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  • #2
    Peregrine
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    Does anyone have an idea as to what it might have been here for?

    It got around a good bit. I think it flew all around Britain yesterday.


  • #3
    westdub
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    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=95264714&postcount=3994


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
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    Nim wrote: »
    Does anyone have an idea as to what it might have been here for?

    It got around a good bit. I think it flew all around Britain yesterday.

    Any chance it's here on a demo tour to the Aer Corp to try and encourage them to update their two Casa's ?


  • #5
    Duffer2010
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Any chance it's here on a demo tour to the Aer Corp to try and encourage them to update their two Casa's ?
    The chances of that happening, in my opinion are slim to none. The existing 'fleet' of Casas should be at the very least doubled. The amount of sea/ocean these guys are expected to patrol is vast. Having said that the Casa was a huge step forward, to think this work was previously carried out by two civilian spec King Airs. The crews have to be admired upon reflection of that.


  • #6
    arubex
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    The 295 has about 10 to 15% more range for a given payload than the 235, which I suppose is handy but perhaps not worth the complication of another set of airframe parts and different engines ( PW versus GE* ).

    A few more 235s would be excellent.

    Perhaps the Corps were having a peak at the internal systems on the Portuguese aircraft?



    * plus the CT7 engine is the basis of the mil-spec T700, which the Air Corps will have in abundance when they finally buy those 100 Apache helicopters as Cessna replacements;)


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
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    Considering these aircraft would be used to do maritime patrols they like the current Casa's could be partly funded by the EU.

    Like I said it "could" be a demo to entice a purchase, I never said the Aer Corp would actually follow through on it.


  • #8
    N7777G
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    The Casa departed this morning and routed east to RAF Northolt.

    16703236784_746379fe44_c.jpg
    16709 Casa 295MPA Portuguese Air Force     by eigjb, on Flickr


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