Category: Helicopters

Perth based Heliwest has secured a five year long term contract with utility firm Western Power to provide emergency response services, marking the first time a multi-engine helicopter has been contracted for power line work in Western Australia. Initially contracted to provide only scheduled power line inspection flight services to Western Power, the new role

Sikorsky has shipped two MH-60S helicopters to the Royal Thai Navy (RTN), marking the first export delivery of the type. The two MH-60S ‘Sierras’ will join six S-70B Seahawks already in RTN service, and will be used for a variety of missions, including logistics support, troop transport and search and rescue operations. This content is

CHC Australia AS 332L1 Super Puma VH-LAG was substantially damaged when its main rotor blades struck a light tower while taxiing at Port Keats airport at Wadeye in the Northern Territory on July 21. “While taxiing at Port Keats airport, the helicopter collided with a light pole and rolled onto its side. The crew, passengers

Safety and emergency training provider Red Alert Australia’s new $4 million Emergency Training Centre, which can be used for Helicopter Underwater Emergency Training (HUET) courses, has been officially opened by Gordon Rich-Phillips, the Victorian Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Aviation. The centre, in the Melbourne suburb of Altona, features two 11 metre long, three metre