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Firefighting Rotorcraft Shortfall Prompts Bell’s 214ST Reboot
DALLAS—Bell’s 214ST is set to become the latest legacy helicopter to go back into production to address global shortfalls in ...
Military pilots ‘going so long without flying they’re forgetting how to’
US army pilots warn people will die unless armed forces fix chronic equipment shortages and reverse cuts to flying hours ...
GE Aerospace investing millions into Madisonville facility to produce Black Hawk helicopter engines
MADISONVILLE, Ky. (WFIE) - General Electric Aerospace is looking to put nearly $1 billion in its factories across the U.S., including one right here in the Tri-State. Officials say they expect to ...
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Black Hawk helicopter rescues stranded skiers on South Sister volcano
An Army National Guard HH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was called in to help rescue two men stranded on Oregon’s South Sister volcano on March 11.
DC plane crash: NTSB calls for immediate changes at Reagan airport
Chairman Jennifer Homendy said the NTSB is recommending that the Federal Aviation Administration permanently ban helicopter ...
NTSB calling for changes to helicopter operations around DCA after deadly midair collision
More than a month after an American Airlines plane and a Black Hawk helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport (DCA), ...
NTSB urges ban on some helicopter flights at Washington airport where 67 people died in midair crash
Federal investigators looking for the cause of the January collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter near ...
American Airlines, Blackhawk helicopter update: NTSB in ‘fact-finding’ phase
It has been six weeks since 67 people died in a collision between an American Airlines flight and a U.S. Army Blackhawk ...
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Fear of flying grows in US after Delta jet flip, DC air collision, ticket sales plunge
US air travel demand is declining as recent aviation incidents, including a Delta jet flipping and DC crash, shake consumer ...
NTSB urges ban on some helicopter flights at Washington airport where 67 people died
Federal investigators looking for the cause of the January collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people recommended a ban on some ...
Canada's CH-146 Griffon Life Extension Program
Canada is extending the service lives of its fleet of CH-146s as an interim measure until it can replace them. They are now ...
After SPS fire, who will make the special bolts that keep U.S. aircraft flying?
The government doesn't know whether it will need new suppliers for critical parts that keep U.S. aircraft flying after fire ...