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Old 4th Jan 2019, 19:49
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Cabby I think you will find that the number of police forces operating the P68 in the police role is very few. Over twenty years ago the Italian Police had quite a few of them. They were standard fixed wing airframes and they were basically hangar queens. The crews preferred to fly the A109A helicopters and polish the P68s.

One German force has a fixed wing P68 and a couple made an appearance with US police but as far as I am aware they have now been retired. Not therefore an illustrious presence in the crime fighting world.

There are probably as many reasons why they were selected for NPAS as there are many reasons why they seem to fail to meet expectations. Technical glitches, performance shortfalls and being a bit tight in the cabin are the items I have heard about. No doubt the failure of NPAS to publish its Strategic Board minutes may be linked to the whole sorry tale. Either way they are not expected to be operational this year.
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