The TH67 procurement was an “off-the-shelf, non-developmental, commercial procurement”. The selection of the Bell Model 206BIII was made over two versions of the American Eurocopter AS350, and the Enstrom 480. The Schweizer Model 269D had been eliminated earlier. The 206 was manufactured in Mirabel Canada and flown to Arlington Texas to be “missionized” by a Bell sub-contractor (Premier Aviation) to contract requirements. The closed-circuit “TV” was installed to meet the requirement for the second (non-flying) student to “see the primary flight instruments from the seated and restrained position”. Over the years Fort Rucker has not maintained the video system (they also suffer thefts of cameras and displays) I was one of two Aviation Training Brigade representatives on the Source Selection Evaluation Board with CW4 Ernie Record. The “board” evaluated the proposals and provided the selection committee with the data for their ultimate selection. I flew all five proposals in the “Training User Effectiveness Evaluation” and flew the first (N67001) with CW4 Jake Kegris from Arlington to Fort Rucker.
giko, e-mail, 15.03.2009 14:34
I want to bay a new motore. do you can advise me something
Bill Watson, e-mail, 24.08.2008 00:01
The fule boost pump cartrige,is it the pum itself or does it drive the pump???
patrick, e-mail, 19.03.2008 00:18
u forget to talk about crash fuel tank very hard to installed