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- GRAPEVINE, Page 21Heavy Lifting
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- By JANICE CASTRO
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- U.S. Ambassador to Moscow ROBERT STRAUSS has jumped into
- a dispute over Russian-built Kamov and Mil helicopters, by
- lobbying the Bush Administration on their behalf. The powerful
- Russian choppers can outlift the best U.S. helicopters and are
- being offered to American oil and logging firms at half price.
- U.S. manufacturers are livid because Strauss wants the FAA to
- waive the costly and time-consuming U.S. commercial-certification
- process for the Russian competition. If the FAA goes along with
- Strauss, the heavy lifters may start hauling timber in Alaska
- this summer.
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