Taken in 2009 at Temora Aviation Museum.
The O-2A carries the Aussie registration: VH-OII
The O-1G carries the Aussie registration: VH-LRE
Found it on my harddrive. I think it’s a T-41 but whats the story about the extra windows and what is that under the wing?
Any nations that still use the 337 (or O-2) in an armed capacity?
That’s a interesting question. I found out that the following countries uses the 337 /O-2 but if they are armed?? (information is more than one year old so it might be old 😉 )
Burkina Faso: 1 x F337
Colombia: 3 x 337
El Salvadore: 8 x O-2A / 1 x O-2B
Guinea-Bissau: 1 x FTB337
Thailand navy: 14 x T337
Jamaica: 1 x 337
Congo (Dem Republic): 10 x FTB337
Mexico: 3 x 337
Mauritania: 2 x FTB337
Namibia: 5 x FTB337G / O-2A
Nicaragua: 8 x O-2A / 1 x O-2B
Chad: 2 x F337
Zimbabwe: 20 x FTB337 / O-2A
El Salvadore
Guinea-Bissau
Thailand
Chad
Zimbabwe
Here is a copy:
Airbus A400M programme plans US sales
The A400M will not be ready until at least 2012
Europe’s leading aircraft manufacturer Airbus says it plans to sell around 210 of its A400M military planes to the US.
The company said it hopes to sell 500 of the transporters to countries without existing orders.
The head of Airbus Military, Domingo Urena, told reporters the US was a “key country” for the A400M programme.
The plan comes despite the recent decision by Airbus’s parent company, EADS, to end its bid for a massive US refuelling tanker contract.
That bid was ended amid complaints from EADS’s US partner, Northrop Grumman Corporation, that the terms of the contract favoured Airbus’s American rival Boeing.
Commenting on plans for the A400M programme, Mr Urena said the US was an still an obvious market to target.
“It’s out of the question that we don’t go over to compete in the United States, insofar as the American’s give us the opportunity to do it,” he said.
The A400M has been dogged by budget and manufacturing setbacks in recent months.
It is 5bn euros ($7.25bn; £4.5bn) over its initial budget as a result of weight and engine problems, though additional funds will be provided by the seven countries – Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, Turkey and the UK – that have ordered 180 A400M aircraft in total between them.
The company expects the first planes to be ready for delivery in 2013, with production due to begin at the end of this year.
The A400M will not be ready until at least 2012
That’s correct. Like the S-58 who looked something like this model.
The Red SOD (and Red Cross, etc) will never be seen on a fighters only on cargo/utility helikopters and planes
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