Yeah and the other thing about Bell quitting 206 production is the resale value of existing JetRangers will now go through the roof!
Who's going to get the last one ever??
What happened to the 427, is that the shortest production run ever for bell??
As for the 430, big deal but the 210 looked like a good ship and a realistic way to get your ex miltary UH-1 certified, no dodgy TC, just a bit expensive..which is not the reason people buy UH-1s.
The Astars Ok but not with the Turbomeca engine, crap support and costs a fortune for modules and FCUs ( if you can get them ).
Good to hear they are sticking with the 412, good ship that, and bring back the 212 i say!
You wait.. those tiny, delicate Army EC145s will last about five minutes on the job then it will be back to the 412s as it should have been from the start.......