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Regarding delivery delays, you would hope that lessons have been learned from the Dauphin and an impractical bespoke fit-out has not overly complicated it.
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Last edited by Jetjock; 23 July 2020, 07:20. -
With a new customisation of an aircraft there can always be a delay, even airlines suffer this. It need not be a complicated issue that causes the delay, it can be a low tech cheap bracket that is missing, or the supplier has had a fire at their factory. Fact is delays in first delivery can happen.
Now throw on top Covid-19 and they become out of all proportion. Some factories in Germany stopped production in Feb as some small item from 3rd tier suppliers out of China were not available. The aircraft are in the USA and we all know what the pandemic is like there. I for one would hope that the workers in Pilatus are staying safe and that none gets Covid-19 just so they can finish our aircraft.Comment
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The first ISTAR PC12 was supposed to be delivered in early 2019Originally posted by EUFighter View PostComment
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Didn’t a lot of that happen over time as the aircraft and systems matured?Originally posted by Jetjock View PostComment
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BJC surely.Originally posted by Graylion View PostFor now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.Comment
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They are in the US but they were supposed to have been delivered to AC in early 2019Originally posted by Graylion View PostComment
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All three aircraft are in Denver, so with Sierra Nevada Corp.
A/C 280 last flew on 2nd July
A/C 281 last flew on 17th July
A/C 282 last flew on 22nd July
Seeing that all three are flying maybe all will be delivered together.Comment
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Will AC pilots have to go get them, or will they be delivered? With the current COVID-19, there are practical problems with either option.'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.htmlComment
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Is shipping them as deck cargo an option?For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.Comment
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To put Covid-19 in perspective; this morning 3 Aer Lingus flights arrived in Dublin from the USA. One from New York, one from Chicago. So gettong to and from the US is not an issue while internally there are plenty of flights.Originally posted by Flamingo View PostComment
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A/C 282 will be out for a little trip to Scottsbluff today.Last edited by EUFighter; 24 July 2020, 15:52.Comment
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280 returned from the Canaries today, via Malaga.
Over the weekend 104 Sqn supported MINURSO with a troop and cargo rotation to Western Sahara. The photograph below is 'Irish 280' on the ground at Laayoune International Airport. #strengthenthenation #joinourteam #MINURSO pic.twitter.com/aXHiYuMBNd
— Irish Air Corps (@IrishAirCorps) July 27, 2020For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.Comment
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Can we have the Antonov, too, please?Comment
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