Fri, May 25, 2007
Deliveries To Begin In Early 2008
Eurocopter's new EC635 built for the Swiss Air Force
successfully completed its maiden flight at Eurocopter's
Donauwörth facility last week. The helicopter maker says the
schedule for manufacture and delivery of 18 EC635s for transport
and training missions and two EC135 for Federal Air Transport
Services is right on schedule.
The EC635s/EC135s are to replace the Swiss Air Force's Alouette
III helicopters, according to the company.
The maiden flight was under the command of Eurocopter test pilot
René Nater and lasted 35 minutes with all systems operating
as designed. The EC635 now goes back to the production facility for
the qualification of Swiss Air Force-specific equipment and further
testing.
Deliveries of the helicopters are scheduled between March 2008
and the end of 2009. The first four will be delivered from
Eurocopter's facility in Donauwörth, while the other 16 will
be assembled and delivered by RUAG Aerospace in Alpnach,
Switzerland.
The EC635 was certified in 2001 and is a military variation of
the twin-engine EC135. It is designed to carry out
military/paramilitary and public security missions including search
and rescue, troop transport, reconnaissance/observation, disaster
relief and medevac work.
Its internal equipment can be interchanged -- user can select
one of several seating layouts, or install medical apparatus. It
has a 4.6 cubic-meter cabin is accessible by two lateral sliding
doors and two large-size rear doors and a shrouded Fenestron tail
rotor.
The first scheduled maintenance is due after 400 flight
hours.
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