Update from previous posts
http://www.sun-herald.com/searches/s...ticleID=205047
I have to side with SWFA on one point and one only.
"Hill, however, suspects Bell encouraged the raid as a ruse to conduct corporate espionage.
"I feel Bell encouraged it," Hill said. "They had the run of my shop for three days. I didn't. I was barred from entering."
As one involved in the surplus program at one time, I can say that Bell was NOT supportive to the extent that Im certain pressure was put on the U.S.Government to destroy as much of the UH-1 and OH-58 surplus fleet as they could thus limiting their liability and ensuring sales of new aircraft.
It was sickning for me as a Pilot to see new blades and transmissions go under the torch. One of my Fellow Police Pilots lost a UH-1 to the Crusher, relatively new with less than a few hundred hours on the airframe.......Such a waste.