US contractors operating Hunters as aggressors
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Found this an interesting read:
http://www.atacusa.com/ATAC_brochure.pdf
Mostly in the fact that they are operating Hunters and secondly the amount of them they are using. I wasn't aware there were that many left airworthy.
http://www.atacusa.com/ATAC_brochure.pdf
Mostly in the fact that they are operating Hunters and secondly the amount of them they are using. I wasn't aware there were that many left airworthy.
erolb said:
Mostly in the fact that they are operating Hunters and secondly the amount of them they are using. I wasn't aware there were that many left airworthy.
ATAC had more than that, but they've lost 2 Hunters (and sadly both pilots flying them at the time) during the past couple of years, one in 2012, and another last year.I'm not sure of the exact amount of Hunters still flying, but it's quite a lot, probably as many as 30-40 around the world. Got to be another half dozen or more in the USA in addition to the ATAC ones, in private ownership plus half a handful in South Africa, half a dozen or more in the UK, and others in Sweden and Switzerland in private ownership.
aeropilot said:
erolb said:
Mostly in the fact that they are operating Hunters and secondly the amount of them they are using. I wasn't aware there were that many left airworthy.
ATAC had more than that, but they've lost 2 Hunters (and sadly both pilots flying them at the time) during the past couple of years, one in 2012, and another last year.I'm not sure of the exact amount of Hunters still flying
...However in this time of austerity many are working through retirement to make ends meet [sic]...
Mojocvh said:
aeropilot said:
erolb said:
Mostly in the fact that they are operating Hunters and secondly the amount of them they are using. I wasn't aware there were that many left airworthy.
ATAC had more than that, but they've lost 2 Hunters (and sadly both pilots flying them at the time) during the past couple of years, one in 2012, and another last year.I'm not sure of the exact amount of Hunters still flying
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