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Embry-Riddle and Universal Helicopters Solidify Flight Training Partnership in Arizona
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University- Prescott Campus and Universal Helicopters Inc. (UHI) recently announced an extension of their 2010 agreement to exclusively provide helicopter training to Embry-Riddle students. The program is designed to carry students from zero time through
path for students seeking helicopter operation and safety minors. The academic curriculum taken at Embry- Riddle helps prepare students seeking a career in the helicopter industry. Students will study aviation safety, environmental operations,
and advanced helicopter operations. vision device operation, operations in adverse weather, and the management of operations, training, personnel, and maintenance. Since 2010, more than 150 Embry-Riddle students have received helicopter training via UHI’s
“The strong partnership between Universal Helicopters and Embry- Riddle is celebrating its sixth very successful year, and this agreement extends that out into the future,” said Dr. Frank Ayers, Embry-Riddle’s chancellor. “The combination of an Embry-Riddle education and UHI well respected across the rotor-wing industry.”
Embry-Riddle’s Prescott campus and Universal Helicopters inked the deal The agreement will continue facilitating world-class helicopter training in the mountains of Northern Arizona. This relationship allows helicopter
students to obtain the highest quality and even more importantly, obtain an aeronautical degree from the world’s best aeronautical university.
Additionally, this agreement allows students who are military veterans to receive the appropriate Veterans Embry-Riddle and take helicopter It allows students enrolled in the program the opportunity to receive and VA funding to assist with the cost of their training, and allows veterans who qualify for the post-9/11 “Yellow Ribbon” GI Bill program to take their
“Our shared goal of training, educating, and mentoring the superior quality pilots and leaders will continue into the future,” said Dawn Groh, chair of the helicopter program at Embry- Riddle-Prescott. “That is a great industry as a whole.”
From Heli-Expo 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky, Bell Helicopter highlighted its global deliveries as part of its
In 2015, Bell Helicopter delivered 175 aircraft: •52 Bell 429
•12 Bell 412 (EP/EPI) •99 Bell 407 (GX/GXP)
Regional deliveries include: •69 civil aircraft in North America •31 deliveries in Latin America, and
The company also launched the Bell 407GXP and announced the largest helicopter order in Bell Helicopter history for 200 407GXPs to Air Methods Corporation. The
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Advancements to the Bell 412 helped secure a major win in Japan and will serve as the foundation for Japan’s Ministry of Defense UH-X development program. UH-X is a co- development program between Bell Helicopter and Fuji Heavy Industries for approximately 150 helicopters, to be
“2015 was a challenging year for the helicopter industry with ongoing impacts of the decline in oil and gas, continued geopolitical unrest, and global economic uncertainty,” said Mitch Snyder, Bell Helicopter’s president and CEO. “Despite tough market conditions, Bell Helicopter expanded market
progress and received impressive customer response. accumulated nearly 80 letters of intent. The Bell 505 for more than 350 aircraft. The Bell V-280 Valor program hit fuselage to the Bell Helicopter facility in Amarillo, Texas. The V-280 is currently undergoing systems integration and
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