Originally Posted by
roger4
For the para-dropping, the RAF have had a pair of Skyvans and a Dornier 228 on lease for many years from Summit Air of Canada. They are based at Brize Norton and are used by No. 1 Parachute Training School and the Red Devils Parachute Display Team.
The ITT is presumably simply a regular (3-yearly?) renewal, with the option to award it elsewhere if someone other than Summit came up with a better offer.
And Summit replaced the previous long line of Hunting/Babcock/Invicta who provided this service with a pair of Skyvans (Although I think they used three aircraft over the years). One of them was ex-Argentine Coastguard!