilot Pleaded for Chopper to Fly First Upgraded British Army Lynx Flies With New Engines WFAA-TV Receives Upgrades on AS-350B2 Columbia Helicopters Receives FAA Production Certificate Cleveland Clinic Expands Its Reach
Wednesday: 09/16/09 Sheriff's Helicopter Ready for Missions in Brunswick County Student Pilot Was Practicing When Helicopter Crashed Two Charged With Pointing Laser at Helicopter, Airplane New M-Model Black Hawk for CBP New Chinooks for Canada, Upgrades for UK Maryland DNR to Auction Helicopter Japan National Police Orders AW-139
Friday: 09/11/09 Okinawa's Resident's Complaints Lead to Helicopter Noise Survey Carolinas HealthCare to Invest in New Helicopter Fleet SKY Helicopters Named One of Fastest Growing Companies at DFW Kaman Corp. Awarded $53 Million Contract From Bell Helicopter Eurocopter Delivers 23 EC-135s Ordered by Poland Bid Possible for Helicopter Ambulance in Monterey County VH-71 Presidential Helicopter Not Dead Yet Man Sentenced to 3 Years for Lasering Helicopter KC Police Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing
Sunday: 09/06/09 Sheriff's Helicopter Rescues Girl from Kern River Helicopter Loses Power, Falls Into Lake Texoma Helicopter Maker Files Protest Upgrades to Mayo One Make Helicopter Flying Safer Mayo One: Advanced Technology Helps Helicopters Fly in Bad Wx
Friday: 09/04/09 SRT Helicoptes Makes History with M-1 Visa Helicopter in New Brunswick County Expected to Arrive Soon Hinchey: 'Presidential Helicopter the Most Significant Issue' Hospital Lands New Copter Pad Hudson Airspace Changes May Add to Tower Workload USS Mesa Verde Gets 1st Experience with Osprey FAA Extends HEMS Part 135 Wx Reporting Exemption Senate FAA Bill Calls for Major Changes in Helo EMS
Thursday: 09/03/09 NTSB Wants New Rules for Medical Helicopters Two Survive Emergency Landing in Nebraska Mississippi Crash Involves 2 FAA Employees Iowa Medical Helicopter Hit by Fire Truck NTSB Ties Helicopter Payments to Safety Helicopter Buzzes Rooftop Pot Garden
Tuesday: 09/01/09 2nd British Chinook Helicopter Deliberately Destroyed Russia, Saudi Arabia Set to Finalize $2 Billion Arms Deal Lee County Helicopter Recovered Hospital Employee Indicted for Accepting Bribe Omaha PD Finds a Way to Keep Helicopter Flying Topeka Police Helicopter Unit to Stay in the Air for Now Sikorsky Delivers Enhancements to Army LUH Program
Friday: 08/28/09 Police Helicopter to Stay in the Air Fuel Tank Drops from Marine Helicopter Into Ocean FAA Publishes New Rules for NVGs Board Suggests New Altitudes for Planes and Helicopters NTSB Report on Lee County Medstar Crash Details of Medical Helicopter Crash Show Autopilot Confusion Expert: NVGs May Have Prevented Medstar Crash Sikorsky Begins Testing Active Rotor System Dad Takes Son to First Day of School in a Helicopter Somali Pirates Fire on US Helicopter NTSB Issues Recommendations For Hudson River Class B Exclusion Area
Thursday: 08/27/09 Bell-Boeing Gets $7.3 Million Navy Deal for V-22 Osprey Details of Medical Copter Crash Shows Autopilot Confusion Cook Children's Hospital Receives New EC-145 Med Trans to Assume Operations for Aerocare in Texas/New Mexico Russia Helicopters Showcases First Light Turbine UK Stored Helicopters to Save Money MSP Medevac Flights Sikorsky Global Helicopters Delivers S-300 Software Glitch Grounds UK Chinooks
Sunday: 08/23/09 Medical Helicopter Now Able to Brave Bad Weather As Medical Helicopter Industry Grows, So Do Fatal Crashes Aircraft Headed for Collision as Controller Made Jokes Marijuana Bust on Atlas Peak Cops Harvest Marijuana Growing Near Parkway in Yonkers Police Need Copter, ATV to Clear Plants Frasca Helicopter FTD Gets Approval Colorado Army Helicopter Death Toll Now at Four
Wednesday: 08/19/09 New STARS Helicopter Too Big for Pad Lake Superior Helicopters Expands to Sky Harbor Airport Topeka Police Helicopter Unit Scrapped Hospitals Upgrade Helicopter KUTV Takes News Helicopter Out of Service Helicopter Pilot's Precision Landings Helped Save Hiker An Indecent Proposal Wreckage Recovered in Lee County Helicopter Crash Emergency Response Will Be Affected by Medstar Crash FAA to Investigate Helicopter Wreckage
Tuesday: 08/18/09 Bell Helicopter Engineers Reach 3 Year Contract Deal A Revised View of Controller's Role in Collision Helicopter Finds 3 People Near Ketchikan NTSB Relieves ATC Group as Party to Investigation Use of Baltimore Police Boat, Helicopter Probed Crew Survives Copter Crash Near Captiva Island Crews Working to Recover Downed Helicopter Crew in Medstar Helicopter Crash Off of Captiva Island NATCO Says One Passage of NTSB Report is 'False'
Monday: 08/18/09 Helo Pilot Helping Fight BC Fires Believed Dead Air Evac Closes Base in West Virginia Bell Helicopter Takes Top Spot in Product Support Life Flight Programs Merge Canada Signs Contract for 15 CH-47F Chinooks LAPD Helicopter Makes Crash Landing Home Depot Makes Donation to Dallas Police Helicopter Unit HealthNet Orders New EC-135 and New EC-145 NTSB Updates Hudson River Mid-Air Investigation NTSB Makes Recommendations Regarding Sleep Apnea
Monday: 08/10/09 Collision Turns Attention to For Hire Flights Helicopter Mission to Find Endangered Salmon Airspace Questions Linger After Crash Over Hudson Copter Pilot is Recalled as a Family Man Did Blind Spots Play a Role in the Hudson Crash? BLM Studying Land Transfer for Heliport Near Vegas Boeing Wins $1.5 Billion Helicopter Deal With Canada Helicopter Rescues Two Hikers in Martinez NTSB: Tour Helicopter Pilot Warned of Collision Moments Before Collision NYC Mid-Air Collision, 9 Fatalities
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