HANGAR TALK Industry news relevant to your business
Keystone Turbine Services Gains Dual M250-C47E Testing Certification
Keystone Turbine Services LLC recently announced its two all-digital engine test cells are now fully OEM correlated, and certified for testing the complete series of M250-C47E FADEC engines for both pre-testing and final testing services.
“Our team, along with the Test cell manufacturer Test Logic, have invested over $1 million to bring this new capability to both all-digital test cells,” stated John Fraser, general manager of KTS. “We are now the second Rolls-Royce approved AMROC facility in the world certified to test all variants of the M250-C47E engine, and we look forward to providing this new capability to all operators of the M250-C47E model engine.”
David Mast, president and CEO of PAG stated, “We are excited to add this new capability to KTS. The addition of this service increases KTS’s MRO capability by further expanding their full offering to the complete Rolls-Royce M250 product line, including turboprop engines. Like PAG, KTS has a long history of delivering exceptional customer service, industry leading products, and cost-effective repair solutions to its customers. Through the addition of our new testing capability, we’re now better equipped to provide Rolls-Royce M250-C47E operators complete support to include available rental engine assets.”
LCI and SMFL Expand Helicopter Leasing Joint Venture with $120 Million Fleet Growth
LC and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Company have acquired and committed to an additional 12 next-generation helicopters within their helicopter leasing joint venture.
The helicopters, which are worth in excess of $120 million, represent a more than 50% expansion of the joint venture’s fleet less than a year after it was launched.
The new aircraft are four Airbus Helicopters H145s, three Leonardo AW139s and five Leonardo AW169 helicopters. They join the 19 helicopters already owned by the vehicle that are leased across the globe on missions including emergency medical services (EMS), search and rescue (SAR), and transportation to offshore wind farms.
Jaspal Jandu, chief executive officer of LCI, says: “The LCI and SMFL joint venture was purposefully created to offer a wide range of leasing and financing options to the helicopter industry on efficient and flexible terms. These latest acquisitions, so soon after the vehicle’s launch, further validate our efforts and represent a wider vote of continuing investor confidence in the helicopter leasing marketplace.”
BY THE NUMBERS 3,500,000
The U.S. dollar (USD) amount donated by military rotorcraft manufacturer Boeing to a new Space Camp Operations Center at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. It’s the largest single donation in rocket center history. The 40,600-square-foot center will include a 1,000- seat auditorium, 10 classrooms and laboratories, and provide a permanent home for the center’s U.S. Cyber Camp. Interested campers launch their aviation-themed adventures at
spacecamp.com.
38 Sept/Oct 2021
817,603,236
The worldwide grand total in USD, reported by GAMA in September, for general aviation helicopter billings in Q2 of this year; 213 aircraft were shipped during the quarter.
300,000,000
The USD value of Children’s Hospital’s newly opened complex in New Orleans. The grand opening invitations feature a smiling pop-up cartoon helicopter landing on the hospital roof. The actual helicopter, named Abby, was the subject of a recent noise and nuisance lawsuit that neighbors filed against the hospital. Now cartoon hospital helicopters even “troll.” (Just sayin’)
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83
