Moldova Shuts Down Bootleg Helicopter Factory

[AndyJWest]

Yup. You read it right:

 

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The Moldovan Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organised Crime and Special Cases and investigators from the Police General Inspectorate closed a clandestine factory in the Criuleni area near the Dniester river in the east of the country on Tuesday that was producing copies of Kamov KA-26 Soviet-type helicopters.

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All the helicopters were produced without the necessary permits and documents of origin for the parts and equipment used.

https://balkaninsight.com/2020/06/30/moldova-shuts-down-bootleg-helicopter-factory/

 

 

The aviation industry has had a problem with bootleg parts for years, but entire helicopters? The mind boggles...

[Feathered_IV]

Whoa.  It’s like Grumman lawyer’s wet dream. 

[WWChunk]

6 hours ago, Feathered_IV said:

Whoa.  It’s like Grumman lawyer’s wet dream. 

Outstanding IL-2: Pacific Fighters knowledge. ? What a fiasco that was.