Inde : premier vol du HAL HHT40, biplace d’entrainement à turbine

Http://psk.blog.24heures.ch/archive/2016/06/22/inde-vol-inaugural-pour-le-htt40-861647.html

Lire aussi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_HTT-40 et de IHS alias Jane’s http://www.janes.com/article/57788/hal-rolls-out-long-delayed-htt-40-trainer

Extrait

By the middle of 2012 the aircraft’s future was in doubt as the Indian Air Force ordered 75 Pilatus PC-7 Mk IIs to fill the role envisioned for the HTT-40. In September 2012 the Air Force indicated that it had formally rejected the HTT-40 for service based on its cost per aircraft being double that of the PC-7 Mk II, a proven aircraft already in service worldwide. An MoD official noted, “We would be willing to pay higher rates to build indigenous capability in strategic defence equipment. But can HAL argue that the capability to build basic trainers is strategically vital[?]”[5][6][7]

Source image: http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=1528

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