Torrance, CA —Robinson’s turbine helicopter, the 5-place R66, will be on display at HeliExpo in Houston, Texas, February 21, 22, and 23, 2010. The base price with standard equipment is U.S. $770,000 and the required non-refundable deposit is U.S. $75,000. Robinson is now officially accepting orders. Serial numbers will not be assigned [...]

Torrance, CA —Barbara Robinson 53, Frank Robinson’s wife and a former vice president of Robinson Helicopter Company passed away on 13 August 2009 after a 12 year battle with breast cancer. Barbara began at Robinson Helicopter in 1978. She was instrumental in marketing the newly certificated R22 and developing Robinson’s worldwide dealer network. In 1983 [...]

Torrance, CA —Robinson Helicopter Company continues to be the world’s leading manufacture of civilian helicopters. Robinson again breaks its own record producing 893 civil helicopters in 2008 surpassing its prior record of 823 set in 2007. Without question, the R44 is the reason for Robinson’s continuing success and recordbreaking numbers. Introduced in 2002, [...]

Torrance, CA —In 2007 Robinson Helicopter Company manufactured 823 new helicopters, the most civil helicopters ever produced in a single year by one company. The industry record was 806 previously set by Robinson in 2005. Robinson also broke the record for production of a single helicopter model in one year, producing 664 R44s. [...]

Torrance, CA — President George W. Bush, accompanied by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, visited Robinson Helicopter Company to promote free trade agreements pending before Congress. Robinson was selected as the venue for Bush’s statement based on the strength of its international sales. In 2007, exports accounted for over seventy percent of Robinson’s total [...]

Torrance, CA — Robinson Helicopter Company achieved another milestone when its 8000th helicopter was flight certified. The new, solid green, Robinson R44 Raven II S/N 11984 was ordered by SkySales Aviation (Christchurch, New Zealand) for a private owner. Owned by Alex Rodgers, Sky Sales started its affiliation with Robinson first as a service center in [...]

Torrance, CA — Marking the first time the Republic of Kazakhstan acquired a foreignmanufactured helicopter for law enforcement use, the Internal Affairs Ministry deployed on December 14, 2006 a new Robinson R44 Raven II helicopter to support its police force in the capital city of Astana. In a ceremony, Astana Mayor Askar Mamin [...]

Torrance, CA — A new Robinson R44 Raven II Police Helicopter patrols above the City of San Bernardino through a contract with airborne law-enforcement specialist California Aviation Services. Deployed to support the city’s anti-crime program, Operation Phoenix, the R44 Raven II Police Helicopter is on duty 40 hours a week. Following the success [...]

Torrance, CA — A Robinson R44 Newscopter served as the aerial platform for Dallas Morning News photographer Smiley Pool while he took his Pulitzer Prize winning photographs of hurricane-devastated New Orleans. The Newscopter, piloted by Ken Pyatt (president, SKY Helicopters) was designated by the FAA as the shared helicopter for still photographers. Flying [...]