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Old 30th May 2008, 09:00
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Lt.Fubar
 
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First - Sikorsky bought PZL Mielec, not PZL Swidnik. "PZL" here means "Polskie Zaklady Lotnicze" - Polish Aeronautics Facility... or something like it it's very important what comes after it, as there are few PZLs around here.

The SW-4 is being manufactured for the Polish Military as a trainer, there will be 24 of those, no other orders yet... although one was already crashed during autorotation practice.

I'll be honest, as I'm not fond of any flying thing that comes from my country, except of gliders, so the story of SW-4 for me is no different. It looks like "what if Bell produced copy of Ecureuil... in 1970s". The EC120 is a bit more expensive, but I would bet my money on it where it comes to economics, reliability and crash worthiness... on SW-4, I won't.
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