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Old 2nd Oct 2012, 05:03
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SASless
 
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Sasless.......Having flown all manner of Stabilized Bell mediums for several Operators I fetched up in Saudi Arabia for Aramco to discover some very true genius lurked at that place. In the words of one fellow when asked by the Chief Pilot if he had ever worked for PHI.....our Hero responded...."Not until I hired on here!"

Thus setting the stage.....Aramco Management (ex-PHI of course) somehow ordered IFR Bell 412's, changed the order to 212's, insisted upon Air Conditioners but cut the Sperry Helipilot systems to save weight....then cut the AirCons to save more weight and get more performance and thus spent lots of money, got a less capable aircraft and left the 212's "SASLESS".

Then....insisted that Night Flights over the Oggin with lots of well known haze limiting Vis to far less than any lights were visible....still called it VFR.

I was so impressed with that kind of wisdom, and absolute genius.....I assumed the name......"Sasless".
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