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approvals will allow Metro to install the latest communication and navigation systems, integrated with the basic EC145 autopilot system, custom medical interior, aftermarket innovations and more.
Metro previously obtained approval for the EC145 air conditioning system. Metro Aviation is scheduled to deliver several aircraft to Brazil in 2015.
Burbank and Glendale, California, Police Joint Air Support Unit Welcomes New MD 520N Helicopter
MD Helicopters (MDHI) recently announced the formal delivery of a new MD 520N helicopter to the Burbank and Glendale Police Joint Air Support Unit in California. With this delivery, Burbank and Glendale will own four MD 520N helicopters.
Able Aerospace Services and Air Evac Lifeteam Expand Partnership
Able Aerospace Services is expanding its partnership with Air Evac Lifeteam. As part of the expanded partnership, Air Evac will transition the airframe maintenance and upgrades currently completed in Air Evac’s West Plains, Missouri, completion center to Able’s facility in Mesa, Arizona. Upgrades will include Garmin glass cockpits and HeliSAS autopilot systems. Additionally, Able will incorporate Air Evac’s EMS mission-specifi c equipment on new aircraft deliveries from Bell Helicopter.
Air Evac currently operates the Bell 206L and Bell 407 at 116 bases in 15 states, providing 24-hour air medical services for rural and medically underserved communities. “Able’s relationship with Air Evac has steadily expanded over the last 10 years. Supporting them through a fl eet-wide avionics/autopilot upgrade represents a natural progression of the partnership. We were able to off er them declining costs over fi ve years and they off er us a large volume of stable, repetitive work. It’s truly a win-win proposition,” said Able Aerospace Services CEO and President Lee Benson.
As Air Evac’s West Plains facility is retired, Able holds key interest in the skills and experience possessed by the employees
Joining the MDHI team at the company’s Mesa, Arizona, headquarters were Lt. Stewart Brackin and Sgt. Rich Phillips, Glendale
Police Department; Captain
Mike Albanese and Pilot Steve Conaway, Burbank Police Department; and Rich Weiser, director of maintenance, Glendale/ Burbank Police Air Support.
“The addition of our fourth MD 520N aircraft to our Joint Air Support Unit reinforces our commitment to providing proactive law enforcement and high quality police services to
our diverse
community,” said Lieutenant Stewart Brackin of the Burbank/Glendale Police Air Support.
“These aircraft are unmatched for their speed, durability, and maneuverability. And, due to the integration of MD
Helicopters’ exclusive NOTAR® technology,
they are much quieter and considerably safer to operate. Our pilots, and the citizens of Glendale and Burbank, really appreciate that.” Together, Chief Scott LaChasse of Burbank PD and Chief Castro of Glendale PD add, “We believe that air support is essential to provide the community and police fi eld personnel a tool that enhances safety and provides effi ciency at a time when personnel and resources
have
been reduced due to staffi ng and budget reductions.”
there. Able held a successful on-site job fair at the West Plains facility last week to recruit displaced Air Evac employees interested in relocation to Able’s Mesa campus.
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