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3 - 5 March 2015
| Helicopter Association International (HAI) opened Heli-Expo 2015, the annual three-day trade show and exposition |
| dedicated to vertical aviation, on 3 March at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) in Orlando,USA. |
| This event showcases products like Helicopter Services, cooling technologies, aerospace, torque products, computers |
| and more related products etc. in the Railway, Shipping & Aviation Products industry. The HAI HELI-EXPO exhibit |
| hall contains over 725 exhibitors, presenting the latest civilian helicopter technologies, as well as nearly 60 aircraft on display. |
| One of the events highlights was Airbus Helicopters, revealing its all-new H160 medium-class rotorcraft – the first product |
| introduced under the transformed Airbus Helicopters corporate identity. The H160 presented two Airbus Helicopter |
| firsts: offering improved performance and flight stability and the all-new Biplane Stabilizer. Bell Helicopter announced the |
| sale of a Bell 407GX to Italy-based Elicompany. AgustaWestland recently signed for four helicopters, comprising one |
| AW109 GrandNew, two AW169s and one AW139 helicopter. Deliveries will be completed by 2017. Bristow Group raised |
| its total firm orders for Airbus Helicopters’ H175 to seventween (H175 is the new name of the twin-engine EC175). A |
| complete overview of news and orders can be found on the HeliHub website. |
| In 2016 HAI’s HELI-EXPO will take place in Louisville (KY) from February 29th untill March 3rd. |
| 08-72044 | UH-72A | 2-151st AVN | 9179/LUH044 |
| C-GLGO | Bell 412EP | Eagle Helicopters | 36399 |
| C-GVZG | Bell 429WLG | Bell Helicopter Textron Canada | 57150 |
| C-GXXH | Bell 407HP | Eagle Helicopters | 53197 Honeywell engine STC |
| D-HADY | EC145e | Airbus Helicopters | 9601 “E-LITE” model. Reg on panel |
| F-HCEI | EC175 | Airbus Helicopters | 5003 NHV - Noordzee Helikopters Vlaanderen |
| G-MCGJ | S-92 | Bristow | 92-0248 Coastguard c/s, still current as N248N |
| I-AWCG | AW169 | AgustaWestland | 69004 |
| N1SP | Bell 429 | Delaware State Police | 57184 |
| N2SJ | UH-12B | Helicopter Foundation Int’l | 443 |
| N4EG | R44 II | Robinson Helicopter | 13750 ex N7076K |
| N8QH | R66 | Robinson Helicopter | 552 |
| N35HX | AS350B3 | Helicopter Express | 7980 |
| N39EA | Bell 206L | Grant Norwitz | 45007 |
| N44UH | R22B II | Robinson Helicopter | 4677 Universal Helicopters |
| N57DA | MD500 | Fedorchuk Leasing | 0175FF |
| N57ST | EC155B | Helicopter Express | 6615 |
| N67PB | OH-6A | Tradewind International | 0411 “67-16026” |
| N180TH | TH180 | Enstrom Helicopter Corporation | TH-180 |
| N188FS | AS350B2 | Hillsborough County Sheriff | 7863 |
| N279DB | SA318C | Flying Legends | 2075 |
| N280BR | F280FX | Enstrom | 2124 |
| N323AK | EC130T2 | YV Heli Holdings | 7962 Avantgarde edition |
| N350P | AS350B3 | Hypnos | 7853 |
| N371PA | Cabri G2 | Guimbal | 1078 |
| N401MF | BK117D2 | Airbus Helicopters | 20024 EC145T2, D-HCBV on panel |
| N407CG | Bell 407 | Bell Helicopter Textron | 54508 |
| N412TX | Bell 412EPI | Bell Helicopter Textron | 36550 |
| N4180F | Bell 206L-3 | Arrow Aviation Company | 51469 |
| N480PD | F480B | Enstrom | 5157 |
| N500MV | MD500D | AeroMetals | 770156D |
| N512VB | Bell 407GX | Bell Helicopter Textron | 54156 |
| N522PB | Bell 407 | Bell Helicopter Textron | 54525 |
| N523PY | Bell 407GX | Bell Helicopter Textron | 54155 |
| N553RD | AW139 | ERA Helicopters | 41369 |
| N609TR | AW609 | Agusta Westland | 60001 |
| N624HF | UH-1H | Army Avn Hert. Found. & Mus. | 8818 “66-16624” |
| N826HF | AH-1F | Army Avn Hert. Found. & Mus. | 20490 “67-15826” |
| N836GC | EC130T2 | Airbus Helicopters | 8012 Grand Canyon Helicopters titles |
| N881LT | MD902 | MD Helicopters | 900-00117 Lynn Tilton private aircraft |
| N911FS | Bell 407 | Tumbleweed Leasing | 53424 |
| N911HR | EC135P1 | Holmes Reg’l Medical Center | 0130 First Flight colours, opb Metro Aviation |
| N933TG | Bell 407GX | Tampa General Hospital | 54376 Aeromed colours, opb Metro Aviation |
| N977WF | MD520N | Forest View Helicopters | LN110 |
| N7621Y | S-76D | Sikorsky Aircraft | 761021 |
| N7659Y | S-76D | Milestone Aviation Group | 761059 |
| N73875 | UH-12C | James Gollin | WH6002 |
| N74817 | S-52 | Alex Anduze | 130122 |
Credits: Lukas Kinneswenger, Helihub.com, Heli-Expo, Airbus Helicopters, AgustaWestland, Bell Helicopter.
(mock-ups have been omitted from this list)
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