Airbus Helicopters H160 Australian Demonstration Tour
I became aware of a demo tour of a H160, VH-AH6, via a fairly extensive news item on Channel 10 news this evening. An item about the tour must have also appears on Channel 7, see:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQELHMsEYjR/
The H160 is currently giving demos in Melbourne but seems it will also visit at least Canberra and Brisbane (though I would be surprised if it didn't visit Sydney as well!) during what was reported to be a three and a half week tour. I wonder if VH-AH6 is already earmarked for an Australian customer or whether it will continue conducting tours elsewhere in the world afterwards?
The AW139 is absolutely dominating the local EMS rotary wing market in Australia at the moment. I wonder if Airbus Helicopters will be able to make inroads into that market with the H160? Their Instagram pitch is at:
Update: The Channel 10 news item has since been shared on YouTube, or at least part of it. It came across as somewhat of a marketing item to me: