Airtrainers to retire
NZPA Canberra • The Royal Australian Air Force’s New Zealand-built Airtrainer aircraft will be replaced by a new Australian design. , . . The - -Federal -Government yesterday.. signed . a\ ,SNZ49 million-.contract for the J ’de-
sign and development.,of ■ a turbo-prop basic trainer for .the R.A.A.F. The Airtrainers began service with the-R.A.A.F. in ■ 1976. They will all be .retired by 1989. the new aircraft are . scheduled to enter service in i; 1988, tat. a ; cost of- about ?NZI.3 million each.
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Press, 17 June 1982, Page 6
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