Enstrom Piston And Turbine Helos To Be Offered Out Of Guandong Province

Enstrom Helicopter Corporation has appointed Zuhai Business Aviation Center as an Enstrom helicopter dealer in China. Located in Guandong Province, Zuhai BAC will now sell, service and operate Enstrom helicopters along with their well-established, fixed-wing business. To inaugurate the dealership, Zuhai BAC has placed orders for a new 280FX and a new 480B demonstrator helicopter.

With a new dealer in place, Enstrom is poised to capitalize on the expected growth of the Chinese aviation market.

According to Tracy Biegler, Enstrom's director of sales and marketing, "This is definitely a case of the right group, at the right time. Enstrom has had aircraft in China for more than 15 years, and both the 280FX and 480B are already certified there. But with Zuhai BAC we can now take the next step. Their local expertise and proven ability to sell general aviation aircraft means that we can really target the market aggressively." 

Marketing efforts have already begun, and Zuhai BAC expects to receive their demonstrator aircraft in spring of 2012.

For ovber 50 years, Enstrom Helicopter Corporation has manufactured a complete line of helicopters, including the three-seat, piston-powered F28F and 280FX. Their turbine-powered 480B is being sld as either a three-place advanced trainer and patrol aircraft, a 2+2 four-seat training helicopter, or a three- to five-place executive transport. Two law enforcement applications, known either as the Guardian in the case of the 480B, and as the Sentinel when based on the F28F, are also available.

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