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Old 29th Oct 2009, 20:45
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I was at the NBAA convention a few weeks ago and a fellow from PHX had a very nice Shorts Tucano T.Mk1 for sale.

"The Queen is, like everyone else, downsizing," she said. His wife said they had bought 22 with options to buy more when they become available.

Cost start at around $1 mil and go up according to the equipment installed.

1989 SHORTS TUCANO MK1 Turboprop Aircraft For Sale At Controller.com

At another conference, the head of the National Test Pilots' School was a presenter and as many know, the NTPS has one or two Drakens they use in their training. I asked him about the others at Newport News. He said those were imported in the US with the understanding they would never be flown and when they were, that got the Swedes really bent.

And for cheap, you can pick up an IL-78 in Michigan. It had been in TX and was reportedly headed back to Europe when Canada refused entry into Canadian airspace. It landed in Marquette MI at the old USAF SAC base of KI Sawyer. Most of the crew had expired visas and an FBO in TX placed a lien on the airplane.
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