Editing Eurocopter EC120 Colibri (section)

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{{short description|Utility helicopter}}
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{{Infobox aircraft
 |name= EC120 Colibri<br>HC120
 |image= File:Eurocopter EC-120B Colibri AN0367366.jpg
 |caption= EC120B
 |type= Light [[utility helicopter]]
 |national_origin= Multinational
 |manufacturer= [[Eurocopter]]<br>[[Airbus Helicopters]]<br>[[Harbin Aircraft Industry Group]]
 |designer= <!--only appropriate for single designers, not project leaders-->
 |first_flight= <!--if it hasn't happened, leave it out!--> 9 June 1995
 |introduction= <!--date the aircraft entered military or revenue service--> 1998
 |retired= <!--date the aircraft left military or revenue service. if vague or multiples, it probably should be skipped-->
 |status= <!--in most cases, this field is redundant; use it sparingly--> Out of production
 |primary_user= <!--please list only one, and don't use those tiny flags as they limit horizontal space-->
 |more_users= <!--up to three more. please separate with <br> .-->
 |produced= 1995–2017
 |number_built= ~700 (2015)<ref>{{cite web |title=H120 - Airbus Helicopters |url=http://www.helicopters.airbus.com/website/en/ref/H120_430.html |website=www.helicopters.airbus.com |access-date=25 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725153340/http://www.helicopters.airbus.com/website/en/ref/H120_430.html |archive-date=25 July 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref>
 |unit cost= US$795,000 (June 1999)<ref name = "six product"/><br/> ~US$2M, €1.5M (August 2013)<ref name=dub1>Mark Huber and Thierry Dubois. [http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2013-08-03/bell-reveals-more-short-light-single "Bell Reveals more on ‘short light single’"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904083701/http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2013-08-03/bell-reveals-more-short-light-single |date=4 September 2014 }}. AIN online, 3 August 2013. Accessed: 11 December 2013.</ref>
 |developed_from= <!-- the aircraft which formed the basis for the topic type -->
 |variants= <!-- variants OF the topic type -->
}}

The '''Eurocopter''', later '''Airbus Helicopters''' '''EC120 Colibri''' ("[[hummingbird]]") is a five-seat, single-engine, light [[utility helicopter]]. Jointly designed and developed by [[Eurocopter]], [[China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation]] ([[CATIC]]), [[Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation|Harbin Aviation Industries (Group) Ltd]] (HAIG) and [[ST Aerospace|Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd]] (STAero) at Eurocopter France's [[Marignane]] facility, the EC120B was assembled by Eurocopter in France and Australia.<ref>{{cite web|title=EC120 Assembly Line|url=http://www.ausaero.com.au/CivilHelicopters/EC120BAssyLine/tabid/207/Default.aspx|website=Australian Aerospace|access-date=17 June 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822002711/http://www.ausaero.com.au/CivilHelicopters/EC120BAssyLine/tabid/207/Default.aspx|archive-date=22 August 2007}}</ref>

In China, the aircraft is produced by [[Harbin Aircraft Industry Group|Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (HAMC)]] as the '''HC120'''.<ref>{{cite web|title=HC120 [EC-120] Helicopter|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/hc-120.htm|website=Global Security.org|access-date=17 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721090612/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/hc-120.htm|archive-date=21 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2004, HAMC began local manufacturing of the HC120 at their assembly line in [[Harbin]], in northern China. In the Chinese market, both the [[People's Liberation Army]] and multiple local police forces have purchased HC120 helicopters.<ref>{{cite web|title=HC-120 Helicopters built in Harbin China|url=http://www.airforceworld.com/pla/ec120-helicopter-china.htm|website=Air Force World (in Chinese)|publisher=Air Force World|access-date=17 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221538/http://www.airforceworld.com/pla/ec120-helicopter-china.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>