On January 18th, 2018, Bell and AHS hosted an event for engineering students from local universities called “A Day in the Life of a Bell Engineer” at the Mirabel facility. The students viewed presentations by Steve Dyer, VP of Engineering, Cynthia Garneau, President, Maxime Lapalme from the Innovation team, Norvan Gharabegi from Material & Processes […]

Innovation in the aerospace industry was a topic of lively discussions at the conference of Michel Dion, leader of the Innovation team, which took place a few weeks ago at Concordia University. Innovation: the focus of discussions What will it take for flight to become a mode of daily transportation within and around cities as […]

Turbine engines have transformed aviation since the 1940’s and one that has a long history of powering helicopters is Pratt & Whitney Canada’s legendary PT6 engine. Under the umbrella of AHS Montreal Ottawa Chapter, David Meisels, Senior Product Manager for helicopter marketing at Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC), was at Concordia University on November 21st, […]

One of the many advantages of being a member of the American Helicopter Society (AHS) is the opportunity to attend inspiring talks by industry leaders. Here is a brief review of the presentation given by Scott Drennan, Director, Innovation. The 2017-2018 inaugural event of the AHS’s Montréal-Ottawa Chapter was held on October 12. Scott Drennan, Director, Innovation at […]