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Cardoen Bell 206 modified Helicopter from Chile
FAA Certification and Seizure in the USA.
After the first test flights in Chile and the presentation to the press, the prototype was sent to Fort Worth, Texas, USA to apply for the granting of an STC (Supplement Type Certificate) that would allow the production and sale of the modified helicopter with the prestige of having been certified by the FAA.
For this, we counted on the collaboration of Global Helicopter Technology Inc. a North American company formed by retired engineers of the Bell, with great experience in such processes
A STC, in simple words, is the recognition and quality certification of any modification made to an existing aircraft. It is awarded by the most prestigious aeronautical agency in the world: the Federal Aviation Administration, FAA.
Throughout the development of the prototype, it was worked in conjunction with two technical delegates from the FAA, who followed the whole project and periodically approved the different stages of the project in Santiago, Chile (see El Mercurio article, published below).
When the certification process was quite advanced and the different FAA tests had been passed, requiring minimal modifications, surprisingly the extension of the STC was suspended and on March 27, 1991, the prototype was requisitioned by the US customs authorities arguing that this It had the characteristics of an attack helicopter and that INCAR intended to export it as such to Iraq. Under this slander and prototype was seized and never returned to its rightful owner: INCAR.
This would mean the total suspension of the project and the frustration of the possibility of building these helicopters in Chile.
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source
http://chileanhelicopter.blogspot.com/
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