The 214 ST is my second favorite Helo after the Blackhawk and nothing compares to them, worked on ST's for about 6 years on and off, they are a beast, will hover and fly away on one engine at 35oC oat at gross weight 17500lbs and i've seen it done , try and do that in a S Puma , thats why the Saudi royal flight still use them, they will fly further, faster using less fuel,with the same payload as a S Puma, but they do have there problems the elec system is a nightmare , 2 batteries and approx 40 relays to start an engine! but the engines are just about indestructable the CT7 is oncondition o/haul and bristows had one that stayed in an airframe about 6000 hrs , the Makila in an L2 SuperPuma is lucky to make o/haul at 2500hrs, I worked on the ST in Australia and Europe and the 214B in europe and the mid east the Iranian military still have over 150 214 A/C models still in use , i saw quite alot of them flying when i was in Iran last year. I've worked on Blackhawks ,214ST's , S61's and Super Pumas and like them in that order.