Former French air force TB-30 Epsilon enters civilian hands

Socata TB-30 Epsilon N° 63 has been acquired by vintage aircraft pilot Georges Kern and placed on the French civil register as F-AYKA. The Epsilon is now based at Haguenau in Alsace, and broadly retains the livery it last flew in with the Cognac-Châteaubernard-based element of the French Air Force Flying School. It’s one of 150 of its kind that served as trainers in this capacity from 1983 to 2019. After being withdrawn from service, number 63 was reassembled and