The future of urban air taxi is closer than you think. This unique interaction with Bell’s future air taxi concept will demonstrate how you can stay connected to every aspect of your life – from takeoff to landing – all while saving your most precious resource: time. This is one experience you won’t want to … More Bell’s future air taxi concept
Officially unveiled on March 4th, just prior to the Heli-Expo 2013 in Las Vegas, USA, the revolutionary AgustaWestland “Project Zero” all-electric tiltrotor technology demonstrator is the result of close collaborations with Finmeccanica companies – Selex ES, Ansaldo Breda, and Ansaldo Energia – and partner companies from Italy, U.K., U.S.A. and Japan. Dr. James Wang, Vice … More Project Zero” All-Electric Tilt Rotor Technology Demonstrator International Collaboration
The most prestigious and long-standing awards in global aerospace honouring achievement, innovation and excellence • Project Zero all-electric tiltrotor team wins another prestigious award. • Invention, design, test and certification of the Obstacle Proximity LIDAR System recognized. • Young engineer’s skills recognized. Finmeccanica – AgustaWestland is pleased to announce that its engineers exceptional work has … More AgustaWestland Engineers Recognized With Three Prestigious Royal Aeronautical Society Awards
By Elaine Brabant http://bcove.me/5cz5fiid The Unmanned Little Bird H-6U is neither your average rotorcraft nor your average unmanned airborne system (UAS). Unlike a traditional helicopter, it can fly without a pilot in the cockpit. And, contrary to its name, Unmanned Little Bird can be flown either fully or partially manned, making it an ideal platform … More Unmanned Helicopter by Boeing
By Mark Phelps / Published: Jan 17, 2013 Related Tags: News, Enstrom RATE IT!or Enlarge Photo Menominee, Michigan-based Enstrom Helicopters is now owned by Chongqing Helicopter Investment Co. Enstrom president Jerry Mullins emphasized that the company’s U.S. presence would continue to grow, saying, “It will provide Enstrom with the needed resources to enhance marketing efforts in China … More Chinese Investment Firm Buys Enstrom
Product Innovation Historically, vertical flight has required a compromise between hover performance and forward speed. If you look at efficiency vs. speed image on the right; the desired helicopter attributes (good hover efficiency, low speed controllability, low downwash, hover endurance) fall to the left of the plot. High disk loading aircraft such as Harriers and … More X2 TECHNOLOGY™ demonstrator
Sikorsky aims to break the helicopter speed record By THOMAS LAWRENCE, DAVID JENNEY / SEPTEMBER 2010 Photo: Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. Speed demon: Sikorsky’s X2 experimental helicopter is, unofficially, the fastest on Earth. To paraphrase helicopter pioneer Igor Sikorsky: If you’re in trouble, an airplane can fly over and drop flowers, but a helicopter can save your life. It can … More Fastest Helicopter on Earth
By David Mercado After being lost for nearly an hour in the north of El Alto, a city at 3,800 meters (12,467 ft) above sea level and one of the poorest and fastest growing in Latin America, we arrived at the home of Jaime Cancari. Jaime and his sons Hugo and Franklin, who like most … More Aviation spirit and the Bolivian Helicopter Rev.00
Sikorsky aims to break the helicopter speed record By Thomas Lawrence, David Jenney To paraphrase helicopter pioneer Igor Sikorsky: If you’re in trouble, an airplane can fly over and drop flowers, but a helicopter can save your life. It can deftly maneuver through tight spots and alight in remote places. It can float next to … More The Fastest Helicopter on Earth
A great idea financed with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars….creates lots of aerospace jobs…sadly the Chinese beat us to it again and they make it cheaper, better, bigger and in more colors…and no delays…take that Boeing! Read more: http://obviousmag.org/en/archives/2010/07/hotelicopter_-_a_hotel_in_a_helicopter.html#ixzz17xWXWEnX
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida – Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s X2 Technology™ demonstrator today unofficially broke the speed record for rotorcraft, achieving a maximum speed of 225 knots in a one-hour test flight at the Development Flight Center. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). X2 Technology demonstrator Chief Pilot Kevin Bredenbeck executed the successful … More X2 Technology™ Demonstrator Achieves 225 Knots, Sets New Top Speed for Helicopter – Target Milestone of 250 Knots Looms in Q3 2010
RIDLEY PARK, Pa., June 7, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that it will secure a license from AgustaWestland for U.S. production of the AW101 medium-lift helicopter as an entry into the U.S. Navy VXX Presidential Helicopter Program. This license will give Boeing full intellectual property, data and production rights for the aircraft in … More Boeing Secures All Rights to AgustaWestland AW101 for US Navy VXX Presidential Helicopter Program
