AD NUMBER: 2007-26-10
MANUFACTURER: Bell
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-26-10
SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness
directive (AD) for Bell Helicopter Textron Canada (BHTC) Model 430
helicopters that requires replacing a certain servo
actuator-to-actuator support attachment bolt (bolt) with an
airworthy bolt.
For those of us who wearied of all the "Bravo-Sierra" that came our way from the airline side of the equation, it is a breath of fresh air to see a reasoned approach to the User Fee dilemma.
Watching the AOPA crew, especially Phil Boyer, shoot down all the nonsense about various user fee arguments is a bit of art... simple, verifiable, straight-to-the-point, honest. And he uses facts and verifiable details, even!!
Sierra Indsutries told ANN this week certification testing of
the modification company's Super II is proceeding at a rapid pace
-- with 30 test flights, totaling over 40 hours to date, and more
than 50% of total flight testing completed by Christmas.
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