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First To Fly The PC-21 - Singapore Air Force  
User currently offlineAirimages From Switzerland, joined Feb 2005, 109 posts, RR: 5
Posted (3 years 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 3802 times:		 AIRLINERS.NET CREW
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Pilatus Aircraft Ltd will supply the PC-21 Advanced Turboprop Trainer Aircraft for the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Basic Wings Course (BWC). In total, nineteen PC-21 Advanced Turboprop Trainer Aircraft and a 20-year engineering and logistics support service will be provided.This deal is a great success for Pilatus and Switzerland!

Please read more here:

http://www.pilatus-aircraft.com/html...ID=0&NavL4ID=0&NavL5ID=0&NavL6ID=0

Congratulations Pilatus!

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User currently offlineA342 From Germany, joined Jul 2005, 3827 posts, RR: 1
Reply 1, posted (3 years 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 3775 times:

 thumbsup  I think the PC-21 deserved this sale.

However, Singapore currently has about 30 Aermacchi S-211s. According to wikipedia, their performance should be comparable to the PC-21. What will happen to these aircraft ?


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User currently offlineRAPCON From Puerto Rico, joined Jul 2006, 671 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (3 years 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 3772 times:

Then it would be a stretch of the immagination to think that sooner or later the RAAF will also purchase them (since the SAF is going to base theirs in Pearce, it makes a lot of sense from a maintenance standpoint).


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User currently offlineAirimages From Switzerland, joined Feb 2005, 109 posts, RR: 5
Reply 3, posted (3 years 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 3770 times:		 AIRLINERS.NET CREW
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The PC-21 is the best military trainer available on the market.

[Edited 2006-11-03 20:55:20]

User currently offlineDeltaGuy From United States, joined Sep 2001, 4172 posts, RR: 29
Reply 4, posted (3 years 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 3743 times:

Looks more like it'd win an air race than be a military trainer. Good looking aircraft.

DeltaGuy


"The cockpit, what is it?" "It's the little room in the front of the plane where the pilot sits, but that's not importan
User currently offlineA342 From Germany, joined Jul 2005, 3827 posts, RR: 1
Reply 5, posted (3 years 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 3624 times:

I've found the answer to my question: They will replace the S-211s.


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