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- Helicopter EC130-B4
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- Registration: N155GC
- C/N: 7091 (2010)
- Operator: Grand Canyon Helicopters
- Operator Id: 34
- Locations: Tusayan Grand Canyon AZ (KGCN), Las Vegas NV (KLAS), Page AZ (KGPA), USA
- Papillon Airways, founded 1965, is the mother company to Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters.
- Originally started as Grand Canyon Helicopters, and later as Papillon Hawaiian Helicopters,
- the company is incorporated in Washington State. Currently the worlds largest aerial
- sightseeing company. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org)
- Today, Papillon Airways Inc. continues to operate its largest base in Grand Canyon, Arizona.
- The company offers air tours of the Grand Canyon South Rim, Grand Canyon West, Las Vegas,
- Sedona, Flagstaff, Phoenix and Scottsdale.
- According to http://www.helis.com/database Grand Canyon Helicopters together with
- Papillon Helicopters operate 15 EC130-B4 Helicopters.
- WEB-Links:
- Homepage: http://www.grandcanyonhelicopter.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FlyTheCanyon
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/FlyTheCanyon
- Crash:
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- In a tragic event this helicopter crashed on Feb.10, 2018 in Grand Canyon near
- Quartermaster landing zone near Peach Springs, Arizona.
- 5 out of 7 occupants died due to the post impact fire. The pilot and one passenger
- suffered severe burns.
- For more details see: https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=205965
- Personal Notes of the Livery Editor (mhab):
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- A flight in this very EC130-B4 N155GC over Grand Canyon in Sept. 2011 was unforgettable.
- This experience together with a passion for RC model helicopters started the whole
- FlightGear activity for the EC130 model.
- It was the motivation to try and prepare a model as close as possible to the machine we
- had been flying. In a sense it ignited the whole effort to dig into FlightGear and
- keep on improving despite all the obstacles on the long way to learn how to do a
- real advanced model in a simulator.
- The model has a minimum of equipment but one of the most beautiful liveries.
- last update: 2018-05-08
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