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and it saves the tyres and brakes too
Well, that must be some very expensive tyres and brakes if you compare it to the extra unnecesary airborne time that you put on all the other components of your helicopter, getting them exchanged just a few hours earlier...
We taxi with our wheels on the ground as long as possible, not only for economy but the S92 moves a lot of air, especially airborne.
/2beers
what is the difference between ground taxi and hover taxi to the MGB let's say?
do maintenance care if the MGB was used on the ground or in the air?
also I think you spend much more time on the ground than in the air covering the same distance