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Flight Tests Mark Key Stage For S-64 Composite Blade Program

After delays, Erickson’s S-64 composite blade retrofit flight-test program is picking up pace and getting closer to certification.

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Mar 30, 2018

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Flight Tests Mark Key Stage For S-64 Composite Blade Program 3

After delays, Erickson’s S-64 composite blade retrofit flight-test program is picking up pace and getting closer to certification....More
Mar 15, 2018

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Tail Rotor Electrification Could Pave Way For Rotary-Wing Hybridization

Helicopter manufacturers believe tail-rotor-electrification technology is better used on new-build models....More
Mar 5, 2018

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eVTOL Gains Momentum in Mainstream Rotorcraft World 3

As new eVTOL concepts continue to emerge and others enter flight test, the mainstream helicopter industry is coming to terms with the prospects of an urban air mobility revolution....More
Feb 7, 2018

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Civil Helicopter Mixed in Asia-Pacific — Latest Survey

The civil helicopter market in China is less skewed toward the oil and gas sector than Southeast Asia’s helicopter market, and last year posted the strongest fleet growth in the region....More
Jan 26, 2018

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Reality Check for Urban eVTOL On Safety And Production 1

Vertical-lift OEMs warn that the best helicopter safety standards and production processes will be inadequate to ensure success of urban eVTOL air taxi market....More
Jan 26, 2018

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Airbus Adjusts Heavy Helicopter Vision

Super Puma replacement may be rescoped for multirole mission as commercial market tumbles....More
Jan 9, 2018

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Bell Unveils Air Taxi Approach With Cabin Demo

Visitors to Bell Helicopter’s booth at the CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas will get a taste of flying in an air taxi....More
Dec 29, 2017

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Vertical Flight: A New Technology Frontier 2

2017 was a busy year for rotorcraft and other vertical-flight applications.
Dec 22, 2017

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Market Stability, New Tech Could Shape 2018 Rotorcraft Market

2018 could be a big year for new entrants to the rotorcraft business....More
Dec 13, 2017

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A Brief History of Rotorcraft Development 14

Helicopters have proved extraordinarily versatile and valuable across a wide range of missions, but even after the first brief pioneering flights their successful development involved decades of trial and error. Aviation Week takes a visual journey through that history.

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Flight Tests Mark Key Stage For S-64 Composite Blade Program

Flight Tests Mark Key Stage For S-64 Composite Blade Program 3

Tail Rotor Electrification Could Pave Way For Rotary-Wing Hybridization

eVTOL Gains Momentum in Mainstream Rotorcraft World 3

Civil Helicopter Mixed in Asia-Pacific — Latest Survey

Reality Check for Urban eVTOL On Safety And Production 1

Airbus Adjusts Heavy Helicopter Vision

Bell Unveils Air Taxi Approach With Cabin Demo

Vertical Flight: A New Technology Frontier 2

Market Stability, New Tech Could Shape 2018 Rotorcraft Market

A Brief History of Rotorcraft Development 14

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