The October 20 grand opening of American Eurocopter’s new Columbus, Mississippi manufacturing and helicopter assembly facility was formalized by a ribbon-cutting ceremony with (from left to right): American Eurocopter President Marc Paganini; Congressman Roger Wicker; Philippe Camus, the Chief Executive Officer of EADS; Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour; Eurocopter President Fabrice Bregier; Ralph D. Crosby, Jr., Chairman and CEO of EADS North America; and Congressman Chip Pickering.
The initial EC 120B for the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency takes shape at American Eurocopter’s new Mississippi plant.
This AS 365 N1 from Pennsylvania’s Hershey Medical Center is the first Dauphin helicopter to be re-engined/converted to the N3 version at American Eurocopter's new Mississippi facility.
The American Eurocopter facility at Columbus, Mississippi is an 85,500-sq.-ft. plant that includes a helicopter assembly/ completion hanger, a flight-line hanger, paint shop, manufacturing shop, surface treatment area, warehouse, training rooms and administrative offices.
