Heike Tamm

Sikorsky, United Rotorcraft prepare for S-70™ FIREHAWK® helicopter demand

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, and United Rotorcraft, a division of Air Methods Corporation, have signed a marketing teaming agreement that formalises how both companies will collaborate to meet growing global interest in the S-70™ FIREHAWK® helicopter. The agreement will enable the team to identify demand and more quickly build and configure new production FIREHAWK […]

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Aero Controls adds 777 flap transmissions repair capability

Aero Controls continues to expand Boeing 777 component repair capabilities with the addition of the SB 777-27A0123 flap transmissions repair which includes inspection and replacement of the ratchet pawls. Customers may provide the top kits PN 005W0134-1 and Aero Controls will provide the labour to repair, service and test the units. In the event there

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Embraer spots gap in cargo market and launches the E190F and E195F P2F conversions

Brazil’s Embraer has announced the launch of its E190F and E195F Passenger to Freight (P2F) conversions with a mid-size jet that, capacity wise, fills a gap between turboprops and narrow-body jet freighter aircraft. The first of its converted aircraft, which is available to any pre-owned E-190 and E-195 jets, should be in service by 2024.

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StandardAero to serve helicopter customers with more MRO offerings after integration of Signature Aviation’s ERO business

StandardAero acquired Signature Aviation’s Engine Repair (ERO) and Overhaul business last year, growing the combined companies’ significant helicopter MRO capabilities to better serve customers with expanded offerings.  The addition of ERO immediately expanded StandardAero’s existing capabilities for providing MRO services for M250, RR300, PT6T, T700 and CT7 helicopter engines and added new OEM licenses for

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Women in Aviation – Elisabeta Zahariade – the plus sides of life as a Junior LMCC Engineer

For Elisabeta Zahariade, a Junior LMCC (Line Maintenance Control Centre) Engineer working with FL Technics Romania, life in the aviation industry started at the coalface. Working in a maintenance hangar, with multiple aircraft in a full-throttle environment, Elisabeta quickly got to understand the complexity of the industry she was about to call her own. However,

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Aventure acquires second Copa Airlines Boeing 737NG for teardown

Aventure Aviation has acquired a second Boeing 737NG, MSN 30460, recently retired by Copa Airlines. The teardown is currently underway in Roswell, New Mexico. Components include the landing gear set, APU and various ATA chapter parts. Aventure’s first Copa Airlines 737NG was acquired in 2021. Aventure is in active discussions with owners, financial institutions, lessors

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Robinson receives two more orders for R66 Police Helicopters from Polk County Sheriff’s Office

Robinson Helicopter Company has received two more R66 Police Helicopter orders from Florida’s Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) less than a year after the department took delivery of its first R66 Police helicopter. Centrally located between Orlando and Tampa, PSCO flies, on average, 1,100 hours each year providing air support for every law enforcement agency

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Chapman Freeborn appoints Hendrik Falk as Senior Vice President of Cargo Americas

Chapman Freeborn, the global air charter specialist and part of Avia Solutions Group, has appointed Hendrik Falk as Senior Vice President of Cargo for the Americas. Born in Germany, Falk spent the majority of his youth in the United States of America. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in International Economics from UCLA, he began his

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Avion Express nominated as long-term ACMI partner for Eurowings

ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance) operator, Avion Express, has announced a new partnership with Lufthansa Group’s Eurowings, a leisure airline headquartered at Cologne Bonn Airport. The cooperation to wet lease 11 A320 aircraft will start at the beginning of the IATA summer season 2022. After a successful and thorough selection process, Avion Express was

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