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PAF getting trainer planes from South Korea; updates, discussions
Topic Started: Mar 31 2008, 09:29 AM (3,185 Views)
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as usual, donated by our South Korean friends... :ssalute:

http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headline...aid=20080330149

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Aside from the NCAH, the Air Force is also expecting by July this year 18 units of T41 trainer aircraft to be donated by South Korea.
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Ayy Salamat. Some more good news for once. :armycheers:
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thank you, South Korea! :ssalute:

aside from the T-41s from South Korea, 18 SF-260s (most probably SF-260Es) will also enter service. :armysmile:
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btw, are these T41s from SoKor ready to fly or do we still have to refurbish/recondition them?
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Mar 31 2008, 02:05 PM
btw, are these T41s from SoKor ready to fly or do we still have to refurbish/recondition them?

no idea, Sir spraret. i guess these T-41s are old ROKAF machines that were replaced by the KT-1 Woongbee.
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Mar 31 2008, 05:58 PM
no idea, Sir spraret. i guess these T-41s are old ROKAF machines that were replaced by the KT-1 Woongbee.

And hoped it will never kill our pilots one-by-one
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Were these the planes expected from the old report

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include 18 basic and eight primary trainer T-41 Delta planes


as discussed here

PAF to buy new planes!, Oh yes! They are really buying planes!

or these are different and is a donation by South Korea?

If these are different, then they could be used as parts planes for our existing ones and the 18 we intend to buy. If this is it, then maybe about a few can be made functional. Still, need to be thankful to the South Koreans.
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Thank you South Korea!

Just wondering, with these acquisitions plus the new UH/AH that will follow next year, will these be enough to prevent the exodus of PAF pilots to commercial airlines? IMO, these will not suffice. PAF pilots are tired of using hands me downs and prop planes.

Much like regular people like us, we would rather drive say a brand new Porsche, BMW, than a 2nd hand car. Even brand new Japanese made cars like Toyota, Honda , etc are exciting to drive because of the word new.

This is just my opinion, PAF pilots must be getting tired of flying prop planes and to add to their misery its also 2nd hand. Of course, what the PAF are getting from South Korea is better than nothing. Those new AH/UH may be a positive sign of things to come but until then, again its just my opinion, the upcoming acquisitions may not be enough to quell the thirst of a typical PAF pilot.
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Its true the Koreans are giving 15 T-Jets? or maybe their old T38s since they have the T50 anyway i got the info from other Forum can anyone has info this news?
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Sorry Mate T-41s Basic Cessna propeller trainers

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/...rticle_id=91807

RP to acquire 52 trainer aircraft


Agence France-Presse
First Posted 04:19pm (Mla time) 10/01/2007

MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippine government is to buy 18 new and 34 second-hand training aircraft, military officials said Monday.

Major General Pedro Insierto, head of a military modernization board, said they had just completed the bidding for the new Italian-made SF 260 aircraft.

He said the second-hand T41s will be bought at a "very, very cheap price as trainer aircraft," adding that this was a special favor from South Korea.

Air force spokesman Epifanio Panzo said the 18 SF 260 Marchetti aircraft would arrive this year but he could not say when the US-made T41s would arrive.

The aircraft will be strictly used for training and are not intended for combat, he said, adding that the cost of the deal had not yet been revealed.

The Philippine military is one of the most poorly equipped in the region. There have been growing fears that more of its pilots would leave the service to go to airlines because they no longer have enough planes to fly.
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