newsApril 21, 2021Kopter SH09 rebranded as Leonardo AW09
Kopter’s SH09 has been rebranded as the Leonardo AW09, as the program marks its official entry into the Leonardo product range.
newsApril 19, 2021NASA Ingenuity helicopter completes historic first flight on Mars
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has completed its first flight on Mars, becoming the first aircraft to achieve powered flight on another planet in an achievement labelled a “Wright Brothers moment” by the program’s team.
featuresApril 14, 2021A day in the life of a helicopter pilot in the offshore wind turbine sector
Offshore wind farm support is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the helicopter industry. Particularly common in Europe, many of these operations require flights to wind farms in the unpredictable North Sea.
features April 22, 2021 Heavy Haulers
An extended visit with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 462 highlights the lifting capacity of the “Screw Crew” CH-53E Super Stallions.
news April 21, 2021 Exclusive: Hill Helicopters blends form, function in new cockpit concept
With its new digital cockpit concept for the HX50, Hill Helicopters aims to meld the functionality of a helicopter with elegance of luxury cars.
news April 21, 2021 Kopter SH09 rebranded as Leonardo AW09
Kopter’s SH09 has been rebranded as the Leonardo AW09, as the program marks its official entry into the Leonardo product range.
news April 19, 2021 NASA Ingenuity helicopter completes historic first flight on Mars
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has completed its first flight on Mars, becoming the first aircraft to achieve powered flight on another planet in an achievement labelled a “Wright Brothers moment” by the program’s team.
features April 15, 2021 The RCMP’s New Truck
The RCMP’s new Airbus H145 is a high-powered utility vehicle used for everything from mountaintop infrastructure repair to law enforcement and search-and-rescue.
features April 14, 2021 A day in the life of a helicopter pilot in the offshore wind turbine sector
Offshore wind farm support is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the helicopter industry. Particularly common in Europe, many of these operations require flights to wind farms in the unpredictable North Sea.
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Amazing series of photos by Shaun Schofield (@shaunschofield1985 on Instagram) showing a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion and Bell-Boeing MV-22B Osprey from VMM-162 operating at Okehmapton, England, during a flight from the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7).
Check out Hill Helicopters' concept for the digital cockpit in its HX50 helicopter — what do you think?
The Airbus A400M is closing in on certification of its helicopter air-to-air refueling capability. Here, it performs simultaneous refueling of two French Air Force H225M helicopters during recent flight testing.
Have you seen the new issue of Vertical Valor? Here’s a preview of what’s inside. Find it online here: bit.ly/Valor_Spring2021
Leonardo has shipped the fourth AW609 tiltrotor, AC4, from Philadelphia to its headquarters in Italy. The production-representative prototype will remain there to support the final stage of program testing, and will eventually be used to give demos to European operators and other potential customers. Who wants to go for a ride?
