UK Royal Household To Replace S-76s With Italian AW139s

UK Royal S-76

The British Royal family have had two Sikorsky S-76C++ in service for the past 15 years.

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LONDON—The UK Royal Household has placed an order for two new helicopters from Italy’s Leonardo to replace the pair of Sikorsky S-76C++ aircraft currently in service. A report on the Royal Family’s use of the Sovereign Grant, which is the funding from the UK taxpayer to support the duties of the...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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