This year’s Helitech 2009at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford near Cambridge has attracted just over 200 exhibiting companies representing 21 different countries and taking up around 4,000sq m of floor space.
The last day of opening is tomorrow (Thursday 24 Sep).
Sue Bradshaw, the event’s Exhibition Director, said, “There is always a
real sense of community in the rotary wing industry and we aim to create
an environment that supports and reflects that. As well as catching up
with long-standing customers and contacts, Helitech is all about
capitalising on a route into the sector for all levels of the rotary
supply chain”
In addition to all the business meetings and networking taking place in
the hall, a number of exhibitor announcements and events took place.
Eurocopter announced an order for a new EC135 for the West Midlands
Police Air Support Unit. Before the new aircraft is delivered next
summer, Eurocopter will provide West Midlands Police with a fully
equipped EC135 police helicopter, featuring a mission pod, to take over
the duties of the aircraft that the force lost recently due to an arson
attack.
Meanwhile Sikorsky presented a ceremonial cheque to the RAF Museum, in
addition to donating an MH-53 helicopter to the museum. Sergei Sikorsky,
son of Igor Sikorsky who founded the US helicopter giant, handed over
the cheque.
Outside the exhibition hall, Helitech’s largest ever static display
area, showcasing a total of 42 rotary craft in a variety of
configurations, was a highlight of the opening day. Additional features
in the static display area are provided by Red Box International,
demonstrating its space and cost saving AirLift device, and Host Systems
showing how its mobile ATC tower is deployed.
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