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ILA 2010: CH-53GA makes its debut

8th June 2010 - 19:04 GMT | by Tony Osborne

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Eurocopter's upgraded CH-53GA transport helicopter made its public debut at the ILA Airshow on 8 June.

The aircraft on display is the second prototype, which first flew?at the end of May, making its fifth and sixth flights to get to the show from the Eurocopter facility at Donauworth in Bavaria.

The CH-53GA is a major upgrade programme of the current Sikorsky CH-53, encompassing a new avionics fit, a new electronic warfare system, an infrared turret and communications equipment.

Also fitted is a new automatic flight control system (AFCS) and four-axis autopilot similar to that fitted to the EC225/725 and other

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Tony was deputy editor of Defence Helicopter and Rotorhub magazines before joining Aviation Week in …

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