Originally Posted by
Thud_and_Blunder
Interested to read this - when we flew HRH The Princess Royal on her annual visits to the Northern Lights lighthouses (3-4 days, flying off the NLV Pharos) we just used the standard Bond Air Services Bo105. I'm 95% sure no airframe component life issues were raised beforehand - sourcing suitable parts may well have proved impossible.
And the same lack of component changes happened when Wills was training for his FCL and AA duties. BAS stated no special treatment, regardless….
However, I think a bit more attention was paid to his (EAAA) helicopters’ performance stats…