- Boeing completes first flight of Thailand's AH-6 Little Bird helicopter
- Indonesian Air Force orders Airbus H145 helicopters for training and rescue missions
- Iraq orders 12 Airbus H225M helicopters for military operations
- PHI MRO Services leases Bell 407 helicopter to New York Helicopter
- Japan welcomes its first Designer Series Bell 429 helicopter thanks to JGAS
- Airbus and Bristow Group ink deal for up to 15 H135 helicopters at HAI Heli-Expo
- DRF Luftrettung boosts its fleet with a substantial order of H145 helicopters from Airbus
- US gifts Soviet-designed helicopters to Ukraine
- Northrop Grumman deploys new autonomous helicopter
- Ingenuity again exceeds expectations in ‘most complex’ 10th flight
- Ingenuity completes eighth successful flight on Mars to another brand new landing zone
- GE, Safran extend joint venture to develop sustainable engines
- Listen: First audio recording of Mars helicopter revealed as new demonstration phase begins
- NASA gears up for Ingenuity’s fifth flight
- Another success for NASA’s Mars Helicopter, future plans revealed
- Mars Helicopter fails first attempt at fourth flight
- NASA’s Mars helicopter flies further and faster than ever in third successful flight
- History-making Mars helicopter completes second flight test
- Comment: Why the first helicopter to fly on Mars is such a big deal
- Cambodia set to see its first Bell 429 with new purchase deal
- Australian tech company unveils warning system for wrong surface landings
- Sikorsky set to deliver last set of Presidential helicopters to Marines
- Details revealed on next-gen assault helicopter DEFIANT X
- Three killed in New York helicopter crash
- AW139 VVIP to be transport for Colombian President
- Japanese start-up readies eVTOL for first public outing
- Moldova shuts down bootleg helicopter factory
- Boeing delivers 2,500th AH-64 Apache helicopter
- King Stallion heavy transport helicopter completes inflight refuelling tests
- Kobe Bryant’s Sikorsky S-76 pilot had no drugs in system during crash
- Leonardo completes Kopter acquisition
- Dubai company completes industry-first AW139 blade repair
- Japan Coast Guard orders two more H225 helicopters
- NASA helicopter order an Airbus first
- What lies beneath - Unlocking the earth’s secrets from above
- Alpine Aerotech flight instrument kit gets supplementary type certificate
- Fire Signs - Climate Change Keeps Kestrel on Their Toes
- Bankstown Airport- Historic Origins, Bright Future
- Teamwork the key to success at RACQ Lifeflight
- Boeing submits AH-64E for Project LAND 4503 helicopter replacement
- Airbus Helicopters puts forward Tiger ARH upgrade for Project LAND 4503
- Airbus delivers two H145 helicopters for emergency medical services in NZ
- Australian Defence Force MRH 90 helicopters grounded: report
- CHC Helicopters: From rigs to rescue
- Australia opens request for information for Tiger ARH replacement
- Eye on the Tiger: A look at the Army's Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter
- CHC Helicopter Australia wins Shell contract extension
- Stormclouds, including 737 MAX, cast shadow over Paris Air Show
- Heliflite signs distribution deal with XTI for Trifan 600
- Cut and thrust: Global MRO trend spreads to Australia
- Fatal helicopter crash report points to training shortfall
- A day in the life with Virgin Australia captain Michelle Huntington
- Utility company leads China on Airbus H215
- Airbus Australia Pacific secures Tiger ARH contract extension
- Army and Navy helicopter aircrew training system achieves milestone
- Bell 525 Relentless CT7-2F1 engine certified
- SB>1 Defiant helicopter starts flight tests
- Airbus offers H145M for special forces light helo
- Rising in Phoenix – the RAAF at Luke AFB
- Toll Helicopters to trial eye tracking technology in AW-139 simulator
- Honeywell lowers forecast for new helicopter deliveries
- Airbus targets special ops helicopter project
- Avalon Airshow kicks off for 2019
- Colour party – BAE and the ADF prepare to farewell the 'Plastic Parrot'
- Ship shape – Army amphibious air operations cleared for duty
- Defiant first flight further delayed
- Demanding scenarios and uncrowded airspace – Exercise Pitch Black 18
- Army Aviation celebrates 50 years, farewells the Kiowa
- A competitive edge – 50 years of the Australian Army Aviation Corps
- Equal to the task: 38 Squadron calls time
- RAAF deployments are "making important contributions" on global ops – CJOPS
- TBT: Boeing Aerostructures Australia: shaping the future
- Boeing wins new Chinook support contract
- Defence seeks new light helicopters for special operations
- CHC Helicopter wins new contract
- Joint Helicopter School graduates first course
- WOFA Podcast: Tim Frankel from Toll Air Ambulance
- Flying the Bell 505 Ranger X
- Australian Aviation Podcast #6: A look at the CH-47 Chinook
- TBT – Top End air combat at Pitch Black 12
- A different beast – the RAAF's C-27J Spartan
- Powerline inspection helicopter crash highlights importance of fuel cross checking, says ATSB
- Throwback Thursday: Fast Jet females
- Farnborough Day 1 Wrap – UK opens show with new fighter plans while Airbus beats Boeing
- World Helicopter Day returns for a fourth year in 2018
- NSW Rural Fire Service to get two ex-Army Black Hawks
- Butcher bird – One man’s passion to fly his very own Focke-Wulf Fw 190
- Bell 505 Jet Ranger X on show at Rotortech
- Helicopter pilots encouraged to "don't push it, land it"
- Babcock introduces the Airbus H175 into Australian service
- Australia to trial helicopter fatigue testing tech on an ex US Navy Seahawk
- Pay’s Group – trying different things
- Unmanned systems finally taking off in ADF service
- CH-47F Chinook conducts flight trials from HMAS Choules
- Air New Zealand flight involved in near miss with drone at Auckland Airport
- Foxtrot Chinook "excels" during first overseas deployment
- ADF Chinooks, airlifters lend a hand following PNG earthquake
- Breaking the fast jet ceiling
- Operation PNG Assist – the ADF aid response to Cyclone Guba
- Super medium – CHC brings the AW189 to Australia
- Airshow highlights Singapore's awesome airpower
- Tiger ARH grounding lifted last November
- Premier officially opens NSW Ambulance and Toll Rescue Helicopter Base at Bankstown Airport.
- Timberline's Black Hawk firebomber making a splash
- ADF Joint Helicopter Aircrew Training School commences training
- First flight for Bell V-280 Valor
- Australia's first Bell 505 Jet Ranger Xs land
- Airbus Helicopters confirms H120 production has ended
- Fleet Air Arm farewells ‘Bravo’ Seahawk and Squirrel helicopters
- Australia’s first Airbus H175s arrive
- ATSB investigating Hobart Airport helicopter crash
- Bushfire Black Hawk to return
- November 2017
- Final EC135 training helicopter delivered to Australia
- New PolAir base at Bankstown
- Drone collides with US Army Black Hawk
- October 2017
- September 2017
- Australia grounds Tiger fleet after German helicopter crash in Mali
- Singapore to base F-15SGs in New Zealand?
- Flight data monitoring system to reduce risk for Toll
- Boeing to develop CH-47F Chinook Block II
- Ex-US Army Black Hawks to be refurbished in Australia for firefighting operations
- Talisman Saber 2017 concludes
- August 2017
- Babcock secures contract extensions for two Queensland helicopter rescue services
- Bell’s 525 Relentless resumes flight testing
- July 2017
- Boeing agrees new C-17A sustainment contract for RAAF fleet
- Toll Helicopters donates Bell 212 engine to Aviation High School
- Malaysia sets new rules for foreign helicopter pilots
- Airbus bolsters MRH 90 support at Townsville
- FAA certifies Bell 505 Jet Ranger X
- June 2017
- Tiger reaches 2,000 flight hours milestone
- May 2017
- Airwork Helicopters obtains FAA supplemental type certificate for composite tail rotor blades
- First Australian Eagle Bell 407 conversion nears completion
- Nautilus Aviation wins Sydney Westpac Life Saver contract
- Northern NSW Helicopter Rescue Service contract begins
- CASA certifies Bell Helicopter’s 505 Jet Ranger X
- Airbus Helicopters deliveries up despite a difficult year
- Largest USMC helicopter rotation heading to Darwin
- Navy’s flight trial unit gears up for a busy year
- Toll Helicopters starts saving lives in southern NSW
- January-February 2017
- Bell’s 505 Jet Ranger X certified
- Oakey receives CH-47F Chinook maintenance training system
- RAAF C-27J Spartan reaches initial operating capability
- Army CH-47D Chinook finds a new home
- Firefighting Black Hawk arrives for fire season
- Surf Life Saving Queensland celebrates 40 years of helicopter rescue
- Army trials Hellfire II Romeo with Tiger
- Final H135 helicopters for HATS accepted
- December 2016
- H135 receives EASA approval for Helionix avionics
- Boeing wins five-year CH-47F maintenance contract
- Leonardo appoints Toll Helicopters to deliver simulator and training services
- CHC Helicopter awarded AME contract with Army
- Perth CBD closer to floating heliport
- Bell unveils its Vigilant
- Korean Air, Boeing partner on unmanned helicopter development
- October 2016
- RAAF Hornet marks 3 Squadron centenary with WW2 paint scheme
- September 2016
- Former CAF Geoff Brown joins Lockheed Martin Australia board
- Bell Helicopter pitches Vipers and Venoms to the ADF
- August 2016
- CareFlight renames as LifeFlight
- Bell 525 Relentless prototype crashes
- Investigators determine likely cause of Norwegian H225 crash
- Three more CH-47F helicopters delivered ahead of schedule in FMS deal
- Airbus Helicopters highlights H145M’s special forces suitability
- Production of HATS H135s continues apace
- Black Hawk accident remembered 20 years on
- June 2016
- Sold out exhibitor space highlights a successful Rotortech 2016
- Airbus Helicopters wins UK military training contract
- Foxtrot Chinooks undertake deck handling trials on board Navy LHD
- Bell Helicopter on the move to optimise manufacturing
- Hawker Pacific appoints GM helicopter sales
- Westpac Rescue’s first AW139 en route to Newcastle
- Army's Tiger ARH achieves FOC
- Army delivers D model Chinook to the Australian War Memorial
- April 2016
- “Troubled” Tiger set for early retirement, new light helicopter for Special Forces on the way
- March 2016
- Bell Helicopter, BAE Systems position AH-1Z for potential Tiger replacement?
- Airbus Helicopters delivers first H145 to PNG-based Pacific Helicopters
- January/February 2016
- Australia set to acquire three more CH-47F Chinooks
- EMS contract extension for Australian Helicopters in SA
- V8 powered H120 makes first flight
- Robinson to launch two-seat R44 Cadet
- RAAF Spartan, Army Chinook in load trials
- December 2015
- Photographer Richard Green killed in EC135 helicopter crash
- November 2015
- MH-60R Romeo's Hellfire missile accepted into Navy service
- October 2015
- Australian Army receives final CH-47F Chinook
- HMAS Canberra nears initial operational capability
- Airbus marks acceptance of ADF’s first HATS training helicopter
- Lockheed Martin acquires Sikorsky in US$9 billion deal
- Airbus Helicopters reveals ‘greener’ Bluecopter
- Airbus Helicopters H145 on Australian demo tour
- Register July 2015
- Helicopter association welcomes changes to Part 61
- Airwork Helicopters obtains CASA approval for composite tail rotor blades
- First Foxtrot Chinooks enter Army service
- Hawker Pacific to demonstrate Bell 407GX helicopter at Sanctuary Cove boat show
- Airbus and DMO launch integrated helicopter support centre
- CareFlight’s rapid response captures dramatic image
- Airbus Group Australia Pacific delivers first H145 helicopter
- Register April 2015
- Black Hawks, MRH90 to join Vanuatu aid effort
- Toll signs for eight AW139s for NSW Ambulance contract
- USN highlights Fire Scout pairing with Romeo helicopters
- Bond Helicopters takes first of four S-92s
- Toll to build AgustaWestland-authorised training centre
- QinetiQ Australia debuts crashworthy Chinook seats
- CASA lifts grounding of Robinson 44 helicopters
- Emergency directive issued for R44 main blades
- Airnorth acquired by Bristow helicopter group
- January/February 2015 Register Review
- RAAF starts C-27J training
- NSW government awards new helicopter air ambulance contracts
- Defence releases report into Afghanistan Chinook crash
- RACQ CareFlight receives $300 million in government funding
- NSW Police aviation branch adds two aircraft
- Canberra commissioning marks new era in ADF amphibious warfare
- December 2014 Register Review
- CareFlight picks up third jet
- Airbus helicopter engineer wins Aviation/Aerospace Australia award
- November Register Review
- Boeing Australia formally announced as AIR 9000 Phase 7 HATS winner
- Datalink upgrade for Army Tiger ARHs
- First RAN Romeo helicopter arrives in Australia
- Business Women's awards recognise RAAF squadron leader, Becker helicopters co-founder
- Book review - an Air Lifting account
- Army Black Hawks farewell Townsville
- Bell 429 helicopter headed Down Under
- Australian Helicopters orders six AW139s
- Airbus Helicopters signs for 123 sales in China
- Boeing reports second quarter deliveries
- Sikorsky wins USAF combat rescue helicopter contract
- July-register-2014
- ANAO releases damning report into ADF MRH90 program
- Moorabbin to Melbourne Airport helicopter service launched
- Power-on for first Sikorsky S-97 Raider
- Navy helicopter maintenance facility approved for Nowra
- June Register 2014
- Australian Helicopters awarded new Vic air ambulance contract
- May 2014 register listing
- April 2014 register listing
- New Chinook facilities close to approval
- Airbus & Avicopter sign joint production deal
- CASA cancels Broome Helicopters' certificate
- Bell 505 Jet Ranger X to star at Rotor Tech
- March 2014 register listing
- Airbus Helicopters offers new EC225e
- Bell SLS will be ‘505 Jet Ranger X’
- Rolls-Royce helo engine support goes 24/7
- American Eurocopter rebrands as AHI
- Columbia Helicopters takes 3 CH-47Ds
- Robinson gets glass cockpit
- Deliveries up, orders down for Airbus Helicopters
- Eurocopter renaming as Airbus Helicopters takes effect
- Boeing, Thales selected for AIR 9000 Phase 7: reports
- January-February 2014 register listing
- Australian Helicopters wins first aerial firefighting contract
- Spatial disorientaiton behind ABC helicopter crash - ATSB
- NVGs to light the way for RACQ CareFlight
- November 2013 register listing
- Bond Helicopters takes off in Australia
- Boeing reports third quarter deliveries
- New helipad approach system improves low-vis safety
- Chinooks complete Afghanistan deployment
- ELECTION 2013 - FMS not without cost
- AgustaWestland and Russian Helicopters to develop a new 2.5 tonne helicopter
- StopRotor completes successful first transition flight
- ADF accepts first MRH90 simulator
- Bell’s new 407GX to tour
- EC225 helicopters return to flight after grounding
- Bell 429 upgrade for RMI program
- Macquarie launches helicopter leasing business
- New flight guidance concept for quieter helicopter landing procedures
- Navy commissions 808SQN and MRH 90 helicopter
- Stable second quarter deliveries for Boeing, 787 ramps up
- Leading Queensland emergency helicopter services merge
- Romeo rising - first RAN MH-60R flies
- July 2013 register listing
- Bell announces 525 Relentless updates
- Eurocopter sells 10 AS350s in Thailand
- Bell Boeing awarded contract for 99 V-22 Ospreys
- US Army orders up to 215 Chinooks
- Eurocopter’s X3 hybrid helicopter achieves speed record
- Defence downselects Helicopter Aircrew Training System bidders
- April 2013 register listing
- March 2013 register listing
- Avlite donates helipad lighting to RACQ
- Look Ma, no pilot - Eurocopter successfully flies unmanned EC145
- Aviation Australia recognised for support of RACQ CareFlight’s rescue helicopter
- Colonial Leisure Group buys Heli Charters in far north Queensland
- Bell unveils V-280 third-generation tiltrotor
- Worldwide S-92 helicopter fleet surpasses 500,000 hours
- Boeing awards Lovitt Technologies Australia F/A-18 contract
- NSW government continues rescue helicopter shake-up
- First RAAF C-27J enters final assembly
- AGL Action, Careflight operational merger progresses
- New global HQ for Bell
- Reef Pilots lease AW109 helicopter
- Inquiry hears Chinook safety concerns
- Helicopters Australia inks new deal with Rio Tinto
- Chinook turns 50
- Boeing wins 2nd contract for AVMS helicopter system
- BDA adds Kiowa sim at Oakey
- Black Hawk deliveries hit milestone
- Agusta and Russian Helicopters to develop new utility chopper
- Helitech awarded Black Hawk and Seahawk maintenance
- Thailand order two UH-60M Black Hawks
- US re-ups H-60 contract with $8.5bn deal
- Army receives two CH-47Ds
- Bell names Relentless suppliers
- Aussie Chinook in hard landing incident
- Boeing delivers 100th modified Chinook to US Army
- Westpac Life Saver to trial Thales thermal scanner
- Navy inducts Bell 429s for RMI 2
- CareFlight gets custom simulators
- Perth Helitacs hit milestone
- Eurocopter hybrid wins design award ahead of US tour
- Black Hawks cleared for full service
- OPINION - Caribou replacement to be deferred?
- Eurocopter unveils upgraded EC130
- Bell launches 525 'Relentless'
- C-130 dispatched for flood relief
- Blacks Hawks sent to NSW flood region
- Grounding lifted for Army Black Hawks
- Army grounds Black Hawks over fractured bolts
- Robinson lifts off after recession woes
- Bell 429 approved for added weight
- ADF Chinook contract goes ahead
- Eurocopter ups EC175 specs
- Choules arrives home in Sydney
- Sea Kings make final flight
- 15th MRH 90 delivered
- ADF to add two Chinooks; brings fleet to seven
- Brunei orders Black Hawks
- Indonesia buys five Bell 412s
- Australian Aviation picks up media awards
- Defence accepts final Tiger ARH
- Defence takes 14th MRH 90
- MRH 90 hits Govt's Projects of Concern list
- RAN decommissions Kanimbla
- Hawker Pacific adds Bell 429 support
- Obama touches down
- GAMA welcomes helicopter manufacturers
- Heliwest to operate Qld police trial
- NH90 TTH operational configuration approved
- Chinook deployment returns to Australia
- Boeing submits CH-47F multiyear deal
- Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust orders AW169s
- Army Chinooks return to the air
- Boeing reports third quarter military deliveries
- Aussie Chinooks grounded
- Boeing opens revamped Chinook manufacturing facility
- Pave Hawks achieve 10,000 flight hours
- Sikorsky Helitech teams with FlightSafety International Team for P&WC engine training
- UK orders 14 new Chinooks
- Boeing to provide simulator-based training for Kiowa pilots
- Heliwest signs long term contract with Western Power
- CHC Super Puma strikes light pole
- Boeing releases second-quarter deliveries
- Sikorsky delivers 300th US Army UH-60M
- Australian Chinook crashes in Afghanistan
- Boeing releases first-quarter deliveries
- Chooks back in action over Afghanistan
- Heliwest moves to offshore operations
- BAE Systems to maintain Chinooks
- Black Hawk simulator gets upgrade
- Army helicopter unit rotates out of East-Timor
- Australian Aerospace CEO welcomes MRH review
- MRH 90 program to be reviewed, Manoora to be decommissioned
- Heliflite releases photos of first Australian R66
- Bell consolidates support subsidiaries
- Helibras to upgrade Brazilian AS350s
- New helipad for Thursday Island
- Huge Saudi arms deal approved
- Heliwest wins PNG & WA contracts
- Polish built S-70i makes first flight
- Aussie Chinooks home to rest
- Huge Saudi arms order goes to Congress
- Harrier, Nimrod and F-35B axed in huge UK defence cuts
- Eurocopter - No new Squirrel for now
- Enhanced Tiger lighting to be completed soon
- Sikorsky promises smoother helicopter flights
- Sweden to order 15 Black Hawks
- Eurocopter unveils X3 helicopter hybrid
- LockMart wins US unmanned cargo helicopter
- Black Hawk lands after Mayday in East Timor
- Boeing Army helo support extended to Holsworthy
- Helicopter surf rescue for NSW south coast
- Boeing’s Q2 profit falls
- Large Saudi order under consideration
- 100th CH-47F built
- Bell and BLR offer upgrade for 412EPs
- Lockheed teams with Sikorsky on CSAR-X 2
- AVIC works on one and two tonne helicopter designs
- Russian Helicopters and AgustaWestland establish Russian AW139 assembly line
- Updated: Three Army soldiers killed in Afghanistan helo crash
- Bell delivers 1000th 407
- Southern Peninsular Rescue Squad to cease helicopter operations
- EADS unveils diesel-electric helicopter concept
- Boeing buys AW101 rights for Presidential helo bid
- CHC appoints new Australian managing director
- French Navy takes delivery of its first NH90 NFH
- Indian Navy seeks new light utility helos
- Northrop Grumman and Bell to develop Fire-X VUAS
- Eurocopter gets into SHAPE
- Seahawk replacement tender released
- BAE Aus opens engineering hub
- Bell-Boeing to offer V-22 for presidential helicopter?
- Sikorsky/LM team for VXX presidential helicopter program
- Team Romeo proposes Black Hawk/Seahawk refurbishment
- Coaxial contenders for US Army armed aerial scout
- LM's DAGR fires from Kiowa Warrior
- CareFlight pin-points laser culprit
- India combat helicopter's first flight
- Avicopter AC313 flies
- First Bell 429 enters service
- Army Chinooks return to Afghanistan
- Bell appoints new commercial head
- Airservices providing ATC for Formula One
- Army ‘Foxtrot’ Chinook FMS contract signed
- FTA completes Chinese helicopter course
- Boeing bids for Australian Chinook maintenance
- Boeing expands Army support contract
- Minor project changes reflected in updated DCP
- Second pass approval for Army Chinooks
- USAF to buy 112 UH-60Ms
- New US presidential helicopter program takes off
- Praise for Australian made helicopter stretcher system
- Chinook spares contract for Mincham Aviation
- Coroner recommends grounding Rotorway Exec 162s after fatal crash
- First upgraded German CH-53 flies
- USAF to buy more Black Hawks for CSAR-X
- UK orders more Chinooks
- BAE wins ADF helo support work
- CHC Australia EMS/SAR division on the market?
- Presidential helicopter gets reprieve
- MRH sea trials a success
- Boeing signs for ADF aircraft E3 work
- AW149 & AW159 complete first flights
- UK looks to buy 30 Chinooks
- Eurocopter wins MRJ contract
- Boeing submits helicopter bids to India
- Raytheon retains AOSG support contract
- New engine upgrade for Cheyenne I
- ARH Tiger passes T&E milestone
- Echidna cancelled
- “I want a competition” – Aus Aerospace chief on Seahawk replacement
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