The World of Aviation

Sikorsky has announced the sale of 23 S-92 and seven S-76D helicopters to leasing company Milestone Aviation Group. The deal also includes options on 14 S-92s and 10 S-76Ds. Sikorsky said is expects to begin deliveries of the helicopters in in 2013. “The global appetite for oil continues to drive significant growth in demand for

As many as 200 aircraft will retrace trail of the first crossing of the Blue Mountains in what organisers say could be among the largest flyovers in Australian history. Scheduled for May 25, the event will be part of the Blue Mountains Crossings Bicentenary 2013-2015 program marking the first recognised European crossing of the mountains

AgustaWestland has unveiled the world’s first electric tilt-rotor to demonstrate what the company sees as the future of rotorcraft. The hitherto secret ‘Project Zero’ made its first unmanned tethered flight in June 2011 at AugstaWestland’s Cascina Costa facility in Italy and has since performed several untethered hover flights inside a ‘secured area,’ the company says.

Cessna says its TTx single-engine composite aircraft has made a successful first production flight in the US state of Kansas. The company said the aircraft reached an altitude of 17,000 feet and a speed of 213 knots during the flight. Described as the world’s fastest fixed gear, single engine piston aircraft, the TTx has an

Bombardier has taken the wraps off its high-stakes challenge to Boeing and Airbus’ dominance of the single aisle market, unveiling its CSeries jet this week and promising a first flight by June. “It’s not a paper airplane, it’s a real airplane,” the Canadian jetmaker’s president, Mike Arcamone, said during a press event at Bombardier headquarters

The initial production version of Cessna’s New Citation Sovereign has rolled off the line as the first of six new aircraft Cessna hopes to bring to market this year. The newest Citation comes with a range of 3,000nm and features improved cabin cooling, Garmin G5000 avionice with auto throttles and a new cabin management system.