Above:Kaman K-MAX HB-XHJ belonging to the Swiss firm Helog ninth of the production line and first sold in Europe at the 1996 Ambri Air Show. The new helicopter, a single-seater, is completely dedicated to lift slung loads for a maximum hook weight of 2,721 kg. The aircraft resurrects the classic Kaman feature of intermeshing two-blade contrarotating rotors.
Below: Zlin 137 T "Agro Turbo" OH-YJH at the Ambri Air Show 1996; a rare bird in the western skies from the Czech Republic. First flown on September 6th 1981, it has a load capacity of 1000 litres of liquid agricultural chemicals or 900 kg of dry products.
(Aeromedia, September 1996)