Dear Delta NG (B2 pilot isn't?)
I don't have such experience like the most participant on this forum
, but I'm proud of my about 3'000 hrs flown in a country where high density altitude conditions are usual
.
Of course I cannot fly mirror, but only vertical ref
I still have more experience on B2 and B3 door removed and 120 /180 ft longline, against the poor 40 hrs on the Koala.
But if the company where I'm flying for had more money, I would push it to sell our Lama and make a BIG investment in a AW 119 Koala Enhanced!!!
They are a lot of reason because nobody tried to fly a Koala in aerial work:
Who have such lot of money to invest where the minute price is marketed by B3 owner?
Who have enough experience to say that this ship will survive some season doing logging ("my" Lama has actually more than 21'000 hrs with the original aiframe
)
Who would renounce to the minimum safety requirement of an helmet because simply it doesn't fit in the ship?
Everybody would like to drive an Italian Ferrari in Miami to pick up long legged girls, but who would use this car to deliver food and equipments in the more remote Yukon area?
I was able to fly my very first logging mission after some 20' intro
If you will have the chance to fly it, do it.
It's worth