IMP rolls out first of refurbished Auroras

Military | 207463 hits | Dec 12 12:06 pm | Posted by: DrCaleb

IMP Group Ltd., the Halifax-based aerospace outfit, rolled out a refurbished CP-140 Aurora aircraft Friday, the first of 10 airplanes to be refitted as part of a $1.5-billion fleet overhaul. Inside the company’s cavernous four-storey airport hangar, t

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by Canadian_Mind
Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:20 pm
Why can't they do the other 8? Same for why they only upgraded 80 of the remaining 120 F-18s?
by bootlegga
Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:39 pm
IIRC part of it is due to issues with the airframes and metal fatigue.

I also think with the CF-118s, the reason to do only refit 80 was to leave spare parts for the operational planes.

Because that's cheaper than actually buying what we need...which is par for the course with Canadian governments over the past 20 odd years.
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Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:00 am
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Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:02 am
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Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:18 am
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