chopper2004
25th Nov 2013, 21:41
Briefly spending some of my childhood over there then various family gatherings always remembered the iconic Wessex, Scout, SA365C and S-76 / S-70 of the the 28, 660 and HKAuxAF then GFS. Funnily enough saw the first GFS As332L1 at Le Bourget in 2001.
Anyhow back to the present :) just read in the latest Sikorsky Commercial Links, that the UTC CEO recently visited the GFS in relation to a tender that will be put out in 2014, for a new fleet :) S-76D and S-92 come to my mind as one offering ( for sure the S-70i wouldn't be on the cards!!)
On the other offering maybe Airbus Helicopters come to the table with the 225 and 175? Etc
Didn't we try to sell the 101 and. Lynx to the then Auxiliary Air Force around the time Bell offered the 412 to replace the SA365 in the SAR role, while the successful bidders being Sikorsky who offered the 76 and 70.
Cheers
Anyhow back to the present :) just read in the latest Sikorsky Commercial Links, that the UTC CEO recently visited the GFS in relation to a tender that will be put out in 2014, for a new fleet :) S-76D and S-92 come to my mind as one offering ( for sure the S-70i wouldn't be on the cards!!)
On the other offering maybe Airbus Helicopters come to the table with the 225 and 175? Etc
Didn't we try to sell the 101 and. Lynx to the then Auxiliary Air Force around the time Bell offered the 412 to replace the SA365 in the SAR role, while the successful bidders being Sikorsky who offered the 76 and 70.
Cheers