To Sierra-Papa:
I sent you an e-mail to the Md-500 - comments apon your reply.
However, where I am, we have the same question with tunahelicopters:
The R-44 is taking over the market, however there are still Hughes-500 flying for the same price. It is pretty much impossible to make money AND maintain the ships legal for the price, where you still make decent money with a R-44.
Parts for Hughes 500īs are getting expensive.
As I thought it is not a MD-500 but a first gen Hughes, ever checked the aircraft logs? Shiny aircraft and nice avionics donīt mean the parts are in time and inspected acc. to manual.
However, there may the one guy every 1000 years, who does not care about money, but just, to give people a chance to go fly.
I met once a guy like that, but it was run down Cessna 152īs to "get people in the air!" The owner of the place was a retired TWA chief pilot. He did not have to make a living out of it!
On the remote chance he reads this:
Thanks to the man, as this got me into aviation!!!
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