It was impossible to miss Bell Helicopter at Heli-Expo 2013, the world’s largest helicopter trade show and exhibition. Taking center stage as the show’s largest exhibitor, Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company greeted record crowds of almost 20,000 event attendees who filled the Bell Helicopter booth to speak with company representatives while examining and interacting with the four Bell helicopters on display – two Bell 429s, as well as the new Bell 412EPI and Bell 407GT, both introduced at the show.
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AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, displayed four of its advanced high performance helicopters at its booth at Heli Expo 2013. AgustaWestland also highlighted its Family of new generation helicopters and its customer support and training services.
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Aircraft Tool Supply offers the heavy-duty spark plug gapper kit (ATS420DX).
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Herkules Equipment Corporation offers the FastTrack, a paint gun washer that speeds up the paint-gun-cleaning process anywhere in the shop. The FastTrack (model #G45) paint gun washer is lightweight, measures 10 inches wide, and is designed to work with Herkules Sparkle Clean Blast aerosol can cleaner. Blast cleans both waterborne and solvent paints.
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AeroLEDs SunSpot can be used for landing, recognition and taxi purposes. It only consumes 70 watts maximum in power and produces 4,000 lumens.
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Snap-On Industrial introduced three new ratchets that meet foreign object damage (FOD) and foreign material exclusion (FME) conformance.
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As a business owner over the last few years, one of the things that I’ve learned is of utmost importance for a healthy business is having an understanding of your costs. Knowing the costs associated with producing your product/service and then working to manage those costs can mean the difference between success and failure.
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Annually for 50 years now, the General Aviation Awards program and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have recognized aviation professionals for their contributions to general aviation in the fields of flight instruction, aviation maintenance, avionics and safety.
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Aviation Search Group announces its first half forecast and search assignments appear to be in greater demand for the balance of 2013.
“We are pleased to report key growth in comparison from this time last year” says Aviation Search Group director of sales Grayson Barrows. “We are certainly encouraged by what we have accomplished thus far this quarter and expect solid development through 2013” continues Barrows.
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Tdata announces the addition of the Avantext® line of Airworthiness Directive libraries to Tdata’s line of products and services. Tdata and Avantext customers will now have more choices in the products they use for FAA Airworthiness publications.
Tdata will continue to offer its popular IApproach™ Regulatory library in addition to the Avantext AD libraries so that all customers will continue to receive the same product that they have been using.
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Kitchener Aero Avionics (KAAV) — one of Canada’s premiere avionics and special missions modifiers - announces another Canadian “first” with the completion of a new upgrade package for the Cessna C208 “Caravan.”
The heart of this upgrade is an Aspen EFD- 1000C3 PFD and Class B TAWS. “For hardworking Caravans — especially those in commercial operations — this mod can really make a difference” says KAAV President Barry Aylward.
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Skandia, Inc. announces that it has completed the across-the-board implementation of the FAA’s new Policy Statement: PS-ANM-25.853-01, also known as “Flammability Testing of Interior Materials.”
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West Star Aviation announces it has completed the first ever installation of Rockwell Collins’ Skybox™ in a Gulfstream G550. The installation was completed at West Star’s East Alton (ALN) location and was delivered on time at the beginning of March 2013.
The new Skybox™ allows users to take full advantage of an onboard Apple® iTunes® library to share movies, TV shows and music wirelessly and on demand.
West Star installed the Skybox™ AMSU-5100, the larger capacity of the two available units, into the Gulfstream G550.
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The International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) is adding additional focus to its safety efforts in the U.S. helicopter community by designating two of its current executives to lead the United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) and concentrate solely on safety issues within the U.S. civil helicopter community. This team will be co-chaired by industry and government. James Viola, FAA Flight Standards Division, has been named the government co-chair and Bill Chiles, president and chief executive officer of Bristow Group, has been named as the industry co-chair of the USHST.
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Though working on Gulfstream aircraft has been a part of Duncan Aviation’s service capabilities since the aircraft became a major part of business aviation, Duncan Aviation recently put together an airframe-specific team dedicated to Gulfstream work at the company’s Lincoln, NE campus.
STS COMPONENT SOLUTIONS TO DISTRIBUTE DONALDSON FILTRATION PRODUCTS FOR ROTORCRAFT AND BUSINESS JETS
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STS Component Solutions LLC and Donaldson Aerospace & Defense, a division of Donaldson Company, Inc. announce their new Distribution Agreement. STS Component Solutions will be supporting the Rotorcraft and Business Jet OEM product lines for Donaldson Aerospace & Defense.
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Today’s aerospace coatings painting professionals are required to stay current on the most up-to-date products and application methods available in the aviation maintenance repair operation industry. To help with the need for continuous training, Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings now provides an extensive program to better expand their existing skill sets.
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Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-North America (Vector), a subsidiary of Vector Aerospace Corporation and one of the world’s leading providers of helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services announces that Vector Aerospace and American Eurocopter have signed an agreement enabling Vector’s Andalusia, AL repair operation to operate as an American Eurocopter Service Center in the United States.
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Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has delivered the 31,000th M250 engine to Enstrom Helicopter Corporation for installation in a 480B training helicopter destined for the Japan Ground Self Defense Force.
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New orders and commitments for Eurocopter’s helicopter family, along with an unveiling of the latest evolution in its product line, marked the company’s highly successful participation at Heli-Expo 2013 — the rotorcraft industry’s largest international gathering.