Latest information from Robinson Helicopter Co in Torrance provides us with their lead times as at 29th June 2012.  If you place a deposit for a new R22, it will be delivered ex factory in October 2012.  For a R44 Raven I you are looking at November 2012, or a Raven II two months further on in January 2013.  The longest lead time is the R66 turbine, and you cannot get hold of one of these before late May 2013 – and if you are interested in one of those, get in there before EASA certify the R66.  That milestone will lead to a mass order expected to be over 100, and push the delivery lead time back by a number of months.

Jeremy Parkin – HeliHub.com