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Aviation History
1981
1981 - 0086.PDF
80 FLIGHT International, 10 January 1981 THE BK11 BULK TRANSPORTATION IS ITS SPECIALITY SIMPLE MAINTENANCE IS ITS STRENGTH. AMPLE POWER IS ITS MOST STRIKING FEATURE. When two international industrial lead ers invest their immense know-how and engineering power in a joint project, the result is something very special - the BK 117, the helicopter for the Eighties, the offshore, rescue, execu tive, police and multipurpose helicopter the market has been waiting for. Compact external dimensions and exceptionally ample space inside - this is the BK 117. Big doors make loading easier. With its two powerful engines, the BK117 gains altitude quickly. Performance on one engine only meets the most critical operating standards. And the BK 117 reaches a ceiling that puts it in a class by itself. As if that were not enough: the BK 117 is exceptionally easy to maintain, economical to run and available at an unbeatable price for this class of machine. Everything points to it beco ming one of the most sought-after helicopters of the Eighties. Maidenflight: 13 June, 1979. personnel transport enforcement operations search and rescue operations The Multipurpose Helicopter. The Twin-engined BK 117 MBB Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm GmbH Helicopter and Transport Systems Division Postfach801140. D-8000 Miinchen 80 Germany KAWASAKI Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. Tokyo Office, World Trade Center Bldg. 4-1, 2-Chome, Hamamatsu-Cho Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
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