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FWX Aviation Releases Three Default Helicopter Improvements for MSFS 2024
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (535+ words) Finn West and FWX Aviation have expanded their helicopter product line for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, releasing three new addons back-to-back that cover default flight dynamics, rotor shadows, and tactile rotor feedback. The releases follow the developer’s EC135 Sound Pack, which launched…...
Unmanned R44 Takes Cargo Offshore
19+ hour, 39+ min ago (287+ words) Mon, Sep 14, 2026 An unmanned R44 recently took on a mission designed for the offshore environment. The demonstration put remote piloting, cargo handling, and elevated deck operations through their paces. For operators moving supplies into demanding environments, the aircraft points toward a…...
Turkish Navy S-70: First Helicopter to Fire L-UMTAS GM
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (419+ words) A Turkish Navy S-70 Seahawk helicopter became the first known helicopter to fire ROKETSAN’s new L-UMTAS GM missile, featuring a range upgrade over L-UMTAS. Turkish MoD announced a test firing of the L-UMTAS GM from an S-70 Seahawk helicopter, marking the…...
Bell XV-15: The Tiltrotor That Made the Osprey Possible
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (961+ words) by Fortuné Leroy | Sep 13, 2026 | Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire | 0 comments At the 1981 Paris Air Show a small orange-and-white aircraft took off vertically like a helicopter, rotated its engines forward, flew past the crowd like an aeroplane, rotated them back, and…...
Bell 47: The First Certified Civil Helicopter
1+ week, 3+ day ago (865+ words) by Connor Kerr | 26 agosto 2026 | Mondo dell'aviazione, Storia e leggende | 0 comments It was also the first helicopter in the world that a civilian could legally buy and fly, and it was designed by a man who spent twelve years alone on…...
Avincis boosts its European fleet with five 214ST helicopters
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (394+ words) Europe’s largest aerial firefighting operator Avincis will get five of the newly modified 214ST helicopters from Australia’s McDermott Aviation. At the tail end of a demanding European wildfire season, Avincis has signed a Letter of Intention for five of the McDermott…...
EDGE delivers HT-100 uncrewed helicopters to Angola
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (388+ words) Today is: September 10, 2026 The EDGE Group has built three BR71 MK II corvettes for the Angolan Navy and has now delivered new HT-100 uncrewed helicopters to the force. The helicopters should help Angola to police its waters more sustainably than crewed…...
Heads Up, Southwest Michigan! Low-Flying Helicopters Are No Cause For Alarm
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (182+ words) I'm not sure if it's the power company's doing, the homeowners, the city, or just a bizarre coincidence, but I can't go anywhere around town without having to skirt around a maintenance crew and all their trucks. I know it's…...
Why Did The U.S. Army Just Spent $472 Million on a 1960s Helicopter?
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (262+ words) The U.S. Army is investing $472 million to modernize the CH-47 Chinook, upgrading its avionics and digital systems as the 1960s-era helicopter heads toward the 2040s. The CH-47 Chinook first flew in 1961 and entered U.S. Army service in 1962. More than six decades later, the…...
Don’t Be Alarmed by Low Flying Helicopters in Southwest Michigan
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (182+ words) I'm not sure if it's the power company's doing, the homeowners, the city, or just a bizarre coincidence, but I can't go anywhere around town without having to skirt around a maintenance crew and all their trucks. I know it's…...