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Old 15th Feb 2011, 20:32
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From these online discussions, it was evident that those involved understood that the S-92A did not have a run dry capability.
Not before the Cougar crash it wasn't.

SAC has been consistently economical with its marketing hyperbole - the 'heritage' claimed from the 60 implied similar components with proven track records but it now seems that any compatibility is only backwards such that the S-92 transmission could be retro-fitted to the 60 if it needed to be upgraded.

SAC traded heavily on the safety credentials of its new baby - ironically those credentials appear to have been acquired by obfuscation and manipulation of weak legislation.
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