Services Financing Help A new foundation is partnering with Schweizer Aircraft to make it easier for flight schools to acquire aircraft and for students to use them. A…
Services Wrestling With Insurance Two major factors driving flight training costs are insurance and maintenance. Maintenance is a big, predictable headache. Insurance has also been predictable lately, but not…
Public Service FlightSafety Upgrades Debriefing Tool FlightSafety International is beginning to install the second generation of flight-visualization debriefing software in its fleet of more than 200 simulators worldwide. The training services…
Military New Paths to the Top Retirements of Vietnam-era pilots and growing acceptance of civilian training among employers are creating new job opportunities for helicopter pilots. Things are looking up for…
Military Rotorcraft's Lifeblood It is difficult to overestimate the importance of training to the rotorcraft industry. Aviation in general began to learn the critical value of training…
Products A New Aircraft for the Market? Having yielded the training market to Robinson and Schweizer, Enstrom is now weighing a new model to get into the mix. Mention helicopter trainers and…
Military Caring for the “Legacies” Economics are driving operators and manufacturers to come up with better ways of keeping their oldest aircraft flying safely and efficiently. There is often a…
Commercial Coming Together Speakers and attendees at EMERGENCY RESPONSE 2003 agreed that leaders of helicopter and other first-response units must unite in planning against disasters large and small–or…
Services Shifting Gears With a year on the job, Eurocopter’s CEO is taking the company into a sea change aimed at improving customer service and the bottom line.…
Products Good Times Four months ago, we asked on this page whether things were looking up for aviation, and for the rotorcraft industry? The impetus then was…
Regulatory Goliath Sits Down With David Whenever regulatory bodies decide to expand or reorganize, those affected may tremble with fear. These bodies tend to be insensitive to the needs of…