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Helicopter Fire Fighting on the Night Shift
In addition to search and rescue, marine pilot transfers, and a variety of other charter work, when there are fires to be fought in the...
Garth Calitz
May 143 min read


Bell Celebrates 6000 Commercial Aircraft Built at Bell Textron Canada Centre
Bell Textron Canada Limited proudly announces the completion of its 6,000th commercial aircraft at the Commercial Delivery and Assembly...
Garth Calitz
May 142 min read


Greece Orders Eight Airbus H215 Helicopters to Combat Forest Fires
Airbus Helicopters has entered into a contract with the Hellenic Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection for the acquisition of...
Garth Calitz
May 143 min read


SAAFM Airshow 2025 – Exposing the Sad Truth
By Garth Calitz Photos by Garth Calitz and Esias Riecket Anyone living in Pretoria will know that the week before the annual SAAF Museum...
Garth Calitz
May 88 min read


Autonomous Black Hawk Helicopter Tests Advanced Aerial Firefighting Technologies
Sikorsky, a division of Lockheed Martin, collaborated with Rain, a prominent entity in the fire technology sector, to evaluate innovative...
Garth Calitz
May 83 min read


Bell Boeing Celebrate US Air Force CV-22 Program of Record
Bell Textron and Boeing celebrate the upcoming completion of the CV-22 Program of Record (POR) for the US Air Force. Boeing and Bell...
Garth Calitz
Apr 302 min read


RAF Retires the Puma Helicopter
The Puma medium support helicopter, a longstanding asset of the U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF), has been officially retired following 54...
Garth Calitz
Apr 23 min read


Bell ‘Purpose-Built’ 505 Jet Ranger For US Army Training
Bell is proposing a specialized instrument flight rules (IFR) version of its Bell 505 Jet Ranger X to address the emerging requirement of...
Garth Calitz
Mar 263 min read


Bell Helicopters Record-Breaking Year in Latin America
Bell Textron Inc. revealed at Verticon 2025 that it achieved a new record for aircraft orders in Latin America during the fiscal year...
Garth Calitz
Mar 192 min read


Robinson Helicopters Releases the Upgraded R66 NxG
Robinson Helicopter Company unveiled two innovative R66 helicopters as part of the updated R66 NxG series at Verticon in Dallas. This...
Garth Calitz
Mar 194 min read
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