Originally Posted by
gulliBell
cough....closer to $17M USD, plus putting all the good toys in it you won't get much change out of $27M AUD...and I don't know if GST is payable on new aircraft, if so, $30M +. I sure wouldn't want to be the first to put a scratch on the new whirlybird.
Hmm. You might be thinking of the 225 at those prices..
Brand spankers at $11m USD max according to this source:
bjtonline dot com/aircraft/leonardo-helicopters-aw139
A full SAR EC225 cost in the region of $32m for one well known operator.
And you could always pick up a cheap 2010 machine with around 2000FH for well under $7m USD:
globalair dot com/aircraft-for-sale/ListingDetail/Agusta-AW139?AdId=76902