Asking for informational help.
We are purchasing 2 Kamov for fire-fighting for the coming season. We have recieve two project. One from
. Two brand new KA32A11BC. The price is nice. BUT they (the company) say that some special equipment and glass cockpit must be installed (price is 1ml USD). The Civil Aviation Administration of China does not allow to fly non-equipped helicopters. Then we got another project from
. They got 4 KA32A helicopters. These helicopters can be modernized up to KA32A11BC. BUT! When we met the company's representatives at Hong-Kong and got the arrangment with the CAA of China they told that these helicopters CANNOT BE USED, because the age of the helicopters is more than 20 (YOM 1992). Despite the fact that the YOM of the modernized KA32A (1st stage) will be 2005. The whole helicopters will be completely new (there will be only gliders left).
We want to make the second project as the price is much more lower (it is very important for us). Does anyone see any wayout?