__NOTOC__ The Meridionali/Agusta EMA 124 was a light utility helicopter flown in prototype form in Italy in 1970.Taylor 1989, 648 The design was undertaken by

Agusta Agusta was an Italian helicopter manufacturer. It was based in Samarate, Northern Italy. The company was founded by Count Giovanni Agusta in 1923, who flew his first airplane in 1907. The MV Agusta motorcycle manufacturer began as an offshoot o ...

for production in a joint venture with Elicotteri Meridionali, based on the

Bell 47 The Bell 47 is a single-rotor single-engine light helicopter manufactured by Bell Helicopter. It was based on the third Bell 30 prototype, which was the company's first helicopter designed by Arthur M. Young. The 47 became the first he ...

that Agusta was building under licence at the time.Stevens 1972, 184 The EMA 124 retained the Bell 47's dynamic components, tubular tail, and undercarriage, but was fitted with a new, more aerodynamic forward fuselage with a cabin to seat three. The fuel tank and engine installation were also "cleaned up", and the rotor omitted the stabiliser bars fitted to the Bell 47's rotor. A single prototype was flown in 1970 (registration I-EMAF), but nothing further came of the project.Simpson 1998, 37

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