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The H225, formerly EC225, developed the civilian Super Puma family into a long-range transport helicopter. It combines a substantial passenger cabin with twin turbine engines and a five-bladed main rotor. Offshore support, search and rescue, and government transport are among its roles. Much of the aircraft's character lies in its integrated systems rather than a single headline performance figure.
Aircraft background
Wikipedia contributors · Read more ↗A buoy stands in for an offshore platform
Erdos found the EC225 cockpit imposing at first, with enough equipment to make a checklist welcome. Test pilot Hervé Jammayrac made the preparation look easy. Once airborne, the helicopter’s steady hover and smooth ride became more immediate impressions than the complexity surrounding the pilot’s seat. The team briefly switched off active vibration control to demonstrate its effect, and Erdos soon wanted it restored.
Vertical · February 2014. EC225 demonstration at Marignane with Hervé Jammayrac and Christophe Skorlic; offshore configuration carrying development avionics, at a reported 9.7 tonnes.
Vertical · Read more ↗Loading information stays connected to the simulator
The PERFPO page shows fuel and payload information synchronised with the simulator’s Weight & Balance dialog and the FMS. This gives the simulated cockpit a way to reflect the loading selected for a flight.
H225 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Microsoft / aircraft developers · Read more ↗Into the cockpit
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Airbus/Air Center Helicopters H225 WALKAROUND
Air Center Helicopters opens its special-missions H225 for a walkaround.
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Meet Airbus Helicopter H225
The H225, formerly EC225, developed the civilian Super Puma family into a long-range transport helicopter. It combines a substantial passenger cabin with twin turbine engines and a five-bladed main rotor. Offshore support, search and rescue, and government transport are among its roles.
HPG's simulation includes automatic flight controls and a separate vibration-control system, with their functions described in its manual.
Airbus Helicopter H225
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Airbus Helicopter H225
Wikipedia contributors · Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma ↗Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024 →Aircraft type designators
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History & design
A new chapter in Greenland’s rescue service
Air Greenland moved from the S-61 to the H225 in December 2020. Duke’s report describes how the transition also brought changes to crew roles and medical training, extending beyond the aircraft itself.
Vertical · Air Greenland: the edge of everything ↗Operator transition described in April 2026
Evacuation work from a neighbouring country
Air Center Helicopters based H225s in Santo Domingo during its 2024 Haiti evacuation operation. Airbus’s operator report describes permissions, changing routes and cabin arrangements as central to the work of moving evacuees.
Airbus · Air Center Helicopters uses H225s for Haiti evacuations ↗Manufacturer-published operator account; March–May 2024
Development milestones
First flight: 27 November 2000
Developed from: Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma
Wikipedia contributors · Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma ↗Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma · family/variant named by the source · Wikipedia revision 1372906008
Pilot accounts
A buoy stands in for an offshore platform
Erdos found the EC225 cockpit imposing at first, with enough equipment to make a checklist welcome. Test pilot Hervé Jammayrac made the preparation look easy. Once airborne, the helicopter’s steady hover and smooth ride became more immediate impressions than the complexity surrounding the pilot’s seat.
The team briefly switched off active vibration control to demonstrate its effect, and Erdos soon wanted it restored. A shipping buoy then served as an imaginary offshore destination for a coupled approach and hover. Other demonstrations included a simulated engine failure in training mode and a planned traffic encounter with an NH90. These were organised evaluation exercises, not real emergencies.
Vertical · February 2014. EC225 demonstration at Marignane with Hervé Jammayrac and Christophe Skorlic; offshore configuration carrying development avionics, at a reported 9.7 tonnes.
Read the full account · Vertical ↗A rescue starts with distance, weather and another fuel plan
A Canadian trawler far off Greenland’s west coast needed a medical evacuation. Nobréus described how the ship first steamed closer while the H225 crew prepared and refuelled at Aasiaat. By the time they met over the Davis Strait, careful coordination had turned a remote call into a brief hoist operation, followed by a flight to medical help at Ilulissat.
For Nobréus, the aircraft’s equipment was valuable, but knowing when a mission could no longer continue remained essential. Greenland’s scattered weather information and long distances demanded alternatives, including somewhere to obtain fuel. He described the difficult decision to leave when time ran out, alongside the satisfaction of returning after a successful rescue. Both feelings belonged to the same job: helping someone while bringing the crew home too.
Vertical interview · April 2026. Air Greenland H225 AWSAR operations, including a medical evacuation from a Canadian trawler west of Greenland; exact mission date is not stated.
Read the full account · Vertical ↗Relief when a missing swimmer reaches the cabin
The H225 crew received a call to collect a woman who had been recovered by boats after a prolonged ordeal at sea. When the pilot realised she was the missing swimmer whose disappearance had prompted a search, the news was startling. Seeing that her condition was stable brought relief as the crew completed the transfer from the vessel.
The aircraft returned with the patient to the Yokohama Maritime Disaster Prevention Base for onward care. In Airbus’s interview, the unnamed pilot connected the mission with the help provided by the rescue automation and the space available for treatment in the cabin. The account describes a specific H225 operation; the same interview’s separate recollection of earthquake response concerned an H215 and is not treated as this helicopter’s experience.
Airbus interview · October 2024. July 2024 mission in H225 JA690A from Haneda, recovering a woman from a boat and transferring her to a Yokohama base.
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MSFS 2024H225
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H225
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Aircraft specifications
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| Specification | Published value |
|---|---|
| Length | 19.5 m (64 ft 0 in) |
| Height | 4.97 m (16 ft 4 in) |
| Empty weight | 5,256 kg (11,587 lb) |
| Gross weight | 11,000 kg (24,251 lb) |
| Max takeoff weight | 11,200 kg (24,692 lb) |
| Powerplant | 2 × Turbomeca Makila 2A1 turboshaft engines, 1,776 kW (2,382 hp) each |
| Main rotor diameter | 16.2 m (53 ft 2 in) |
| Main rotor area | 206.15 m² (2,219.0 sq ft) |
| Maximum speed | 275.5 km/h (171.2 mph, 148.8 kn) |
| Cruise speed | 260.5 km/h (161.9 mph, 140.7 kn) |
| Range | 857 km (533 mi, 463 nmi) |
| Service ceiling | 5,900 m (19,400 ft) |
| Rate of climb | 8.7 m/s (1,710 ft/min) |
Manuals & resources
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Simulator documentation
Loading information stays connected to the simulatorH225 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
The PERFPO page shows fuel and payload information synchronised with the simulator’s Weight & Balance dialog and the FMS. This gives the simulated cockpit a way to reflect the loading selected for a flight.
H225 user guide 1.0 · 14 November 2024 · PDF pp.65–66
Microsoft / aircraft developers · Read the source ↗Choose the level of detail on the vehicle displayH225 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
The VEH page groups oil, fuel and hydraulic information. Its NUM key shows or hides numerical values that are within range; out-of-range parameters automatically gain numerical indications. The guide explains this alongside the separate engine and FADEC pages.
H225 user guide 1.0 · PDF pp.67–70
Microsoft / aircraft developers · Read the source ↗Flight control and vibration control are separate systemsH225 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
The H225 guide describes four-axis AFCS basic and upper modes, with trim-release controls for both cyclic and collective. It separately describes AVCS switches for cabin and cockpit vibration control. The similar-looking abbreviations refer to different systems: one manages flight control, while the other addresses vibration in the represented aircraft.
H225 user guide 1.0 · PDF pp.37-38,89-92
Microsoft / aircraft developers · Read the source ↗Pilot account
A buoy stands in for an offshore platformVertical · February 2014. EC225 demonstration at Marignane with Hervé Jammayrac and Christophe Skorlic; offshore configuration carrying development avionics, at a reported 9.7 tonnes.
Erdos found the EC225 cockpit imposing at first, with enough equipment to make a checklist welcome. Test pilot Hervé Jammayrac made the preparation look easy. Once airborne, the helicopter’s steady hover and smooth ride became more immediate impressions than the complexity surrounding the pilot’s seat. The team briefly switched off active vibration control to demonstrate its effect, and Erdos soon wanted it restored.
Robert Erdos
Vertical · Read the source ↗A rescue starts with distance, weather and another fuel planVertical interview · April 2026. Air Greenland H225 AWSAR operations, including a medical evacuation from a Canadian trawler west of Greenland; exact mission date is not stated.
A Canadian trawler far off Greenland’s west coast needed a medical evacuation. Nobréus described how the ship first steamed closer while the H225 crew prepared and refuelled at Aasiaat. By the time they met over the Davis Strait, careful coordination had turned a remote call into a brief hoist operation, followed by a flight to medical help at Ilulissat. For Nobréus, the aircraft’s equipment was valuable, but knowing when a mission could no longer continue remained essential.
Petrus Nobréus
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Manual
Airbus H225Microsoft / aircraft developers Microsoft Flight Simulator aircraft manualsMicrosoft / aircraft developersAircraft background
Eurocopter EC225 Super PumaWikipedia contributors · Research background · Wikipedia revision 1372906008 · retrieved 2026-09-12 Air Center Helicopters uses H225s for Haiti evacuationsAirbus · Operator account · 25 July 2024Resource
MSFS 2024 FAQ and edition aircraft inventoryMicrosoftType designator
ICAO Doc 8643 — aircraft type designatorsInternational Civil Aviation Organization · Public search data retrieved 2026-09-14; authority update 2026-09-03Built-in force-feedback profiles
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Airbus Helicopter H225
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MSFS 2024
Airbus Helicopter H225: The configured cyclic centre is a reduced representation of the H225 control arrangement, with vibration and gear cues treated separately.
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