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Relentless Pressure Bell’S High-Tech 525 VOLUME 15 NUMBER 1 FEB/MAR 2021 WWW.ROTORHUB.COM Relentless pressure Bell’s high-tech 525 HEMS IN THE BLADES AND MORE POWER, HIGHLANDS BRAWN MR SCOTT! Gama Aviation Heavy-lift helos Engine development Bleed_Rotorhub-Ad-Jan2020-HighRes.pdf 1 27/01/2021 10:30:05 Untitled-1 1 27/01/2021 10:48:17 CONTENTS EDITORIAL Tel: +44 1252 545993 5 EDITORIAL COMMENT Page 30 Managing Editor Increasing that crossover connection Glenn Sands [email protected] 6 NEWS Contributors Gordon Arthur, Peter Donaldson, • Airbus reveals helicopter test bed Michael Doran, Emma Kelly • Colombia picks AW139 for head-of-state ADVERTISING SALES AND MARKETING transport Tel: +44 1252 545993 • AW169 set for VIP operations in Mexico Publisher Mark Howells • Mongolia to create helicopter SAR centre [email protected] • Volocopter outlines Singapore air taxi plans Sales Manager • NHV leases H145s from Milestone Shelley Potts [email protected] • Chinese AW169 aids Antarctic medevac FEATURE Marketing and Communications Manager 30 ROTORS FOR RENT Emma Walker [email protected] FEATURE The helicopter leasing sector hasn’t had an PRODUCTION AND DESIGN 10 RELENTLESS PRESSURE easy time of it in recent years, with aircraft With a state-of-the-art fly-by-wire system and values hit hard and COVID-19 now having an Production Manager David Rogers a cruise speed of 296 km/h, Bell’s 525 impact as well. Leading lessors explain how Tel: +44 7986 658483 [email protected] Relentless is set to turn the offshore and VIP they plan to prosper despite the testing Production and Design Editor helicopter markets on their heads. market conditions. Steve Lodewyke Tel: +44 1252 545993 [email protected] FEATURE FEATURE Graphic Designer 16 HEMS IN THE HIGHLANDS 35 MORE POWER, MR SCOTT! Paul Firth [email protected] Providing an aeromedical service in one of the We are on the threshold of a power revolution most challenging regions of the UK requires for the helicopter. The conventional turbine CIRCULATION commitment, highly experienced personnel engine may soon be running on biofuel or Subscription Enquiries Tel: +44 1252 545993 and specialist equipment. Gama Aviation be replaced altogether by a hybrid electric [email protected] showed it had all three when it took over HEMS powerplant. Engine manufacturers outline MANAGEMENT operations for the Scottish Ambulance Service. the possibilities. [email protected] Managing Director Mark Howells FEATURE FEATURE Director 21 KEEPING BUSY 40 CITY HIGH FLYERS Becky Howells The Asia-Pacific civil helicopter market has There are still hurdles to overcome, but RotorHub is published six times per year – come through the challenges of the last year in commercial urban air mobility services no in February/March, April/May, June/July, August/September, October/November and a much better state than many anticipated, longer seem a distant prospect, as developers December/January – by HMG Aerospace Ltd. Distribution of RotorHub is carefully controlled according to Asian Sky Group VP Nadav look to turn long-envisioned eVTOL concepts for industry-related individuals. Non-qualifiers Kessler, who spoke to RotorHub about the into practical transport solutions. can subscribe annually for £90. state of the industry in the region. Articles and information contained in this publication are the copyright of HMG Aerospace FEATURE Ltd and may not be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the publisher. FEATURE 44 A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE Design and layout by 24 BLADES AND BRAWN The first in a regular series of articles in which Vivid Associates Ltd – vividassociates.com The load-lifting prowess of helicopters has the European Helicopter Association will Printed by made them essential tools in the construction, provide updates on some of the issues The Manson Group, St Albans, UK energy and utilities sectors, among others. affecting the European rotorcraft community. © HMG Aerospace Ltd 2021 ISSN 1754-520X OEMs and operators discuss the types that carry out this vital work. FIVE QUESTIONS TO... 46 ... DART AEROSPACE’S ALAIN MADORE RotorHub finds out how DART Aerospace became a major player in the helicopter aftermarket by talking to its president and HMG Aerospace Ltd CEO, Alain Madore. The Hub, Fowler Avenue, Farnborough Business Park, Farnborough, GU14 7JF, United Kingdom Front cover: Bell is confident that the 525 Tel: +44 1252 545993 Relentless will finally achieve FAA certification Page 24 this year. (Photo: Bell) WWW.ROTORHUB.COM VOLUME 15 NUMBER 1 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2021 ROTORHUB WWW.ROTORHUB.COM 3 SET YOUR SIGHTS ON A NEW MISSION Air and Marine Operations is hiring. Join an elite team of pilots and Aviation Enforcement Agents to discover new ways to make a difference for your country and your future. SIGN UP FOR OUR TALENT NETWORK AT cbp.gov/fly COMMENT In the next issue • Pilot training • EMS interiors • MRO services • Rotor blade technology Glenn Sands, Managing Editor Increasing that crossover connection It might be just outside of RotorHub’s providing the advantages of fly-by-wire, and the current US Army programmes may regular coverage, but I can’t help keeping which is only now appearing on a civil well be it. an eye on the US Army’s Future Vertical Lift production helicopter. I recall watching a documentary an awfully programme and wondering how long it will While current commercial platforms are long time ago on American helicopter be until some of the technology involved no doubt capable and becoming ever better manufacturer Sikorsky. During the begins to appear within these pages as it equipped, the speeds of civil helicopters programme, Igor Sikorsky was asked: “Will a crosses into civilian markets. It is easy to have not really improved much beyond helicopter ever fly faster than an aeroplane?” imagine this developing military tech finding those first attained back in the 1960s. It’s His reply was: “Of course not.” I wonder its way into commercial HEMS operations, as if all those within the helicopter world what he’d think now as the next generation for instance, significantly changing the way have been waiting for the next ‘big thing’, of rotorcraft begin to take flight. these life-saving missions are conducted. ▪ The current testing of Bell’s V-280 Valor Some commercial and parapublic operators will be and the joint Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant jealously eyeing the capabilities of the US military’s is demonstrating how far the helicopter’s Future Vertical Lift rotorcraft. (Photo: Bell) capabilities have come, and the potential that both these programmes are offering looks set to revolutionise the way helicopters and tiltrotors will be operated in the future. The big question for the civil sector is how long it will be before it gets to benefit from the capabilities now being developed for the military. Waiting game There is no doubting the appeal of this cutting-edge technology, and those commercial and parapublic operators with big enough budgets will most likely be interested in adopting it at some point down the road. With it will come an increased capability that may allow a HEMS platform to attain a speed of 370 km/h while WWW.ROTORHUB.COM VOLUME 15 NUMBER 1 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2021 ROTORHUB 5 NEWS Airbus reveals new helicopter test bed Airbus Helicopters has begun in-flight to measure helicopter sound levels in testing on board its Flightlab, a test-bed urban areas, focusing on how buildings Fit for a president: the AW139. aircraft that the OEM will use to mature affect people’s perception of the noise. (Image: Leonardo) new technologies. The results suggested that buildings The Flightlab provides an efficient means play an important role in masking or of quickly testing technologies that could amplifying sound levels, and Airbus later be introduced on Airbus’s helicopter believes its studies will be instrumental Colombia picks range. It can also play a role in developing when the time comes for sound modelling solutions for future eVTOL platforms or and regulation setting, especially in AW139 for fixed-wing aircraft. relation to urban air mobility initiatives. In particular, Airbus will be looking to test In December 2020, Airbus evaluated head-of-state hybrid and electric propulsion technologies a rotor strike alerting system on board on the Flightlab demonstrator. Autonomy is the Flightlab aircraft. Technologies transport another area it wishes to explore, as well as due to be tested this year include an The Leonardo AW139 has been selected technologies that reduce helicopter noise image-detection solution with cameras to be the Republic of Colombia’s new levels, simplify maintenance and improve to enable low-altitude navigation. Airbus presidential transport helicopter. The flight safety. also wants to investigate the viability of a aircraft, which will be outfitted in a special Bruno Even, CEO of Airbus Helicopters, dedicated health and usage monitoring VVIP configuration, will be operated by the commented: “Investing in the future system for light helicopters, as well as an Colombian Air Force. Delivery is expected to remains essential, even in times of crisis, engine back-up system that will provide take place this spring. especially when those innovations bring emergency electric power in the event of The Colombian Air Force will be the first added value to our customers by targeting a turbine failure. military operator of the AW139 in the increased safety, reduced pilot workload Testing on the Flightlab is expected country, but the type has already had and reduced sound levels. Having a to continue in 2022 with the evaluation success in civil transport operations for the dedicated platform to test these new of new ergonomic designs for intuitive oil and gas industry, with Helistar operating technologies brings the future of flight pilot flight controls that should reduce five of them. a step closer and is a clear reflection of workload.
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