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Old 17th Jun 2015, 09:20
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Originally Posted by Bob Viking
They are already being replaced. The T6 II will be in service in the next few years.

The Tucano's lack of immersion suit suitability may have, indirectly, helped to sound the death knell!

BV
Please excuse what may be a stupid question, but is the MoD replacing the Tucano with what is basically the aircraft that "lost" the competition to the Tucano (ie the PC-9)? I seem to recall at the time that the Pilatus was said to be the preferred choice of the RAF: was this really true or just BAe propaganda?

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