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Old 8th Jul 2022, 06:26
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New UK heli flight sim - odd aircraft choice - 429?!

https://www.avfoil.com/helicopter/helispeed-purchases-entrol-simulator/

Why have they decided to base the sim on a Bell 429?! There's only 6 on the UK register and a couple more on the Manx one. Surely AW169 or H145 would make a lot more commercial sense?
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Maybe it was going cheap?
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Originally Posted by gipsymagpie
https://www.avfoil.com/helicopter/helispeed-purchases-entrol-simulator/

Why have they decided to base the sim on a Bell 429?! There's only 6 on the UK register and a couple more on the Manx one. Surely AW169 or H145 would make a lot more commercial sense?
Mmmmm .... to stop some people going to Spain?
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It would be a very good question to ask Helispeed as they don't have a full ATO, don't have an IFR approval, have no IR course, don't operate a 429 and the only 429 based at Blackpool is about to be replaced by an H160
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