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Airbus Helicopters
Airbus Helicopters SAS (formerly Eurocopter Group, renamed 2 January 2014) is the helicopter manufacturing division of Airbus SE. It is the largest in the industry in terms of revenues and turbine helicopter deliveries. Its head office is located at Marseille Provence Airport in Marignane, France, near Marseille. The main facilities of Airbus Helicopters are at its headquarters in Marignane, France and in Donauwörth, Germany, with additional production plants in Brazil (Helibras; Itajubá, MG), Australia, Spain and the United States.
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Airbus Helicopters H125
The Airbus Helicopters H125 is a single-engine light helicopter originally designed and manufactured in France by Aérospatiale and Eurocopter as AS 350 Écureuil (Squirrel). In North America, the H125 is marketed as the AStar.
Airbus Helicopters H125, registration HB-ZTE, built 2014, serial number 7868
Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 24 July 2016
Airbus Helicopters H125, registration HB-ZTE, built 2014, serial number 7868
Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 13 July 2017
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Airbus Helicopters H130
The Airbus Helicopters H130 (former Eurocopter EC130) is a single engine light utility helicopter. It uses an automatically varying three-bladed Starflex main rotor which is matched to an enclosed tail fan anti-torque device, known as a Fenestron, the latter feature replacing the traditional tail rotor found on the older AS350. The Fenestron has unevenly spaced blades to reduce noise generation by 50% compared to a tail rotor.
Airbus Helicopters H130 T2, registration F-HAMM, built 2017, serial number 8392
Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 5 April 2022
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Airbus Helicopters H135
Airbus Helicopters H135 (former Eurocopter EC135) is a twin-engine civil light utility helicopter produced by Airbus Helicopters (formerly known as Eurocopter). It is capable of flight under instrument flight rules (IFR) and is outfitted with a digital automatic flight control system (AFCS). First flying on 15 February 1994, it entered service in 1996 and 1,300 have been delivered up to January 2018 to 300 operators in 60 countries, accumulating over 4.5 million flight hours. It is mainly used for helicopter emergency medical services then for corporate transport, law enforcement, offshore wind and military flight training. Half of them are in Europe and a quarter in North America. The Eurocopter EC635 is a military variant.
Airbus Helicopters H135P2+, registration D-HDDL, built 2015, serial number 1200
Den Helder Airport (Maritiem Vliegkamp De Kooy) (DHR/EHKD), Den Helder, Netherlands, 16 September 2017
Airbus Helicopters H135, registration PH-LLN, built 2020, serial number 2115
Nijmegen, Netherlands, 3 June 2020
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Airbus Helicopters H145
The Airbus Helicopters H145 (former Eurocopter EC145) is a twin-engine light utility helicopter developed and manufactured by Eurocopter, which was rebranded as Airbus Helicopters in 2014.
Airbus Helicopters H145, registration D-HBWY, built 2016, serial number 20102
Autobahnkirche, Baden-Baden, Germany, 25 June 2017
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Airbus Helicopters H155
The Airbus Helicopters H155 (former Eurocopter EC155) is a long-range medium-lift passenger transport helicopter developed by Eurocopter from its Dauphin family for civil aviation use. It is a twin-engined aircraft and can carry up to 13 passengers along with 1 or 2 crew, depending on customer configuration. The helicopter is marketed for passenger transport, offshore support, VIP corporate transport and casualty transport duties.
Originally designated AS365 N4, the EC155 was developed from the Eurocopter AS365 N3 Dauphin 2 with the aim of significantly increasing the cabin space of the Dauphin. Development began in September 1996 with the helicopter officially announced by Eurocopter at the Paris Air Show in June 1997. The first EC155 helicopter, a modified Dauphin airframe, made its maiden flight at Marignane on 17 June 1997 and the first pre-production EC155 B flew on 11 March 1998. The aircraft received safety certification by the French & German Civil Aviation Authorities on 11 December 1998 and went into production soon after, with a price tag of US$7–8 million depending on installed equipment.
In 2015, the EC155 was formally renamed to the H155, in line with Eurocopter's corporate rebranding as Airbus Helicopters.
Airbus Helicopters H155 B1, registration F-HEGT, built 2015, serial number 6978
Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 21 February 2018
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Airbus Helicopters H175
The Airbus Helicopters H175 is a 7-ton class medium utility helicopter produced by Airbus Helicopters (formerly Eurocopter Group). In China, the H175 is prouduced by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) as the Avicopter AC352. Originally launched as the Eurocopter EC175 and the Harbin Z-15, it has been referred to as being a 'super-medium' helicopter, and has been often contrasted with the competing AgustaWestland AW189.
Formally launched at Heli-Expo in Houston on 24 February 2008, it was predicted by Airbus Helicopters that approximately 800 to 1,000 EC175s would be sold over an initial 20-year period. It entered service in December 2014; in 2015, the EC175 was formally renamed to the H175, in line with Eurocopter's corporate rebranding as Airbus Helicopters.
Airbus Helicopters H175, registration PH-NHU, built 2014, serial number 5004
Den Helder Airport (Maritiem Vliegkamp De Kooy) (DHR/EHKD), Den Helder, Netherlands, 16 September 2017
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