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Old 7th Feb 2017, 22:57
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Davef68
 
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Originally Posted by Spinflight.
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Discovery Air Defence, teamed with two companies who should know better, have the most crackpot scheme though. They'll buy surplus Israeli F-16 block 10s, as far as anyone can tell purely for the teen series wow bid factor. The fact that the OEM won't support them, nor the major parts thereof ( engine, radar), which means the CAA won't allow it didn't even dent their stride. There's a reason they are cheap. They'll go on the Canadian military register instead!
Surely the CAA wouldn't have an input as they would operate on the UK Military register under MAA control?
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