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Old 16th Jul 2005, 17:21
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paco
 
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All those fast insertions......

More seriously, the customers I refer to would certainly not have bought a Blackhawk, even assuming your Cat A comments are correct, which a "source close to 609 development" tells me they are not. I'm sure they will improve the product.

Would the 609 necessarily use a heliport anyway? I spent a lot of time in Suffield (a strong competitior for the *rsehole of the world) operating a Beaver because the resident helicopters did not have the range to get to Calgary for casevacs. If the 609 is able to improve on that situation just a little in large countries like Canada, and take over where helicopters leave off, I can see a big market for it, especially where runway space is limited. Perhaps we are now talking about ESTOL (Extremely Short Takeoff & Landing).

Phil

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