News – Nordic Rotors

Helicopter damaged in training incident

By on Mar 16, 2011

A Jet Ranger was damaged during a minor training mishap at Axamo Airport in Jönköping earlier today. The occupants were unharmed, and the cause of the incident is unknown.

Eurocopter launches the new EC 145 T2

By on Mar 07, 2011

The newest member of Eurocopter’s helicopter family was formally launched today with the unveiling of its EC145 T2 (not EC 146 that many speculated) – an evolved version of the popular twin-engine EC1...

Saab starts maintenance ops for Air Ambulance

By on Mar 02, 2011

Yesterday, the agreement signed between defence and security company Saab and Scandinavian Air Ambulance Holding AB (SAA) in December 2010 came into force. At the same time, an order in this eight-yea...

Final landing for the military Vertol 107

By on Mar 02, 2011

The well-known and long-lived workhorse of the Swedish Armed Forces made its very last landing as a military helicopter yesterday. The Vertol 107, designated HKP 4 in the military, has now been retire...

HeliAir buys Flygtjänst o Helikoptertransport

By on Feb 24, 2011

HeliAir Sweden made it official today that they are buying the well-established helicopter company Flygtjänst o Helikoptertransport i Sverige AB. The deal makes the rapidly growing HeliAir one of the...

Finland donates two Mi-8s to international aid

By on Feb 24, 2011

The Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat states that Finland is donating its last two Soviet-built Mil Mi-8 transport helicopters to international crisis management activities. The transition has been...

Longer prison sentences for helicopter robbers

By on Feb 16, 2011

Today three of the seven felons that were convicted for the spectacular helicopter heist got their sentences strengthened by the Svea Court of Appeal. The pilot was sentenced to eight years in prison...

Helicopter crews ordered to Afghanistan

By on Jan 29, 2011

The chief of the Swedish Armed Forces Helicopter Wing, colonel Magnus Westerlund, has ordered all personnel in the international medevac unit to go to Afghanistan. The Armed Forces has published a pre...

Emergency floats approved for the Cabri G2

By on Jan 26, 2011

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has granted Hélicoptères Guimbal the final approval for the installation of an emergency flotation system on the Cabri G2 helicopter. The system, which will...

Armed Forces sends two Super Pumas to Africa

By on Jan 22, 2011

The Swedish Armed Forces Helicopter Wing has sent two HKP 10 Super Puma helicopters to Africa for crew training. The helicopters left the F21 Air Force Base in a chartered Antonov An-124 this Thursday...