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Offline Vulcan

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IAC Puma
« on: February 18, 2008, 09:47:41 am »
Hi all

Just seen on the gallery section of this site that the IAC had a Puma in the early 80's.  How long did they have it and why get rid of it?, also what was the reason for getting it in the first place?

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Re: IAC Puma
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2008, 03:07:13 pm »
It was leased for a year to more or less get a feel for medium lift helicopters.i think the lease was for 2 years but it was returned after 1year. The Air corps then wanted to get 3 of them for SAR but instead bought the Dauphin.
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Re: IAC Puma
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2008, 08:39:44 pm »
I'd say it was more like the AC wanted 3 x Puma's but the government gave them Dauphins.