I didn’t want to clutter the Military News thread with this topic worthy of its own standalone thread.
So, that has been confirmed ?
290 pilots, among them 50 (low mix), will fly 70hrs in a static simulator, 150 hrs in a slow and low (to very low) G airframe and 40 in their Operational mount.
And of course, politic being what it is, the 50 will end-up soon 100+…Does the time spent cycling b/w shelters count?
If a Turboprop is selected, it would be the most dramatic fall of cap in the late history of the FrAF.
What stands as mind boggling is the tempo. Why now when the T-X competition will cut cost of trainers drastically? Why not simply buy/lease a transitory aircraft like the M-345* and wait a little less than 5 years? I fail to see some logic here.
*the prestige gained in such a lease could lead Aermacchi to make a good offer in comparison to BAe.
Italy is going to train going from the M-345 to the M-346. Why not co-op a buy and put more money into the software side? Italy runs the EF software. France runs the Rafale software.
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August 10, 2015 at 9:56 pm