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Steve76
27th Jan 2011, 23:04
Hey guys,
Anyone know of any 214 ST's for sale?
Appreciate the heads up.
Steve
spinwing
27th Jan 2011, 23:08
Mmmm ....
Think you might find Evergreen is snapping them all up as they become available ....
:E
Epiphany
28th Jan 2011, 00:03
There are 3 sat outside the Bristow hangar at Acadiana gathering dust.
MarkH1
28th Jan 2011, 07:00
Hi Steve,
You should try the Oman Police, they have very nice looking 214 for sale.
The issue is that they have been operating under military authority and might be difficult to get in a civil aviation.
Another one I know is with CHC Norway, I think they are willing to sell it soon. For that you can always contact Heli-One.
Good luck,
Mark
griffothefog
28th Jan 2011, 15:38
The Royal Oman Police have no 214st aircraft left unless you want to play in this one:E
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk50/marcusdoha/IMG_0037.jpg
TiPwEiGhT
28th Jan 2011, 18:42
CHC 214 I believe has been sold and is going/gone to the States.
Scotsheli
28th Jan 2011, 19:34
Steve,
Check your PM'S.
Scots
chc&proud
29th Jan 2011, 10:35
Gentlemen
I had the pleasure of getting my type rating on the ST back in 1990. Since august 1992 I flew it regularly till May 2009. It was replaced by the SuperDuperAWSAR EC225 in June 2009, still flying for Statoil, stationed at the Statfjord B platform.
The ST was a very popular aircraft with all who operated it or repaired it. All of us have fond memories of the time spent with LN-OMM.
Mike Mike has now found its way back home to the Bell factory. Supposedly, Bell is aiming to test a four blade configuration to see how that works.
Kind regards.
Olav
Epiphany
29th Jan 2011, 15:10
http://i54.tinypic.com/2howwfn.jpg
One of three parked at Acadiana.
imuney
30th Jan 2011, 02:08
Bristow's B214ST's in ARA are sold to Evergreen and are awaiting delivery, notice the paint scheme.
la grua
30th Jan 2011, 07:46
It does seem a little late in the day, but it could be a spin off from the USMC UH-1Y program. That involved major reconstruction of UH-1N [212] airframes to accept a larger 4-bladed/uprated TXMN/T700 combination.Adapting that to the ST could be possible, but would there be a market for it?
gwelo shamwari
30th Jan 2011, 21:27
Had only one flight in a ST. Got to say that it was a great experience. Besides the maintenance headaches, lots of customers liked the ST here in the US.
I'm sure here would be a market as long as it became fully OGP compliant and/or far 29 certified. But this I doubt they will do. Its strange to see that manufacturers don't listen to what the customers are asking for...
Was there not an issue with the type cert being owned by Iran? or is that a myth?
bretto22
31st Jan 2011, 04:57
I hear Blackwater have been buying a few of these also.....
Rumor has it that an Australian Operator sold it to them and they are looking for more...