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Old 15th Feb 2006, 12:41
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steve_oc
 
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Hi Genghis

Not much to report from my point of view (fair size offshore commercial helo fleet). We did fleet sampling C of A flight tests so each airframe was test flown every 3 years. Very seldom anything to report on the Puma fleet. The mediums (Dauphin and S76) tended to fail height climbs and need some fettling, but that was always expected and a good way of keeping an eye on things. We and our competition are in the process of introducing a Company continued airworthiness flight test (C of A in all but name) to keep oversight of the state of the fleet.

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Steve
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