Originally Posted by
mikeoneflying
I was lucky enough to see an Optica at a airshow-- if I remember rightly the manufacturer had great hopes in the plane for police work in the UK and overseas.
This was dashed after the crash of the Police aircraft being evaluated.
At the time their was all sorts of wild speculation in the press for the reason for the crash -- some even blaming the passenger..
The aircraft was also touted for survey work and traffic management.
Sorry to say this killed one of my best mates he was the pilot, still see his widow from time to time
Mike