Originally Posted by
PANews
They launched an interim replacement for the two BO105 at that event on Monday and even had one of them in the background for the images taken [on Facebook and other Social media] and despite that being part of the reason for the press conference there was no mention of them at all!!!
For the next two years they will have two pre-owned 82,7 dbA EC135P2 as part of the lease deal. One delivered on Monday, the next in June. When the 429s arrive they will withdraw the 135s.
There has been an EC135 at Carrara for the past 6-8 weeks, and it is significantly quieter than the Bo105 which will upset many of the scroats who can tell the CopperChopper at night, even with the lights off. Which they do all the time, fly with lights out that is, to try to get some gain over the impunity which certain elements of society have from prosecution. Under age, deprived backgrounds, all the usual.
Not convinced the 429 will be ideal, but then VicPol have three AW139s and who thought that would happen some 15-20 years ago!