Originally Posted by
torqueshow
Is the 525 even in many civil operators’ fleets? It’s been a bit late to the party for the super medium category with the AW189 and H175 already with a fair bit of time under their belt proving their capabilities (or lack thereof).
I was under the impression that the 525 is still a very unknown quantity.
Nope there’s only four flight test vehicles (should have been 5 but there was sadly a fatal crash in summer 2016).
PHi was Launch customer a decade ago Heli a expo 2012 when it was unveiled, then it was meant to be Bristow Group…
When I attended Heli Expo 2020, the final development test vehicle had Norwegian offshore company as launch customer …
And the Teeside company is offshoot of Ace Aeronautics
https://acehawkaerospace.com
cheers