Rotorcraft
Guimbal Cabri G5 Officially in Development
Upcoming five-seat turbine to be ‘big brother’ to existing G2
Gimbal G5
The multi-mission G5 aims to bridge a perceived gap in the market between the smaller Guimbal Cabri G2 and Airbus H125. © Mariano Rosales/AIN

Hélicoptères Guimbal is officially starting a helicopter family, confirming the development of the Grand Cabri G5. Speaking at a pre-Verticon media briefing, Hélicoptères Guimbal president and CEO Bruno Guimbal remained coy about a timeline that “started years ago,” although he suggested, “I will be more than happy if it gets into service in four years in France.”

As the proposed “big brother” to its existing sibling, the multi-mission G5 aims to bridge a perceived gap in the market between the smaller Guimbal Cabri G2 and Airbus H125. The concept began “many years ago, and we have had time to refine the strategy,” offered Guimbal, who explained that customers have long called for a larger variant building upon the DNA of the existing “basic safe trainer.”

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