Rotorcraft
Historic Helicopter OEM Schweizer RSG Up for Sale
Starman Bros Auctions is accepting written offers for the entire company
A Schweizer 300 at the 2019 Heli-Expo show
A Schweizer 300 at the 2019 Heli-Expo show

Starman Bros. Auctions has been engaged to help sell Schweizer Rotorcraft Services Group (RSG), the Fort Worth, Texas-based manufacturer of the piston-powered 269-series helicopters. The sale culminates a period in which the company has changed hands many times since its inception as part of Hughes Aircraft in 1947.

In 1984, McDonnell Douglas acquired Hughes Helicopters, and then Schweizer purchased the 269 series in 1986. Sikorsky was next in line, buying it in 2004, only to shut that down in 2012. In 2018, Schweizer RSG was formed and took over 269-series support and production of the S300C and S300CBi. While the turbine-powered S333 was available, there were no plans to produce it without firm orders. More than 1,200 of the 269 series are still operating.