It took the local firm Patria some 100000 manhours to modify a badly damaged F-18 using one half of a Canadian Hornet, and all for nought as the finished product unfortunately crashed today. They were testing recovery from unusual attitudes and reportedly after a tail slide, the a/c entered a dive which was unrecoverable, so the pilots ejected and were found an hour later with minor injuries only. The aircraft, also called "Frankenhornet" however is a writeoff. The test pilots were "experienced", the local news say.
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