Normally, any modification to an aircraft can take many months to actually get onto an aircraft due to the lengthy processes through which it has to pass; in this instance it was achieved exceptionally fast, Defence
PR tasked the IPTL on 15 September 2006 and painting commenced on 14 October 2006.
Was it Nero that fiddled whilst Rome burned? I can't see this as being anything more than fiddling at the expense of the real problems. It's good to see though that when they really want to (ie when they get a chance to look good) their airships and the IPTs can pull their fingers out. If they can get things done in such short order on the
PR front, what about the rest of the things that need sorting.
Guess the guys don't need the extra cabs out in Herrick or armour in general. And I don't mind waiting a few more months for my LSA and Op 'Bonus'. Think the
PR boys will help out there?
Thought as much
