Airbus Helicopters and its predecessor companies have established a wide range of helicopter firsts, including the first production turboshaft-powered helicopter (the Aérospatiale Alouette II of 1955); the introduction of the Fenestron shrouded tail rotor (on the Gazelle of 1968); the first helicopter certified for full flight in icing conditions (the AS332 Super Puma, in 1984); the first production helicopter with a Fly-by-wire control system (the NHIndustries NH90, first flown in full FBW mode in 2003); the first helicopter to use a Fly-by-light primary control system (an EC135 testbed, first flown in 2003); and the first ever landing of a helicopter on Mt. Everest (achieved by an AS350 B3 in 2005).
Airbus Helicopters
Helicopters
Eurocopter BK-117 (met Kawasaki Heavy Industries) Eurocopter EC-135;
Eurocopter EC-145; Eurocopter EC155 ; Eurocopter H175
Eurocopter EC725; Eurocopter Colibri (EC 120 B); Eurocopter EC635
Eurocopter Cougar; Eurocopter Dauphin; Eurocopter Ecureuil
Eurocopter Fennec; Eurocopter Panther; Eurocopter Super Puma
“When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”