Finnish Air Force to buy six aircraft from Swiss Pilatus

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Finnish Air Force to buy six aircraft from Swiss Pilatus
24.4.2009 at 13:53

The Finnish Defence Forces said in a statement Friday that it had chosen the Pilatus PC-12 as the replacement of its aging fleet of six Piper Chieftain liaison craft.

The military added that it had signed a 22.5-million-euro deal with the Swiss aeroplane maker to buy six examples of the single-engine turboprop type.

The Finnish Air Force chose the PC-12 over the Hawker Beechcraft Kingair B-200 after a year of assessment and test flights.

The FAF expects to take delivery at the end of next year.

Source
http://newsroom.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=21523&group=General