The Agusta A119 Koala is an eight-seat utility helicopter powered by a single turboshaft engine produced for the civil market. It is targeted at operators favoring lower running costs of a single-engine aircraft over redundancy of a twin.
The design itself was derived from Agusta's highly successful A109, but with only a single engine (as the A109 was originally designed) and with fixed skids replacing the retractable wheeled landing gear. A key selling point is its wide-body fuselage, seating passengers three-abreast in the cabin, or allowing for two litters and medical attendants to be carried in the medevac role, whereas most similar-sized helicopters can only carry one. The actual cabin volume is approximately 30% greater than other helicopters in its class.
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- Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil
- Fort Worth AF FW407
- St. Louis AF SL600/97