Dave & Company,

Rotorhub UK has posted a brief article with a photo at the address
below:n

http://www.shephard.co.uk/Rotorhub/D...4-5cf30e4e114d

Supposedly, Bell still has deposits for almost 70 BA609 orders
..Partner Agusta and fuselage supplier Fuji Heavy Industries feel that
number is just the begining. Last I read three years ago the BA609 was
to sell for 11 million each. But no doubt that has gone up by now.
Still their seems to be no shortage of billionairs today and private
jets are selling well.

Some one wrote about ten years ago that the tiltrotor is like a four
wheel drive Jeep. The Jeep makes a lousy car and a motorcycle can
travel off road much better. Early Jeeps were also so expensive you
could buy a nice car and a motorcycle for less than the cost of a Jeep.
Despite these facts, early civilian Jeeps did sell. Slow at first,
but with each new Jeep customer a new use was discovered.

Maybe the same story will hold true for the tiltrotor BA609.

Take care,

CTR