Category: Helicopters

CASA and the Australian Helicopter Industry Association (AHIA) have formed closer working relationships following the appointment by CASA of a liaison officer to work with association on its review of proposed new regulations and standards. Dale South, project manager in the regulator’s Rotary Wing Regulations section, has been appointed as the liaison officer between CASA

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has completed its final report into the accident of a Eurocopter AS350BA in Queensland on September 8 2011, stating the reason for the loss of control that resulted two fatalities could “not be positively established”. The aircraft, VH-RDU of Heli Charters, with a pilot and two passengers on board,

Russian Helicopters and AgustaWestland have signed a heads of agreement to jointly design and develop a new 2.5-tonne class single-engine helicopter. The agreement was signed at last week’s MAKS 2013 airshow in Moscow. Under the program, responsibility for which will be shared 50/50, preliminary assessment of the helicopter’s technical design and commercial opportunities is expected

StopRotor Technology has completed flight tests on the Hybrid RotorWing prototype, successfully completing their first inflight transition between fixed and rotary wing flight. The aircraft prototype successfully transitioned between fixed and rotary wing modes by unlocking and spinning up its RotorWing. As reported in Australian Aviation in April, the RotorWing can act as a rotating