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Old 7th Feb 2007, 16:09
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Jack Carson
 
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Rotorrookie,your point is well taken. Ten years after the Nordic program was conceived, the loosing contender has succeeded to a position where it is the only operationally successful helicopter in the region. In the meantime, the NH-90 struggles with many operational aspects of its program while continuing to excel in sales. Twenty five percent of Denmark’s EH-101 fleet is committed as parts bins to support their operating aircraft. It is obvious that NH Industries and Agusta Westland made unsupportable promises to their respective operational customers. Someone in the region has to have benefited from these procurement decisions. It surely is not the operators.
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