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Eurocopter BK117

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21 STC list 38 Charter operators 82 Maintenance centres 2 Completions centres 18 ATO training organisations

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Variant types

	World fleet	Charter fleet	Typical pax	Cabin volume	Cruise	Range	Years
Bolkow Bk117A-1	●●	●	●	●●●●●●●●●	●●●●●●●	●●●●●●	●●●●●●●●●●
Bolkow Bk117C-1	●●	●	●	●●●●●●●●●	●●●●●●●	●●●●●●	●●●●●●●●●●
Bolkow Bk117B-2	●●	●●	●	●●●●●●●●●	●●●●●●●	●●●●●●	●●●●●●●●●●
Bolkow Bk117B-1	●●	●	●	●●●●●●●●●	●●●●●●●	●●●●●●	●●●●●●●●●●
Bolkow Bk117B	●●	●●	●	●●●●●●●●●	●●●●●●●	●●●●●●	●●●●●●●●●●
Bolkow Bk117D-2	●	●	●	●●●●●●●●●	●●●●●●●	●●●●●●	●●●●●●●●●●

Supplemental Type Certificates

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14/08/2024	EASA: 10053302. ●●●●●●●●●● ●●●●●●●●●● STC holder: ●●●●●●●●●●
21/07/2024	EASA: 10080916. ●●●●●●●●●● ●●●●●●●●●● STC holder: ●●●●●●●●●●
19/09/2023	EASA: 10051018. ●●●●●●●●●● ●●●●●●●●●● STC holder: ●●●●●●●●●●
19/06/2023	EASA: 10060315. ●●●●●●●●●● ●●●●●●●●●●
26/01/2023	EASA: 10081140. ●●●●●●●●●● ●●●●●●●●●●, ●●●●●●●●●●, ●●●●●●●●●●, ●●●●●●●●●● STC holder: ●●●●●●●●●●
20/01/2023	EASA: 10081086. ●●●●●●●●●● ●●●●●●●●●● STC holder: ●●●●●●●●●●
21/12/2022	EASA: 10080942. ●●●●●●●●●● ●●●●●●●●●● STC holder: ●●●●●●●●●●
30/11/2022	EASA: 10058659. ●●●●●●●●●● ●●●●●●●●●● STC holder: ●●●●●●●●●●
13/10/2022	EASA: 10053896. ●●●●●●●●●● ●●●●●●●●●● STC holder: ●●●●●●●●●●
23/05/2022	EASA: 10074630. ●●●●●●●●●● ●●●●●●●●●● STC holder: ●●●●●●●●●●
24/03/2022	EASA: 10047437. ●●●●●●●●●● ●●●●●●●●●● STC holder: ●●●●●●●●●●
24/02/2022	EASA: EASA.R.S.01369. ●●●●●●●●●● ●●●●●●●●●●, ●●●●●●●●●● STC holder: ●●●●●●●●●●
24/02/2022	EASA: EASA.R.S.01297. ●●●●●●●●●● ●●●●●●●●●● STC holder: ●●●●●●●●●●
20/01/2022	EASA: EASA.R.S.00468. ●●●●●●●●●● ●●●●●●●●●●, ●●●●●●●●●● STC holder: ●●●●●●●●●●
12/01/2022	EASA: 10059057. ●●●●●●●●●● ●●●●●●●●●●
07/01/2022	EASA: 10065675. ●●●●●●●●●● ●●●●●●●●●● STC holder: ●●●●●●●●●●

Charter operators

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Maintenance centres

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Completions centres

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U.S.A.

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Type rating training providers

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