Rotorcraft
Robinson Helicopter Hits Milestone, Sees Daylight
Torrance, California-based Robinson Helicopter started off the year with the delivery of its 13,000th rotorcraft.
As part of its Covid protection program, Robinson Helicopter instituted a mandatory mask-wearing protocol, and established small "pods" of workers in an effort to curtail any possible spread of Covid through its approximately 600,000-sq-ft manufacturing facility in Torrance, California. (Photo: Loretta Conley/Robinson Helicopter)
As part of its Covid protection program, Robinson Helicopter instituted a mandatory mask-wearing protocol, and established small "pods" of workers in an effort to curtail any possible spread of Covid through its approximately 600,000-sq-ft manufacturing facility in Torrance, California. (Photo: Loretta Conley/Robinson Helicopter)

Torrance, California-based Robinson Helicopter started off 2021 with the delivery of its 13,000th rotorcraft in company history. But as it came amid the ongoing distractions caused by the Covid pandemic, the manufacturer didn’t even notice the milestone until weeks later. According to company president Kurt Robinson, that tally includes more than 1,000 of the airframer’s turbine-powered flagship R66s, nearly 5,000 of its two-seater R22s, and more than 7,000 of its four-place R44s, the latter two piston-engined.