PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - The Future of Trainer Helicopters?
View Single Post
Old 16th April 2005 | 14:33
  #9 (permalink)  
helicopter-redeye

Better red than ...
20 Anniversary
 
Joined: Aug 2004
: CPL
Posts: 1,415
Likes: 0
From: Appleby-in-Westmorland Cumbria England
Just because Robinson stop PRODUCING (i.e. making new) R22s does not mean they disappear from the Earth.

The 2200hr rebuild means there are lots of existing machines being recycled back to 'new' especially in the high hours training environment.

Even given 'training attrition' (student write offs) there will still be a lot in circulation.

Plus more people training on stripped down R44s (7 hole panel, one radio, etc) which gives a better link to more product sales to PPLs for Robinson.

Commercially b'williant,

h-r
helicopter-redeye is offline