private industry aerospace founded 1973 headquarters torrance california usa key people kurt robinson president and chairman products helicopters revenue 200 million number of employees 1 300 website www.robinsonheli.com the robinson helicopter company based at zamperini field in torrance california is a manufacturer of civil helicopters . robinson produces three models the two seat r22 the four seat r44 both of which use lycoming piston engines and the five seat r66 which uses a turbine engine . robinson also produces the robinson helipad a modular helipad designed for light helicopters . 1 contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded in 1973 by frank robinson a former employee of bell helicopter and hughes helicopters . since delivering its first helicopter in 1979 robinson helicopter has produced over 10 000 aircraft . 2 3 plans for production of the robinson r66 were announced in march 2007 . it is a five seat helicopter of similar configuration to the r44 but with the addition of a luggage compartment wider cabin by 8 inches and powered by a rolls royce rr300 gas turbine engine . in 2013 robinson was the global market leader selling 523 light helicopters a 1 % increase from 2012 . 4 however the production in 2014 was 329 aircraft . in 2015 robinson produces one r22 4 5 r44 and three r66 per week and has contracted with rolls royce to supply 100 rr300 turbines per year for 10 years for the r66 . the factory can produce up to 1 000 helicopters per year . 5 products edit robinson r22 robinson r44 robinson r66 robinson r22 beta robinson r44 raven ii robinson r66 turbine references edit robinson helipads . robinson helicopter company . accessed may 12 2010 . http www.robinsonheli.com media pressrelease robinson produces 10000th helicopter.pdf lobb charles . torrance airport pp. 13 14 arcadia publishing charleston sc 2006 . isbn 978 0 7385 4662 9 . http www.russianhelicopters.aero upload magazine en 27 05 2014 index.html page 13 huber mark 3 march 2015 . robinson boosts production as sales surge strikes deal for 1 000 rolls royce turboshafts . aviation international news . retrieved 5 march 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to robinson helicopter company . robinson helicopter company website v t e robinson helicopter company aircraft r22 r44 r66 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title robinson helicopter company & oldid 744219095 categories helicopter manufacturers of the united statescompanies based in los angeles county californiacompanies based in torrance californiahidden categories use mdy dates from november 2011commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages e tinadanskdeutschespa olfran aisbahasa indonesiaitaliano norsk bokm lportugu s svenska edit links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 21 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view