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Keystone Helicopter specializes in full-service engineering, completion and technical support for commercial helicopters, as well as air medical flight operations. CTI, Keystone’s sister company, is a large overhauler of helicopter rotor blades. Sikorsky is one of the premier rotorcraft companies in the world, and United Technologies is an international multi-industry $37 Billion public company. Total employment of the acquired companies is 650 people. Total revenue of the acquired companies is approximately $125 Million in 2005. Keystone Helicopter and CTI will both continue to operate under their respective long standing brand names, as wholly owned subsidiaries of Sikorsky.
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-- Keystone Helicopter recently delivered the newest addition to the New Jersey State Police aircraft fleet. The Sikorsky S-76B(TM) helicopter will perform medical evacuations and support the state's homeland security programs. Keystone is a subsidiary of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company.
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The helicopter contributed directly to at least one revolutionary production technology. As helicopters grew larger and more powerful, the precision calculations needed for engineering the blades, which had exacting requirements, increased exponentially. In 1947, John C. Parsons of Traverse City, Michigan, began looking for ways to speed the engineering of blades produced by his company. Parsons contacted the International Business Machine Corp. and asked to try one of their new main frame office computers. By 1951, Parsons was experimenting with having the computer's calculations actually guide the machine tool. His ideas were ultimately developed into the computer-numerical-control (CNC) machine tool industry that has revolutionized modern production methods.
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Intermeshing rotors on a helicopter are a set of two rotors turning in opposite directions, with each rotor mast mounted on the helicopter with a slight angle to the other so that the blades intermesh without colliding. This configuration is sometimes referred to as a synchropter. Intermeshing rotors have high stability and powerful lifting capability. The arrangement was successfully used in Nazi Germany for a small anti-submarine warfare helicopter, the Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri. During the Cold War, the American company, Kaman Aircraft produced the HH-43 Huskie for the USAF firefighting and rescue missions. The latest Kaman model, the Kaman K-MAX, is a dedicated sky crane design.
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Texas Aviation Services, an industry leader in helicopter and aircraft completions, MRO and maintenance services for over 36 years, proudly announces that Carl "Woody" Woodard, the Founder of the company and its long-serving CEO, has been named Chairman Emeritus. Woody Woodard is a substantial shareholder in the new venture which owns Texas Aviation Services ("TAS"), and will remain active with the company in a consulting role beyond his formal retirement date of December 31, 2007.
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Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., based in Stratford, Conn., USA, is a world leader in helicopter design, manufacturing and service. The company's mission statement reflects its long commitment to safety and innovation: "We pioneer flight solutions that bring people home everywhere...every time(TM)." United Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Conn., USA, provides a broad range of high technology products and support services to the aerospace and building systems industries.
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