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originally posted by: Woody510
a reply to: Zaphod58
Hmm after all that money had been spent it probably was. If they had decided to go with the P3 at the time then yeah it should have gone.
Now THAT is a sentence I never thought I would hear uttered. After so many debacles down under, it appears we eventually got something right. Shame we cant get our Submarine replacement project on spec too.
I thought it was actually smart for a change to order them to RAAF specs.
originally posted by: thebozeian
a reply to: Zaphod58
Now THAT is a sentence I never thought I would hear uttered. After so many debacles down under, it appears we eventually got something right. Shame we cant get our Submarine replacement project on spec too.
I thought it was actually smart for a change to order them to RAAF specs.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
Two of the five aircraft will be second hand 737s. No word on how old or other history.
www.flightglobal.com...
originally posted by: Forensick
originally posted by: Woody510
a reply to: Zaphod58
Hmm after all that money had been spent it probably was. If they had decided to go with the P3 at the time then yeah it should have gone.
My understanding was that it had control surfaces on control surfaces and was still unflight worthy, they just kept trying do design an impossible fix and despite the great intentions of MRA4 the mighty hunter at the beginning they should have canned it a lot sooner.
The US were already interested in the package to replace the P-3, why on earth rebuilding 24 comets was considered when suitable modern commercial liners were already being produced.
History now, let’s hope lessons learned with the Wegdetail purchase and others.