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  • #31
    Originally posted by pilatus View Post
    Is it possible it's being used to train/familiarise Air Corps personnel on the PC12 before our own machines are delivered?
    No. Nothing to do with training AC personnel.

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    • #32
      ... No.1 nearly here, early 2019, has anyone heard any indication on when it's due to arrive or other about it's configuration?

      Found a photo of the first machine (serial 1795) routing through Prestwick in May to the US

      * https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8967695

      I looked up details of the flight of that aircraft a while back, but it seemed to be routing to a Pilatus completion centre in the US (Broomfield, Colorado I think). Haven't seen any other public updates other than that, hope the plan is on track

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      • #33
        Originally posted by meridian View Post
        ... No.1 nearly here, early 2019, has anyone heard any indication on when it's due to arrive or other about it's configuration?

        Found a photo of the first machine (serial 1795) routing through Prestwick in May to the US

        * https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8967695

        I looked up details of the flight of that aircraft a while back, but it seemed to be routing to a Pilatus completion centre in the US (Broomfield, Colorado I think). Haven't seen any other public updates other than that, hope the plan is on track
        First is delayed, so it will not be early '19. The other two will follow on schedule.

        Nothing forthcoming about AGS taking up the option for a fourth.

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        • #34
          AGS may be waiting to see if the 1st PC12 is as good as promised before they push the button. They learnt a lot from their initial experience with the Defender.
          For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.

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          • #35
            Thanks Chuck, na grohmití for that. Pity about the delay on the first one, better to have it right than rush it. There's a fair few civilian ones around the place, but be great to see it in AC colours when it arrives and definitely a massive step up from the 172s.

            Have seen the Defender low over Kildare every so often over the last while, so someone must have sorted out a job lot of spares to get her back into the air

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            • #36
              A few months on, and a few months closer to the PC12s coming on stream. Have been keeping an eye on the web for any photos or updates, but all quiet so far. Is there any estimated delivery date for the first machine, or how the second machine is coming along?

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              • #37
                2 will be delivered this year and 1 next year

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                • #38
                  Training syllabi for the new planes crews went live on IKON today.
                  Some VERY interesting stuff in store for the drivers and commanders of those buses.
                  "Let us be clear about three facts. First, all battles and all wars are won in the end by the infantryman. Secondly, the infantryman always bears the brunt. His casualties are heavier, he suffers greater extremes of discomfort and fatigue than the other arms. Thirdly, the art of the infantryman is less stereotyped and far harder to acquire in modern war than that of any other arm." ------- Field Marshall Wavell, April 1945.

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                  • #39
                    Thanks for the update! Great to see things moving along and sounds like it's in a positive way for the future too

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                    • #40
                      Just need to find pilots and techies now - not many left at this stage :(
                      "He is an enemy officer taken in battle and entitled to fair treatment."
                      "No, sir. He's a sergeant, and they don't deserve no respect at all, sir. I should know. They're cunning and artful, if they're any good. I wouldn't mind if he was an officer, sir. But sergeants are clever."

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                      • #41
                        Originally posted by morpheus View Post
                        Just need to find pilots and techies now - not many left at this stage :(
                        Thing is they are replacing 6 aircraft (single pilot) with 3 aircraft (dual pilot)

                        Now the 6 or 3 will never be available at all times but the 3 will come with PBH which should increase serviceability, there will be less aircraft to maintain (so that should free up techs).

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                        • #42
                          Originally posted by DeV View Post
                          2 will be delivered this year and 1 next year
                          https://www.defence.ie/press/speeche...rugha-barracks
                          I also noticed we will be the German BG next year with the FHQ in Stadtallendorf; nice training area.
                          Also not too far from the Eder dam so could be a chance for the new PC12 to play???

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                          • #43
                            You will need to ask Maurice Quinn very nicely

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                            • #44
                              See my post in the other thread re SOFA
                              "Are they trying to shoot down the other drone? "

                              "No, they're trying to fly the tank"

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                              • #45
                                "We can be right overhead; we don't even need the satellite," a U-28A pilot from the 319th SOS, identified only as Captain David, told Military.com in 2018. "We can talk directly to the guys on the ground and provide that good coverage for them."

                                But perhaps most importantly, the small U-28As are relatively cheap to fly and maintain and can operate from small airports and forward operating bases with limited infrastructure. A standard non-military PC-12 reportedly costs just around $500 per flight hour to operate. "We can provide four hours' station time, plus an hour there and back, and land using less fuel than it takes a C-130 just to start and taxi to the runway," Captain David had also told Military.com.


                                Article on the USAF's PC-12 fleet.

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