Airbus Helicopters EC135
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The Airbus Helicopters EC135 is a twin-engine light utility helicopter widely used around the world for military training, law enforcement, emergency medical services, and civilian transport.
All labels observed (17)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eurocopter EC135 | 13 |
| Airbus Helicopters EC135 canonical | 5 |
| Airbus H135 | 3 |
| Airbus Helicopters H135 | 2 |
| Airbus Helicopters H135 (early variants / some versions) | 1 |
| Christoph emergency medical helicopters | 1 |
| EC-135 | 1 |
| EC135 | 1 |
| EC135 P1 | 1 |
| EC135 P2 | 1 |
| EC135 P2i | 1 |
| EC135 P3 | 1 |
| EC135 T1 | 1 |
| EC135 T2 | 1 |
| EC135 T2i | 1 |
| EC135 T3 | 1 |
| EC135 helicopter | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1707067 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Airbus Helicopters EC135 Context triple: [Fuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra, aircraftOperated, Airbus Helicopters EC135]
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A.
Airbus H145
The Airbus H145 is a twin-engine light utility helicopter widely used for emergency medical services, law enforcement, and civilian transport due to its versatility, advanced avionics, and high performance.
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B.
AW139 helicopter
The AW139 helicopter is a medium-sized, twin-engine multipurpose helicopter widely used worldwide for roles such as search and rescue, offshore transport, and executive transport.
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C.
Airbus H225
The Airbus H225 is a long-range, twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter widely used for offshore transport, search and rescue, and military missions.
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D.
Bell 212 helicopter
The Bell 212 helicopter is a twin-engine, medium utility helicopter widely used for military transport, search and rescue, and general support missions around the world.
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E.
Eurocopter AS532 Cougar
The Eurocopter AS532 Cougar is a twin-engine, medium-lift military helicopter used worldwide for transport, search and rescue, and tactical operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Airbus Helicopters EC135 Target entity description: The Airbus Helicopters EC135 is a twin-engine light utility helicopter widely used around the world for military training, law enforcement, emergency medical services, and civilian transport.
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A.
Airbus H145
The Airbus H145 is a twin-engine light utility helicopter widely used for emergency medical services, law enforcement, and civilian transport due to its versatility, advanced avionics, and high performance.
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B.
AW139 helicopter
The AW139 helicopter is a medium-sized, twin-engine multipurpose helicopter widely used worldwide for roles such as search and rescue, offshore transport, and executive transport.
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C.
Airbus H225
The Airbus H225 is a long-range, twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter widely used for offshore transport, search and rescue, and military missions.
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D.
Bell 212 helicopter
The Bell 212 helicopter is a twin-engine, medium utility helicopter widely used for military transport, search and rescue, and general support missions around the world.
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E.
Eurocopter AS532 Cougar
The Eurocopter AS532 Cougar is a twin-engine, medium-lift military helicopter used worldwide for transport, search and rescue, and tactical operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
light utility helicopter
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twin‑engine helicopter ⓘ |
| avionics |
Helionix (on later variants)
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linked to:
Helionix
digital glass cockpit ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
France
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ |
| crew |
1 pilot
ⓘ
2 pilots ⓘ |
| emptyWeight_kg | 1455 ⓘ |
| engineModelOption |
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206B
ⓘ
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206B2 ⓘ
linked to:
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206B
Turbomeca Arrius 2B1 ⓘ Turbomeca Arrius 2B2 ⓘ |
| engineType | turboshaft ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1994-02-15 ⓘ |
| formerName |
Eurocopter EC135
ⓘ
linked to:
Airbus Helicopters EC135
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| introduced | 1996 ⓘ |
| landingGearType | skid landing gear ⓘ |
| mainRotorBlades | 4 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Airbus Helicopters ⓘ |
| maxCruiseSpeed_kmh | 259 ⓘ |
| maxCruiseSpeed_kt | 140 ⓘ |
| maxTakeoffWeight_kg | 2910 ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| passengerCapacity | up to 7 passengers ⓘ |
| range_km | 620 ⓘ |
| range_nm | 335 ⓘ |
| role |
VIP transport helicopter
ⓘ
air ambulance ⓘ law enforcement helicopter ⓘ military trainer ⓘ utility helicopter ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling_ft | 20000 ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling_m | 6095 ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| successor |
Airbus Helicopters H135
ⓘ
linked to:
Airbus Helicopters EC135
|
| tailRotorType | Fenestron ⓘ |
| usedBy |
German Army
ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ United Kingdom police forces ⓘ
linked to:
UK law enforcement agencies
air ambulance operators worldwide ⓘ |
| usedFor |
emergency medical services
ⓘ
military pilot training ⓘ offshore transport ⓘ police operations ⓘ search and rescue ⓘ |
| variant |
EC135 P1
ⓘ
linked to:
Airbus Helicopters EC135
EC135 P2 ⓘ
linked to:
Airbus Helicopters EC135
EC135 P2i ⓘ
linked to:
Airbus Helicopters EC135
EC135 P3 ⓘ
linked to:
Airbus Helicopters EC135
EC135 T1 ⓘ
linked to:
Airbus Helicopters EC135
EC135 T2 ⓘ
linked to:
Airbus Helicopters EC135
EC135 T2i ⓘ
linked to:
Airbus Helicopters EC135
EC135 T3 ⓘ
linked to:
Airbus Helicopters EC135
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Airbus Helicopters EC135 Description of subject: The Airbus Helicopters EC135 is a twin-engine light utility helicopter widely used around the world for military training, law enforcement, emergency medical services, and civilian transport.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW200 family
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