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Bell Helicopter Delivers First Fully Customized Aircraft From New Prague Facility

Wednesday, February 1st, 2017

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Bell Helicopter-Textron [TXT] announced Jan. 25 it completed the first fully customized aircraft from the new European state-of-the-art Customization and Delivery Center in Prague, Czech Republic.The first helicopter delivered from the center went to Air Transport Europe of Slovakia, which recently accepted three newly customized Bell 429 EMS configured aircraft at the company’s delivery center in Prague.The Prague facility is Bell’s official regional customization, delivery, and aftermarket service center in Europe. The paint facility in Prague is “state-of-the-art” the new…

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