{"id":100,"date":"2012-06-19T00:33:12","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T22:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/?p=100"},"modified":"2012-07-01T21:43:53","modified_gmt":"2012-07-01T19:43:53","slug":"eurocopter-x3-american-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/eurocopter-x3-american-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurocopter X3, American tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American Eurocopter is making a big deal of the X3 show in America. Indeed, the information\/advertising campaign is quite aggressive, but we must admit that they display very pretty pictures.<\/p>\n<p>The tour within the US looks promising. We can hope to see it in the major cities, from New-York to the western coast. Perhaps even in West Palm Beach, for a short greeting to its cousin the Sikorsky X2?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/X3_usa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101\" title=\"X3_usa\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/X3_usa.jpg\" alt=\"X3 USA\" width=\"850\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/X3_usa.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/X3_usa-300x111.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For now, the only photos available were taken while the aircraft was unloaded from the wide An-124.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/X3_unload_an124.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-102\" title=\"X3_unload_an124\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/X3_unload_an124-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"X3_unload_an124\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/X3_unload_an124-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/X3_unload_an124.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a short week, American Eurocopter has also published a small game with questions to answer: have a look at <del>www.facebook.com\/AmericanEurocopter<\/del> (now ended). Perhaps you will win a mock-up of the X3!<\/p>\n<p>The important point though, is to understand what is meant behind the questions, particularly what the signification is of the &#8220;targeted weight class&#8221; of the X3. We know that they want to apply the concept to bigger aircraft, but from what we heard, the prototype may not be modified.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The less pictures, the more videos. Check them all, they&#8217;re awesome!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Meeting the\u00a0French high speed train<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Airbus Helicopters X3: The Encounter\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8ljxyDtCsaM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Announcing the American tour<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"X3 coming to the red, white and blue\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YW08YDgRV6I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then, approved to fly in the US<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"X3 Tested and Approved for Flight in the USA\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-OcaqJ8pTbE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Flight to the USA<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"X3 : Destination U.S.A\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IEptVx4CbdY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Flying over Texas<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"X3 : 1st Flight over Texas\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Slp7NJsWXDg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Eurocopter is making a big deal of the X3 show in America. Indeed, the information\/advertising campaign is quite aggressive, but we must admit that they display very pretty pictures. The tour within the US looks promising. We can hope to see it in the major cities, from New-York to the western coast. Perhaps even &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/eurocopter-x3-american-tour\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Eurocopter X3, American tour<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}