Originally Posted by
RotaryJ
Nice to see that 37.5% of the NPAS fleet are currently offline at the moment! With still no light on the fleet replacements!
G-POLD finally air tested on the 22nd so should be returning to service shortly, likely to cover for the next heli to return to Oxford. They must only have room for NPAS frames there at the minute!
I wonder where they're at with the fleet replacement plan. The annual report appeared to show a nice amount of cash in the pot. I still think the 5 EC135s the RAF chose not to take up would've been a great addition to the fleet, considering the serviceability issues seen with these old, knackered airframes. IIRC those 'spare' RAF frames ended up in Australia in the end.