Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Many said Hill faced a mountain in choosing to design and build its own gas turbine for the HX50. The mountain has been climbed one machining operation at a time.

With 99.5% of all production operations complete, the path is now clear:

- Final finishing touches on the last twenty parts.
- First GT50 prototype assembly in approximately ten days.
- Engine light-off and testing—the first helicopter engine built in the United Kingdom in nearly fifty years.

The fun, as Jason Hill puts it, is about to start. 😍

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