I've heard that they are trying to phase out the ex military 204's as there have been some problems with the machines carrying non essential crew members. has anyone else heard this?
I was just reading about painting blades in hi-vis colours, and john was saying something about the paint affecting the balance of the blade. This can be easilly offset by not just painting the red lines on the blades, but also where the white is required, use white paint. We do this and have never had any problems with balancing at all.