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Czech Republic Warbirds for sale.

Posted by Jacques on Tue Sep 18, 2001 09:28:18 AM

See http://www.aero-news.net, date 9/18/01.

For Sale:
Pretty Good Fighter Planes
Czech Republic to sell Sukhoi 25s.
The Su-25 ("Frogfoot") is being deleted from the inventory of the Czech Republic, and it's putting the fleet of fifteen of the (primarily) ground-attack machines up for sale.
The model they have is the 32,000-lb (empty), 600 mph Su-25K, about which airforce-technology.com says, "An upgraded Su-25K, the Scorpion, has been developed by Tbilisi Aerospace Manufacturing (TAM) of Georgia with Elbit of Israel.
Scorpion has a new advanced avionics system with a weapon delivery and navigation system for both NATO and Eastern European weapons and pods, and new glass cockpit with two multi-colour LCD displays and head-up display (HUD)."
If you'd rather have something else to fly, you may be interested in the three Mi-24D ("Hind") combat helicopters, six Mi-17 ("Hip") and seventeen Mi-2 ("Hoplite") helicopters; or a few Tu-154 ("Careless") and L-410 transports.
FMI: http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/czech/czechaf2.htm

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