Hill Helicopters

31/08/2026

The skids 😍🖤

28/08/2026

Countdown to the First GT50 Engine Run ⏱️🔥

27/08/2026

At 3:51 on a Monday morning, in a shipping container in the yard at PC1, the GT50 took its first breath. Bringing the GT50 to life required a sustained, superhuman level of effort. 🚁

The team worked seven days a week for four months, with machines running 24 hours a day to manufacture and inspect the 438 components needed for the first engine. 🎉

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The GT50 turbine ran for the first time at 3:51am. Inside the 438 parts, 71,688 operations and 23-hour shifts behind Hill Helicopters' first engine run.

24/08/2026

How does Hill fund the revolutionary HX50 and GT50 aircraft programmes without compromising vision or independence?

In this video we break down the unique, vertically integrated financing strategy moving our aircraft from development into full production.

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24/08/2026

Hill’s distinctive approach to funding for the HX50 and GT50 programmes has been a key factor in the company’s success. Given the interest from our customers and industry onlookers, we thought it useful to provide this explanation of the strategy and how it supports the next phase of Hill’s growth as we move from development into production.

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By aligning customer backing with development and production, Hill has created a more direct and efficient way to finance growth.

20/08/2026

The GT50 First Fire - A Milestone for Hill Helicopters | Jason Hill

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13/08/2026

To build one GT50, the team made 438 complex components from some of the most difficult materials there are to cast, machine, form, weld and join, 71,688 individual operations to get them all over the line. 🎉

07/08/2026

The GT50 Engine 😍🚁

05/08/2026

"There is something poetic about the GT50 taking its first breath at 3:51 in the morning, as the sun came up, after a monumental effort from everyone involved." - Jason Hill

Turn the volume up and feel the power behind years of engineering coming to life.

03/08/2026

Witness the first-ever GT50 Engine run, the engineering effort behind it and what comes next on the new HX50 UPDATE & AMA, Wednesday, August 5 at 5PM UK time (GMT+1).

Live on Hill Helicopters Youtube channel 👉

Welcome to the HX50 Update & AMA, streaming live on August 5, 2026 ...