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The Eurocopter Group developed 1992 from the helicopter sections of the German Daimler Benz Aerospace AG DaimlerChrysler Aerospace and the French Matra. It is a 100%ige daughter of EADS. Eurocopter is today world market leader with civilian helicopters and has with military helicopters about 25% market share.

Organizational Eurocopter is divided into German and a French part. In Germany works in (management Eurocopter Germany, development, building of prototypes, maintenance, rotor and Endfertigung, airbus construction units, test center, Kundenservice, training center) become, Ottobrunn (development) and, in France two works in La Courneuve (building of rotors and - development, marketing) and Marignane maintain Kassel (maintenance, equipment as well as technical training) (management, development, Endfertigung, logistics, test center and Kundenservice). Eurocopter has 12,500 coworkers, among them 6,200 in France and 4,300 in Germany.

World record landing

To 14. May 2005 landed for the first time a Eurocopter helicopter on the summit of the Mount Everest (8,844 m). From the airport Lukla (2,866 m) out ascended the test pilot Didier Delsalle with a Ecureuil/a AStar AS 350 B3 with better engine and landed around 7:08 (restaurant time) at the summit. After two minutes stay it returned to the basis. The record flight became to 15. May 2005 repeats.