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Old 22nd Nov 2006, 12:41
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EC135 Wire Strike Protection

To my knowledge, none of the UK McAlpines equipped, high skid, police role 135s (I've flown about half of them) have any wire strike protection. However, my 6 year old son has a Macs poster on his bedroom wall that shows line drawings of low and high skid 135s fitted with wire cutters above and below the cockpit, and the high skid variant had what appear to be extensions on the front of the skids - presumably to deflect wires beneath the aircraft.
Just to give a balanced view: the Police MD902 that I currently fly also has no wire strike protection - although it too could be fitted.
I'm sure McAlpines at Oxford would be able to give you a definitive answer for the 135.
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