COMMON
EC30
Airbus H130 (EC130)
Super Puma
“Heavy offshore workhorse. Oil rigs depend on it.”
Airbus Helicopters · helicopter
Length
39 ft 10 in
Wingspan
35 ft 1 in (rotor)
Max speed
140 kts
Range
328 nmi
Ceiling
23,000 ft
Engines
1x Turbomeca Arriel 2D
Crew
1
Max passengers
7
Built
320
Carries workers to offshore oil platforms in the North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and everywhere else petroleum hides underwater.
Fun fact
The Super Puma family has logged over 7 million flight hours in offshore operations.
How to spot one
Single-engine with Fenestron tail. Wide cabin with great visibility. The Grand Canyon tour helicopter.
Crews call it
The Eurostar
Sounds like
Fenestron tail rotor — quiet for a touring helicopter. Wide cabin is acoustically pleasant.
Related
One might be overhead right now.
Bogey turns the Super Puma from a dot in the sky into a card in your logbook. Coming to iOS and Android.
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