NH 90 Helicopter Demo on De Kooy Air base in Den Helder

On 1 September 1992, NH Industries signed an NH90 design-and-development contract with NAHEMA (NATO Helicopter Management Agency). This agency represented the four participating nations: France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands. Portugal joined the agency on 21 June 2001. The design work started in 1993, with the first prototype, the PT1, making its first flight on 18 December 1995. A second prototype, the PT2, first flew on 19 March 1997 and the third prototype, the PT3, on 27 November 1998. The Netherlands, one of the original supporters of the program, has 20 units on order. However, to date, due to design changes the helicopter is too heavy to be used in combination with the Dutch frigates for which they were explicitly ordered, it is as of yet unclear what additional changes, at what cost need to be made to make them suitable for the Dutch primary role.[ (From Wikipedia)
In this video a nice demo flight is shown on September 19th on the Heldair Air Show on De Kooy air base in Den Helder The Netherlands. The impressive qualities in flight are clearly demonstrated. Almost 10 tons in weight dances in the sky with superb control in all directions. Very impressive. Enjoy this short demo flight!

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