Log Hours for the iPhone is now available on the Apple Store. Flying an aircraft as a pilot one needs to log flight hours in a logbook. Even as a crew member or mechanic one needs to keep track of hours. Doing so errors can occur while with the Log Hours, an application that efficiently…
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“Heliports” application for the iPhone
Heliports for the iPhone is now available on the Apple Store (Only on Greek Apple Store). All data regarding helicopter flights in Greece such as heliport locations, contact telephones, photos of landing sites, fast route calculations, sunrise and sunset, airport hours of service etc, available with just a click on your iPhone. No wifi or…
Helitech 2009 – 100% Helicopters
Helitech is the largest European dedicated helicopter exhibition representing every tier of the helicopter supply chain. No other helicopter event offers you a face to face business platform with so many focused qualified buyers of helicopters, helicopter products and services, parts and accessories. Thursday, October 1st, 2009 The buoyancy of the rotary wing sector was highlighted…
New deal for GA in Greece
AOPA-Hellas has struck an agreement with the Greek handling agency Olympic Handling for reduced handling fees for general aviation at all Greek provincial airports. A flat fee of €32 now applies to private aircraft up to 2,000 kg MTOW. AOPA has also negotiated a discount for IAOPA members on handling fees with Goldair at Athens…
Helitech, 22-24 September 2009
The helicopter community will be networking face to face at Helitech Duxford, 22-24 September. No other helicopter event offers you a face to face business platform with so many focused qualified buyers of helicopters, helicopter products and services, parts and accessories. Helitech is fielding one of its largest ever displays of static helicopters this year….
EASA plans its change of direction
A series of meetings involving the European Commission, EASA and its Board of Management is establishing exactly how EASA is going to comply with the EC’s demand for a change of direction, and a reversion to ICAO and JAR rules where it is desirable. Sources say EASA will be instructed to put general aviation to…
More, cheaper AVGas in Greece
Hellenic CAA has announced a radical change in the refuelling situation in Greece which will further help to boost general aviation in Greece. Under old legislation, all general aviation refueling in Greece was by law restricted to big international oil companies like BP and Shell for ‘safety reasons’. Since demand for such fuel was very…
Canadian Cougar S-92 ditches in Atlantic
Two life-rafts found near where a helicopter carrying offshore oil workers crashed into the Atlantic Ocean were empty, a search and rescue official said Thursday. One man, Robert Decker, was recovered alive from where a Cougar Helicopters chopper went down with 18 people aboard Thursday, after issuing a mayday and an alert about technical problems…
HELI-EXPO 2009 Fly-In Report
Aircraft and crew arriving for HELI-EXPO 2009 in Anaheim, California were met with perfect weather conditions both today and yesterday (February 18-19). The sun was shining in a cloudless sky and the only wind to speak of was generated by whooshing rotor blades as the helicopters came in to land. On-lookers lined the streets and…