TC
Do you mean 'reliability' of spares?
What's the problem?
Or did you mean to say 'availability'?
I've taken this up with my Gazelle contact and am informed that used to be a problem, but MW Helicopters have bought up an enormous supply of spares. Says they've never let him down yet.
The Permit restrictions can be a nuisance, depending where you live, where you want to fly etc.
Isn't it stupid of the CAA to refuse to issue a full CofA?
But, in these days of seemingly nothing but bad news for aviation, maybe some good news.
At Helitech, I saw that MW Helicopters can supply ex-mil Gazelles on a foreign register with a full CofA ie no restrictions.
It might not suit some egotist who needs a 'G' for his 'personal' reg (G-EOFF, G-ERRY etc
), but it's an option. I've noticed that quite a few UK Gazelle owners seem to leave them on the 'F' register at the moment.
So the potential purchaser may now have a choice: CAA Permit with restrictions, or foreign CofA without - at the same price.