Some top responses and very interesting reading - thanks guys.
In early-2010 Eurocopter announced that the Lama and the Alouette III will be supported until the end of the decade.. 2020 that is. The type certificate is said to be revoked that year.
What will happen to Lama owners then?
In Tanzania Viking Helicopters had a Lama in about 1980 and Evergreen have had them in West Africa but also in Ethiopia and Sudan as far as I know when they were fitted with the particle filter.
There are a couple currently in the Congo and recently there was an Italian registered one in Kenya.
Would like to know how much longer they will last. If you buy one now will it only be allowed to fly until 2020?