AIRBUS H160 M-JCBA ARRIVING AND DEPARTING FROM LONDON BATTERSEA HELIPORT 0809

AIRBUS H160 M-JCBA ARRIVING AND DEPARTING FROM LONDON BATTERSEA HELIPORT 0809 - AIRCRAFT WAS ORDERED BY JCB BUT THE ORDER WAS CANCELLED - AIRCRAFT DID A CUSTOMER PICK UP AND DEPARTED TO LONDON LUTON AIRPORT TO CONNECT WITH AN A319CJ - IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFORMATION ON THE NEW OWNER OF THIS AIRCRAFT I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW , THE LAST BIT OF INFO I HAD WAS THE AIRCRAFT WAS TO BE SENT BACK TO FRANCE BY ROAD BUT THIS IS CLEARLY NOT THE CASE

[@UnionCountyPhotography]

that's cool seeing those cages for the turboshaft intakes

[@helicopterovirtual-msfs6254]

Sensacional.

[@chegekinya2454]

Ohhh yes king of the sky amazing

[@juninhocavini]

04:12 The landing gear compartment has no door?

[@PeterGinUAE]

A helicopter completely manufactured would be flown, not transported by truck or rail. Clearly, the order was not cancelled, and the owner (JCB) changed their mind -- keeping the helicopter and making good use of it.

[@helibuddies1066]

that was my thought but it you look the JCB company marks are not on the aircraft anymore , the crew are not JCB pilots but airbus pilots , the order has been cancelled , the 2nd h160 they had on order which never arrived has been repainted at the Airbus factory , at one stage at oxford the aircraft had its blades removed , JCB are still using there Sk76s

[@PeterGinUAE]

@@helibuddies1066 I suspect it's become now a demonstrator model as Airbus helicopters had offered me a free ride from Milan to Monaco during the yacht expo this summer. Likewise, Blueberry Aviation had theirs on display at the Geneva business jet expo. In the 1990s I flew in Trump's Super Puma when the banks repossessed it and Aerospatiale booked demonstration flights on that model. A mysterious electrical fire burned it up, likely arson, and insurance covered the debts / loans outstanding on that helicopter. Sikorsky S-76s also were in a similar posture. When owners no longer used their aircraft, or orders were cancelled, the helicopters became demonstrators. I also flew in a 365n2 in the 1990s that was an order cancellation and became a demonstrator. As a sneaky trick, ask the heliport staff for more information, they may be helpful -- in NYC there are 3 heliports and I used to trade stocks off of the helicopter activity on a Sunday (mergers).

[@c.gauthier6025]

@@helibuddies1066 Do you know why they cancelled, I can't imagine it was "reliability" as some suggest.There's not been enough time put on the machine to determine as much.The word is they just ordered 2 139's from Leonardo, you can't beat their 3 year/2000 hr warranty, excellent machine and issues are well known.

[@helibuddies1066]

@@c.gauthier6025 my understanding is that it was to do with the interior not the aircraft its self , it was a surprise that the aircraft still wears the reg and its not been changed to some odd 2- reg

[@aviatoralexlive5055]

@@helibuddies1066 it was the interior, it was too heavy and took ages to come back to oxford, it all went tits up

[@PLANEMANIA747]

Great capturing 🤩

[@helibuddies1066]

Thanks a lot 😊