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Eurocopter EC130, the Glossary

Index Eurocopter EC130

The Eurocopter EC130 (now Airbus Helicopters H130) is a single engine light utility helicopter developed from the earlier Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil, one of the primary changes from which was the adoption of a Fenestron anti-torque device in place of a conventional tail rotor.[1]

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  1. 55 relations: Aérospatiale, Accelerometer, Actuator, AgustaWestland AW119 Koala, Air conditioning, Air Methods, Air Zermatt, Airbus Helicopters, Autorotation, BBC News, Bell 206, Bell 407, Broward County Sheriff's Office, Cikarang, Drukair, Electro-optics, Emergency medical services, Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil, Eurocopter AS355 Écureuil 2, Eurocopter EC120 Colibri, Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma, Eurocopter Fennec, FADEC, Fenestron, Flight International, Flight recorder, Forward-looking infrared, Global Positioning System, Grand Canyon, HAL Light Utility Helicopter, Hawaii, Heli Air Monaco, Heli Holland, Helibras, Herbert Wigwe, Hybrid vehicle drivetrain, Hydraulics, Jakarta, Kopter AW09, Latin America, Law enforcement, Liquid oxygen, Lutheran Health Network, MD Helicopters MD 600, Military Police of Paraná State, Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry, Mirror, North America, Searchlight, Turbomeca Arriel, ... Expand index (5 more) »

  2. 1990s French helicopters
  3. 1990s international civil utility aircraft
  4. Airbus Helicopters aircraft
  5. Aircraft first flown in 1999
  6. Fantail helicopters

Aérospatiale

Aérospatiale was a major French state-owned aerospace corporation that developed and manufactured both civilian and military aircraft as well as rockets, missiles and satellites.

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Accelerometer

An accelerometer is a device that measures the proper acceleration of an object.

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Actuator

An actuator is a component of a machine that produces force, torque, or displacement, usually in a controlled way, when an electrical, pneumatic or hydraulic input is supplied to it in a system (called an actuating system).

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AgustaWestland AW119 Koala

The AgustaWestland AW119 Koala, produced by Leonardo since 2016, is an eight-seat utility helicopter powered by a single turboshaft engine produced for the civil market. Eurocopter EC130 and AgustaWestland AW119 Koala are single-turbine helicopters.

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Air conditioning

Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C (US) or air con (UK), is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior temperature (sometimes referred to as 'comfort cooling') and in some cases also strictly controlling the humidity of internal air.

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Air Methods

Air Methods Corporation is an American privately owned helicopter operator. The air medical division provides emergency medical services to over 100,000 patients every year. It operates in 48 states with air medical as its primary business focus. Its corporate headquarters are located in the Denver Technological Center, Greenwood Village, Colorado, in the Denver metropolitan area.

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Air Zermatt

Air Zermatt AG is a Swiss airline and flight school based in Zermatt.

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Airbus Helicopters

Airbus Helicopters SAS (formerly Eurocopter Group) is the helicopter manufacturing division of Airbus.

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Autorotation

Autorotation is a state of flight in which the main rotor system of a helicopter or other rotary-wing aircraft turns by the action of air moving up through the rotor, as with an autogyro, rather than engine power driving the rotor.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Bell 206

The Bell 206 is a family of two-bladed, single- and twin-engined helicopters, manufactured by Bell Helicopter at its Mirabel, Quebec, plant. Eurocopter EC130 and Bell 206 are single-turbine helicopters.

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Bell 407

The Bell 407 is a four-blade, single-engine, civil utility helicopter. Eurocopter EC130 and Bell 407 are single-turbine helicopters.

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Broward County Sheriff's Office

The Broward County Sheriff's Office (BSO) is a public safety organization With 5,400 employees, it is the largest sheriff's office in the state of Florida.

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Cikarang

Cikarang is a town serving the seat of Bekasi Regency, West Java, Indonesia.

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Drukair

Drukair Corporation Limited (འབྲུག་མཁའ་འགྲུལ་ལས་འཛིན།), operating as Drukair — Royal Bhutan Airlines, is the flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bhutan, headquartered in the western dzongkhag of Paro.

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Electro-optics

Electro–optics is a branch of electrical engineering, electronic engineering, materials science, and material physics involving components, electronic devices such as lasers, laser diodes, LEDs, waveguides, etc.

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Emergency medical services

Emergency medical services (EMS), also known as ambulance services or paramedic services, are emergency services that provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation for serious illness and injuries and transport to definitive care.

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Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil

The Airbus Helicopters H125, formerly Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil (or Squirrel), is a single-engine light utility helicopter originally designed and manufactured in France by Aérospatiale and Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters). Eurocopter EC130 and Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil are Airbus Helicopters aircraft and single-turbine helicopters.

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Eurocopter AS355 Écureuil 2

The Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters) AS355 Écureuil 2 (or Twin Squirrel) is a twin-engine light utility helicopter developed and originally manufactured by Aérospatiale in France. Eurocopter EC130 and Eurocopter AS355 Écureuil 2 are Airbus Helicopters aircraft.

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Eurocopter EC120 Colibri

The Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters) EC120 Colibri ("hummingbird") is a five-seat, single-engine, light utility helicopter. Eurocopter EC130 and Eurocopter EC120 Colibri are 1990s French helicopters, 1990s international civil utility aircraft, Airbus Helicopters aircraft, fantail helicopters and single-turbine helicopters.

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Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma

The Airbus Helicopters H225 (formerly Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma) is a long-range passenger transport helicopter developed by Eurocopter as the next generation of the civilian Super Puma family. Eurocopter EC130 and Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma are Airbus Helicopters aircraft.

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Eurocopter Fennec

The Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters) AS550 Fennec (now H125M) and AS555 Fennec 2 are lightweight, multipurpose military helicopters manufactured by Eurocopter Group (now Airbus Helicopters). Eurocopter EC130 and Eurocopter Fennec are 1990s French helicopters, Airbus Helicopters aircraft and single-turbine helicopters.

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FADEC

A full authority digital engine (or electronics) control (FADEC) is a system consisting of a digital computer, called an "electronic engine controller" (EEC) or "engine control unit" (ECU), and its related accessories that control all aspects of aircraft engine performance.

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Fenestron

A Fenestron (sometimes alternatively referred to as a fantail or a "fan-in-fin" arrangementLeishman 2006, p. 321.) is an enclosed helicopter tail rotor that operates like a ducted fan.

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Flight International

Flight International is a monthly magazine focused on aerospace.

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Flight recorder

A flight recorder is an electronic recording device placed in an aircraft for the purpose of facilitating the investigation of aviation accidents and incidents.

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Forward-looking infrared

Forward-looking infrared (FLIR) cameras, typically used on military and civilian aircraft, use a thermographic camera that senses infrared radiation.

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Global Positioning System

The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force.

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Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States.

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HAL Light Utility Helicopter

The HAL Light Utility Helicopter (LUH), along with its derivative, Light Observation Helicopter (LOH), was designed and developed by the Rotary Wing Research and Design Center (RWR&DC), one of the R&D sections of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), for civilian and military applications.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.

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Heli Air Monaco

Heli Air Monaco is the flag carrier of Monaco.

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Heli Holland

Heli Holland is a Dutch helicopter operator.

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Helibras

Helibras or Helicópteros do Brasil S.A. (Helicopters of Brazil, Inc.) is a Brazil-based helicopter manufacturer which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Airbus Helicopters, a division of Airbus.

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Herbert Wigwe

Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe CFR (15 August 1966 – 9 February 2024) was a Nigerian banker and businessman.

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Hybrid vehicle drivetrain

Hybrid vehicle drivetrains transmit power to the driving wheels for hybrid vehicles.

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Hydraulics

Hydraulics is a technology and applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other sciences involving the mechanical properties and use of liquids.

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Jakarta

Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (DKI Jakarta) and formerly known as Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia.

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Kopter AW09

The Kopter AW09 (formerly the Marenco Swisshelicopter SKYe SH09 and Kopter SH09) is the Leonardo Helicopter Division's five-to-eight seat, single-engine multirole helicopter which is currently under development at Kopter’s facilities. Eurocopter EC130 and Kopter AW09 are fantail helicopters and single-turbine helicopters.

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Latin America

Latin America often refers to the regions in the Americas in which Romance languages are the main languages and the culture and Empires of its peoples have had significant historical, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural impact.

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Law enforcement

Law enforcement is the activity of some members of government who act in an organized manner to enforce the law by discovering, investigating, deterring, rehabilitating, or punishing people who violate the rules and norms governing that society.

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Liquid oxygen

Liquid oxygen, sometimes abbreviated as LOX or LOXygen, is a clear light sky-blue liquid form of dioxygen.

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Lutheran Health Network

Lutheran Health Network is a healthcare provider and one of the largest employers in the northeast region of Indiana in the United States.

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MD Helicopters MD 600

The MD Helicopters MD 600N is a light utility civilian helicopter designed in the United States. Eurocopter EC130 and MD Helicopters MD 600 are single-turbine helicopters.

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Military Police of Paraná State

The Military Police are reserve and ancillary forces of the Brazilian Army, and part of the System of Public Security and Brazilian Social Protection.

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Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry

The Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry is a government ministry of the Canadian province of Ontario that is responsible for Ontario's provincial parks, forests, fisheries, wildlife, mineral aggregates and the Crown lands and waters that make up 87 per cent of the province.

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Mirror

A mirror, also known as a looking glass, is an object that reflects an image.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Searchlight

A searchlight (or spotlight) is an apparatus that combines an extremely bright source (traditionally a carbon arc lamp) with a mirrored parabolic reflector to project a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays in a particular direction.

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Turbomeca Arriel

The Turbomeca Arriel is a series of French turboshaft engines that first ran in 1974.

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Turboshaft

A turboshaft engine is a form of gas turbine that is optimized to produce shaft horsepower rather than jet thrust.

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Utility helicopter

A utility helicopter is a multi-purpose helicopter capable of pursuing a wide array of tasks.

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Visual flight rules

In aviation, visual flight rules (VFR) are a set of regulations under which a pilot operates an aircraft in weather conditions generally clear enough to allow the pilot to see where the aircraft is going.

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2023 Gold Coast mid-air collision

On 2 January 2023, two Eurocopter EC130s collided mid-air and crashed near Sea World theme park in the city of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

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2024 Orbic Air Eurocopter EC130 crash

On 9 February 2024, an Eurocopter EC130 crashed in the Mojave Desert near Nipton, California around 10:00 p.m. PST.

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See also

1990s French helicopters

1990s international civil utility aircraft

Airbus Helicopters aircraft

Aircraft first flown in 1999

Fantail helicopters

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocopter_EC130

Also known as Airbus ACH130, Airbus H130, Airbus Helicopters EC130, Airbus Helicopters H130, EC 130, Eurocopter EC 130, H130.

, Turboshaft, Utility helicopter, Visual flight rules, 2023 Gold Coast mid-air collision, 2024 Orbic Air Eurocopter EC130 crash.