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Condolences to that pilot and the passengers. Outstanding ADM (Aeronautical Decision Making)! Too many of us ignore warning signs because we have passengers in the aircraft. Good lesson and thanks for sharing!

Awesome stuff... when are you going to start teaching in your Brantly?

Ron - way to go!

You have limited recourse even if it was an American company that went out of business. You can make a claim with the Bankrupcy court to get some of your money back from any liquidation of the former company's assets, but that will still be a fraction and might not even cover your court costs!

You are right. The red one on Ebay looks EXACTLY like the one for sale at http://www.eastcarolinahelicopters.com , except for the black strip (and the tail number). Let me guess on the political situation... local rich folks only want the airport for their Lear Jets and don't want the noisy helicopt...

Isn't the hanger in the background of these ebay photographs that of East Carolina Helicopters? In fact, I'm pretty certain that the following Brantly belongs to East Carolina when I was there some time ago. What's up? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63680&i...

Saw this on ebay...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... otohosting

Very cool! I hope to do the same with my son (six years from now).

Late last year, a friend of mine had a pre-arranged schedule to go down there and play in the Brantley. The weather turned ugly, so he didn't go... but things seemed okay last October / November timeframe. I haven't heard anything different.

Bryan,

Your link doesn't seem to be correct (even if I remove the IMG tag).

R2

That's kind of an odd query, or am I missing something?
Isn't the factory your best source for current manuals?

Well, I've flown both and there are pros and cons to each aircraft. The B47 has much more power available for vertical (max performance) takeoffs and the cabin in bigger (two pilots or one pilot + two passengers)... even though there are only two seats in the B2B, there is a luggage storage area. Co...

Cool... tell us more.

Lets keep those numbers coming!

What is your average HOURLY operating cost (include unscheduled maintenance, regular inspections, scheduled maintenance, insurance, fuel, oil, etc) ? The answer will vary with age, number of flying hours, location, and flying conditions. Nevertheless, I thought it would be a useful comparison for e...