Enstrom said it completed the first flight of a new 480B turbine helicopter since resuming operations eight months ago following bankruptcy proceedings.
The 480B is the 1317th helicopter Enstrom has built and the 255th of its 480 series, the company said, noting that the recently flown aircraft was not a “left-over airframe” from the pre-bankruptcy assembly line but was built with components newly made and assembled onsite.
