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Old 17th December 2011 | 01:44
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Saint Jack
 
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Bell Magellan

The Magellan project is expected to be unvieled at the next HAI. It's unlikely to be yet another 412 upgrade as this could be announced anytime. I believe Magellan will be a 'clean-sheet' design with a bias towards the lucrative offshore market. BHT fully realise that the 412-family is showing its age against the AW139 and up-coming EC175. The EC155B1 has not caught on as much as some would have hoped while the S76D appears to be a non-starter for offshore work.

If Magellan is a 412 replacement, everyone in the offshore industry will be waiting to see if Bell have eliminated the Achilles Heel of this helicopter and one that is the bane of HLO's world-wide - that with a full load of passengers, it has to be loaded and unloaded from both sides.
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