Bell Delivers First Certified 412 to China
Photo courtesy of Bell Bell Helicopter delivered a Bell 412EPI to Chongqing General Aviation, saying the aircraft “is the first certified” 412 to operate in China. The new helicopter will be used for...
View ArticleFAA: No Drones in D.C.!
Cities and towns within 15 miles of Washington National Airport constitute a “no-drone zone,” the FAA declared May 13, adding that residents...
View ArticleGiving a Buddy a Lift
A Mil Mi-26T carries the 15.4-ton fuselage of a Mi-26 military transport from Yoshkar-Ola in Russia’s Mari El Republic to Russian Helicopters’ plant in Rostov-on-Don, a distance of more than 900 miles....
View ArticleSTOVL F-35 Starts Operational Test
Six U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning IIs arrived aboard the USS Wasp May 18 to begin two weeks of operational tests of the short-takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) version of the advanced fighter. The...
View ArticleFeedback
Question of the Month: The U.S. Air Force faces challenges sustaining relatively small, mixed fleets. What do you find most challenging in maintaining a small fleet? Let us know, and look for responses...
View ArticlePushing a Bad Decision?
The California state agency CAL FIRE and its Aviation Division have an enviable history in firefighting with aircraft. After World War II, CAL FIRE employed a variety of airplanes, such as Stearmans,...
View ArticleA Blast From the Past
How long has Rotor & Wing International been bringing you, our readers, news from the Paris Air Show? Longer than we’ve all been using the term “Eurocopter.” This year’s edition of the biennial...
View ArticleLeading Edge
Frank Lombardi My 82-year-old Italian dad likes to cut out news articles about helicopter accidents to show me, so he can then tell me what went wrong. Apparently, according to him, most helicopter...
View ArticleEditor's Notebook
James T. McKenna More than 25 years ago, I had just begun to write for another very prestigious aviation magazine. It was thrilling. That publication, like this one, was known worldwide. Its readers,...
View ArticleGains, Challenges For Airborne Law
Though many police units have recently been buying new, an increase in available surplus helicopters may change that. Photo courtesy of Airbus Helicopters Airborne law enforcement in the U.S. has made...
View ArticleMeet the Contributors
James T. McKenna An aviation journalist for more than 25 years, James T. McKenna served as R&WI’s editor-in-chief from 2003 to 2008. He then worked on communications projects for Bell Helicopter...
View ArticleMilitary to Civilian Transition:
Question of the Month: What parts of today’s certification rules and procedures need to be reformed? Let us know, and look for responses in a future issue. You’ll find contact information below....
View ArticleGetting the Rules Right
By James T. McKenna jmckenna@accessintel.com The rules and procedures that the FAA uses to approve rotorcraft and new equipment that improves their safety and utility need overhauling. This fact is not...
View ArticleMix & Match
In uncertain times, civil, parapublic and military operators find value in helicopters that can switch quickly among multiple missions....
View ArticleThe Collector
What was once an aviation buff's hobby has become a living record of the rotorcraft industry's most precious milestones....
View ArticleLondon Calling
Helitech International returns to the U.K. with business and safety discussions and multinational exhibitors....
View ArticleThe Wild Card For Small UAS
Public concerns about invasions of privacy could result in complicated legal limits on use of smaller drones....
View ArticleThe Vision for Avionics
Operators, both civil and military, seek to improve their pilots' situational awareness, and OEMs and supplies are pursuing solutions....
View ArticleFlying Through the Vortex
A new technique allows pilots to fly out of vortex ring state in a powered climb....
View ArticleDisaster Response: What’s Changed?
A decade after Katrina's devastation, individual units have applied lessons. But large-scale response integration remains elusive....
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