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August 12, 2014

Metro Aviation Delivers AS350 To Tulsa Police Department

Aircraft Completed At Company's Louisiana Headquarters

Keeping a city of nearly 400,000 residents safe is not an easy task, but it is something that the Tulsa Police Department does on a daily basis. The Air Support Unit of the Tulsa PD recently received a new tool to aid their mission, an Airbus AS350. Metro Aviation completed the aircraft at its headquarters in Shreveport, Louisiana.

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FAA Certifies S-76D Helicopter V400 Software

Adds Capabilities And Reduces Pilot Workload, Sikorsky Says

The FAA has certified the V400 avionics software for the Sikorsky S-76D helicopter, increasing the capabilities of the aircraft and allowing the aircraft to operate single pilot under Instrument Flight Rules.

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FAA Grants STC To Vector Aerospace For CVR, FDR Installation

Devices Approved For AS332LI Helicopters

The FAA has authorized the addition of the AS332L1 model to the FAA-certified cockpit voice and flight data recorder (CVFDR) supplemental type certificate (STC) held by Vector Aerospace subsidiary Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-North America (“HS-NA”). This is an addition to the FAA STC approval Vector received last year on the CVFDR for AS332C and AS332L helicopter models.

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Police Helicopters Damaged By Runaway Car

Baxter County AR Sheriff's Aircraft May Be Total Losses

Two helicopters belonging to the Baxter County, Arkansas Sheriff's Office may be total losses after being struck by a car that went over a wall and through a fence at the Sheriff's Office.

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PRISM Grants To Complete Ultra Light Restoration At The Helicopter Museum

Aircraft Has Had A Long Journey, And Still Has A Long Way To go

The Helicopter Museum (THM), located in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, UK, has successfully secured two grants totalling just over £14,000 (approx $23,500) from the Arts Council PRISM Fund to complete the restoration of its Fairey Ultra Light helicopter GAOUJ originally built in 1956 and rediscovered in an Essex farmyard by THM founder Elfan ap Rees in 1978.

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U.S. Senator Calls For Ban On Hudson River Tourist Helicopters

Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) Says Aircraft Pose Threat To Resident's Public Safety, Quality Of Life

In another threat to legitimate aviation businesses, U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) has joined a group of residents and local officials calling for an outright ban of tourist helicopters flying over the Hudson River in the New York Metropolitan Area. Senator Menendez said in a news release posted on his website that the flights threaten "the quality of life and public safety of residents living along the waterfront."

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