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Business/Financial

Cobham Aviation Venture Wins Helicopter Training For Albanian MoD

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, August 1st, 2012

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Cobham Aviation Services joint venture FB Heliservices has been awarded a two-year contract to provide helicopter flying training to the Albanian Ministry of Defense. FB Heliservices will provide a series of courses that will provide multiengine type conversion, glass cockpit familiarization, instrument flying and Search And Rescue training to 12 Albanian Air Force pilots and Search and Rescue training only to four helicopter crew members. FB Heliservices Limited is a joint venture company jointly owned by Bristow Helicopters and Cobham…

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