Rotorcraft
Bell 429 Enters Service in Russia
The only rotorcraft on display at Jet Expo 2011 was the Bell 429, of which the first example to be delivered to Russia arrived in June.

The only rotorcraft on display at Jet Expo 2011 was the Bell 429, of which the first example to be delivered to Russia arrived in June. The helicopter came in crates and was assembled at the Moscow aircraft repair plant with help of Russian rotorcraft maker Kazan.

In early July the first Russian Bell 429 went through a short regimen of certification trials with the CIS’s civil aviation authority. On the eve of Jet Expo 2011, the helicopter started flying private charters with local launch customer Chelyabinsk Avia.

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