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12-Sep-15 ZK-ICS Guimbal G2 Rolleston, New Zealand

12-Sep-15 ZK-ICS Guimbal G2 Rolleston, New Zealand

12-Sep-2015

Landing accident and helicopter ended up on its side.  Note that from the two links provided, the TVNZ link shows the helicopter at the accident location and The Press link shows it after being removed from there to a grassy area for recovery away from the site... Read more

08-Sep-15 SP-NHE Guimbal G2 Sielicach, Poland

08-Sep-15 SP-NHE Guimbal G2 Sielicach, Poland

8-Sep-2015

Practising autorotation when it hit the ground tail first at very low rotor RPM and one blade struck the tail boom. The helicopter came to rest on its skids and there were no injuries to the instructor or student.  BEA data refers to ” A broken cam of the throttle was found.”  That report also... Read more

Helicentre Aviation Launches Cabri G2 Flight Instructor Programme

Helicentre Aviation Launches Cabri G2 Flight Instructor Programme

14-Aug-2015Source: Helicentre Aviation

Helicentre Aviation Academy has launched a brand new EASA helicopter Flight Instructor (FI) programme to meet its demand for instructors on the Cabri G2. The Cabri’s success as a training helicopter has been immense. It’s selection as the primary platform for students enrolled on the Helicentre Aviation Academy BSc (Hons) degree programme (a joint initiative... Read more

Heli-Union adds third Cabri to training fleet

Heli-Union adds third Cabri to training fleet

29-Jul-2015Source: HeliHub.com

French operator Heli-Union has added a third Guimbal G2 Cabri to its training fleet. Based at Angouleme, Heli Union Training Centre took delivery of two Cabri helicopters in April 2013, and demand has led them to expand the fleet. The new aircraft is registered F-HUTD and is the 105th Cabri off the production line in... Read more

Spain – Coptering acquires second Cabri

Spain – Coptering acquires second Cabri

16-Jun-2015Source: HeliHub.com

Spanish dealer for Helicoptères Guimbal, Coptering SA, now operates two G2 Cabri helicopters from its base at Barcelona’s Sabadell Airport. After purchasing a new G2 msn 1080, which the operator received in October 2014, they have now bought one of the high-time aircraft from Swedish operator Northern Helicopters.  The latter had already decided to dispose... Read more

11-Jun-15 HB-ZOA Guimbal G2 Cabri Gruyère, Switzerland

11-Jun-15 HB-ZOA Guimbal G2 Cabri Gruyère, Switzerland

11-Jun-2015

During autorotation practice,  the main rotor blades contacted the tail boom after the helicopter bounced off the ground in a heavy landing... Read more

Guimbal ships the 100th Cabri

Guimbal ships the 100th Cabri

27-May-2015Source: HeliHub.com

Helicoptères Guimbal, the French manufacturer, has recently shipped their 100th G2 Cabri helicopter.  The handover ceremony at the factory at Aix-les-Milles saw a blue Cabri added to the fleet of German operator Heli Transair, their third.  Bruno Guimbal handed the keys over to Heli Transair’s Dick Herr.  The company had brought two of their other... Read more

Two more Guimbal Maintenance Centres approved in UK

Two more Guimbal Maintenance Centres approved in UK

6-May-2015Source: Cotswold

Cotswold Helicopter Centre announced this week that two more EASA Part 145 maintenance facilities have gained approval to support the Guimbal Cabri G2 helicopter in UK. This increases the total of approved maintenance facilities in the UK to six. The two latest organisations to gain approval are Bourne Park Aviation in Hampshire and HeliMech in... Read more

VVB Aviation takes delivery of 13th UK Cabri

VVB Aviation takes delivery of 13th UK Cabri

29-Apr-2015Source: Cotswold

The UK’s 13th Cabri was collected from the Hélicoptères Guimbal factory in Aix-en-Provence earlier today. The new aircraft was collected by Ian Lunt of VVB Aviation who will be operating it for flight training from their base at Elstree Aerodrome. Oliver Heynes of Cotswold Helicopter Centre, the sole UK agents for Hélicoptères Guimbal is accompanying... Read more

Twelve and Counting – Latest British Cabri arrives from France

Twelve and Counting – Latest British Cabri arrives from France

29-Mar-2015Source: Cotswold

The number of Guimbal Cabri G2 helicopters operating in the UK increased to twelve last week with the arrival of serial number 1092 registered G-CILU. Andy Moorhouse of UK Guimbal importers Cotswold Helicopter Centre flew the aircraft back from the Hélicoptères Guimbal factory in Aix-en-Provence in southern France accompanied by a graduate of their flight... Read more

Elstree Helicopters takes delivery of 11th British Cabri

Elstree Helicopters takes delivery of 11th British Cabri

18-Mar-2015Source: Cotswold Helicopter Centre

Yesterday marked a milestone for the Guimbal Cabri G2 as the 11th aircraft was delivered to the UK. Paul White, owner of Elstree Helicopters landed G-FPEH, G2 Serial Number 1093 at Elstree Aerodrome yesterday morning after an uneventful flight back from Hélicoptères Guimbal in Aix-en-Provence – in just a day and a half, given unexpectedly... Read more

Guimbal takes 10 Cabri orders and 4 options at Heli-Expo

Guimbal takes 10 Cabri orders and 4 options at Heli-Expo

16-Mar-2015Source: Guimbal

Heli-Expo 2015 in Orlando gave Hélicoptères Guimbal the opportunity to display the brand new, second Cabri being delivered to their first customer and distributor on the North-American market, Precision Helicopters, Oregon. It also permitted to celebrate the helicopter certification recently delivered by the FAA. Expectedly, the helicopter attracted a considerable interest from operators of all the... Read more

12-Mar-15 F-HOLA Guimbal G2 Plateau de Matheysine, France

12-Mar-15 F-HOLA Guimbal G2 Plateau de Matheysine, France

12-Mar-2015

The instructor explained that during a go-around after practice approach altitude on a field, the helicopter suddenly made several turns to the left around the yaw axis.  He managed to land in a snowy field at about 5400 ft.... Read more

Helicentre Aviation Confirms Cabri G2 Order at Heli-Expo

Helicentre Aviation Confirms Cabri G2 Order at Heli-Expo

11-Mar-2015Source: Helicentre Aviation

Helicentre Aviation’s Chairman Christopher Line met with Bruno Guimbal, President and CEO of Hélicoptères Guimbal at Heli Expo in Orlando, Florida last week where they shook hands as Helicentre Aviation’s sixth Cabri G2 order was confirmed. The new aircraft will add to the existing fleet of five operated by Helicentre Aviation as well as three... Read more

Demand Identified for a Four Seat Cabri, Says Bruno Guimbal

Demand Identified for a Four Seat Cabri, Says Bruno Guimbal

5-Mar-2015Source: HeliHub.com

Guimbal Helicopters president Bruno Guimbal announced at Heli-Expo that his company has 75 firm orders from 13 countries for his company’s Cabri G2 two-seat helicopter. Over 180 have now been sold since the first helicopter was launched into the market back in 2009. Calculations reveal that the whole fleet has now logged over 50,000 flying... Read more

Guidance Aviation confirms company’s first Guimbal Cabri G2

Guidance Aviation confirms company’s first Guimbal Cabri G2

3-Mar-2015Source: Guidance Aviation

 Guidance Aviation has confirmed the purchase of the company’s first Guimbal Cabri G2 helicopter, Serial No. 1099.  The original purchase agreement was forged between Bruno Guimbal and John Stonecipher, CEO, Guidance Aviation at HELI-EXPO 2014 pending the FAA’s issuance of the U.S. Standard Category Airworthiness Certificate. The confirmation comes the same week the Cabri G2... Read more

Sweden – Northern Helicopters drops Cabri in favour of R44

Sweden – Northern Helicopters drops Cabri in favour of R44

2-Mar-2015Source: HeliHub.com

Swedish operator Northern Helicopters has the two highest hour G2 Cabri helicopters in the world, and nearly 8,500 hours experience flying the type.  However, they have decided to sell the two examples that they have, and are in the process of acquiring three Robinson R44 Raven IIs to replace them.  Northern cite “increasing costs and... Read more

Helicentre Aviation Academy’s Cabri G2 Fleet Increases to Five

Helicentre Aviation Academy’s Cabri G2 Fleet Increases to Five

27-Feb-2015Source: Helicentre Aviation

Midlands-based Helicentre Aviation Academy has taken delivery of another Guimbal Cabri G2 painted in the same silver-grey paint scheme and company livery as the existing Cabri G2 fleet which now stands at five, including two aircraft which are leased from UK Guimbal distributor Cotswold Helicopter Centre. The keys were ceremoniously handed over by Hélicoptères Guimbal’s... Read more

Multiflight takes delivery of Guimbal G2 Cabri

Multiflight takes delivery of Guimbal G2 Cabri

23-Feb-2015Source: HeliHub.com

The ninth Cabri in the UK has been delivered to Multiflight at Leeds-Bradford Airport.  Serial 1090 from the production line in France, G-CILR is leased through UK distributor Cotswold Helicopter Centre.  Multiflight will add the Cabri to their training fleet, which covers both fixed and rotary wing.  The company operates a wide range of aircraft... Read more

FAA certifies Guimbal G2 Cabri

FAA certifies Guimbal G2 Cabri

5-Feb-2015Source: Guimbal

Following its best year of operation ever, and opening an even more promising year 2015, Helicopteres Guimbal has just received the final certification of the Cabri G2 helicopter from the FAA. This success is the result of a smooth 16-month cooperation with the different specialists of the Federal Agency, including Operations, Flight tests and Documentation.... Read more

Guimbal Cabri arrives in Spain

Guimbal Cabri arrives in Spain

13-Nov-2014Source: HeliHub.com

The Spanish representative for Helicopteres Guimbal has received their first G2 Cabri, serial 1080 off the production line in Aix, France.  Coptering SA has previously operated a Robinson R22 for training, and the Cabri is an additional aircraft in their fleet.  Maintenance support is being provided by local company Heliswiss Iberica. Their all-white aircraft, complete... Read more

Helicentre Aviation 2014 Scholarship Winners Announced

Helicentre Aviation 2014 Scholarship Winners Announced

28-Oct-2014Source: Helicentre Aviation

Helicentre Aviation have awarded helicopter pilot training scholarships with a combined value of over £80,000 to five of their student pilots following a two month intensive interview process. A total of 24 scholarship applications were received. James Geary from Kent was awarded the commercial pilot scholarship which will fund all his hour building up to... Read more

Guimbal steps up a gear with Cabri in both Vietnam and China

Guimbal steps up a gear with Cabri in both Vietnam and China

27-Oct-2014Source: Guimbal

Within a few days of each other, the first Cabri G2 helicopters delivered in Asia commence operation in both China and Vietnam. The first two aircraft in China have been certified by the CAAC, and they have begun operation with X-Square Aviation, which is starting an ambitious training activity in the Shanghai area.  The CAAC... Read more

18-Oct-14 D-HAVG Guimbal Cabri Egelsbach, Germany

18-Oct-14 D-HAVG Guimbal Cabri Egelsbach, Germany

18-Oct-2014

Main transmission belt came loose, causing engine to lose power.  Emergency landing completed successfully but uneven ground caused temporary instability which led to one main blade contacting and cutting tail boom.... Read more

Cotswold Helicopter Centre Supply UK’s Eighth Cabri

Cotswold Helicopter Centre Supply UK’s Eighth Cabri

17-Oct-2014Source: Cotswold Helicopter Centre

Another Guimbal Cabri G2 helicopter has been added to the ‘G’ register this week to bring the UK’s total to eight.  The acceptance flight of Serial Number 1079 was conducted by Andy Moorhouse of Cotswold Helicopter Centre, the exclusive UK distributor for French manufacturer Helicoptères Guimbal. The aircraft will be handed over to its new... Read more

Helicentre Aviation will have ten Cabri G2s by early 2016

Helicentre Aviation will have ten Cabri G2s by early 2016

1-Jul-2014Source: Helicentre Aviation

Helicentre Aviation Academy have announced the purchase of three additional Guimbal Cabri G2 helicopters which will expand their rapidly growing Cabri fleet to ten by early 2016 and make them the world’s largest single operator of Cabri G2 helicopters. The fleet includes the five brand new airframes currently in production with Hélicoptères Guimbal, as well... Read more

Helicentre Aviation announce 2015 pilot scholarships

Helicentre Aviation announce 2015 pilot scholarships

27-Jun-2014Source: Helicentre Aviation

Helicentre Aviation after attending the Heli UK Expo on the 3rd-4th June has now announced brand new scholarships for 2015. During the Heli UK Expo, Helicentre Aviation was able to promote the Flight Training center to the Helicopter community and to new potential student’s eager to begin their training. Helicentre Aviation Academy has announced it... Read more

Guimbal G2 Cabri now certified In China

Guimbal G2 Cabri now certified In China

24-Jun-2014Source: Guimbal

The Civil Aviation Administration of China issued to Helicopteres Guimbal the Cabri G2 Validation Type Certificate on June, 16th, after an eight-month validation process. This important milestone comes in good time the same week when the first two helicopters are prepared for shipment to Shanghai X-Square Aviation Co., Guimbal’s first distributor in China X-Square will... Read more

Helicentre Aviation Announces Brand New Scholarships for 2015

Helicentre Aviation Announces Brand New Scholarships for 2015

19-Jun-2014Source: Helicentre Aviation

Helicentre Aviation Academy has announced it will be awarding several helicopter pilot training scholarships in 2015. The company has so far awarded four scholarships to trainee helicopter pilots and will this summer will be awarding a further five scholarships totalling around £100,000 in value. By 2015 a total of fifteen training scholarships will have been... Read more

Unnamed seventh UK training school orders two Guimbal Cabris

Unnamed seventh UK training school orders two Guimbal Cabris

4-Jun-2014Source: Cotswold Helicopter Centre

Cotswold Helicopter Centre, the sole UK distributors for Helicopters Guimbal are delighted to announce the sale of two brand new Cabri G2 helicopters to an unnamed flight training school in the south east of England. This order will take the UK Cabri fleet to 17 aircraft by the end of 2015. Andy Moorhouse from Cotswold... Read more

Fourth UK training school adds Cabri to fleet

Fourth UK training school adds Cabri to fleet

1-Jun-2014Source: HeliHub.com

British operator Elite Helicopters are this week taking delivery of the seventh G2 Cabri in the UK, and thus become the fourth training school to offer the type. Elite Helicopters is based at Goodwood and flies a range of helicopters from Robinson R22 up to AgustaWestland AW109 for both training and charter. Serial Number 1068... Read more

Five Cabri G2s To Be Displayed at The Heli UK Expo

Five Cabri G2s To Be Displayed at The Heli UK Expo

27-May-2014Source: Heli UK Expo

This year at the Heli UK Expo’s first launch, Cotswold Helicopter Centre will be displaying 5 Cabri G2s at the event taking place at Sywell Aerodrome from the 3-4 June 2014. Cotswold Helicopter Centre, the exclusive UK distributors for Hélicoptèrs Guimbal will have five Cabri G2 Helicopters on display at Heli UK Expo. The Cabri... Read more

Starlite Aviation prepare for Cabri operations starting in June

Starlite Aviation prepare for Cabri operations starting in June

21-May-2014Source: HeliHub.com

Starlite Aviation have posted information on their Facebook page to confirm that the two Guimbal G2 Cabri helicopters on order have been accepted at the factory in France and are now in shipment to South Africa.  They will be based at Mossel Bay, and expected on fleet in June. The pair are serials 1064 and... Read more

Lion Helicopters orders third and fourth Cabris for Czech Republic

Lion Helicopters orders third and fourth Cabris for Czech Republic

15-May-2014Source: HeliHub.com

Guimbal’s representatives in Czech Republic – Lion Helicopters – recently announced that they have placed an order for two G2 Cabri helicopters for private purchasers in the Czech Republic.  The contract for these was signed at the Aero exhibition in Friendrichshafen, and will take the national fleet to four. Lion Helicopters already operate the first two,... Read more

Starlite becomes first customer in Africa for Guimbal Cabri

Starlite becomes first customer in Africa for Guimbal Cabri

14-May-2014Source: Starlite

Starlite select the Guimbal Cabri G2 to upgrade its basic training helicopter fleet.  Starlite’s International Aviation Training Academy based in Mossel Bay, South Africa, was one of the launch customers welcomed to the Guimbal family, having purchased two of their latest Cabri G2 helicopters, with another six on order. Starlite International Training Academy has 15... Read more

Guimbal appoints dealer in Spain

Guimbal appoints dealer in Spain

30-Apr-2014Source: HeliHub.com

Helicoptères Guimbal has recently appointed a dealer for Spain.  Coptering SL will be based at Barcelona’s Sabadell Airport, and is currently working with EASA in Spain on their plans for a Approved Training Organisation based there.  The company is working on their website, and a currently has a strong image-based holding page at www.coptering.com Coptering expects... Read more

UK Cabri fleet will be 15 by June 2015

UK Cabri fleet will be 15 by June 2015

22-Apr-2014Source: HeliHub.com

The UK distributor for Helicopteres Guimbal – Cotswold Helicopter Centre – has told HeliHub.com in an interview this week that Cabri sales are shooting ahead. With six currently in country, they are now holding orders for another nine. The latest one of these is scheduled for delivery in June 2015. At present there are three... Read more

Sixth Cabri arrives in UK this week

Sixth Cabri arrives in UK this week

8-Apr-2014Source: HeliHub.com

Britain’s sixth Cabri is due to leave the factory today – Tuesday 8th – for the flight to the UK. From Aix in southern France, we expect G-VETT to reach UK airspace on Wednesday for delivery to a private owner who has registered to his company name Farm Veterinary Aviation Ltd. The helicopter is also... Read more

Netherlands – HeliCentre hold Cabri launch event

Netherlands – HeliCentre hold Cabri launch event

25-Mar-2014Source: HeliCentre

Dutch operator HeliCentre at Lelystad held a launch event on Saturday as they commence operations with a Guimbal Cabri G2. The company plans on using the helicopter for training, transport and self-fly hire according to their website. The Cabri was purchased pre-owned from Germany. PH-HCC is serial 1010 and was D-HJOY with its previous owner.... Read more

Lion Helicopters to exhibit at EHS 2014

Lion Helicopters to exhibit at EHS 2014

4-Mar-2014Source: EHS

LION Helicopters company provides professional helicopter flying school services, aerial works and is dealer of Guimbal Helicopters for Czech Republic, Slovak Republic and Hungary. Putting emphasis on maximum safety confirms the fact, that LION Helicopters highly experienced pilots and instructors use the best available technology. LION Helicopters company is the only one in the Czech Republic operating... Read more

Guimbal delivers first Cabri in US – many more to follow

Guimbal delivers first Cabri in US – many more to follow

3-Mar-2014Source: Guimbal

On Tuesday, February 25th Precision Helicopters is taking delivery of their first new-generation training helicopter, the Guimbal Cabri G2, which is the first of this type in the USA, at the HAI Heli-Expo in Anaheim, CA. Precision’s Managing Director David Rath is signing the delivery with Bruno Guimbal, President and CEO of the manufacturer Guimbal.... Read more

Heli Aviation takes delivery of their eighth Guimbal G2 Cabri

Heli Aviation takes delivery of their eighth Guimbal G2 Cabri

2-Mar-2014Source: Heli Aviation

Today with the D-HAVI lands Cabri number eight at Heli Aviation in Augsburg. By expanding its helicopter fleet again, Heli Aviation GmbH is consolidating its existing company world record with respect to the Cabri G2 helicopter. D-HAVI is serial 1061 from the production line in Aix in France With the eight Guimbal helicopter participating actively... Read more

Helicentre Aviation Places Order for Fifth Cabri G2

Helicentre Aviation Places Order for Fifth Cabri G2

22-Feb-2014Source: Helicentre Aviation

Helicentre Aviation have placed an order for the fifth Cabri G2 to join their training academy fleet at Leicester Airport. The order was signed for this week at the company’s operating base where Andy Moorhouse of Cotswold Helicopter Centre, the UK Guimbal distributor, met with Helicentre Aviation directors Chris Line and Sarah Bowen. “The Cabri... Read more

Fifth UK Cabri being prepared for delivery – with seven more on order

Fifth UK Cabri being prepared for delivery – with seven more on order

21-Feb-2014Source: Cotswold

Cotswold Helicopter Centre, the sole UK agents for Hélicoptères Guimbal are delighted to announce the imminent arrival of the fifth Cabri G2 in the UK. The aircraft (pictured) is to be registered G-ETWO and will be operated by EBG Helicopters at Redhill Aerodrome in Surrey. It is scheduled to arrive at Redhill within the next... Read more

VGTU launches Lithuania’s first university helicopter course – with Cabri

VGTU launches Lithuania’s first university helicopter course – with Cabri

20-Feb-2014Source: VGTU

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) invests in the studies infrastructure. This week, the flight training unit in Kyviskes acquired two new helicopters Cabri G2, the value of which is almost 3 million Litas. The air crafts will be used to prepare qualified helicopter pilots. The integrated master’s degree study programme, which will prepare such specialists,... Read more

04-Feb-14 D-HAIG Guimbal Cabri Langenfeld, Germany

04-Feb-14 D-HAIG Guimbal Cabri Langenfeld, Germany

4-Feb-2014

Helicopter on pipeline patrol fell onto its side on take off after reportedly spinning... Read more

Bruno Guimbal wins award from aviation journalists

Bruno Guimbal wins award from aviation journalists

3-Feb-2014Source: AJPAE

Bruno Guimbal, founder and CEO of Hélicoptères Guimbal and designer of the Cabri G2 two-seat helicopter, has won the Prix Icare 2014 (Icarus Award). The French association of aerospace journalists (Association des journalistes professionnels de l’aéronautique et de l’espace, AJPAE) on January 31 chose Guimbal in a vote during the association’s annual general meeting. Attributed... Read more

01-Feb-14 D-HAVC Guimbal G2 Augsberg, Germany

01-Feb-14 D-HAVC Guimbal G2 Augsberg, Germany

1-Feb-2014

In a low hover on a training flight and the helicopter began to spin uncontrollably.  Helicopter hit the ground tail first and broke the tail boom... Read more

New Zealand has fast-expanding Cabri fleet

New Zealand has fast-expanding Cabri fleet

30-Jan-2014Source: HeliHub.com

In the last few weeks three more Guimbal G2 Cabri helicopters have arrived in New Zealand.  This includes a new build serial 1057 from the factory in France, which will become the fifth helicopter in the country to fly with the registration ZK-HCS.  [The previous “HCS” was a Cabri now re-registered to ZK-ICS.  Ed] Meanwhile... Read more

Vietnam Helicopter Corp orders two Cabri

Vietnam Helicopter Corp orders two Cabri

7-Jan-2014Source: HeliHub.com

Vietnam Helicopter Corp has ordered two G2 Cabri helicopters from Hélicoptères Guimbal in France – for delivery this summer. Following a year-long selection process, including flight evaluation and a government bidding procedure, the purchasing contract was signed in Hanoï between General Ha Tien Dung, VNH chairman and CEO, and Roland Mampe, director of programme at... Read more

UK – Eight Months Remaining for Helicopter Scholarships

UK – Eight Months Remaining for Helicopter Scholarships

3-Nov-2013Source: Helicentre Aviation

Helicentre Aviation Academy announced earlier this year that five Professional Helicopter Pilot Scholarships will be awarded in summer 2014, but for the second year running application numbers are set to be very low. Between the five scholarships, there is an opportunity for anyone able to meet the pre-requisites before the deadline to apply, from complete... Read more

Polish Air Force takes delivery of two Guimbal G2 Cabri

Polish Air Force takes delivery of two Guimbal G2 Cabri

1-Nov-2013Source: HeliHub.com

Poland’s Guimbal representatives, JB Investments, have announced that the two new Cabri G2 for the Polish Air Force have arrived at The Academic Center for Aviation Training of Polish Air Force Academy at Deblin air base. These are the first helicopters of this kind delivered to Poland. Dęblin is the only academy in Poland, which... Read more

Northern Helicopters wins Finnish Border Guard training contract

Northern Helicopters wins Finnish Border Guard training contract

8-Oct-2013Source: Northern Helicopters

Northern Helicopters has been awarded with the training contract for the Finnish Border Patrol, the Finnish military.  The air squadron pilots will join the CPL integrated program which starts on the Guimbal Cabri, and includes advanced training on the EC120.  ... Read more

03-Oct-13 ZK-HCS Guimbal Cabri Swannanoa, New Zealand

03-Oct-13 ZK-HCS Guimbal Cabri Swannanoa, New Zealand

3-Oct-2013

While practicing pedal jams, during third exercise, nose yawed past centre and then got away from the student in control. The helicopter yawed left and rotated two times during which the engine went silent. Instructor took control and settled the helicopter in a hard landing from approximately 8ft. The helicopter’s tail struck ground and then... Read more

Helicentre Aviation place order for fourth Cabri G2 at Helitech

Helicentre Aviation place order for fourth Cabri G2 at Helitech

27-Sep-2013Source: Helicentre Aviation

On the second day of Helitech, Helicentre Aviation have announced the order has been placed for the fourth addition to the Helicentre Aviation Academy Cabri G2 fleet. The announcement was made at Helitech today where Helicentre Aviation are exhibiting with Cotswold Helicopter Centre, the UK distributor for Guimbal Helicopters. Bruno Guimbal was in attendance when... Read more

Helicopters at Helitech 2013

Helicopters at Helitech 2013

23-Sep-2013Source: HeliHub.com

The following is a list of the helicopters being displayed at Helitech 2013 in London – split into those displayed by the manufacturers (often with their UK dealers), other helicopters displayed, and finally those helicopters visiting the exhibition each day.  We aim to maintain/update this list through the week of the event. Hyperlinked registrations take... Read more

Cotswold Helicopter Centre to display Cabri G2 at Helitech

Cotswold Helicopter Centre to display Cabri G2 at Helitech

19-Sep-2013Source: Cotswold

Cotswold Helicopter Centre, the sole UK agents for Guimbal Helicopters, are exhibiting at Helitech International being held at London’s ExCeL exhibition and conference centre next week. They will have an example of the Guimbal Cabri G2 as a static display,and Bruno Guimbal, the designer of the Cabri G2 will be joining them on their stand.... Read more

Another UK helicopter school prepares for Cabri arrival

Another UK helicopter school prepares for Cabri arrival

18-Sep-2013Source: HeliHub.com

EBG Helicopters, based at Redhill Aerodrome just south of London, are preparing to welcome the Guimbal Cabri in to their fleet. Slated for delivery in January 2014, Managing Director Ken Faria was very positive about the helicopter type when he spoke with HeliHub.com. Faria spent an appreciable amount of “due diligence” time talking to current... Read more

Guimbal receives Part 145 Certificate from EASA

Guimbal receives Part 145 Certificate from EASA

14-Sep-2013Source: Guimbal

Following an eight-month cycle of audits, the French OSAC (Organisme de Sécurité de l’Aviation Civile), on the behalf of the EASA, have awarded their Part145 agreement to Helicopteres Guimbal. This new agreement complements their Part21-F and -G qualifications (Design Organization and Production Organization) and allows the manufacturer of the Cabri G2 helicopter to conduct maintenance... Read more

Heli Aviation reviews successful attendance at China Heli Expo

Heli Aviation reviews successful attendance at China Heli Expo

12-Sep-2013Source: Heli Aviation

[electronic translation] On the 2nd CHINA HELICOPTER EXPOSITION in the port city of Tianjin, the power spectrum of Heli Aviation enthusiastic visitors from around the world. From the 5th to 8 September 2013 was the Cabri G2 at the booth of Heli Aviation is one of the show highlights this year. The CHINA HELICOPTER EXPOSITION is specifically geared... Read more

Scholarship Winner is First UK Cabri G2 FI(H) Course Graduate

Scholarship Winner is First UK Cabri G2 FI(H) Course Graduate

3-Sep-2013Source: Helicentre Aviation

Exactly two months after the award of Helicentre Aviation’s flight instructor scholarship, Captain Morgan Whiting has become the UK’s first flight instructor to complete his FI course on the Cabri G2. He passed his flight test less than a week ago and has already started instructing PPL(H) students on the company’s Cabri G2, R22 and... Read more

Sweden – Northern Helicopters to open a Gothenburg Base

Sweden – Northern Helicopters to open a Gothenburg Base

3-Sep-2013Source: Nordic Rotors

The flight school Northern Helicopters has just announced that it will open a training facility at Gothenburg City Airport (“Säve) in September. In addition to the new base, the company will expand its business by adding a twin-engined Eurocopter AS 355 N to the fleet. The new aircraft will be used for the company’s upcoming training segment... Read more

Northern Helicopters to bring Cabri to Helitech

Northern Helicopters to bring Cabri to Helitech

29-Aug-2013Source: HeliHub.com

In  a brief update on their website, the Swedish operator Northern Helicopters says “Visit us at the largest exhibition for the helicopter industry in London now in September. We will display one of our Cabri G2.” This is in addition to the British operator Helicentre Aviation who will also have one of their two Guimbal... Read more

Helicentre prepares to order fourth Cabri at Helitech (and two more later)

Helicentre prepares to order fourth Cabri at Helitech (and two more later)

5-Aug-2013Source: Helicentre

Another brand new Cabri G2 has joined Helicentre Aviation’s training fleet making them the largest Cabri G2 operator in the UK. The aircraft was collected on Monday by Helicentre Aviation’s Chairman Captain Chris Line and company pilot Captain Llewis Ingamells. Helicentre Aviation have ordered a third Cabri G2 which is due to be with them... Read more

Fourth UK Cabri is second for Helicentre

Fourth UK Cabri is second for Helicentre

31-Jul-2013Source: Cotswold Helicopter Centre

Cotswold Helicopter Centre, the exclusive UK distributor for Helicopteres Guimbal, are delighted to announce the arrival of the fourth Cabri G2 into the UK. The aircraft was collected from the Guimbal factory in Aix-en-Provence on the evening of 25th July and arrived at Cotswold Helicopter Centre’s base at Kemble airfield on Friday 26th july. The... Read more

First Cabri arrives in Italy

First Cabri arrives in Italy

31-Jul-2013Source: HeliHub.com

The Italian representative for Helicoptères Guimbal – Eurotech – have announced the arrival of their first G2 Cabri. Serial 1050, and appropriately registered I-CABR, the helicopter is photo’d here at their base at Caiolo in the Sondrio region of Italy. Ben Haverdee – HeliHub.com... Read more

13-Jul-13 HB-ZLJ Guimbal Cabri Wichtrach, Switzerland

13-Jul-13 HB-ZLJ Guimbal Cabri Wichtrach, Switzerland

13-Jul-2013

Emergency autorotation landing in cornfield.  Photo suggests minimal or no damage.... Read more

Heli Aviation to exhibit at Helitech International

Heli Aviation to exhibit at Helitech International

8-Jul-2013Source: Heli Aviation

This year presents the Heli Aviation International Heli Aviation TRAINING ACADEMY and its extensive services range for the first time on the English Helitech International at ExCel London, the largest European trade fairs for the helicopter berbranche. Of 24 to 26 September pleased our team at stand N14 to visitors from around the world. As... Read more

Five Helicopter Pilot Scholarships announced by Helicentre Aviation

Five Helicopter Pilot Scholarships announced by Helicentre Aviation

7-Jul-2013Source: Helicentre Aviation

Applications are open for the Helicentre Aviation Academy 2013/2014 Professional Helicopter Pilot Scholarships. Following the success of this year’s awards which will see two pilots through their professional training, a total of five further scholarships will be awarded holding a total value in the region of £83,000. Between the five scholarships, there is an opportunity... Read more

06-Jul-13 F-HBEA Guimbal G2 Cabri Fleurac, France

06-Jul-13 F-HBEA Guimbal G2 Cabri Fleurac, France

6-Jul-2013

HeliHub.com have been given the following statement on 10 July by the manufacturer:- “We at Helicopteres Guimbal are of course much worried that a recent accident involved a Cabri. We are even more frustrated to learn the distorted reports that appeared in the press. The following is what we know from our point and from... Read more

Helicentre Aviation to exhibit at Helitech with a Cabri

Helicentre Aviation to exhibit at Helitech with a Cabri

3-Jul-2013Source: Helicentre Aviation

Come and see us at Helitech at London’s EcXeL on 24th-26th September 2013. The exhibition is now an annual event and is the largest international, dedicated helicopter exhibition in Europe. Representing every tier of the supply chain it brings together helicopter solutions providers with senior buyers of helicopters and helicopter products, services, parts and accessories.... Read more

First Cabri G2 Commercial Pilot for Helicentre Aviation

First Cabri G2 Commercial Pilot for Helicentre Aviation

28-Jun-2013Source: Helicentre Aviation

Helicentre Aviation have completed their first CPL(H) course on the Cabri G2. Captain Robert Foster passed his CPL(H) skill test on Monday and will shortly start working for the company as commercial helicopter pilot. The Cabri G2, which joined the fleet last September has been a great success flying over 600 hours, despite the winter’s... Read more

Helicentre Aviation announces Professional Helicopter Pilot Scholarship Winners

Helicentre Aviation announces Professional Helicopter Pilot Scholarship Winners

23-Jun-2013Source: Helicentre Aviation

Helicentre Aviation is delighted to announce the winners of the 2013 Professional Helicopter Pilot Scholarships following a selection process involving several weeks of interviews and presentations in front of a scholarship committee. The Commercial Pilot Scholarship has been awarded to Pierre Neyses from Germany, and the Flight Instructor Scholarship to Morgan Whiting from Leicestershire. “The... Read more

First Cabri G2 arrives in France for overhaul

First Cabri G2 arrives in France for overhaul

17-Jun-2013Source: Northern Helicopters

We have now reached 2200 flight hours on one of our Cabri G2 which is one of the first in the world to reach that number. The pilots Sebastian Erdos and Johanna Berndtsson flew from Jonkoping Sweden to the factory Guimbal at Le Mille Airport in south France. The aircraft will also have a cargo... Read more

Fourth Cabri delivered into Switzerland

Fourth Cabri delivered into Switzerland

13-Jun-2013Source: HeliHub.com

Swiss Helicopter AG has taken delivery of their fourth G2 Cabri from French manufacturer Helicopteres Guimbal. Now registered HB-ZDQ, this was serial 1051 off the production line at Aix en Provence, not far north of Marseilles. Although not officially registered until Monday 10th June, it was seen at the operator’s base at Bern/Belp Airport on... Read more

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