Huge potential for use of helicopters in India: veteran pilot

New Delhi: With India having large parts of inaccessible hilly terrain, there is huge potential for development of helicopter services not only in the general aviation sector but also in various infrastructure projects underway in these areas, a veteran pilot today said.
"There is huge potential of the use of utility helicopters in the north-eastern states, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand region, which are mostly hilly and not easily accessible," Captain Patrick Fauchere, a veteran helicopter pilot with flying experience of over 20 years, said during a seminar organised here by Eurocopter.
Utility helicopters could be immensely useful in these states for carrying out various development projects especially in power and infrastructure sectors, he said, adding, it would help the development of areas inaccessible by other means of transport, thus saving time and money.
He said while a vast country like India has just 290 helicopters, in Europe, even a small country like Switzerland has more than 300 choppers.
28/10/10 PTI/MSN.com

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