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AW119Ke Koala Enhanced |
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Photo: Robert Deering 10/6/2008 Orange County Convention Center Orlando, Florida |
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The
AgustaWestland AW119 Koala
is an eight-seat utility helicopter powered by a single
turboshaft engine produced for the civil market.
Introduced as the
Agusta A119 Koala prior
to the Agusta-Westland merger, it is targeted at
operators favoring lower running costs of a
single-engine aircraft over redundancy of a twin. The design itself was derived from Agusta's highly successful A109, but with only a single engine (as the A109 was originally designed) and with fixed skids replacing the retractable wheeled landing gear. A key selling point is its wide-body fuselage, seating passengers three-abreast in the cabin, or allowing for two litters and medical attendants to be carried in the medevac role, whereas most similar-sized helicopters can only carry one. The actual cabin volume is approximately 30% greater than other helicopters in its class. |
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