John,
Yes indeed. We all want a B3 (yes VF, even me), but like John I am short the $2.5 meg. That's why we are talking old jetties and R66 etc.
On a related note, there are two new R66 working in the outer Lake Taupo area, replacing two MD500, apparently the operators are really happy with the performance. I would be interested to get a first hand report, do you know anyone ?
On an unrelated note, I flew one of Helipros 44s around there, great day and very pretty !
Arrrj