The FAA has issued a NOTAM for a temporary flight restriction in the Los Angeles, Calif. area for Wed., Oct. 24, 2012. Remember to get an updated briefing immediately prior to departure.

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Bell has commenced construction for its new global headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas. Bell announced in the case of Eurocopter vs. Bell Helicopter, a three Judge panel of France's Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris ruled that the Bell 429 production skid gear does not infringe Eurocopter's French landing skid gear patent. Bell is participating in the voluntary flight demonstration the week of Oct. 22 with the Bell Helicopter Block II OH-58 Kiowa Warrior.

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The FAA has issued a NOTAM for a temporary flight restriction in the Las Vegas, Nev. area for Wed., Oct. 24, 2012. Remember to get an updated briefing immediately prior to departure.

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Republican members of the U.S. Congress are trying to devise options that would raise revenue while preserving the current top tax rate for high-income earners of 35 percent.

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Ashland, Ore. (Mail Tribune) - A helicopter is scheduled Oct. 23 to begin flying logs to landing sites in the Ashland Creek Watershed and will continue weekday work for about a month.

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Eurocopter has delivered the first two AS550 C3 Fennec helicopters to the Ecuadorian Ministry of Defense. Eurocopter's extensive range of helicopters for naval and maritime missions will take pride of place at Euronaval 2012, to be held Oct. 22-26 at Le Bourget Exhibition Centre near Paris.

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The FAA has issued a NOTAM for temporary flight restrictions in the Denver, Colo. area for Wed., October 24. Remember to get an updated briefing immediately prior to departure.

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Scotland (The Telegraph) - A rescue operation has been launched after a helicopter carrying 19 people ditched in the North Sea - 14 miles west of Fair Isle, between Orkney and Shetland.

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October 22 is the third and final U.S. presidential debate in the close race between President Obama and Mitt Romney.

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The AgustaWestland AW139 fleet operated by Weststar Aviation Services of Malaysia has achieved the milestone of 20,000 flying hours. AgustaWestland has been selected to go forward to the contracting phase for their bid of up to £46 million from Round 3 of the U.K. Government's Regional Growth Fund.

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