We have a Bell 206L3 "Longranger", and have used it for our gas line as well as power line patrols (9500 miles transmission, a hell of a lot more sub-transmission and distribution) for the last 15 years. It has been a wonderful machine; never skipped a beat. There used to be a small heli flight school next door to our hangar that taught with R22's . To watch them do an auto to the taxiway out front, looked like the perfect "elevator to hell". I'll stick with my longranger, at least I might have time to blink my eyes a few times before I touch down. <g>. CY
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*deep inhale* I LOVE the smell of jet-a in the morning..
[This message has been edited by Corporate Yank (edited 22 December 2000).]