German EMS Operator Flies Retrofitted Five-Blade H145

Airbus Helicopters five-blade H145
H145
Credit: DRF Luftrettung
LONDON—Airbus Helicopters has performed the first retrofit to convert a four-blade H145 twin-engine light rotorcraft into a five-blade model. The retrofit launch customer, German emergency medical service operator DRF Luftrettung, had one of its H145s—a 2018 model BK117D2—converted by Airbus...
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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