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Old 20th July 2008 | 21:05
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ShyTorque

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It might just be the answer to everything
Nothing is ever the answer to everything. I too was very excited about the tilt rotor, almost thirty years ago. I'm still waiting though ....

Battersea heliport apart, there are a whole load of helipads in UK where an S-76 or an A-109S will fit but this machine unfortunately will not. I'm certain it will find only a relatively small number of customers, at least in UK. If it needs to operate from an airfield at both ends of the journey, it has no practical advantage over a small bizjet.
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