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Air Resources Helicopters Becomes Launch Customer for Eagle Copters 407HP

Re-engined helicopter received U.S. and Canadian approvals in December.

By Amy Laboda • Writer

March 4, 2015

Eagle Copters president Mike O’Reilly was beaming yesterday when he introduced the launch customer–Air Resources Helicopters (ARH)–for his company’s newly certified 1,020-shp Honeywell HTS900D-2-powered 407HP conversion. The helicopter services company is buying two 407HPs and is considering the purchase of one more. Eagle Copters’ news comes after a 3.5-year certification program with partners Bell Helicopter and Honeywell, culminating with U.S. and Canadian approvals in December.

California-based ARH founder Chuck McFarland said he’d flown the stock Bell 407 loaded with skiers up to 14,000 feet agl and found the Rolls-Royce-powered helicopter to be a little out of its element. “The 407HP has the horsepower for hot-and-high operations. We flew our [stock] helicopter for firefighting with a 270-gallon tank. With the two helicopters we are purchasing, we’ll be able to fill it all the way up,” he continued.

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