Farnborough 2008 Show News - July 15, 2008 - (Page 38) FA R N B O R O U G H 2 0 0 8 S-76C++ Sikorsky Machine: Fit for a Queen Few, indeed, are the aircraft manufacturers privileged to report receipt of a contract signed by an official with the magnificent, munificent title of Keeper of the Privy Purse. Sikorsky (Hall 4, Stand F14), by appointment to Her Majesty The Queen, has been honoured to be commanded to supply one S-76C++ helicopter to replace the current S-76C+ of the Royal Household in August 2009. Furthermore, the Connecticut company has been advised that Her Majesty is minded to entrust her royal person to an S-76D at the appropriate juncture. Meanwhile, sales of the current S-76C++ continue, with Sikorsky being selected by Heli Malongo to provide three for its new oilfield-support search and rescue service in Angola—the first SAR operation in that country. Heli Union will expand its fleet with the purchase of two S-76C++s for An appropriately royal arrival at Balmoral. offshore oil missions. Delivery corporate VIP missions. Delivery is will be by the third quarter of expected in early 2011. In addition 2010 to support Heli Union’s to the VIP version, the contract includes options for two additional operations around the world. Peel Holdings Ltd., a UK- helicopters for offshore oil missions. Two S-92s have been sold to the based property and transport company, has signed a contract to International Handling Company purchase an S-76C++, the seventh Limited (IHC) for offshore oil opersuch contract to be executed by a ations. Delivery of the first aircraft is expected to take place in 2010, and UK customer. The larger Sikorsky S-92 is also the contract includes the option to picking up more orders, includ- purchase four additional S-92s coning one by the state-owned airline figured for similar missions. of the Republic of Azerbaijan for —Paul Jackson Sikorsky reports recent sales of the S92 to Azerbaijan and IHC. Teams from the Horsforth Secondary School in Yorkshire (left) and Enloe High School in Raleigh, North Carolina will face off this week This Is Rocket Science: Friday Fun at Farnborough Too Two rocketry teams from secondary schools in the U.S. and Britain will be facing off at the Farnborough Air Show on Friday, July 18, for a rocket launching test. The program is aimed at encouraging students to take up careers in science and engineering. The U.S. team from Enloe High School in Raleigh, N.C., competed in a group of several hundred teams to make the cut for the trip to Farnborough. The team from Horsforth Secondary School in Yorkshire prevailed in a similar UK-wide competition. The teams have built rockets to test here at Farnborough to lift two raw eggs to exactly 750 ft and bring the payload back intact to the ground in exactly 45 seconds. The prize is the “Transatlantic Trophy,” with cross-pond bragging rights included. The British team won the UKAYRoC competition in Britain, which was organized by Tri Polus Ltd, the UK Rocketry Association, Space Connections and the Royal Aeronautical Society. It is based on the U.S. Team America Rocketry Challenge, organized by the U.S. Aerospace Industries Association and National Association of Rocketry. Both contests are helping to spark student interest in science and aerospace, says Sir Geoffrey Pattie, chairman of the UKAYRoC competition. 38 July 15, 2008 www.aviationweek.com/shownews http://www.aviationweek.com/shownews
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