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Old 14th Feb 2016, 14:44
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Originally Posted by helimutt
dangerous words but my view is that if you can't fly an S76 with both AP's out you maybe shouldn't be flying one.
Of course you shouldn't..... we took delivery of our S76A in July 1980 and it was flown manually, no SCAS or anything else fitted, from West Palm Beach to Conroe, Houston, to have the Sperry autopilot installed. No problem.
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