Robinson rolls out 700th R66 helicopter

Robinson R66 Turbine Marine

Robinson’s 700th R66 Turbine rolled off the production line on 18 December 2015, five years after the 5-place helicopter was FAA certificated.

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Serial Number 700 is an R66 Turbine Marine, which is an R66 equipped with pop-out floats, and will be delivered to Robinson Dealer Air Technology Belgium.

This will be the first Turbine Marine delivered to Europe since EASA approved the float option in October and one of the more than fifty R66s sold to Europe.

Robinson recently added the Garmin G500H Flight Display, and the Genesys HeliSAS Autopilot to the R66 options list. Currently in development are an R66 auxiliary fuel tank and an R66 cargo hook. Both options are projected for release in 2016.

To date, Robinson has approved 120 R66 service centres worldwide, of which seventy-two are dealers.

Robinson R66 Turbine Marine