Airbus H175 helicopter on trials at Inverness Dalcross Airport before its full time North Sea Oil Industry operations.
The Airbus Helicopters H175 / Avicopter AC352 , is a 7-ton class medium utility helicopter produced by Airbus Helicopters (formerly Eurocopter Group) and the Harbin Aircraft Industry Group of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). Original launched as the Eurocopter EC175 and the Avicopter Z-15. It has been referred to as being a 'super-medium' helicopter, and has been often contrasted with the competing AgustaWestland AW189. Formally launched at Heli-Expo in Houston on 24 February 2008, it was predicted by Airbus Helicopters that approximately 800 to 1,000 EC175s would be sold over an initial 20-year period. It entered service in December 2014; in 2015, the EC175 was formally renamed to the H175, in line with Eurocopter's corporate rebranding as Airbus HelicoptersThe helicopter complies with – or exceeds – the latest CS29 airworthiness standards, with the oil & gas version incorporating all of the safety and mission recommendations of the IOGP (International Association of Oil & Gas Producers)
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Location: Inverness Dalcross Airport. Highland Region. Scotland. UK.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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