MITSUBISHI IS DEVELOPING A TWIN-TURBINE HELICOPTER

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is developing an eight-passenger, twin-turbine helicopter. A prototype of the 8,000-pound RP-1 is scheduled to make its first flight in 1996 and enter service in 1998. The RP-1 will compete in an already crowded market that now includes the Eurocopter 365 Dauphin...

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