EC 175

[212man]

Originally Posted by Cyclic Hotline

There is a very interesting little snippet in the Helihub article today about the CHC/Babcock transaction. https://helihub.com/2021/09/27/compe...on-of-babcock/



12 months of corrosion remedial work provides for an enormous workscope, and if the activities are limited to airframe corrosion remediation, there must be virtually nothing left unaffected on this airframe at this stage. Does anyone have any additional insight into what is happening with this machine, or the background to how an almost new helicopter could require such extensive action if it hadn't been ditched in the sea?

Anyone?

I don't think you were alone in spotting that! Interestingly, I saw the ferry flight photos on Linkedin but didn't know the purpose