Erickson Achieves First Flight for Composite Blade Aircrane

Credit: S-64: Regular Daddy
LONDON—Erickson has completed the first flight of an S-64 Aircrane heavylift helicopter fitted with a new advanced composite main rotor blade. The company, which owns both the type and production certificates for the Sikorsky-developed S-64 Aircrane and CH-54 Skycrane or Tarhe, has been working on...

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