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Old 17th February 2009 | 08:41
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Blackhawk9
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Great shots Snapshot!

Unstable load, I think you will find the Oryx IS a Super Puma made to look like a 330, the story goes that 50 AS332C fuselage and tail booms were smuggled thru Portugal in the apartheid days then assembled in South Africa with 330 canopies and undercarriage so as they would not standout to the world as Super Pumas, they operate at Super Puma gross weights in flight and on hook for sling loads but because of 330 main gear gross weight on ground is less than the 8600kg if they ran Super Puma undercarriage.

Portugal supposedly got their 330 Pumas upgraded for free to 330+ with Makilas for allowing the 332 airframes to slip thru Portugal to SA.
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