Resource Hub

Using an AW609 fuselage, Leonardo has performed the first ground run test of the Next Generation Civil Tiltrotor (NGCTR) demonstrator, which incorporates new wing architecture, an updated V-tail configuration, and an advanced fly-by-wire control system.

Ex-Change Parts is broadening its focus on parts for heavy and medium twin-engine helicopters to the light twin-engine segment with the recent acquisition of a BK 117 B-1, an Airbus EC135 P2, and a Leonardo A109A Mk.II.

The City of Peoria, Arizona, has purchased a Bell 505 that will operate with a new joint aviation unit of the Peoria Police Department and the Peoria Fire–Medical Department.

The Aero Club of Washington, D.C., has named the four primary congressional authors of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, which passed earlier this year, as the inaugural recipients of its new award.

The helicopters will bring the Louisiana State Police Air Support Unit fleet to nine Bell helicopters, the manufacturer announced at this week’s Airborne Public Safety Association Conference (APSCON 2024) in Houston, Texas.

Attendees can get summer-sale pricing through Aug. 31, 2024, to register for EUROPEAN ROTORS 2024, which takes place Nov. 4–7 (exhibits open Nov. 5–7) in Amsterdam, North Holland, the Netherlands.

(ROTOR magazine) – Don’t assume you left nothing behind after working on an aircraft.

(Fox Weather) – Helicopter crews battled the Quarry Fire this week in Jefferson County, Colorado.

(Casper Star-Tribune) – A Wyoming Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk crew assisted local crews with hoisting six stranded hikers from the Bighorn Mountains on Jul. 30.