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Old 13th Jul 2017, 23:29
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Commando Cody
 
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Originally Posted by CTR
Come on RJS. Don't use my honest inquiry on the status of the Defiant to try and bait Sultan with Osprey put downs.

No information other than speculation has been presented regarding the Defiants true First Flight date. The S and B team maybe sandbagging to fool Bell into slowly down.

But if Bell actually does beat the Sikorsky and Boeing "Dream Team" to First Flight by a year or more, it will be a real David versus Goliath story.

Maybe in aerospace size does not matter:-)

I don't think the SB-1 is going to be a year behind the V-280. They've simply said they're going to be late (as was the X2 and the S-97) and not meet the schedule (ditto). If they're going to be a year behind, that means that they won't be able to fly until after the demo program is supposed to conclude, they might as well hang it up and the gov't shouldn't put any more taxpayer money into it.
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