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CHINA - THE REASON FOR GROWTH 1975 AB 206 PROJECT
1983 AW109A MKII
SN: 7298, Reg: N-109WF, Hours: 3032, Pilot/Nav instruments with HSI Collins Proline avionics including:Dual VHF's Transponder ADF Marker beacon receiver DME Encoding Altimeter (No 1) Radar Altimeter (No 2), Green Leather trim Green carpets.
Contact:Richard Briggs Tel: +44 (0)1673 863 525 Email: rmb@skydock.co.uk www.skydock.co.uk
5700 hours, Good Avionics, new leather interior, wire strike kit , Fuel range extender, High skid , new O/H transmission needs turbine work and straps Price: £125.000
- Sky's the limit for helicopters as military airspace restriction under 4,000 metres is eased from Chris Davis (China Daily)
Contact Richard Briggs - SKYDOCK Tel: +44 (0) 1673 863 525 Email: rmb@skydock.co.uk www.skydock.co.uk
Chinese Bell 407 one of the most popular helicopters in use.
1990 AGUSTA A109C
Price: Make Offer Contact: Steven Vancoillie Tel: +32 (0) 477 544 285 Email: Steven@Vancoillie-aviation.be
1982 BELL 206B III
S/N:3651, TT:9800, Reg:D-HHKW, NEW Standardaero Turbine, new paint and interior, floats, LH-sliding door, new 36months TT-straps, superb conditions, all AD’s and SB’s, Location: Germany. Price: Euro 610,000 excl VAT
Contact: Patrick - CityCopter GmbH Tel: +49 (0) 1703 410 098 Email: fly@citycopter.de
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1991 AGUSTA A109C S/N 7650, Reg. N109TK, TT 3466,Pilot/Co-Pilot Windshield Wipers, Aux.,Fuel Tank, Heater, Soundproofing, Open Door, Actuators, First Aid Kit, Fire Ext., Co-Pilot Instruments, Dual Controls, Rotor Brake, Chip Detectors, Baggage Bay Extender, AFCS with Flight Director with Autotrim, Sperry Duplex 3 Axis, Dual Markers–Logic PME 30-5, Pilot & Co-Pilot EHSI–Collins HPU74B, Dual ICS, Dual VHF Comm–Collins VHF 22A, Dual VHF Nav–Collins VIR 32, ADF–Collins ADF60A, DME, Transponder,GPS, Radio Altimeter, Weather Radar, Location UK, Price £669,427 excl. VAT
Botany Aviation Ltd. Shiona Lowton or Paula McConnell +44 (0) 1257 263 010 tknowles@first-investments.co.uk
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2003 EC 120B COLIBRI SN:1358, TSN: 1183, Avionics: Garmin GMA 340 Audio Panel, Garmin GNS 430 GPS/NAV/COM, Bendix King KY196A COM, Kannad 406 AF Compact ELT 406MHz, Garmin GTX328 S mode transponder, Bendix King KCS55A HSI, Additional equipment: Garmin GPSMAP695 Moving map, JVC EXAD DVD player, Floatation gear fixed features, Notes: Offered with Valid EASA C of A. We offer this Aircraft: AS IS Ex-works Czech republic. Availability: Immediate, Price: Make Offer
Contact: LD Aviation Prague. s.r.o. Jaroslav Najman Tel: +420 (0) 602 210638 Email: jnajman@ldap.cz www.ldap.aero
1995 AGUSTA A-109-C
S/N: 765, Registration: EC-GCQ, Total Time: 1579 h
Contact: Aero Capital A.S. Tel: +33 (0) 144 707 214 Contact: contact@aero-capital.com www.aero-capital.com
booming demand for whirlybirds in the world's second-largest economy. Eurocopter Group, the world's largest helicopter manufacturer, established an office in China in 2006. Of the fewer than 300 helicopters in general aviation in China, 98 are Eurocopter products, and 14 of them are the $4 million-to-$5 million EC 135 luxury model, which has a non-stop range of 570 miles. Texas-based-based Bell Helicopter entered China in 1979 with eight helicopters and now sells three models there. "China presents the largest potential growth market in rotorcraft history," a Bell spokesman wrote in response to e-mailed questions from China Daily.
BELL
SN: 7622, TTAF:2090, VIP interior with leather, alcantara & wood accents, airco (ECS), Bose, IFR equipped, mode S, fixed parts floats, 406 ELT, aux fuel tank, particle separators, autopilot ,fire extinguishers, windshield wipers, excellent component times, Dual EHSI 74, Dual AG-06 Audio Intercom, Beckers mode S transponder, Rotor brake, DVD, iphone connection, Fixed parts for floats, External power receptacle, Dual controls. Located: Belgium
OCTOBER 2013
General aviation helicopters like the Bell 407 (pictured) are coming on strong in China, as the military's restrictions on air space under 4,000 meters eases and people are looking for new ways to spend their money getting from point A to B. Several unique factors make China an ideal market for helicopters, whose numbers there are expected to skyrocket over the next 20 years. Courtesy of Bell Helicopter and other western manufacturers. With the opening of its air space, China will become the world's biggest market for helicopters, though it will need to address problems, including a lack of pilots and red tape over delivering the aircraft, reports Chris Davis from New York. When it comes to the prospects for general aviation in China - "general aviation" being anything flying that is not military or commercial - the sky's the limit. Literally. China's military has complete control of the airspace and has been fairly restrictive over its use. Now that is changing. Plans to open the airspace up to 4,000 meters Part of China's current five-year plan, according to Jens Hennig, vice-president of operations for the Washingtonbased General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), the industry trade group representing non-military and non-airliner aircraft manufacturers, chiefly in the United States. That fairly low ceiling coupled with China's relative scarcity of air strips make one type of private flying machine more preferable than any other - the helicopter. China is poised to become the world's biggest market for helicopters, though the country needs instructors, pilots, maintenance technicians and less bureaucracy for companies seeking to deliver the rotorcraft. Chinese customers are showing "significant interest" in acquiring helicopters, Hennig said, and that interest will be on display when 250 companies from around the world will have shown their products at the China Helicopter Exposition from Sept 5-8 in Tianjin.
Sikorsky said it has been "highly successful in China for the past decade", noting that there are 31 S-76s and four S-92s in various configurations plying the skies over China. There were only 298 privately owned helicopters in China in 2012, according to the latest figures from the Chinese Aircraft Registry. By way of contrast, the Federal Aviation Administration counted 10,102 in the US in the same year. China's newfound attraction to helicopters has a number of reasons; a rash of natural disasters is one. "Devastating earthquakes like the ones in Sichuan in 2008 and 2013 provide prime examples of how helicopters can access toppled buildings, blocked roads and destroyed railways and bridges," the Bell spokesman wrote in his e-mail. "Helicopter emergency medical-service providers can travel roughly twice the speed of a ground ambulance. Factoring in traffic in densely populated areas, helicopter transport is significantly faster." "We are truly feeling the warmth of the fastgrowing helicopter market here," Ed Beyer, vice-president of Sikorsky Global Helicopters, said at last year's Airshow China when the company signed two contracts with Ruili Jingcheng Group, a private conglomerate based in Ruili, Yunnan province in southwestern China. Beyer called the deal a major milestone for Sikorsky's business development in China. The contracts were for the first-ever sale of a Sikorsky S-92 helicopter to a private Chinese operator and the first-ever Sikorsky S-76D helicopter sale into China. Both aircraft are most commonly used to shuttle to offshore oil rigs but will be configured for airline use. Ruili Jingcheng Group is expanding its business in the aviation sector by establishing three aviation subsidiaries, including a helicopter operating company. China's lower airspace will open by 2020 China's lower airspace will open by 2020, according to a Bell press release. The company also cited figures from the country's Civil Aviation Administration that predict the number of civilian helicopters in China to grow by 25 percent annually over the next five years and reach 2,100 units by 2020. Bell forecasts an estimated 100 "super medium aircraft" (like the Bell 525) will be delivered to the Asia-Pacific region over the next nine years, with 140 more over the following decade. Since 2010, Bell has delivered 26 helicopters in China, including 11 of its 407 models.
Booming Demand Helicopter manufacturers have long anticipated a
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2008 AGUSTA AW139
Possible technology transfer from Sikorsky Turkey selected Sikorsky Aircraft in 2011 as its partner company to lead production of the country’s nextgeneration utility helicopters. Photo: DHA
The Turkish government has charged the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) with building the first Turkish helicopter made by Turkish engineers but analysts are skeptical about costs and time frame.
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Although lighter in weight, at about five tons, the new helicopters are aimed to replace Turkey’s ageing inventory of UH-1 helicopters and could also be used to train army pilots. TAI officials expect to sell around 800 helicopters to the Turkish military and about 400 to foreign buyers. Turkey presently is the world’s ninth biggest helicopter market.
S/N 31152, TSN: 395, very low time in excellent condition. VIP 4 or 6 seats. Recent annual. All SB’s and AD’s up to date. Located: Switzerland. Call for full spec. Priced for an immediate sale.
Contact: Phillip Ashley-Smith PAS Aviation Group Tel: +41 (0) 71 577 3210 Email: info@pas-aviation.aero
More information visit – www.bell.com
The Turkish government has eventually penned the contract that tasks the country’s aerospace powerhouse, TAI, to launch work to design, develop and produce what will become the first made-in-Turkey helicopter, but defense analysts remain skeptical.
Turkey intends to use the know-how and technology transfers it would earn from a U.S. Sikorsky-led utility helicopter program. In May, TAI announced that it came very near to signing a $3.5 billion contract with Sikorsky Aircraft for the coproduction of scores of utility helicopters. In 2011 Turkey selected Sikorsky Aircraft as its partner company to lead production of the country’s next-generation utility helicopters. Sikorsky defeated Italian-British AgustaWestland with its T-70, the Turkish version of its S-70 Black Hawk International. More information visit – www.sikorsky.com Continued on Page 60