Gentlemen :
Ive' read the following threads with interest, but no one seems to have asked the Question "why"
Why where these aviators having to operate although be it a
fine machine in its time a 50 year old aeroplane.
Where is the PR9's replacement. Certainly not where it should be in service. In fact where it should have been since the 1980's.
Yet a further screw up in Military procurement has cost lives.
They used to call it the "ASTOR" possibly gone through several name changes since.
Help's Im advise to change the name occassionally, Confuses the polititians when asking for further fundings.
Those guys should have been training in a modern jet not riding around on a seat whose limited envelope was surpassed in the early 60's.
Had chance to look over a PR9 recently in Bari, covered in speed tape. Like some South American meat hauling frieghter.