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Poland has purchased three additional Guimbal Cabri G2 light training helicopters for the Polish Air Force Academy at Deblin (they have two G2 at the present time).

Poland orders three more Cabri G2 helicopters - IHS Jane's 360
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We've just flown a record 100 hours in the last 14 days in two Cabri G2s! Really loving the product Bruno! :ok: Nice one.

Can't wait to start working our next three machines!

Hi HeliHenri,

Two crews flew D-HJOY in the BOHC;

Tony & Werner Irbeler won the Junior Class and were 14th overall

Christine Winkler & Saskia Freund were placed 3rd in the Ladies Class.

A Cabri memory from last summer

EBG's G2 in flight

Nice Picture of EBG's G2 in flight, now ready for training in the south east and London

http://i61.tinypic.com/2iifyoz.jpg

Ken looks happy :):):)

I think that there might be opportunities to have a go on this on Sunday 13th

I like the callsign: G2

G-VETT lands at Leicester - weather was great flying back from the factory!

http://www.flyheli.co.uk/images/misc/G-VETT.jpg

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Hello,

That's number 3, isn't it ?

How was the flight ?

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Yes Henri, it's Cabri number 3. Number 4 should be with us by August!!

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UK Cabri G2 fleet will be 15 by june 2015 :

"Cabri sales are shooting ahead. With six currently in country, they are now holding orders for another nine. The latest one of these is scheduled for delivery in June 2015."

"At present there are three training schools offering the Cabri - Cotswold Helicopter Centre at Kemble, Helicentre at Leicester and EBG Helicopters at Redhill. A fourth school will be added to this list in the next two to three weeks."

UK Cabri fleet will be 15 by June 2015 | Helihub - the Helicopter Industry Data Source

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Bruno has sold 8 Cabri G2 during Aero 2014 at Friendrichshafen , 2 will go to the Czech dealer Lion Helicopters (2 G2 already flying in the country) and 6 will go to the Chinese dealer Xi-Square Aviation (2 already in order).

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The two first G2 for the Starlite Aviation International Helicopter Training Academy ( South Africa) at Aix Les Milles (home of Helicoptères Guimbal ).

Starlite has six more G2 on order.

http://nsa34.casimages.com/img/2014/...3732201513.jpg

And a short video produced by Starlite Chief Flight Instructor, Stefan Fouche :

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Elite Helicopters is now the fourth training school flying with the Cabri G2 in UK , from HeliHub : Fourth UK training school adds Cabri to fleet | Helihub - the Helicopter Industry Data Source

G-UMBL will be on display at the Heli UK Expo and there will be a total of five G2 displayed at the exhibition.
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The Cabri G2 is now certified in China.

first deliveries will follow in few weeks.

10 G2 on orders so far.

Edit : SN 1069 waiting to be shipped :

http://nsa33.casimages.com/img/2014/...4116731175.jpg

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Probably not the best photo but the only one I could find of the 7 Cabri G2's (in the background sadly) displaying at Warbirds over Wanaka 2014 along with an assortment of other helicopters.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...34761750_n.jpg

Managed to catch all three on the ground at the same time for a photo opportunity! Looking forward to welcoming number four to the family in a couple of months (followed by five, six and seven early next year!). We have just last week placed an order for another three which will make ten on the fleet by early 2016.

http://www.flyheli.co.uk/images/misc...ree-Cabris.jpg

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which will also make the UK distributor the largest Guimbal distributor globally.

That is, until the USA market gets under way :) Compared to the Robbo, (the only other entry-level competition), It's chalk and cheese.

There was a lot of initial controversy about Guimbal's warranty (or lack thereof) which has not impeded sales.
The machinelooks right.

I, an I'm sure many potential operators, would be interested to hear of any wear, failure, maintenance or high expense issues....(OK, "high expense" is relative to the already steep cost of running an egg-whisk:} )

It seems remarkable that Bruno has designed and bought to market, such a successful machine.
Robinson broke new ground by offering a "proper" machine at a fraction of the price of others...but it comes with many compromises.

the only other alternative was the Rotorway, which, although affordable, was "experimental" an amateur -build and spent moretime being fettled than flown. AIUI, the Rotorway is slowly developing and moving towards mainstream Certification......
The Guimbal Cabri started from scratch, was certified and went into production....So far, we've not heard of ANY issues of consequence.
A truly remarkable engineering achievement.

My hat is off to you, Mr Guimbal, :ok: :D

Note, I have absolutely no connection with Professional Aviation or any manufacturer,I don't hold a Pilot's licence. My views are those of an interested observer of Rotary-wing Aviation.

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Heli logging with the G2 (Frontier Helicopters NZ) :

http://nsa33.casimages.com/img/2014/...3064452519.jpg

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