The Enstrom Helicopter Corporation is an American maker of light helicopters based at the Menominee-Marinette Twin County Airport in Michigan. It was founded in 1959 by the mining engineer Rudolph J. Enstrom as the R.J. Enstrom Corp., and its first product, the piston-powered F-28, was certified in 1965. Later owners included Purex Industries, the lawyer F. Lee Bailey, Victor Kiam and the inventor Dean Kamen, who worked to introduce the turbine-powered 480. The company was bought by the Chongqing Helicopter Investment Corporation in 2013, went out of business in January 2022 under Chapter 7 bankruptcy, and was bought out of bankruptcy by Surack Enterprises in May 2022, after which production restarted and the first new helicopter flew in January 2023. Its three model lines are the F-28, the 280 and the 480, and its rotor design hides the pitch change links inside the hollow main rotor shaft.
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The company was founded in 1959 by mining engineer
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Surack Enterprises purchased the assets of the company from bankruptcy in May 2022 and production was restarted
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is an American helicopter aerospace manufacturer
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At the time of its closure the company had 30 employees.
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is an American helicopter aerospace manufacturer
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In May 2022, Surack Enterprises acquired the assets of Enstrom Helicopter Corporation
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