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Old 8th Apr 2013, 21:17
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Ian Corrigible
 
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Originally Posted by Thomas coupling
The market has just been flooded with DoD S61 (110 I believe in the US)
The 110 figure was the total potential buy covered under the ID/IQ contract. Only 29 have actually been ordered to date, with 16 S-61Ns delivered and 13 S-61Ts still to follow.

To heli1's point, while you'd think there were sufficient H-3 airframes sitting in the Boneyard a number of ex-Danish aircraft were also snapped up in support of the DOS program.

Still looking forward to seeing my first Motor Sich-powered Sea King!

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