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COLUMNS HELICOPTERS

Flarepath 4
Honeywell forecasts 4100 new civil helicopter deliveries 5
World Air News 46
The airplane-helicopter combo the future always promised 6
Hanger Talk 48
Riding out the storm 7
Bell’s new design could make helicopters quieter – and safer 10
AIRLINES Sikorsky to build heavy-lift helicopters for US 15

HAL plans to produce Apache-like military helicopter in India 15

Emirates announces limited passenger flights 20

Swiss Air-Rescue fly 74 Covid-19 patients 16

UK aviation industry renews calles for government aid 35
Japan coast guard orders 2 more H225 helicopters 16
Turkish ‘moves’ at King Shaka 47

The first civilian version of the half-plane, half-helicopter 42
DRONES MANUFACTURER
Rescue helicopters plea for drone users to comply 12 Airbus cuts production 20

NOAA launch expanded drone programme 26 Embraer BizJet deliveries continue despite Covid-19 27

Smaller may be better 28 - 29

GENERAL
AVIATION
TECHNICAL
Piper builds medical face shields during pandemic 11

Universal Avionics opens its doors 11 Damage from turbulence, upsets can evade inspections 36 - 38

Klasjet offers a solution for workforce transport 39 The arrival of the electronic technical logbook for aircraft 40 - 41

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