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SureFly electric helicopter at Paris Air Show 18.04.2019

A hybrid-powered ‘helicopter as a car’ will be unveiled at this month’s Paris Air Show (from 19-25 June). It’s called the SureFly and can carry two people. The helicopter is being developed by a US company called Workhorse, which has several electric vehicle projects on the go. Workhorse says the SureFly is a personal helicopter/VTOL aircraft designed for safe and easy flight. It has eight independent motors each driving a single carbon fibre propeller, a back-up battery power system, and…

UK’s Helicopter Museum receives FAI accreditation 18.04.2019

The Helicopter Club of Great Britain has successfully nominated the Helicopter Museum in Weston super Mare to be awarded accreditation to the FAI ‘Recommended venue for education’. The museum was founded by Elfan ap Rees back in the late 1950s with the collection expanding so much that it moved in the current museum in 1978. There are more than 80 exhibits on show as well as restoration programmes, in short it is the latest collection of helicopters in the world…

Bell Helicopter unveils air taxi and drone tech 18.04.2019

Drone technology for helicopter propulsion and an electric air taxi – two initiatives announced by Bell Helicopter in the last week although the US helicopter manufacturer has yet to confirm the two are linked. Bell Helicopter is at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week with a concept of the cabin for an electric flying taxi. It’s a modern, almost futuristic styling exercise bearing a strong resemblance to the FCX-001 Concept Helicopter unveiled in March 2017. The…

Marenco Swisshelicopter rebrands as ‘Kopter’ 18.04.2019

So, Andreas, what shall we change our name to? After all, Marenco Swisshelicopter is a bit of a mouthful, even if it does spell out the company name, where we’re from and what it is? Ah, Cecile, what about something really imaginative, left field, out of the box… what about ‘Kopter’? Ok, so that’s a made-up conversation – so far as we know – but, really, is that the best name some of the brightest minds in Switzerland could come…

Garmin launches new helicopter products at Heli-Expo 18.04.2019

Garmin announced three new products at the HAI Heli-Expo annual helicopter industry show which opened in Las Vegas, USA yesterday (26 February). The new products are a new GFC 600H flight control system, G500H TXi touchscreen displays and G1000H NXi integrated flight deck. GFC 600H flight control system Digital flight control solution to improve stability, efficiency and safety Standalone flight control system has superior integration potential with a variety of Garmin flight displays and navigation sources as well as third-party…

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