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Old 29th Sep 2021, 14:40
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Fareastdriver
 
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Me too, the other offerings are civil helicopters in green paint. Same as the 330 Puma so no change.
I beg your pardon. The 330 was a pure military development. It was only when it was a success the Sud went for the civil version. Even then they had to get the cooperation of the RAF and the French Army to release aircraft for main gearbox reliability trials in 1974. It was called the Components Advanced Ageing Programme to prove that the gearbox could be TBO'd to 1,500 hrs instead of the military 800hrs. 33Sqn's was XW 203 which was required to fly 100 hrs/month to meet the programme.

It crashed during the programme whilst trying to do a self innated barrel roll.
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