Originally Posted by
noooby
212man, the AW101 is civil certified. Tokyo Police were the only buyer of the civil variant though (as far as I am aware).
Since then there have been numerous updates to the frame, so it would probably need some areas re-certified.
But yes, it is ridiculously expensive. If they could get the price point down, perhaps they would sell some civil models???
Fairly specialised too - as mentioned Arctic etc. but these environments are rather priced out currently. The AW139 etc are somewhat smaller/lighter than the Pumas so will probably be used where possible and the S92s where 19 up over range is needed.