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Author: Anonymous   Date: 9/28/2026 8:19:00 PM  +2/-2   Show Orig. Msg (this window) Or  In New Window

Similar sized country to the US with something like 5 times out population and maybe only 100-200 civil helicopters across the whole country.

Despite having a factory that spits out A-Star lookalikes too. They said over 10 years ago they were going to "open up" the airspace (which was something like 80% military) but that has moved like molasses.

Went to their 2nd annual Heli-Expo and the accuracy of their military demonstration team was top notch.

Random country... a land of dichotomies. For every thing you see that makes you go "wow" there's another that makes you go yikes, or really?, or wince.

And yet their people think they're as free as Americans and have fierce pride that their country's ways are the best ways.

Good to see commercial helicopter operations in action, though.
 
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