Talk:AgustaWestland AW139

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[edit] AB139

Does anyone have a definitive source with the reason for Bell's withdrawal from the AB139 partnership? --BillCJ 16:50, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, I did some searching on the web, and found out that the primary givien reason was Bell's dissatisfaction with Augusta's marketing of the AB139. I don't know what exactly that entailed. I also found that at the recent unveiling of the Bell 417, Bell announced it was studying a new medium twin. I guess they are ready to try again, seeing that the Bell 214 ST wasn't a great success, and the 139 partnership didn't last. - BillCJ 05:28, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AW149

What has the following go to do with the AW139? And why is it in the first paragraph anyway?

The AgustaWestland AW149 is a medium-lift military helicopter being developed by AgustaWestland as an enlarged version of the AW139.

Lin 09:05, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

It is in the first paragraph because it is an important variant of the AW139 that needs to be mentioned because it is new but only a project it does not have an article. AgustaWestland AW149 re-directs to here until it has an article of its own and the statement gives readers a warm feeling they are in the right article. MilborneOne 11:13, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
COncur with Milb1. Last August, an article was created on the AW149, but by November is was still just a one or two sentence stub. In Nov 2006, I converted that page to a redirect, and added the mentions here, as little info had been released by AW on the AW149. Almost a year later, there is still not much info on the varitant, and it's a distinct (tho slim) possibility it may never be produced. As the AW149 is to be a bit larger than the AW139, and optimized for a military role, I do believe it best at some point in the furture to have the AW149 on its own page. When more information is forthcoming, along with sgnificant orders and the start to production, We can split off the AW149 info back to the redirect page. - BillCJ 17:58, 24 October 2007 (UTC)