Australian Spartan Flight Imminent

摘要

The Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF's) first Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartan is nearing completion in Turin, Italy, and was set to make its maiden flight as AIR International went to press, two months ahead of schedule. The aircraft (A34-001, c NC179) will then be ferried to L-3 Communications' facility in Waco, Texas, for completion under a Foreign Military Sales arrangement with the US Government. It is due to be handed over to the RAAF in July 2014, although along with two others (A34-002 and A34-005) it will remain in the US for training (updating Australian C-27J Buy Approved, October, p20).