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| Left to right, Erickson’s Stan Crowley, director of business development, President & CEO Udo Rieder, Alan Zhou, general manager, Kun Shan, Dian Shan Lake Aviation Industrial Company, and Wan Tony Chee, President of APAC, Airplane Design Company. Photo by Dale Smith
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Erickson Air-Crane has reached a memorandum of understanding with a consortium of Chinese aviation companies for the sales, manufacturing, MRO and general operations capabilities of five S-64s. “This is the next step in a proof-of-concept program that we hope will lead to a long relationship with Chinese customers,” explained Erickson President & CEO Udo Rieder, adding that the S-64 offers emergency equipment service operators “a diverse array of heavy-lift capabilities.” Along with the five S-64s, the MOU includes Erickson’s Aircrane Incident Response Systems (AIRS) program. The Chinese AIRS program includes rescue baskets, fire tank, cargo pod and other components. (From April 2011 Rotorcraft Report)
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