Thanks for some heads up, out here we train the military cadets in the UAE.
95% of it all on B206, but we did have 3 R44 raven2's. we got the first award from robinson for the most hostile enviroment, the tail rotors and mainrotors do not last long, also 7 engine failures due to fuel vapourisation in the fuel line because of the heat.
Thanks for the above inputs and also the private messaging.
The powers that be may go the way of the saudi's as they are all deeply in involved with sikorsky.
fluffy