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Old 8th Feb 2023, 19:32
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Originally Posted by jayteeto
I have nearly 4K hours on 135. It’s a fabulous aircraft, but has limits to its mission capabilities. You COULD fit a winch, but the single engine performance is not “all that”.
it excels as a police/AA platform and is reasonable as a corporate machine.
Whenever the 'Royal' S76 is in use and a personage needs an extra helicopter it's usually a '135 that the operator chooses.
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