Airbus Helicopters has delivered a new EC155 to ShandsCair Flight Program, the air medical transport service of UF Health. The helicopter is customized for transporting critically ill patients and will be operated by Med-Trans Corp. The new helicopter was recently delivered from Metro Aviation in Shreveport, which designed and installed the customized medical transport equipment. Metro Aviation received an FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) for a complete emergency medical system kit and associated options for the EC155 B1 in December of 2011.
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Future Vertical Lift: One Program Or Many?
What is Future Vertical Lift? There is no one answer. At one extreme is a single mega-program, building four variants for the four services to replace a host of existing helicopters, a vision in some ways even more ambitious than the long-troubled tri-service Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). At the opposite extreme, however, FVL would just be overarching guidance and common technology for a range of separate, service-specific programs, both new aircraft and upgrades to existing helicopters. The reality will almost certainly end up somewhere in between.
http://breakingdefense.com/2014/06/future-vertical-lift-one-program-or-many/
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Google Tango Smartphone Gives Off-the-Shelf Drone Computer Vision
Personal drones are all the rage. Though hobbyist RC helicopters and planes have been around for years, today’s multi-rotor vehicles are easier to pilot thanks to GPS and a suite of onboard chips and sensors—that is, they’re self-stabilizing, leaving the pilot the fun and relatively simple job of choosing which general direction they follow.
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Life Link III to unveil new helicopter at Willmar, Minn.
Area emergency medical providers and other health care professionals will have the opportunity to see one of the new Life Link III helicopters at an education session today, hosted at the Life Link III regional base at the Willmar Municipal Airport.The event will include tours of the base, a meet-and-greet with Life Link personnel and an hour-long continuing education session on hypothermic emergencies.
http://www.prairiebizmag.com/event/article/id/19422/group/Health%20Care/
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Airbus to contine working with Russia
About 400 Airbus engineers currently working in Russia would continue their activities, Airbus Group Executive Committee member says…
European aircraft consortium Airbus will maintain full-fledged co-operation with Russian companies despite Western sanctions on Russia over events in Ukraine, Airbus Group Executive Committee member Jean Botti said on Thursday.
“I feel sorry for the current situation in Russia,” Botti said at the plenary sesion at forum on technological development.
http://en.itar-tass.com/world/734886
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Helitech International 2014 attracts rising global interest from industry
Helitech International 2014 will showcase worldwide participation from leading industry primes as well as innovative small to medium-size companies when Europe’s largest helicopter show opens its doors on Oct. 14, 2014. Examples of confirmed exhibitors include AgustaWestland, Airbus Helicopters, BAE Systems, Bell Helicopter, Honeywell, ITT, MD Helicopters, Milestone, Rolls-Royce, Turbomeca and Vector Aerospace. Fully supported by the European Helicopter Association, Reed Exhibitions, the organizers of Helitech International, are staging this year’s event at the RAI in Amsterdam, which currently includes exhibitors from nearly 20 countries with strong regional interest from both North America and Europe.
http://www.verticalmag.com/news/article/HelitechInternational2014attractsrisingglobalinterestfromind
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