When I first started working in China the Chinese registered one was calibrated in kilometres for speed and metres for height. China operated that way because all heights were in metres. Once one got used to cruising at 300 indicated the other speeds were simple including m/s on the RCDI.
A later, second hand version that was acquired was calibrated in knots and feet but the mechanical parameters were in p.s.i. instead of bars. I never realised the horrendous pressures that were sculling about.
A beautiful low hours example bought from Samsung was a joy to fly with its full VIP interior but one day a team came out from France: Off came the airstair doors, air conditioning and on went a standard offshore kit.
The last two I flew were very late in the production run and had even more gizmos. The most useful was the automatic beam bar following when doing satnav approach.
As I mentioned somewhere elsewhere I knocked up 12,500hrs on Pumas and I cannot remember a moment of concern.
Last edited by Fareastdriver; 27th Jan 2021 at 18:14.