Rotorcraft
Robinson: R66 dealers must be Part 145 OK’d
Robinson Helicopter is expected to announce factory-authorized dealers for the new turbine R66 this month.

Robinson Helicopter is expected to announce factory-authorized dealers for the new turbine R66 this month. Robinson vice president Kurt Robinson said he does not expect all dealers of the company’s existing piston-engine R22 and R44 helicopters to become R66 dealers, in part due to a new Robinson-mandated requirement that R66 dealers hold a valid FAA Part 145 repair station certificate. Robinson said the company was giving dealers interested in becoming sales and service centers for the R66 time to obtain their Part 145 approvals if they did not already hold the certificate.  “The process takes a while,” he said.

Robinson said the company then planned to announce the R66 dealer appointments in geographic blocks so as not to give one dealer advantage over another.

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