Installation Of New Avionics Already In Progress

Bristow Group, which provides helicopter transport services for offshore oil and gas and government operations, is retrofitting a fleet of 44 helicopters, including Sikorsky S-76 C++ and Sikorsky S-92A aircraft with Rockwell Collins’ Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance (TCAS II) system. Installations are in progress.

Program Consolidates Efforts Of Eurocopter, DAHER, DCI, Eurotradia, And Vector Aerospace

An innovative total support solution for Eurocopter helicopters in deployed operations was launched with a consortium agreement signed this week at the Paris Air Show by its five participants: Eurocopter, DAHER, DCI, Eurotradia and Vector Aerospace.

Afghanistan Award, Valued At $100 Million, Significantly Improves FY13 Revenue Visibility

Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated announced Thursday that it has received an annual option year subcontract extension for its work with Fluor Corporation, a large engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance, and project management services contractor.

Shows Monks Flying On A Private Jet

A video appearing on YouTube has spurred a reprimand for a group of Thai Buddhist Monks from their national organization.

DayJet Program Was 'His Favorite Venture And High-Point Of His Career'

History favors the victors in the game of life... but a man who gave it his all and should have succeeded in one amazing aviation venture (if not for an economic downturn), deserves more than a passing aero-mention as his life has ended. Folks... a man who was the 'real-deal' has gone west... Ed Iacobucci. Iacobucci, a well-known entrepreneur and strategist, and the genius behind the DayJet program, passed away this week after a 16 month battle with pancreatic cancer. A truly brilliant and affable man, this was a guy who could make a living in any sector of the economy, due to an innate brilliance that was proven, time and time again, but it was aviation that attracted him to one of his difficult and

New Facility Scheduled To Open In Two Years

The green light for the start of construction on Eurocopter’s new industrial site, known as “Paris-Le Bourget”, was given Thursday. The new site, at the forefront of innovation and environmental standards, will be dedicated to helicopter blade production and to research on composite materials. It is scheduled to open its doors in 2015.

Offered Airplanes He Did Not Own As Loan Collateral

The owner of Aircraft Sales Corp. in Orange Beach, AL, has pleaded guilty to defrauding a bank of some $3 million by using airplanes he did not own as collateral to obtain a loan.