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Entries for September 2011
Ecuador seeks helicopter refurbishment
September 30, 2011
From UPI.com
30 (UPI) -- Ecuador has asked the United States for the refurbishment of two SH-2G helicopters, together with associated equipment and parts. The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency, in notification to Congress of the possible Foreign Military Sale, ...
Griffin Helo TC Review
September 30, 2011
From Gadget Review
One of the main reasons I really wanted to try out the Helo TC from Griffin was because I really like RC Helicopters (as I've noted in another review). I used to have a large ???glow??? powered helicopter when I was a bit younger, and the micro helicopters ...
Pentagon reviews Sikorsky, Boeing helicopter parts overcharges
September 30, 2011
From Ct Post
Both companies' overcharges were tied to helicopter maintenance contracts at the Army's Corpus Christi depot in Texas -- which handles Boeing's CH-47 Chinook transport helicopters and Sikorsky's Black Hawks. Based on a sample of 18 "high-dollars parts" ...
Indian Wells helicopter pilot shares Apollo 14 memories
September 30, 2011
From The Desert Sun
Four Navy helicopters hovered in the sky, waiting for the spacecraft carrying Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell to splash down in the South Pacific. One was co-piloted by Mike Scuro. ???I was very honored to be selected for the program,??? said ...
37 charged in drug raid at Boeing helicopter plant in Ridley Township
September 30, 2011
AFP
From Philadelphia Inquirer
Federal agents spent four years probing the illegal trade in oxycodone and similar drugs among workers who manufacture Chinook helicopters and key parts for the V-22 Osprey. Boeing called federal agents into the plant, which has 6200 employees, ...
MILITARY: Classic Rotors Museum's collection of rare aircraft still growing
September 30, 2011
From North County Times
RAMONA ---- Near a large hangar at Ramona Airport filled with rare and vintage rotorcraft sits the skeleton of one of the most unique helicopters ever made ---- a 1948 Piasecki H-25, the first tandem-rotor aircraft ever flown successfully. ...
NATO helicopter lands under fire in Afghanistan
September 30, 2011
Boston Globe
From The Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ??? NATO says one of its helicopters made a "precautionary" landing after coming under small arms fire in southern Afghanistan. The alliance says the CH-47 helicopter was conducting a medical evacuation and had one patient on ...
Ondo Plans to Establish Helicopter Company
September 30, 2011
From THISDAY Live
Ondo State Government has initiated plans to establish a helicopter company, and has already ordered two helicopters with the technical guidance from a Canadian, John Gullie, a former senior staff of Caverton, a major helicopter company ...
2 retired helicopters dedicated at Army support facility
September 30, 2011
From St. Cloud Times
The aircraft was replaced by the AH-64 Apache when it was retired in 2001. A prototype of the Huey, built as a medical evacuation and utility helicopter, first flew in 1956. Hueys were the first turbine-powered helicopters in the US military. ...
Heli-Hunting Takes Off as 'Pork-Choppers' Set Sights on Wild Boar
September 30, 2011
Fox News
From Fox News
Federal, state and local governments have contracted professional helicopter operators to swoop in when the budget allows. Private landowners have also tried to use helicopters, but none have the resources to support consistent efforts to rid them of ...
Dozens arrested in drug raid at Boeing plant
September 29, 2011
New York Daily News
From CBS News
The plant, part of Boeing's Defense, Space and Security unit, is also the headquarters for its Rotorcraft division. It did not appear to be an organized drug ring, but rather a "nebulous" series of independent actors, authorities said. ...
Feds bust 37 on drug charges after Boeing helicopter plant raid
September 29, 2011
AFP
From Stars and Stripes
The plant is responsible for producing the Army's dual-rotor Chinook helicopters, which is one of the most relied-upon airframes for troop and light cargo transports in Iraq and Afghanistan. The plant also produces the Marine Corps and Air Force ...
AVX Wins JMR Helo Study Contract
September 29, 2011
Aviation Week
From Aviation Week
AVX joins Bell Boeing, Boeing and Sikorsky in conducting 18-month configuration analysis and trade studies for the Joint Multi Role (JMR) program, which aims to fly two competing rotorcraft demonstrators in 2017. No further awards are anticipated, ...
Tiger helicopters at last ready to prowl at night
September 29, 2011
From ABC Online
The Australian Defence Force will stage a night-time helicopter training exercise in the Top End. Four Tiger helicopters will be flown on week nights between 6pm and midnight over the next two months. The operation will be managed from Darwin but ...
New helicopter lands at New River
September 29, 2011
From Jacksonville Daily News
The first three of a squadron of UH-1Y Venom helicopters, known among pilots and crew as the Yankee, flew into New River Air Station on Thursday, making the Marine Corps base the first on the east coast to add the new aircraft to its arsenal. ...
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