HILL

Hill Helicopters is a UK-based aviation company developing the HX50, a luxury private helicopter designed to bring a new approach to general aviation. The company’s stated mission is to disrupt the general aviation market through revolutionary aircraft design. It presents the HX50 as combining performance, safety and ease of flying with an ownership model intended to stand out to private helicopter owners.

Published specifications list 500 shp of horsepower, a 140-knot cruise speed, a maximum range of 700 nautical miles and a payload of 1,760 pounds. The advertised base price is £675,000. Hill Helicopters invites prospective customers to attend group presentations, where they can learn more about the aircraft and ask questions. The company sells directly to customers worldwide, without resellers, distributors or agents, and offers news and updates about the HX50 by email. Its website also features information on the aircraft’s exterior and interior concepts, the GT50 turbine engine, digital cockpit, technical details and range simulator.