15 mk2 chinooks, plus 10 free to enable Boeing to close the production line, plus spares thru life for free. That was Boeing's offer.
Our reply, "No thank you very much, Mr Boeing, we have the Merlin coming!"
The cost of all 25 chinnies?
Equivalent to 3 merlins.
Still, at least it kept some Brits employed.
Sorry, thread drift, back to the Pu2...