Originally Posted by
Blackhawk9
There was nothing wrong with the 412's they were EP's if they wanted to upgrade could have had them brought up to EPX spec for a fraction of new machines (like Canada is doing and other 412 operators are looking at), still better hot/high than a 145.
Are you sure about Hot&High? From what I’ve heard a 169 and 145 (D-2 and D-3) are superior to all others in the medium segment with regard to H&H. The 145 D-3 even landed somewhere around 23000ft…