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Organizers of this year’s Heli-Expo helicopter show in Orlando hope they can duplicate some of the magic of their business aviation counterparts at the Nat

By Stephen Pope

January 24, 2007

Organizers of this year’s Heli-Expo helicopter show in Orlando hope they can duplicate some of the magic of their business aviation counterparts at the National Business Aviation Association, who hosted a record NBAA Convention in the same city less than four months ago. If the success of last year’s Heli-Expo in Dallas is any indication, the Helicopter Association International could set a new attendance record of its own next month.

After several anemic years in which the rotorcraft industry languished in the doldrums of a recession, last year’s Heli-Expo show signaled a strong resurgence for the industry. If sales are the standard by which the success of an aviation trade show is measured, Heli-Expo 2006 was an unqualified triumph, with announced helicopter sales contracts tallying more than $620 million among all the major manufacturers. The show, held last February, also set a record for attendance, with 14,051 registered visitors.

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