Hello Fokkerwokker,
Long Box is right - the CAA website is showing 20 G-Registered 206L's..
Why so few L-3's tho? To be honest, I don't know... I would be interested to know how many have been produced in relation to the earlier types.
I have worked with and flown in L1's and L3's. The Longranger is ok, but it is a dated aircraft now.
I'm not enitirely sure that Long Box has got it quite right by saying passengers prefer the Longranger....
I would suggest that given the 71 AS355s and 43 AS350s it is perhaps a little optimistic to suggest that the 206L is a more popular machine.
The Longranger still has it's place in the market, without a doubt. However, given the current level of demand for Single Engine Day VFR helicopters for charter in the UK, I think it is unlikely that we will see a significant increase in 206Ls arriving in the UK in the near future.
A Longranger fan? In Kent? You don't work for Helicharter do you Long Box?
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