Chinese Companies Place Order for Five Erickson Air-Cranes
Erickson Air-Crane (Booth No.

Erickson Air-Crane (Booth No. 459) and a consortium of Chinese aviation companies have signed a deal for up to five S-64F Air-Cranes. The companies signed the memorandum of understanding (MOU) yesterday at Heli-Expo 2011.

Erickson president Udo Rieder said Erickson was approached by several state-owned Chinese entities late last year and that the final deal likely will include a full package of options for the helicopters, including Sagem avionics, grapples, fire tanks, buckets, baskets, portable patient transport units and a boom nozzle that fires 300 gallons of water per minute up to 200 feet. The latter is particularly well suited for fighting fires in high-rise buildings.

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