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Just noticed on Franks board..latest tale from Baldonell is that they are seeking to lease a number(qty unknown) of EC135s to get around the lengthly tender process to replace the Dauphins,which will be sold back to Eurocopter as Part exchange...
Possibly plausable?
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
although the EC135 is twin turbine , it still has little endurance and as a stopgap
would have little use at sar . the u.s. coastguard uses over 100 dauphins 2's
in the sar role . if iac helis are to be replaced , should 'nt it be the 40 year old
Alouette 111 's. what am i missing here?
I belive that the guy who wrote that is in the IAC, and it is an Air Corps plan for replacing both types the D2 and the AIII, however that does not mean it will happen.
It's all down to the fools in government.
"We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey"
Radio transmission, siege of Jadotville DR Congo. September 1961.
Illegitimi non carborundum
do we have to always stick with Eurocopter , while there are so many other makes and models out there . i give you the bell UH-1 , well tested, 2 pilots , 14 troops
single turbine operated by 39 countries . the UN-1N 2 pilots , 16 troops
twin tturbine ,latest versionis the 412 also produced in italy , operated in 16 countries
Originally posted by ranger do we have to always stick with Eurocopter , while there are so many other makes and models out there . i give you the bell UH-1 , well tested, 2 pilots , 14 troops
single turbine operated by 39 countries . the UN-1N 2 pilots , 16 troops
twin tturbine ,latest versionis the 412 also produced in italy , operated in 16 countries
Because.....................shhhh it's a secret
Last edited by Come-quickly; 13 February 2003, 12:18.
"It is a general popular error to imagine that loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for it's welfare" Edmund Burke
At first I was against leasing helicopters, but the more I think about it is becoming a good idea. The government budgets yearly on a receipts and expenditure basis, so the cost of an asset such as helicopters immediatly hit that years budget rather than over the life of the asset. Leasing, while it would cost more in the long run, would only be a gradual hit over a number of years.
enuf said, its the fitzie factor . o.k.but my other query....
the u.s.coastguard , uses over 100 dolphin 2's for s.a.r . how come we
can't kit ours out and use 'em for a similar purpose???
That's 'cause theirs arent overweight with piles of unecessary and out-of-date junk, I presume.
"We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey"
Radio transmission, siege of Jadotville DR Congo. September 1961.
Illegitimi non carborundum
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