Bell Helicopter has announced a lifecycle ecological study which will encompass its entire business and all its products, starting with a study of its new 429 model. This will examine all programmes from an ecological point of view, starting with the mining of materials used in manufacture through to the disposal of the product at the end of its life.
Source: Flight Daily News
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