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Lockwood, Montana firm flying high with helicopters – HeliProz Inc.

If these had been real life crashes, HeliProz Inc. http://www.heliproz.com/ sales manager Kurt Kreiger would have destroyed thousands of dollars’ worth of aircraft in less than 10 minutes while demonstrating how to fly remote-control helicopters.

But this was a simulator, and the gleeful Kreiger only giggled every time his chopper kissed the earth.

“I am really good at crashing these things,” he said. “Watch this.”

During the past five years, the world of remote-control helicopters has mushroomed from a hobby for those with big checkbooks and lots of patience into a more user-friendly game where simulators help novices learn to fly before it costs them.

In just a decade, HeliProz, now a Lockwood company, has become a leader among thousands of competitors, shipping helicopters and thousands of parts around the world. HeliProz and several sister companies operating under the name FlyCo Holding Co., expect to generate revenues of $10 million this year.

JAN FALSTAD Of The Gazette Staff

Full Story: http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/article_0646be54-d338-11de-a72c-001cc4c03286.html

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