Im convinced Whimlew its not beautiful to the point i don't even want to look at a 505 in any press release or otherwise.
Im an old 206 guy from many years ago as are so many on Pprune...and we have at best, memories of a venerable workhorse, trustworthy, and most importantly reliable to all of us.
I also remember awhile back Bell came out with the 351 StarRanger which was part of their proposed M.A.P.L (modular affordable product line) and the replacement B206 at the time. The 429 was the first machine built using these principles, but they never went on with it….pity as it looked pretty S..T hot.
Bell even named it the "Squirrel buster!"
