cap 2 Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 Helidude ------ try this: http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_G...ce_Library/rgAD If you got a problem there, let me know and if you got a fax, PM me the number and I'll get it to you......and it's 13 pages long.......AND not a "definite maybe" either, but will be in force as of February 16, 2006. Care to make a bet how long it will be before MoT comes forth with a carbon-copy of the same AD? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
407 Driver 1 Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 and you can count the number of 407's working in Canada on a couple hands and feet... ???? there's 34 - 407's registered in Canada now, You have a LOT of fingers and toes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackmac 99 Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 cap: Do you know of any country of origin that issue's an AD, that can be ignored?????? Don Quote Link to post Share on other sites
amodao 0 Posted January 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 He nun no count so good anyhowses! The 407 at least has a FADEC system and a Type Cert from the mid 90's! I hope the additions of AB 139, EC 130/135/145, S92, 429 generate some interest in new techno and spur operators to go out and buy some new machines. I guess intergrating a color moving map GPS's into a 206 is a small step in the right direction! Very small.................. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cap 2 Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 Helidude ---------IF you have a problem with that website address try this one also: http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_G...80?OpenDocument Blackmac -------not really, unless Outer Mongolia issues them . I consider anything coming from FAA to be only awaiting a date-stamp from MoT.......and that's not meant in a sarcastic-sense either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Auto Relight 48 Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 ???? there's 34 - 407's registered in Canada now, You have a LOT of fingers and toes Ok, ours put together.... ;-) My point is, there aren't many as there probably, in my almost completely uninformed opinion, should be. I would like to see far more of the newer types, and hopefully MD get their act together and we see some of the newer modles from them. For now, I love my Astar... AR Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cap 2 Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 Auto Relight --------these are "weird times" we live in. Care to re-word that last sentence? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Auto Relight 48 Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 I love my Astar, for now? How's that. In fact, I'll probably always love it... ;-) AR Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skywrench1 0 Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 The age of an aircraft has nothing to do with its usefulness. As stated previously, what else is out there to economically replace the Bell mediums? There are mediums out there with well over 20,000 hrs and if properly maintained airworthiness/serviceability is not any more of an issue than a ship less than half its age. In fact I'd put our high timers against some operators lower time a/c any day. Even if an airframe refurbish/overhaul costs $500,000.00, you come out with a ship that will do nothing but produce revenue for sometime to come. It's a **** of a lot cheaper than spending at least three times that to purchase what could very well be a pig in a poke and having it eat your lunch trying to keep it serviceable. Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Reddog 2 Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 The new Bell 204Z Initial Attack Helicopter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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