Bell’s pitching of the UH-1Y and AH-1Z to the ADF has generated hot debate. usn
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Bell Helicopter pitches Vipers and Venoms to the ADF
The road runner says: I think you will find the Defence White Paper states that the “capability” of the ARH will be replaced and not the airframe. I think a few of us jumped the gun on this and thought the AH-1Z or Apache was a shoe-in. Major General Mathewson, the head of Helicopter Systems, Division has argued this point.
Stuart says: If they went for the UH-1Y Venom they should ask Bell to put the two-blade rotor back on. How could you have a UH-1 without the soundtrack….
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