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UAVS: LOW-ALTITUDE DANGERS   February 27, 2015 From AIN, by Kerry Lynch On July 11 last year, a Metro Aviation Airbus Helicopters EC135 was cruising at about 2,800 feet near Baton Rouge, La., when the pilot noticed flashing lights on the horizon. The lights...

PAC COMPLETES ADS-B OUT CERTIFICATION ON AIRBUS EC135 January 21, 2015 PAC International, a Metro Aviation company, completed the installation of a Garmin GTX-330ES extended squitter transponder system in an Airbus EC135 helicopter in December 2014 and received...

METRO COMPLETES STC TO MEET FAA MANDATES FOR THE AS350B3 January 13, 2015 Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast or ADS-B is a hot topic in the aviation industry.  Operators have been diligently working to equip their fleets with the required equipment to meet...

METRO DELIVERS 4TH EC135 TO MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE December 30, 2014 Metro Aviation and the Massachusetts State Police Air Wing have partnered since 2009 and Metro recently delivered the fourth EC135 to the department. "Metro Aviation has integrated the FLIR,...

METRO AVIATION HONORED BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE November 20, 2014 Jim Hill, Area Chair for Northwest Louisiana Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), an office of the Department of Defense, announced that Metro Aviation was honored with an...

metro aviation receives brazilian validation November 11, 2014 As the Brazilian aircraft market grows, Metro Aviation is playing a larger role in helping South American companies get off the ground.  The worldwide completion leader recently received Brazilian...

METRO AVIATION COMPLETES 200TH EC135 October 27, 2014 In 1997, Metro Aviation completed its first Airbus Helicopters EC135 for STAT MedEvac, serial number 0009.  Since then, the worldwide completion leader has customized many EC135’s for air medical, law enforcement,...

STEADY GROWTH FOR METRO AVIATION October 21, 2014 One year after celebrating their 30th anniversary at the 2012 Air Medical Transport Conference, Metro Aviation continues to see growth in its Operations Division. This year, Metro entered into agreements with four new...

METRO AVIATION WELCOMES SURVIVAL FLIGHT September 23, 2014 Metro Aviation began a great relationship with the University of Michigan Health System’s Survival Flight program during the completion of the program’s three Airbus EC155 twin-engine helicopters, delivered in...

HFTC TO ADD FRASCA 407 FLIGHT TRAINING DEVICE September 23, 2014 The simulator bays are humming at the Helicopter Flight Training Center and soon more opportunities will take flight with the addition of a new Flight Training Device (FTD). Training Center officials...

METRO AVIATION WELCOMES MEDLINK AIR TO THE FAMILY September 23, 2014 Metro Aviation is welcoming Gundersen Health System to the Metro Family this fall. MedLink AIR, the emergency medical helicopter for Gundersen Health System, will soon be operated by Metro. The...

HFTC ANNOUNCES COMMLAB FOR COMMUNICATION SPECIALISTS September 23, 2014 Communication Specialists could be called the backbone of the emergency transport industry. From interfacility transfers to precautionary landings, their skills get vehicles where they are needed...

METRO AVIATION CLOSER TO HELISAS STC  September 22, 2014 Metro Aviation successful completed the initial flight test for the Genesys Aerosystems’ HeliSAS Autopilot and Stability Augmentation System on a non-autopilot equipped EC135. The autopilot capabilities, to be...

METRO AVIATION DELIVERS EC135 TO LIFE AIR RESCUE  September 16, 2014 Metro Aviation recently completed an Airbus EC135 for Life Air Rescue, the premiere air medical service in Shreveport, Louisiana. Compared to Life Air’s former helicopter, which had a serial number...

METRO AVIATION DELIVERS AS350 TO TULSA POLICE DEPARTMENT August 7, 2014 Keeping a city of nearly 400,000 residents safe is not an easy task, but it is something that the Tulsa Police Department does on a daily basis. The Air Support Unit of the Tulsa PD recently...