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Offline Silver

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« on: July 31, 2004, 09:46:23 am »
Fancy a few airworthy Skyhawks or Aermacchi MB339's for 'scrap value' prices ??!!

New Zealand's PM, Helen Clark, has suggested that she may sell the RNZAF's jets for 'scrap value' !!!

(It has cost over $8 million to store the aircraft since they were "retired" in 2000.)

The Skyhawks were upgraded in 1997 are were not due for retirement until 2007.
The Aermacchi's were purchased (new?) in 1991.
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« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2004, 10:17:21 am »
According to AFM the A-4s and MB-339s already have buyers line d up.
Helen Clarke likes to bang her anti war drum
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« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2004, 06:06:49 am »
Don't believe everything you read in AFM !
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« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2004, 04:40:44 pm »
skyhawk would be great, not alot of fighters out there that can hang with a A-4 in a turning fight.
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« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2004, 09:06:23 pm »
A few are on sale on Hatzerim, Israel.

If you wanna buy Skyhawks than buy the real thing....!!!
Ex IDF/AF I would say.

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« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2004, 03:32:54 pm »
I would love to see the Air Corps getting jets like Skyhawks but really, what need do we have of them??
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« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2004, 04:24:39 pm »
Quote (Guinness @ 04 Aug. 2004,12:06)
A few are on sale on Hatzerim, Israel.

If you wanna buy Skyhawks than buy the real thing....!!!
Ex IDF/AF I would say.

Guinness ':cool:'

The israelis are retiring them due to high airframe hours, how would that make them a better purchase?
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« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2004, 01:17:25 pm »
Ask the guys who fly them out of Wittmund Germany !

Threy are used as target tugs out there.

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