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Old 6th December 2008 | 16:02
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Bristow bought the aircraft from the German Army as I recall and did the "T" mod themselves at Redhill.

The 58T used a twin pack concept....two Pratt and Whitney PT-6 engines driving a combining gear box then a drive shaft input to the man transmission.

The twin pac is generally the same as in the Bell 212.

With Dash Six PT-6's the old girl had good single engine power....not as good as the Wessex with two big Gnome's unfortunately.

The Wessex used a different concept to get the drive to the MGB.
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