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 Presidential Debate The VH-92 and US101 provide different answers to the needs of Marine One The choice of a new helicopter to fly the president of the…
Commercial Agusta Shifts A119 Final Production to United States By August, AgustaWestland plans to start final production in the United States of Agusta A119 Koala helicopters in a move intended to "put us closer…
Military Situational Awareness Situational Awareness is defined as "the degree of accuracy by which your perception of a situation mirrors reality" The trick to gaining and maintaining…
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.…