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AVIONEWS at Heli-Expo 2005 (6): the Enstrom 480B payed an expensive price due to certification problems

Anaheim, USA – Difficulties of this kind would have prevented the vehicle to win against its competitors as the new US border surveillance chopper

Equipment certification shortages. This was the warning signal called by Enstrom for its helicopters, especially for the 480B which did not succeed in in win as the new United States national border surveillance chopper, as it was defeated by the Eurocopter EC-120 for which some 50 orders have been performed. Just this flop stemming from such a competition led the company board to ask itself about...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 113868
Rome, Italy, 02/09/2005 12:29
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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