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Old 25th May 2009 | 14:16
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Yes, sorry, I didnt elaborate but for GBP10k there would few hours left on the main components and it would need serious money spending on it and if you had to buy anything new (i.e couldnt find second hand) with the new bell price book the project would most likely be unviable.

The cheapest flyable machine I have seen in Oz went for AUD$80k and was an absolute steal with perhaps 250hours left on engine and 2000 left on blades and a variety of hours on other components but the full blade history wasnt traceable so it might, one day, fall foul of providence rules like they have in the UK. Its very important to ensure you have a full history otherwise it could get very disappointing.

A mid time ship (half way through its 1200hour period between majors) would fetch about AUD$160k and fresh out of 1200hourly with nothing due in that time must fetch AUD$250k or more in my experience with the Ozzie market.
There at least 60 Bell 47s on the register in Oz.

Hope this sheds light on what you want to know.

OOW
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