Company:Hillberg Helicopters

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Short description: American helicopter manufacturer
Hillberg Helicopters
TypePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
FateOut of business
FounderDonald Gene Hillberg
Defunctafter 1998
Headquarters
Fountain Valley, California
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ProductsKit aircraft

Hillberg Helicopters was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Fountain Valley, California and founded by Donald Gene Hillberg. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of helicopters in the form of kits for amateur construction.[1]

The company offered a turbine conversion kit for the Rotorway Exec, using a Solar T62 auxiliary power unit engine to create the Hillberg Turbine Exec. The Hillberg EH1-01 RotorMouse was a single-seat helicopter with stub-wings. At least one example of each design was flown.[1][2]

A Hillberg EH1-02 TandemMouse, two-seats-in-tandem version of the RotorMouse design was proposed and construction of a prototype commenced.[1]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Hillberg Helicopters
Model name First flight Number built Type
Hillberg Turbine Exec 1990s at least one Turbine conversion of the Rotorway Exec
Hillberg EH1-01 RotorMouse 1993 at least one Turbine single-seat helicopter

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 324-325 and 352. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN:0-9636409-4-1
  2. Federal Aviation Administration (30 March 2015). "N-Number Inquiry Results - N10TE". http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=10TE. Retrieved 30 March 2015.