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unusual facts about Agusta-Bell AB 212



1957 Isle of Man TT

At Parkfield Corner on lap 1, Luigi Taveri riding for MV Agusta led the Mondial of Sammy Miller, while Tarquinio Provini riding for Mondial and Carlo Ubbiali on a MV Agusta were in the mid-field chasing pack.

Agusta

From 1952 the company got involved in helicopter manufacturing, first building Bell helicopters under licence, but later Sikorsky, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas products as well.

Agusta-Bell AB.102

Only two production examples were built, operated by Elivie in a regular air service between Turin and Milan from 1961.

Bel Air Aviation

The AW139 was officially named "Spirit of Agusta" and introduced to His Royal Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark, Consort to her Majesty the Queen of Denmark Margrethe II, during an official ceremony on June 27, 2009 at Bel Air's headquarters in Holsted.

Bell/Agusta Aerospace Company

The partnership dates back to separate manufacturing and technology agreements with Agusta (Bell 47 and Bell 206) and as a sublicence via Agusta with Westland (Bell 47).

Edoardo Montaina

The increasing popularity of his work in the following years is reflected by his client portfolio, which includes global corporations (Ferrari, Finmeccanica, Ford, Fiat, Eni, Enel, Agusta, Fincantieri, Telecom Italia) fashion houses (Roberto Capucci), international advertising agencies (J.W. Thompson, Saatchi & Saatchi, Young & Rubicam) and television networks (SKY, RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, Mediaset, LA 7, ZDF).

Elivie

The airline was established in 1956 November under the ELI-Linee Italiane S.p.A with capital of IRI and Alitalia operating 1 A.B.204 and 2Agusta-Bell AB.102 helicopters.

Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, singer for band Ske and an actress, and Gaukur Úlfarsson decided to invent a character that brought out all the worst things in human behaviour in modern society.

Labinal

It produces wiring solutions for the global aerospace industry, including Agusta, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, Dassault, Eurocopter, Lockheed Martin and Beechcraft.

MV Agusta

In 2005 MV Agusta introduced the Tamburini 1000, which is named after its creator, Massimo Tamburini, who had previously worked for Ducati, where he designed the Ducati 916.

Britain's Cecil Sandford piloted the new MV 125 to a 1952 Isle of Man TT victory and went on to win MV Agusta's first world championship.

Rik Coolsaet

He has held several high-ranking official positions, such as deputy chief of the Cabinet of the Belgian Minister of Defence Guy Coeme and deputy chief of the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Willy Claes, who was involved in the Agusta bribery scandal (1988–1992) and deputy chief of the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Willy Claes (1992–1995) where he was in charge for the contacts with the USA regarding the Rwandan genocide.

San Marco Marine Brigade

Air support for the Brigade employs SH3D Sikorsky Sea King and Agusta-Bell AB 212, grouped in the "Reparto Eliassalto", formerly Amphibious Fight Team of the 4th Helicopters Group, located in Station Aircraft Grottaglie.

Sarah's Cottage, Isle of Man

This was followed on lap 3 when his MV Agusta teammate, Mike Hailwood crashed at the same spot at Sarah's Cottage.

Turkish Aerospace Industries

TAI is in various partnership arrangements with Agusta, Alenia Aeronautica, Airbus, Boeing, CASA, Eurocopter, IAI, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, MD Helicopters, Sikorsky, Sonaca and numerous other companies in aeropsace sector.


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