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Old 10th Jan 2003, 14:30
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handyandyuk
 
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Ok.. going of at a slight tangent here... but idle curiousity begs the question...

Are there many incidences of tail rotor bird strikes?
It's not something I have heard much of. I have, however come across more incidences of persons walking into tail rotors; the last one being a Brit lass into a Lynx in Bosnia.
Obviously I would assume the S-92 is primarily aimed at securing military customers and so resistance to 'combat damage' will be a major safety selling point.

Regardless of any of that, you just have to congratulate the entire team for their years of hard work in bringing a new aircraft from the sketch pad to the landing pad.
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