Winnipeg, Canada (winnipeg.ctvnews.ca) - Emergency crews had to call in the police helicopter Air1 to rescue a woman in the fast-flowing Assiniboine River on May 17.

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AINonline - Signature Flight Support is again handling all helicopter traffic in and out of London's Gatwick Airport after the helicopter aiming point re-opened earlier this month.

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On May 19, the U.S. hit the debt limit. This weekend the Treasury Department stopped issuing State and Local Government securities, part of the agency's "extraordinary measures."

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The U.S. Coast Guard hoisted a person from the water just off Sunset Beach near Warrenton, Ore., on May 17.

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FlightSafety International has received approval from EASA for 49 of its practical maintenance training courses under Regulation 1149/2011 to date; Nigel Warren has joined the company as Regional Sales Manager for Northern Europe; the company's first AgustaWestland AW139 full flight simulator has entered service at the Learning Center in Lafayette, Louisiana.

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Amid continued focus on the Internal Revenue Service and other controversies that have hit the Obama administration, lawmakers this week will take up items that sputtered in the last Congress, with the House set to address the Keystone XL pipeline and the Senate starting debate on its farm bill.

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Chongqing, China (CQNEWS) - Chongqing Helicopter Investment Co., Ltd signed nine agreements on the China International Investment and Global Sourcing Fair on May 16, 2013 and successfully sold nine helicopters "made in Chongqing."

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HAI, along with the General Aviation Manufacturers Association and National Agricultural Aviation Association, filed comments May 20 in support of the portion of U.S. Forrest Service's land management planning rule that would require the inclusion of airstrips in forest management plans.

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Charles Cox, Bell Helicopter's renowned acoustics engineer who oversaw virtually every aspect of that company's efforts to reduce helicopters' sound signatures for 40 years, passed away on May 17. He was 76.

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Southwest Heliservices is looking for a Bell 206B & L utility pilot for the Phoenix/Tucson, Arizona area. Must have 2,000 flight hours - of which 500 must be in Bell 206 series - longline and mountain time.

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