General Aviation
Airbus Mbb-Bk 117 C-2
Manufacturer: Airbus
The MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 is a twin‑engined light utility helicopter developed jointly by Germany’s MBB and Japan’s Kawasaki. It serves as a medium‑utility transport and is popular for passenger, VIP, medical, and rescue missions.
Aircraft Facts
- Type Key
- airbus-mbb-bk-117-c-2
- Class
- General Aviation
- Registry Count
- 48
- Example Registration
- N105NK
Specifications
- Length
- 9.91 m / 32 ft
- Height
- 3.85 m / 12 ft
- Max Speed
- 250 km/h / 160 mph
- Cruise Speed
- 278 km/h / 173 mph
- Range
- 541 km / 292 nmi
- Ceiling
- 4575 m / 15010 ft
- First Flight
- 1979-06-13
- Production Start
- 1979
Variants
- MBB-BK 117 C-2- 48 registrations - Example N105NK
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Machine-Readable Resources
Sources
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=105NK
- https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/releasable_aircraft_download
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=112AH
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=113AH
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=131HN
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=135HN
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=138AH
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=142AH
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBB/Kawasaki_BK_117