Ambitious Plans For British Light Rotorcraft Startup

Tony Osborne September 02, 2020
Hill Helicopters HX50
Hill Helicopters has set aggressive timescales for the HX50: The first flight is planned for 2022, and market entry in 2023.
Credit: Hill Helicopters Concept
A British startup has unveiled a concept for a low-cost, light turbine helicopter it hopes to bring to market in 2023. Entrepreneur and engineer Jason Hill believes his HX50 five-seat design could reboot rotary-wing general aviation, even at a time when billions of dollars are pouring into the...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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