Mars
Thank you for your comprehensive reply...you could almost be Nick Lappos. If you are Nick, could you confirm if the S92 has a run dry gearbox because rumours coming out from Norway are that it hasn't.
Seriously, as a line pilot I would be happy with an emergency lube or cooling system if the gear box will not run dry. However, I would not be happy with an equivalent level of safety (if it is what I think it is) as current gearboxes have been know to throw out their oil. Knowing my luck it would be in the ESB in the middle of the night in a gale!
Mars, what equivalent level of safety would you be happy with..equivalent to the S61, or the S Puma or what?
I was hoping (in my simplistic way) that the new aircraft would be safer and comply with the latest FARs and JARs, not use a get out clause because it is "difficult/impossible".
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