Buying A New Helicopter

statdoc · #1 10-17-2006, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Sudesh

Have not heard that term XM?? Or is that short for something else??

XM satellite radio.

Not available in Europe. Sorry.

JV · #2 10-17-2006, 03:06 PM

Sudesh- have you looked into a Dauphin http://www.military.ie/images/dauphin.jpg

Or if that's not big enough and you have the need to throw lots of pounds around...maybe a used Sikorsky S-70?
http://avionesyhelicopteros.ar.tripo...scidencial.jpg

I've got a couple hundred hours in the Blackhawk, which is the US Army version of the S-70 so I'm biased towards that one. I've done 2 sorties in the Maryland State Police Dauphin II and

May not be a big enough step up from the 222 but that is a nice bird!

Sudesh · #3 10-17-2006, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by JV

Sudesh- have you looked into a Dauphin http://www.military.ie/images/dauphin.jpg

Or if that's not big enough and you have the need to throw lots of pounds around...maybe a used Sikorsky S-70?
http://avionesyhelicopteros.ar.tripo...scidencial.jpg

!

The Dauphin is quite a similar machine. I'm not looking to go much bigger but would like to come up the years to a 2000 OR 2004. I'm going to view an AGUSTA AW139 next week. Its an 04 machine and has been converted to a comfort 10 passanger.

JV · #4 10-17-2006, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Sudesh

The Dauphin is quite a similar machine. I'm not looking to go much bigger but would like to come up the years to a 2000 OR 2004. I'm going to view an AGUSTA AW139 next week. Its an 04 machine and has been converted to a comfort 10 passanger.

That Agusta is about the same size as the S-70, and you're in the UK so a Westland mechanic will be easy to find.

JV