Around 4 p.m. Saturday a pilot and his two passengers were killed when their Agusta helicopter crashed in Northern Ireland. The pair were returning from a hunting trip and were headed back to England when unknown circumstances led to the accident. One of the passengers is reportedly a good friend of Prince Charles. Emergency services [...]
Boeing announced today its intentions to bid on the much contested Marine One presidential helicopter. Several aircraft have been mentioned in the news as possible replacements including the V-22 Osprey, but that doesn’t seem likely. Sikorsky has had the contract for quite some time but the aging fleet of Sea Kings and VH-60Ns are no [...]
Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi and six other people were injured when a Ugandan police AW119 helicopter hit a tree and crashed. The accident, which happened just before 3 p.m., actually occurred right by the Bugiri hospital but due to its small size the victims were airlifted by a military helicopter to a larger facility. The [...]
Around 8:30pm on Thursday ATC lost contact with an AW139 during ILS approach approximately 4nm off the coast. There were four people on board at the time when it apparently crashed into the sea. One survivor has been found so far and was taken to the hospital for treatment of hypothermia. This may have been [...]
Dream job comes to mind with this one. The Faroe Islands offer an incredible backdrop that should make any cubicle worker weep. Atlantic Airways, the only helicopter operator in the country, flies Bell 412 HP, EP’s and an AW139 on what appears to be every mission type. Island jumping, SAR, HEMS, off-shore, sling, they do [...]
AgustaWestland’s AW159 had its first successful maiden test flight today. AW’s chief test pilot, Donald Maclaine, was the man at the controls for the series of initial tests. Two more should be available in 2010 to facilitate the rest of the testing required prior to the first delivery in 2011. The Army and Royal Navy [...]
