Hill Helicopters Pushes Back First Engine Run, Flight Plans

HX50 hill helicopters
Credit: Hill Helicopters
LONDON—British light rotorcraft developer Hill Helicopters has pushed back the timeline for the first run of its in-house-developed GT50 turboshaft engine and the first flight of the HX50 single-engine light helicopter. Having previously said the 500-shp GT50 engine would be fired up in late June...
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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