Helibras has started its bussines in the helicopter industry in 1978. As a state owner company, just few years ago it became private company. It is a simple assembly line company. It began to build the AS350 in late 1970s providing our Air Force and Navy.
The helicopter came up from France in boxes by sea!
In late 1980s, because our Army has started to fly helicopters, Dauphin were included in the production portfolio in the same way of AS350!
Recently, the government did an agreement with France government to sell 52 725/225 forecasting our Oil Industry and Armed Forces. Due some issues involving political and financial matters, this wasn´t fine and, they delivered only 6 or 8 725 to Air Force and Navy... Including this agreement, we had too, a 225 FTD installed in Rio de Janeiro. As a 225 pilot, it is frustrating to see all this mess, with no one possibility to help...