Wednesday, 16 May 2012 12:13

Source: NTSB

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This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

On May 9, 2012, about 0920 eastern daylight time, a Bell 206B-III, N1069Z,impacted terrain near Flora, Indiana, while spraying a wheat field. The pilot, the sole occupant on board, was not injured. The helicopter was substantially damaged.

Monday, 14 May 2012 22:08

Source: JETNET

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JETNET LLC, the world leader in aviation market intelligence, announced it is returning to New York City for its 2012 JETNET iQ Global Business Aviation Summit, to be held June 5-6, 2012. Following on the success of last year’s Summit, this year’s conference theme is “Igniting Ideas. Provoking Change.”

Monday, 14 May 2012 21:46

Source: Blue Hawaiian Helicopters

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Blue Hawaiian Helicopters, the largest and most successful aerial tour company in Hawaii, has installed a solar power system on the roofs of its two Operations Center buildings at the Maui Heliport. The Blue Hawaiian array consists of 432 panels providing 102 kw of power, which handles, on average, 90 percent of Blue Hawaiian's electrical requirements on Maui.

Monday, 14 May 2012 16:52

Source: Telephonics

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Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation (NYSE:GFF), announced today that the U.S. Navy conducted an exercise to demonstrate several Anti Surface Warfare concepts of operation using an MH-60S (Sierra) helicopter in conjunction with a Fire Scout Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The exercise included the use of Telephonics' multi-mode, maritime surveillance radar on the MH-60S.

Monday, 14 May 2012 09:26

Source: Western Area Power Administration

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Western Area Power Administration recently participated in a study to limit any potential impact wind farms may have on radar systems run by the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security.