Eurocopter AS350B-3 Ecureuil "Everest" (Heller 5HV80488)

Category Aircraft Scale Modelling, Subcategory Aircraft Scale Modelling, Scale 1 : 50, ISBN/Box 5HV80488, Publisher/Brand Heller

On 14 May 2005 at 07.08 (local time), an Ecureuil/AStar AS 350 B3, series (registration number F-WQEX ) with test pilot Didier Delsalle at the controls, set down at 8,850 metres (29,035 ft) on the summit of Mount Everest (Kingdom of Nepal), shattering the world record for high altitude takeoff and landing. This helicopter, registration number F-HMGM, is now a member of the French company CHALLENGE S.A.S. fleet, based at GAP-TALLARD airport.
This kit includes the exclusive decoration scheme of the world recordsetter. It was also for HELLER the occasion to update their previous AS350 model kit of this most produced civil helicopter the in the world. this helicopter model kit easy to assemble, because the original is simple. Strictly accurate, developed in cooperation with EUROCOPTER, based on the HELLER's well known model kit