Rolls-Royce Forecasts Steady Global Demand For Turbine Helicopters
Expects That 16,900 New Turbine Helicopters Will Be Delivered During Next Ten Years A long-term growth forecast released Sunday by Rolls-Royce at HAI shows the company expects growth in demand for new turbine helicopters. Over the ten-year period beginning 2011, total helicopter deliveries are predicted to be more than 16,900 units.

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Air Force Accepts Delivery Of Last Predator
More Than 800 People On Hand For The Delivery Ceremony The U.S. Air Force accepted MQ-1 Predator tail number 268, the last manufactured for the service, in a ceremony Thursday at General Atomics’ Gray Butte Aeronautical Systems’ Flight Ops Facility.

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Airbus Military Completes A400M Full Scale Fatigue Tests For EASA Certification
The Test Airframe Has Successfully Completed The Number Of Required Simulated Flight-Cycles Airbus Military has successfully completed the number of required simulated flight-cycles on a full scale test airframe to achieve civil type certification of the A400M by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

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Classic Aero-TV: John Snider’s Mosquito — An Affordable Single-Seat Helicopter
Affordable, Experimental Helos Make A Comeback ANN’s Paul Plack had a ball at last month’s popular Rotorcraft Association annual convention and Fly-In in Mentone, In. While there was plenty to see and experience, Paul was particularly impressed with the demo flying of John Snider, the owner of Personal Rotorcraft, LLC and a distributor for the Mosquito kit helicopter line. John’s stunning …

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Babbitt To Speak At Training Reform Symposium
FAA Administrator Will Address Training Challenges The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) recently announced that FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt will deliver a keynote speech during the Pilot Training Reform Symposium in Atlanta.

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