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Originally posted by GoneToTheCanner View PostSIG is Swiss, always has been. Now, if those naughty, warry Germans want to copy the SiG under license and then sell them on to naughty people, who can blame the peace loving Swiss?!
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Did the Mexicans have a run in with the Swiss, suppliers of there PC9s after they used them to shoot at people.?
Did the Swiss cancel an Mexican order for more PC9s, one of which we bought.?
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The Minister of State with Responsibility for Defence, Paul Kehoe, has said that his priority was to ensure that the operational capability of the Defence Forces is maintained to the greatest extent possible, so as to enable the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service, to carry out their roles as assignedLast edited by sofa; 14 September 2017, 19:20.
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Pilatus do not advertise their aircraft as armed aircraft as they are a neutral country. What customers do with the aircraft after they are delivered isn't Pilatus's fault, even though they can and do get grief from their government. We armed our PC9's, the Slovenes armed their PC9's, the Austrians, Mexicans, Chad etc armed their PC7's and PC9's. As for other Pilatus users I'm not sure about.
The Mexicans ordered two PC9s for evaluation before they ordered the rest of their fleet, which were not used armed. They were found to be "unsuitable" after the US offered Texans to go with their Blackhawks, not unlike New Zealand who were to buy PC9s as well but then got the same offer as the Mexicans. Pilatus did not cancel a Mexican PC9 order as there wasnt one. They crashed one after that and the other is still used as a station "hack".
The new IAC PC9 S/N 269 was a new build from the initial airframe built for Jordan, but was cancelled after they changed to the PC-21.
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Originally posted by Claudel Hopson View PostThey were found to be "unsuitable" after the US offered Texans to go with their Blackhawks, not unlike New Zealand who were to buy PC9s as well but then got the same offer as the Mexicans.
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Originally posted by GoneToTheCanner View PostThe US would rather you bought Beech T6s, probably at fire sale prices, to deny the Swiss sales to people the US considers "their" friends. The downside is that the nearest PC-9 user is Australia and the aircraft are essentially incompatible...
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going back to the ISTAR requirement for the Cessna replacement...
http://https://www.flightglobal.com/...llance-441135/
short version, the RAF is upgrading its existing 5 King Air 350CER/Shadow R1's to R2 standard and buying another 3 KA 350CER airframes at R2 standard.
an excellent opportunity for a biggyback buy?
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Originally posted by ropebag View Postgoing back to the ISTAR requirement for the Cessna replacement...
http://https://www.flightglobal.com/...llance-441135/
short version, the RAF is upgrading its existing 5 King Air 350CER/Shadow R1's to R2 standard and buying another 3 KA 350CER airframes at R2 standard.
an excellent opportunity for a biggyback buy?
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