Aircrafttotal Encyclopedia

European helicopters

Airbus Helicopters (Aérospatiale, Eurocopter), AgustaWestland / Leonardo, Flettner, Fokker, NHIndustries and Marenco.

FF 1936 European helicopters Focke-Wulf Fw 61 The first practical helicopter Focke-Wulf · Germany→
FF 1941 European helicopters Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri The first helicopter in series production Flettner · Germany→
FR 1957 European helicopters Fairey Rotodyne Large rotorcraft airliner with tip jets on the rotor and two turboprops for cruise flight. Fairey Aviation · United Kingdom→
AA 1959 European helicopters Aérospatiale Alouette III Light turbine helicopter, flown for many years by the Royal Netherlands Air Force (Grasshoppers display team). Sud Aviation / Aérospatiale · France→
AS 1962 European helicopters Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon Three-engined heavy helicopter of the French Navy, also built in China as the Changhe Z-8. Sud Aviation / Aérospatiale · France→
AS 1965 European helicopters Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma Twin-engined transport helicopter, the basis of the Super Puma and Cougar. Aérospatiale · France→
VH 1970 European helicopters VFW-Fokker H3 Sprinter Small German-Dutch helicopter with a ducted-fan propulsion and tip-jet rotor; only prototypes were built. VFW-Fokker · Germany / Netherlands→
WL 1971 European helicopters Westland Lynx Speed record for helicopters (1986) Westland Helicopters · United Kingdom→
AA 1979 European helicopters Agusta-Bell AB 412 Twin-engined utility helicopter with a four-bladed rotor, built by Bell and under licence by Agusta. Agusta / Bell · Italy / United States→
AA 1983 European helicopters Agusta A129 Mangusta The first attack helicopter designed in Europe, flown by the Italian Army. Agusta · Italy→
AA 1987 European helicopters AgustaWestland AW101 Three-engined helicopter for transport, search and rescue and anti-submarine warfare. AgustaWestland / Leonardo · United Kingdom / Italy→
ET 1991 European helicopters Eurocopter Tiger Franco-German attack helicopter, also flown by Spain and Australia. Eurocopter / Airbus Helicopters · France / Germany→
NN 1995 European helicopters NHIndustries NH90 Medium twin-engined helicopter with fly-by-wire controls, flown by the Royal Netherlands Navy and many other countries. NHIndustries · France / Germany / Italy / Netherlands→
EE 2000 European helicopters Eurocopter EC725 Caracal Military Super Puma for transport and combat search and rescue. Eurocopter / Airbus Helicopters · France→
AH 2015 European helicopters Airbus H160 Modern civil helicopter with Blue Edge rotor blades for less noise. Airbus Helicopters · France→
MS Marenco SKYe SH09 2016 European helicopters Marenco SKYe SH09 Swiss single-engine helicopter, now continued by Leonardo as the AW09. Marenco Swisshelicopter / Kopter · Switzerland→