It’s one of the best because of how versatile it is. However, this isn’t what makes the A109 one of the best helicopters in the world. This has all resulted in the AW109 being one of the most common corporate helicopters in the world! As such, many more VIPs and corporations bought it as well. Many of there corporations who initially bought it, loved it. Agusta called this helicopter the A109, and primarily marketed it towards corporations. Prior to the merger between Agusta and Westland, Agusta Helicopters began work on one of the first only-civilian helicopters. But this variant will serve in a particularly special role: As Marine One. In fact, the S-92 is so good, that even the US Marine Corps has given Sikorsky a contract to develop a military variant of the S-92. Since its release in 2004, it has sold over 300 times! It has become particularly popular as a private and/or corporate helicopter, as well as a utility helicopter. Sikorsky would designate this helicopter the S-92. As a result, they demanded a larger, yet more fuel efficient S-70 derivative, that had a much longer range. The oil shortage put into perspective juts how fuel inefficient their older S-70 helicopters really were. For helicopter operators, this highlighted something else too… This sent oil prices through the roof, with millions of people being left without oil, simply because it wasn’t available. In 1973, the world suddenly had a shortage of oil. Due to this, it has sold almost 5,000 times and has had numerous different variants. The S-76 would soon become a staple of the VIP/corporate helicopter industry, being used by celebrities and corporations the world over. The S-76 was Sikorsky’s first helicopter that was designed solely for civil use. Sikorsky would develop what it called the S-74, which was redesignated as the S-76 in honor of the US bicentennial. The S-70 was quite large, being too large for some operators, who began to demand a newer, smaller and more luxurious helicopter. The S-76 can trace its heritage back to the S-70 (which eventually became the famed Black Hawk). What do the Queen of England, Donald Trump and Burt Reynolds all have in common? Besides being some of the most famous people on the planet, they are also all operators of the Sikorsky S-76. Regardless, for the purposes of this article, I will focus on a combination of luxury, military and utility helicopters. This can make classifying the “best helicopters” rather difficult. Among these are luxury helicopters, military helicopters, utility helicopters, training helicopters and more! However, as with other types of aircraft, there have been several different types of helicopters developed. Since then, hundreds of thousands of helicopters have been produced, in hundreds of different variants, but which are the best helicopters in the world? The incident is still being investigated.The first helicopters were produced in the late 1930’s and early 1940’s. “The deceased (Sal Disi) was an acquaintance of my family for many years,” he wrote. Sheriff Al Nienhuis said on Facebook that he knew Disi. The Medical Examiner’s Office in Leesburg, Fla.
Bonati is a well-known orthopedic surgeon and founder and CEO of the Bonati Spine Institute, in Hudson. Alfred Bonati, the Sheriff’s Office said. He died instantly.ĭeputies said no foul play was suspected. That’s when Disi was struck by one of the main rotor blades. The Federal Aviation Administration said the blade struck Salvatore Disi, 62, of Hudson, Florida, who was doing maintenance work on the aircraft Thursday afternoon.Īccording to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office, a caller said he and another person were using a power cart to jump-start the copter when it jerked up and came down quickly. Helicopter sits in Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport in Brooksville, Florida after, authorities say, one of its blades decapitated a maintenance worker on January 10, 2019Ī maintenance man was decapitated by the rotor of a helicopter at the Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport in Brooksville, Florida, a Hernando County Fire Rescue official told CBS Tampa affiliate WTSP-TV.
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