Erickson Wins Composite Main Rotor Blade OK For S-64 Helicopter

S-64
Credit: Erickson
Heavy-lift helicopter operator Erickson has secured FAA certification for a composite main rotor blade for its S-64 Aircrane. The approval was announced by the company on March 2. It comes after a 12-year-long design and development effort aimed at improving the payload capacity and performance of...
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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