Newsletter Archive

Welcome to the archive section. In this section you will able to read all the newsletters. Below you will see a table with the newsletter issue, date and a brief description.

 

ISSUE 5 August/September 2003

Air-Rescuetek attends EHAC General Assembly

JAA and ICAO (HTSG) update on JAR-OPS 3

Focus on aeromedical CRM

Investigating European accreditation

Sikorsky Australia acquires Helitech

Emergency rescue helicopter service for Western Australia

VTOL urban disaster response design award

Keystone to refurbish Cleveland 's Metro Life Flight fleet

Air Methods announces second quarter financial results

China focuses on aeromedical helicopters

Portugese EH101 to start test flights

Air Force teamwork saves UN lives

UAVs cited for humanitarian/disaster response missions

 

ISSUE 4 March/April 2003

Carlsbad, Texas, to lose EMS helicopter

'Restrictive’ flight rules row flares in Maryland

Arizona air ambulances in profit and growing

Acadian Ambulance adds helicopter service

New attitude hold and hover stabilization system for CSAR/SOF MH-53

Presidential buys Air Ambulance International

AEC recruits ex-Rocky exec for new EMS marketing job

New Jersey State Police achieve 25,000 safe medevac flights

Med-Trans orders five Bell 407s for EMS work
Air Methods initiates independent EMS operation in Huntsville, Alabama

Sheffield University to re-visit UK air ambulance study

Former corporate high-flyer starts medical career

RFD lands AB139 life raft contract

US Navy to buy ELTs

Royal Norwegian Air Force opts for 'new generation' Heliraft

Germany’s Air Lloyd picks OASys obstacle radar

Lockheed Martin Canada pursues C$3.1 billion MHP
Canadian Air Force, USCG rescue pilots will train on E&S simFUSION

Contract for patient monitoring systems

 

SAR INNOVATIONS

Floating radar reflector – patent number CA2248382

External equipment mount for helicopters – patent number RU2191719

US Multi-spectral digital video SAR system – patent number W03001346 

Laser target detector for SAR operations – patent number US6480270

Timing the deployment of lifesaving equipment – patent number GB2375508 

Easier detection of radar transponders – patent number US2002163462 

 

ISSUE 3 February/March 2003

Australia puts base SAR coverage out to tender

More EMS orders for Agusta’s A109 Power

Can Europe really penetrate the US SAR helicopter market?

New UK national fundraising body for air ambulances
Rolls’ 10-year helicopter forecast surprisingly optimistic

Canada funds new SAR technology

Eurocopter increases 2002 turnover by 12% and captures 60% (by value) of worldwide civil/parapublic market.

BP on the back foot over helicopter replacement of rescue boats

MDHI announces 2002 deliveries

Fleet hour agreement for German BO 105 helicopters

US and Chinese police choose Koala

Sikorsky signs MoU on Australian Project Air 9000

Be seen and survive

 

ISSUE 2 November/December 2002

UK Government thinking begins to favour air ambulances

Cash-strapped New Jersey wants five new EMS helicopters

Does the US have enough EMS helicopters to cope with terror attacks?

Sikorsky picks up overhaul and modification contracts

Huey modernisation contract for US Helicopter Inc.

Evergreen wins 5-year Providence contract

FLIR Systems Awarded US$7.8 Million Contract from US National Guard 

Good prospects for Kazan’s SAR Mi-17 in Latin America?

EMS decision-making aid under development in Australia

Tasmania eyes new IR camera

EC 145 flies high in France and Switzerland 

Lockheed awarded contract to support USCG-HC-130J

V22 Osprey tiltrotor back on track?

Emergency helicopter squabbles around the world

Western Victoria, Australia – political football

Manawatu, New Zealand – ‘someone else’s turn’

Ireland, the south east coast – dead men’s shoes

Tallahassee, Florida – “payer ability has to be there”

Norway still open to offers on SAR helicopters?

UK North Sea ‘helicopter versus rescue vessel’ spat shows they need each other

Hong Kong Government Flying Service takes delivery of last EC 155

Survival equipment contract for Peckham

South West UK suffers aerospace staff shortage

Military demand to pace 10-year US$92-billion helicopter market

ISSUE 1  October 2002

H-60 contract for Breeze Eastern

Launch of new aeromedical service in China

US$10m contracts for Royal Danish and Portuguese Air Force SAR

New Canadian SAR Initiatives 2002/3

Air Rescue Northwest Seeks US$43 million

French order for combat SAR

$US1.5 billion contract for H60s

First sale of EC145

New thermal imagers for HC-130

International SAR Requirements

AB139 Debut

Slovenia buys Cougars

Malaysian helicopter requirements

Air Methods buys Rocky Mountain