In March, the British MoD said the first flight could take place by mid-May. That date came and went with no sign the updated aircraft, which is modified to US standards, was close to a maiden flight. A spokesman for the MoD said there is no new target date for the first flight ahead of the machine coming out of its four- to five-week maintenance program. The aircraft also still has to receive the required approvals from the UK’s Military Aviation Authority (MAA) and others, he said
Well, by the time the aircraft has come out of its maintenance programme, had the blessing of MAA and been through Boscombe, the UK will have been out of the Great Sandpit for several years, no doubt - and the aircraft will be waiting for something to do...... Along with all those helicopters...
