“We are very excited about this new agreement, which will give our customers in the European Union quicker access to Biobor JF with fast direct shipping,” says Rick Richardson, aviation sales manager at Hammonds Fuel Additives. “Aviall’s facility is located 20 to 30 minutes north of the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The sales staff in Amsterdam is multi-lingual and ready to service various needs of...

The new Snap-on Industrial catalog has more than 800 pages and includes performance and specifications on all Snap-on Industrial tools and equipment. The catalog is available in bound (BNDCAT1200i) or three-hole (3CAT1200i) format for ease of use. Other features of the new Snap-on Industrial catalog include: • Information on more than 25,000 products • Seven easy-to-access sections, color-coded...

Peerless Electronics Inc., a factory-authorized stocking distributor of electromechanical and interconnect products, has launched an online aerospace eCommerce store. Customers can view at-a-glance status and shop online from product catalogs tailored to the aerospace-specific industry from Peerless’ inventory. Each online product includes specs, technical descriptions, manufacturer hyperlinks,...

Summit Aviation, a Greenwich AeroGroup Company, announces they have been selected by Northrop Grumman to build Faraday cages for Northrop Grumman’s Fire Scout program. Summit Aviation will be responsible for procuring material and tooling, preparing manufacturing planning and quality documentations as well as performing the final assembly. The Faraday Cage is a subassembly that is installed on...

Bell Helicopter announces that it has received its airworthiness certificate from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for the Bell 429. The certification follows the first complete assembly and successful flight testing of a 429 at a CAAC 145 service facility. “We are very excited to see the first operational and serviceable Bell 429 in China,” says Eric Cardinali, Bell Helicopter’s...

Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) near Washington, D.C., recently took delivery of its second new Bell 429 light-twin law enforcement/EMS helicopter equipped with Becker Avionics DVCS6100 Digital Audio System. The FCPD’s aviation unit received its first Bell 429 in December of 2011 and has since logged 600 flight hours and executed 900 missions to protect and support the 1.2 million people...

Airborne Energy Solutions (AES), with headquarters in Whitecourt, AB, recently looked for a system and a company that was reliable and provided technical and hardware support, as well as updated software. This led AES to choose the ISAT-200 for its install. “The SkyTrac system has no borders or boundaries and allows us to monitor our aircraft, crews and clients wherever the mission takes us,”...

Component Control announces that its iPhone App for StockMarket.aero is now available for download from the Apple Store. The StockMarket.aero iPhone App, the only free aviation parts eMarketplace App currently available, allows StockMarket.aero members access to more than 40 million qualified line items of aviation inventory and capability. “We believe the StockMarket.aero App will become an...

American Eurocopter announces that it delivered an EC145 to the University of Utah’s AirMed Program. AirMed currently has a fleet of four helicopters. This is the program’s first Eurocopter aircraft and will be providing a much-needed upgrade to one of its older aircraft. “We were getting to the point where it wasn’t cost effective to operate our other helicopter, and we needed to make a change...

For more than 50 years, Helicopter Association International (HAI) has recognized through the Salute to Excellence Awards program the outstanding achievements and exceptional merits of individuals and organizations in the international helicopter community. By acknowledging those who go above and beyond the call of duty, these awards encourage the highest standards of professionalism in our...