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Old 21st Oct 2016, 19:32
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RVDT
 
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Gordy,

Your N205BT in a previous life. C-GFHG LFKB Bastia Corsica ~ July 1990. Still in Omani paint job. I did about 300 hours in it and it only had about 4000 total then. Sweetest 205 I ever flew and compared to others it was like "new". Fijdor flew the other aircraft which I think was SE-HMS.

It would be interesting to find the highest time 205. I flew C-GFHA in 1991 in Spain and it had ~ 27,000 hours on it then! I see it is possibly still around as N386HQ with Heliqwest so who knows. Another ship that is apparently with them is N205HQ which had ~ 22,000 on it when I last flew it in 1989.

Granted they are not really "Hueys" but they are close enough and owe a lot for their heritage. Too bad Bell never made more of them. Would love to fly a 212 Single.

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