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Old 28th Dec 2018, 16:08
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Originally Posted by Cabby
Haven’t heard much about the new Vulcanair’s at Doncaster for a while.
Not much on their twitter page.
https://twitter.com/NPASDoncasterSA

New hangar is ready.
https://www.rubbuk.com/hangar-in-place-to-support-the-national-police-air-service/

A number of countries appear to be using the P68's for police operations. Whats the hold up in the UK?
https://www.wikizero.com/en/Partenavia_P.68
Cabby,
The new hangar has been in place for almost 18 months, possibly longer. As far as I can tell the aircraft are still not yet operational although they have been seen flying on quite rare occasions - but possibly only for crew training / currency. I find that surprising and disappointing since the observers must have "previous" from when the UK did have a decent level of air support. A lot of money must have been thrown at this for nil return so far.
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