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Turbomeca plots revolution in helicopter engine design

Turbomeca is pressing ahead with a radical design for a new generation of helicopter engines to deliver a quantum leap in operational efficiency. “If we do not shoot for a 30- to 50-percent improvement in fuel burn for 20 to 30 years from now, the helicopter will be no more than an airshow attraction and will no longer be a business tool,” the French company’s president Pierre Fabre told AIN. “Also, we have to reduce pollution and noise if there is to be a future for vertical flight.”

Monday 15 June, 2009 09:14 PM

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