First flight for Slovak Spartan

The first C-27J Spartan for the Slovak Air Force landing at Turin-Caselle at the end of its first flight on August 7. Marco Rossi THE FIRST C-27J Spartan for the Slovak Air Force completed its maiden flight at Leonardo’s production facility at Turin-Caselle Airport on August 7. It wore the experimental serial CSX62302 and yellow primer paint. On December 22, 2008, the Slovakian defence ministry announced that the C-27J had been selected as the future tactical transport aircraft. Following protracted