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Entries for December 2013

Rough ride for United States-Russia copter deal

December 08, 2013

From Santa Fe New Mexican.com
To outfit Afghanistans security forces with new helicopters, the Pentagon bypassed U.S. companies and turned instead to Moscow for dozens of Russian Mi-17 rotorcraft at a cost of more than $1 billion. Senior Pentagon officials assured skeptical members ...

Odd US-Russia helicopter deal hits new turbulence

December 08, 2013

From MyNews3 Las Vegas KSNV
To outfit Afghanistan's national security forces with new helicopters, the Pentagon turned to Moscow for dozens of Russian-made Mi-17 rotorcraft at a cost of more than $1 billion. Senior military officials assured skeptical members of Congress they'd ...

67000 Exciting Reasons Rolls-Royce Might be a Buy

December 08, 2013

From Moneyshow.com
"The global civil aerospace market could see demand for around 27,000 new aircraft and 40,000 new rotorcraft, amounting to ??2.8 trillion by 2031, with high-growth economies accounting for 45%-60% of demand for new aircraft," KPMG notes. And even if UK  ...

AP Exclusive: Rough ride for US-Russia copter deal

December 07, 2013

From York Daily Record
To outfit Afghanistan s security forces with new helicopters, the Pentagon bypassed U.S. companies and turned instead to Moscow for dozens of Russian Mi-17 rotorcraft at a cost of more than $1 billion. Senior Pentagon officials assured skeptical ...

Report: Lawmakers question merits of U.S.-Russia helicopter deal

December 07, 2013

Report: Lawmakers question merits of U.S.-Russia helicopter deal
Press TV
From The Hill (blog)
According to unclassified excerpts the AP obtained from the study, the Russian helicopters were not the best. Instead, a Chinook helicopter made by Boeing in Pennsylvania was found to be ???the most cost-effective single platform type fleet for the ...

A glance at why the US is buying Russian helicopters for Afghanistan's ...

December 07, 2013

From Victoria Times Colonist
To outfit Afghanistan's security forces with new helicopters, the Pentagon bypassed U.S. companies and turned instead to Moscow for dozens of Russian Mi-17 rotorcraft at a cost of more than $1 billion. Senior Pentagon officials assured skeptical ...

Price Tag To Transition To New Medevac Helicopters Continues To Grow

December 07, 2013

Price Tag To Transition To New Medevac Helicopters Continues To Grow
Fox Baltimore
From Fox Baltimore
The State Board of Public Works approved roughly $500,000 to overhaul the engine of an older Dauphin Medevac helicopter which has been in service since 1990. This is the third time this year that State Police have sought emergency funds to keep older  ...

Odd US-Russia helicopter deal hits new turbulence

December 07, 2013

From WLFI.com
To outfit Afghanistan's national security forces with new helicopters, the Pentagon turned to Moscow for dozens of Russian-made Mi-17 rotorcraft at a cost of more than $1 billion. Senior military officials assured skeptical members of Congress they'd ...

Rotorcraft Rookie: The crazy takeoff

December 07, 2013

From AOPA Pilot
Another one of those popular helicopter idioms is that they are thousands of moving parts flying in close formation. Or conspiring to kill you. I guess it depends on your mood that day. Looking at accident records dispels the myth pretty quickly, but ...

Rough ride for US-Russia helicopter deal

December 07, 2013

From Fox News
To outfit Afghanistan's security forces with new helicopters, the Pentagon bypassed U.S. companies and turned instead to Moscow for dozens of Russian Mi-17 rotorcraft at a cost of more than $1 billion. Senior Pentagon officials assured skeptical ...

67000 Exciting Reasons Rolls-Royce Might be a Buy

December 06, 2013

From Moneyshow.com
"The global civil aerospace market could see demand for around 27,000 new aircraft and 40,000 new rotorcraft, amounting to ??2.8 trillion by 2031, with high-growth economies accounting for 45%-60% of demand for new aircraft," KPMG notes. And even if UK  ...

Eurocopter X4 Design Details Emerge

December 06, 2013

From Aviation International News
A new artist rendering of the in-development Eurocopter X4 medium-twin helicopter appeared today during a presentation made at the EASA Rotorcraft Symposium in Cologne, showing design changes made since 2011. A horizontal empennage with a  ...

Scott’s – Bell 47, Inc. Exceeds Launch Sales Targets of New 47Gt-6 Helicopter

December 05, 2013

Scott’s – Bell 47, Inc. Exceeds Launch Sales Targets of New 47Gt-6 Helicopter

Scott’s – Bell 47, Inc. (SB47) announced today they have far exceeded their 2013 sales targets for the 4GT-6 helicopter, having taken deposits for 38 aircraft.

The 47GT-6 helicopter was announced earlier this year at Heli Expo in Las Vegas; a Rolls Royce RR300 turbine powered model 47, forecast for first delivery in July 2016. SB47 believes the 47GT-6 will out-perform its competitor aircraft in the light utility and turbine trainer market segments based upon value, durability & reliability.

One of Boeing's V-22 Ospreys Returns Briefly To Its Delco Nest

December 05, 2013

From CBS Local
(CBS) ??? Workers at Boeing's Delaware County plant got a rare treat today as one of the V-22 Ospreys they helped to build dropped in for a visit. This is the third time one of the tilt-rotor craft returned to its birthplace. The Ospreys, which are ...

Helicopter makes hard landing in Port Fourchon; 9 on board

December 05, 2013

From FOX 8 News WVUE-TV
Chet chaisson with the Greater Lafourche Port Commission says the helicopter was taking off from MYU Helicopters when it had some type of malfunction and landed several hundred feet away outside of the MYU facility in a gravel lot on Highway 1 in  ...
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