Once again no improvements to the cabin.....
Let's get this straight; when we purchased the Puma in 1971 we could offer the Army a 16 seat cabin. We often carried 16 personnel but there was not much space left for Burgens etc. We then offered the users '12 seat plus load pole fitted'. This was adequate for a very many years. Then some bright spark decided we needed more range, so an internal crash-proof tank was designed, purchased and fitted; we now offer the users an '8-seat fit, load-pole fitted with an internal tank fitted in the cabin'.
We are now spending millions on Makila engines and various other new gismos which in theory should make the Puma safer to operate but we are now offering HALF the capacity compared to when we bought the thing!!
Buy secondhand Super Pumas with all the good stuff and please stop pissing about!!